The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-01 00:00:00

summoned
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. the furze- on hio land with twodog,. about -aboni-
clock in the afternoon of Sunday. April Ist. The boys
sad promised not to offend again, and be wished them let
off easy—The magistrates fined George Payne, who
appeared and pleaded guilty 2s. SA, and la costs, aild the
other two defendants, who did not appear, o. and to.
costs each.

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HARD LINES-Jsews A r.ld, licensed victualler, of bore
Regis, was summoned for Ilidlii; a snare for the purpose of
taking game, at Bere, on the 5.11 of April, without having
• game license-Tom Storer. of Bare Wood, a gamekeeper
to Mr. Hamlin+, said he saw a wire on land in the occiipa-
lion of defendant at five in the afternoon of April Ith. The
wire was lying on the ground, knockeddown. Net
tivirning he went and watched the wire, an.l saw ilefen.
dant go to it and net it. Ile went to defendant and (4.1.1
him he should take possession of the wire, and defendant
soil he ought to have waited to see 1 ' take a hare out
of it. Ile told him he had seen mote enough. Defendant
said he hoped he would say notlung about it-In answer
to the Bench witness mid the wire was act for a hare.
The defendant had no riaht to kill either game or rabbits
an his land-Defendant ailniitteil the truth of the *Rue:a',,
evidence, with the ereeption id thc word, tare, which 14
did net use. The wire was kit in hi, hell some two
or three months'dgo by the tram-era, and oue of li., clog,:
tad ti..ked up a rabbit cut of It. lie had set the wiro
hic-,,e17 several times, but had newer taken anything out
Of it. He did not act the WWW for a hare, lilt a rabbit -
The Bench fined defendant 24. 41., and 9., costa.
A RECKLESS CARTER-Witt ma Bradfc.ni, a carter of
Swanage was summoned for Iris mg two horses and •
waggon furiously at Laurton Bat ravers, on the 17th inst-
P.C. Wiles sail he was in his !loose at Langton between
five and six on the evening of .Ipril 17th, and hoard mole-
' thing coming down the Lill at a furious rate. Ile went
' brio the road, and saw defendant driving two horses and
a wagon down the hill at full gallop. Defendant went
on at the same pace in the direction of Swanage till be
Was out of night-The Bench tined defendant who did not
appear 4,., and outs tk
A VALI:AM': WITNEkS-CharbSC.O, of F. re Regis, was
simmouril for obstructing the highway at :Wink ti, on the
Idth inst, by leaving hi, horse and waggon thereon for an
unreasonable time-P.C. Busby stated that he (mind
defend rut, h, re and waggon at:voting in the middle of
the road at F. sot Borden at %wirier past 12 at night un-
attended, lie waited till one o'clock, and defenelant then
caen‘ja up,Ut cw,T.i"h",T7Tlll„.cfoigt.Jll7l,.err.' u!!'n'ti,'''..l-,.eir. It h ra.
man is charge of the horse and Wagl,ll whilst Le delivered
something. He pulled the horse and waggon on to the
rground, and was only away M minutes-James
ce tor mid be was waitin t &fowl-ant, arrival with s ime
potatoes for him from Poole. Defendant put the nose
bng on the horse and pulled the waggon elear of the r ead,
sod left him in charge whilst he canted the potatoes to
his house. He wan sitting on SOMS bars under a holey
liu6h, where the policeman could not see him. Ile was
only three or four yards from the horse's head, but as the
policeman dil not touch the horse or waggon he did not
Eto.. a him. The policeman went on and met defendant
Ea
thirty yards away, and he could not bear what
between them-The magistrates doubted Hector's
and defendant was fined 4c and tia. oast,

WAREHAM AND ME OF PURBECK
UNION.

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At the first meeting of the Board of Guardians, held
on the 17th instant. Mr. George H. Bond Wli4 unani-
mously es-elected the Chairman of the Board, and Mc.
Stephen Bennett the Vice-Chairman.
The following LS members of the Board ire.Te eketed
members of the Assessment and Sanitary Committees,
iz. : The Assesimeal Messrs John Ildes
Calcraft, Nathaniel Bond, Henry Frampton, and the
Earl of Eldon, cc-officio guardians; and also Messrs.
Thomas E. Bowden, John I). Paul, William Spicer,
William J. Whittle, John Scutt, William Salway,
John Joseph Bates, and Thomas Caines, elected