The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.

TUESDAY.

(Before Mr. Serjeant Ttripm.-Arsissos, Judge).
The btudness of this Court was again mowedingly
light, for beside. the undefended oases disposed of by
the Registrar (Mr. Giles Symonda), there were but
one or two trifling oases.

William Groves v. John Begrett.—Clarn £1 2a. for
clothes.—Or4er for payment in 30 days, warrant not
to issue if 10i. • mouth be paid.
Thomas Medway v. Charles Norris.—Claim £l4 10s.
—The original order was 10a. • month, and the defend-
ant wrote promising to pay U.—His Honour varied
the order, the defendant having paid upwards of i 213
on the original claim.
Robert Horne v. Thomas Siblay, dealer, Fording-
ton. —Claim El.—Order for payment in 20days, warrant
not to be lamed if 10s. • month be paid.

HARD SWIARING.

Prince v. Davia—This was • claim for El, which
the plaintiff lent the defendant on December 27th last.
—Plaintiff swore be lent him the sovereign, defendant
promising to pay him in the course of a week or two.
Mrs. Warren, her son, and Mrs. Davis were present.
—Defendant swore emphatically he never had the
money.—His Honour adjourned the cue for the pro-
auction of corroborative evidence. Addressing the
defendant the Judge further said if he lost the day
he would have to pay the costa and the witnesses,
which would amount to nearly • sovereign. If he
liked to have the case settled to-day they could.—
Defendant preferred to have the case adjourned.—His
Honour reminded him that if it wise proved he had
not spoken the truth it would end in his being lent for
trial for perjury. He did not wish to prejudge the
ease, but he would merely suggest this to him.—
Defendant: Let it be adjourned. lam speaking the
truth.

• COOL RUT.

George Childs v. Henry lox.—Cbalm fl oa. 9d. for
goods supplied to the father and mother of defendant.
PlainUff has been in the habit of supplying them for
some time, and finding he could not get the money
they owed him. he refused to supply them. Defend-
ant then came forward and promised if be would con-
tinue to supply them. sod if they did not pay him, he
would see it paid. His HOUOUr YOU should have had
that in writing. We have • statuto called the Statute
of Frauds, in which it Is ordered that if a man offers
to be responsible for the debt of another. it most be in
writing. There must be • non-suit. Whenever you
get anything of this sort again, have it put down in
writing. This is a LIMOS worth the learning.—Def end.
ant applied for his costs.—His Honour (severely) :
You have just escaped by the skin of your teeth, you
must be satisfied.

In the cases of Christopher V. Pople. and Joseph
Dowell v. Alfred Hayward, Mr. Bdwin Burnett made
applications for judgment summonses out of district.
—ln the former afresh affidavit would have:to be made,
and the summons granted by the Registrar. The
other wee also granted.

Tim Hoose damaged by the Great Western Railway
tramway truck, some mat ago, has been substantially
repaired.
COUNCIL CRAMBIIi.—The enlargement ef this place,
by throwing down the partition which separated it
from the muniment room, has been completed. Tbe
end window haa been blocked up.
Muss AND Rutty PRODUCX are now coming
In good supply from France and the Channel
4,000 cams of pears and 1,500 of dairy produce lately
rune; the pears Totally fetch good prima, COMMA
of the scarcity of neigh fruit.
lignmuto W•ont.—On Monday before W. Talbot,
Req., Dr. Drew, and B. Hopkins, Rat, Robert Green
was charged with sleeping in a cow. bed on the for.
chmter-road, having no Pince of abode or visible means
of subsistenos.—P.C. Random!, about a quarter to
time yesterday morning, found defendant sleeping in
• cowshed belonging to Mr. Vearsley, in a field along-
side the Dorchester.road. He had no visible means of
subsistence, and gave no satisfactory mooant of him-
self, He said he bad been worldng for Mr. Musk of
Fleet, but only got 24. fid, a day, and that wee not
onough._supt. Vickery said defendant was • lazy
idle fellow, who west round the counnyticit anti
brought here for being drunk h .—He We'
casTicisd..-Foustoso days' bald Isboar.