The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-23 00:00:00

the road. Re knew Hoare by name and Woodford only
by oight, and eve after he went to Wenet's Anne, where
heats, the fear defendants. and tried to set their names,
but could mot. As he started to se home Hoare ana m
ral* elm followed him oat of the boom, and tomeseting
romething wrong he attempted to get inte the inn wzmn.
hut ft are tried to mesh him ont towards the road. Ho u'e
did all he could to make a quarrel. and on his fleshing
Hoare on one side to get into, the house he struck him a
Mow en the eye. qindlos absi strortk him on the cheek,
• Hoerr then knocked hint down. While on the ground
he was kicked in the hack. He got op and ran down the
hoe, and all four defendants followed. ViThil4 he and
Hoare were balling on to each other in the lane a groom
named Shortrin came up and took him to the prohlic.house
to get the blood welshed from hie face. Smith, the land
lord, locked the door to keep Hoare. Gallop, and Woodford
out. Smith and Thornton went home with him and the
three men followed and wanted to fight all the way.—
Cross-examined by Mr. Atkinson: He 41 not path
Hoare first. and he did not push or strike Gallop at all.
The etett.4 hes were in the direction own.—Henry
H.idn.ent, the under-keeper, corroborated the trot yart
of the other keeper*, evidence, and said he went to the
corner whore he thought the men men- going to run, and
as he came haok be met Gallop. ut 1 at the spot where he
bad seen the men he found three nets over the holes.—
Croie-examined by Hr. Atkinson : lie met Gallop on the
public road, and having been told that it na be who
whistled he accused him of doing to and said he anppoaed
be was going heck after the ferret. qallop denied
knowing anything about it, and sai I he had it'd come
from "Captain" Rogeria. He saw the boy Harvey in
the lane with a deig.—John Barrows, a labourer lodging at
the Arnie, wa.s digging for aandstone on lfirley
Common at the time and saw the four defendants mu
ating the eOA lat the top of the sommon Shortly after-
wards I.e raw two of the men, but he could not say which,
ne,nieg rover from the keeper., and also Maiiiment
speak P. Gallop and Harvey, the latter fwh was lead-
ing a doz.-11.. raw Farquharson come into the inn with
,ot hi faro in the evening. -Henry Burrows em.
noborsted hi, brother, and identified Hoare awl Wetaferd
• the Mee who were running any teolll the keepers
jam,: Thornton. a gronni who lodges with Farquhars, ot,
proved hearing the ,euffle in the lane and going to the symt
and finding Hoare and Farquharson hanging to each other.
Fanialiarion's whi..keri wore saturated with blood, awl
after he had been washed b• went home with him. The
men followe.l them home and challenged them to fight
Mr. Atkinson a1dre,,...1 the It”neli for the defence, and
eontendel that there: was no evidence uteri which to eon.
girt Ifarvoy end Gallop for p,aching, awl Si to the
assault, the keeper brought it owe. hier,elf. Wei it wan
a rwe fer light punishment only.—The Bench held that
all the defendants were guilty of poschinz and tort the
three men lie. each and costs. Ifs_ but discharged Harvey,
on account f his youth, and thinking that he might hare
been lei on iv the men They considem.l the as.molt a
had One, awl Hoare and Gallop were further fined Ail
each and coats, re. 6.1.