The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

HAM PRESTON.

VIOLATING THR Bern LAW. Burbidge,
beer-house keeper, was on Friday saitimoued before
the Witnborne Bench, charged by Superintendent
Boynton, for haring unlawful'y kept open his house
after 10 o'clock, on the night of the 28th July last.
RC. Webb stated that about a quarter past 12
o'clock on the night in question he was passing the
defendant's house when he heard a noi.e. He opened
the door, went in, and saw three men there. One
had a cup in his hand anti asked witness to driuk.
lie took the min, tasted it, and found it was porter.
—Defendant denied that he drew any beer after 10
o'clock. tie said that he had simply a couple of ,
friends present, who stopped talking together for a
while, and he was not aware that he was offending.
The defendant was reported to be of good character,
and the Bench fined him in the mitigated penalty of
109., including mists.

SPETTISBURY.
SCHOOL Tarar.—ln consecomiscie of the anfarlitititble
state of the weather when the thlldttin attending the
endowed school had theft animal holiday, it was deter-
mined toe/linden thi distribution of pram and some of
the eleinsentents to a future day, and on Thursday last
the kind rector of the parish, and hia equally kind
curate, the Rev. R. Wow, assembled with the children
in • spacious field, when, after various games,
cricket, Jumping in tacks, rounder, running, dco., had
been indulged in, the prises, which were really ea.
'Amiable articles, were diatrihuted to the aucoesatul corn-
petitons, and before diandaaal each of the children had a
bun. The day's amurementi concluded with the sending
up a fire balloon amidst the cheers of the children,
WI MBOttlift.
Tan hittrelselt ORGAN. —A grand bazaar and fête
ia announced to take place at Stone Park, by the
'kind permission of J. V. Garland, Esq., on Wednes-
day and Thursday, the 6th end 7th of September
, pest, on behalf of she fund for the restoration of the
Minster organ. Several ladies of the neighbourhood
,have kindly promised to hold stalls. Various amuse-
ments, such as archery, croquet, dm., will he pro-
tided, and we have no doubt that, should the
weather prove favourable, there will he a large atten-
dance of the elite of the town and neighbotirhoodi
PArnres oa Orttest PsciPts Dears. —At the
Wimborne petty ileatilone on Friday, Reuben Hart,
Frederiok Gooby, and James Green, residing at
Leigh, were charged with gathering nuts from a
! hedge, on some land belonging to Mr. Thomas
Chiseell, farmer. The complainant said the defen-
dants had themselves done no damage to his hedge
or his property, and he therefore planed the damage
done at the " nobidal" sum of Is. his reason for
bringing them there was simply to make an example
of them; as other patties, whom he had not been
able to tattih, had broken down his fences, and stolen
his potatoes, and turnipa—The Bench ordered the
defendants to pay the la. damage and costa—being
2a. 1 Od. each.
HDaTuale lONORmecir —At the Wimborne petty
visions on Friday, a sweep named Anthony Osborne,
was summoned at the instance of Superintendent
Boynton, for assaulting John Corke, a young man
Some 19 or 20 years of age, tint small of stature.
Corke was the nephew of defendant, and had been
brought tip by him ever since be was four years old.
--Superintendent Boynton said he hod received
numerous complaiute of the ill-usage Corke was con-
tinually receiving at defendant's hands, but owing
to the strictness with which he was kept away from
the rest of the storld, be (Superintendent Boynton)
r had not before been able to bring any specific charge
against the defendant. In the present instance
Corke ran into the road crying loudly and bleeding
very much from a wound in the head. He
had also a black eye. He stated that these
were occasioned by defehrlant; who had beaten
him, with the large end of * whip. Corke was
accordingly taken before Mr. Haskett, who granted a
summons for defendant to appear before them that
day, Althongh Corks was the Chief support; by his
labour, of hie untie and family; they Sever ,21owed
hills any pocket Month Sot was he allowed to mix
with other people. corke on being examined
excited the commiseration of all present His
ignorance was so great that he understood bet the
very simplest language, and his replies to the ques-
tions put to him by the Bench were mostly a simple
negative or affirmative. He was shoeless and stock-
, Wheelie, and his only snit of clothes would be scorned
by many a tramp. He could not teed, as he had
never been ti school. He seas equally ignorant on
the ',abject of religion, *a he never went to a place
of worship, Ile did not know the nature of an oath.
Hie Sundays were spent in looking after the
pony, and each-like employment. When asked
whether he had "sufficient food," he did not appear
to understand what the word "food" meant; but in
reply whether he had enough to eat, he said "They
give me plenty o' grab." The defendant acknow-
ledged that he did strike the bomplainant, but said
it was with the mall end of the whip; but Corks
still maintained t it. it was the "bin sorb" and said
the matt; on his farm and head were the result of the
blows. Hit mother; he said, lived at Christchurch;
he had no father, The Bench asked him if he
• like to go home to live with his mother, and
maid. Defendant said ha did
I the boy. The Bench thought
r, as he was the principal sup-
but they could hot allow the
• custody any longer. The
- them a great many times
arrianig out of drunken-
\d little doubt that the
he had beaten the complainant
le had paid much in fines, but
it have the option of snaking a
would be isommitted fot two
ft was stated by the clerk
at various times paid in fines
and assault, arising out of
t of costs, sums amounting

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