The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-01 00:00:00

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SALISBURY.

ACCIDENT.--On Saturday evening, an elderly man
named William L•wrence mu ascending SOM. step. ,
whisk led to his house on Milfordihill, and owing to the
darkness misted his footing and fell to the bottom,
severely fracturing his right leg. Ile was removad,
coon as possible, to the Salisbury Infirmary.
Comore Pier( Hgetuone, Tuesday. —Present: General
Buckley (chairman), Earl Nelson, E. Kinsman, Esq.,
T E. Fowl., Eeq., C. Penraddocke, Esq., A. Buckley,
Req., and Rev. E. Duke. —Thomas Farrsoot, • tramp,
was summoned for assaulting Jesse Thomas, at Alder'
bury. The complainant found the defendant steeling
apples at Mr. Hangman's, and on his taking told of
him, the defendant threw him down, and bit one of his
hands and some of his linger.. —Ho was ordered to be
Imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a mouth.—
Daniel Hoyden pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking a
hare, at Clarendon on the 21st fleet...able. He iield b.
did not set the glis in which the keeper saw the hare,
but that he could produce the man who did. He killed the
hare as he went along the road with his horses, and
thought he might as well have it on his Teta ro—(laughter).
Fined h.. and oasts, or? days' imprisonment.—Genertil
Buckley toil the defendant that if he saw another hare i n •
gin he had better go and tell the keeper. —Defendeut: Yee,
141 drive over her, before I touch her again—(laughter).
—Frank Yates (13). pleaded guilty to 'testing two
apples, value Id., the property of Raabe! Smith, at
Fugglestone. Two other boys were seen in the orchard,
but they ran away. Case adjourned in order that
summonses may be issued against the other boy•—lt
was stated by Mr. Supt. Matthews that an appliostion
was made for summonses against the others, but the
Magistrate.' Clerk did not think there wa. any liklihood
of their conviction, as they were not seen to pick up anv
apples.—Oterge Waters, engine *leaner, Feherton.
was brough t up on remand charged wilhu.anitlnganotber
engine cleaner named Joseph North, with intent to do
him grievous bodily harm. The ease was adjourned for
smother week, and on the application of lir. ?fodder,
the prisoner was liberated on bail, the complainant
being unable to leave the Inirmary.

Ctrs Perry fizemozs, MondaT.—Priseent : The I
Worshipful the Mayor, J. C. Whee er, Esq., F. B. I
Fisher, Esq., R. H. Widen, Esq., end 8.. Stokes, Esq. I
—Mr. Thomas Parsons, of Ezeter-street, was sommosied
for 'remitting Agnes Webb, daughter of Mr. Thomas
Webb, °Aiwa-maker. The complainant, • girl nine
years of age, deposed that on Thursday morning she was
sent by her mother to the defendant's shop for some
wood. She gave the money to the defendant's little
girl, who went indoors to get change. Meanwhile Mr.
Parsons entered the store, amused her of having stolen
his wood, and struck her on the back.—Mrs. Webb
stated that when the child came borne she found marks
of a blow from • band on her book. The &fen-
dant kept the money, and seat the girl home
without her basket or the wood. He returned the
money on Saturday evening, sfter the summon/
had been issued.—Defendant said, on going into his
store, be saw the girl taking a stick, and said "You
young huisey. I have just caught you." He struck at '
her, but she evaded the blow. He found that she had I
20th.. of wood in her basket, instead of 141bs. Mrs. I
Webb came to see him afterwards, and struck him about I
the head with the basket.—The Bench considered the I
wenn proved, but as it was not of an segravated
nature, the penalty was mitigated to Is., and costa, or
seven days' imprisonment. —The defendant was further
charged with having assaulted 11011114 Webb, the father
of the complainant in the foregoing ease.—Mr. Webb
said that on returning from his work, on Friday
evening, he passed through Bugmore with the view
of avoiding the defendant. They happened to meet, but
passed without speaking. The defendant immed:=.l/
afterwards sidled him back, and some words
between them respecting his treatment of the little
girl. On witness declining to light, the defendant
rushed at him with lath hands, and pushed him down.
—Defendaet admitted the assault, and was fined
another shilling and costa, or seven days' imprisonment.
—John Lodge. of Bedwinatreet, was summoned for
assulting his wife, Elizabeth Lodge, on Sunday last.
Mr. Hill appeared for the defense, but the osas was
not fully gone into. The complainant said she did not
wish to hart her husband, who was accordingly ordered
to enter Into his own reeognizeness in the
sum of £2O to attend on Monday neat, with
two sureties for his future good behaviour.—
George Brown, a tramping shoemaker, warn brought up
on remand, charged with stealing a pair of trowsers
from the shop door of Mr. Wristbridge, Poultry-cross.
Mr. William Isworth, clothier, of Milfordatreet, sew
the prisoner close to Mr. Wristbridge's shop. about half-
past 7on Wednesday evening. He watched him, and
saw him take something from the front of Mr.
Wristbridge's shop, which be wrapped up and took
away. Having given information at the shop, Mr.
laworth followed the prisoner to the Waggon and
Horses, in Brown-street, where some trawlers which
De of Mr. Wristbridge's sho men identified, were after-
wards bend in his u.—The prisoner pleaded
guilty.— In reply to the Bench, Mr. Supt. White said
he betided the prisoner was wanted Cat Richmond.
He bed written to the Superintendent of Police there,
but had not yet received a reply. The prisoner was
working as a shoemaker in Salisbury some time ago.
The magistrates passed • sentence of two months'
Imprisonment, with hard labour.