The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-14 00:00:00

HEAD CONBTABLE'B REPORT.

Mr. Sun... Coward presented his 12th annual report
to the Watch C somittee, on We inoll lay laet, for
the yea ending 29th September, 1882, a. per tabular
statement prepared sad sent to the Home Udine,
viz.

Table I. Police Raab''ehnt-Acreage 6/5, yopulaUon
(19111)7,160, head constable 1, sergeant 1, aetin.:mergeant, 1,
conotables 6-total form 8, Table 1 Coet of Police lasablish-
ment-Balsries and toy. £660 154 101; clothing and aeon.-
tremente, £65 IT. 101; contingent ex mamas and allowance*.
£l6ll. lid; station-house Mama, £2O 14171,1 ; m ecellsneaus
charges, fir 01-total c It, e. 666 lls 4.1. One-hill of the
MT end clothing re-paid by the Tremors,. Table 6 The total
number of pereln• proceeded against Inks, melee 164, females
40. Table 4 Indietabla Oldness-Hamner id criin-s eons.
mi ttedoia. : ureter of Id onto under one yew, 1 ; cone oal malt
of birth, 1 ; 1; burgle", 1; breaking eta ware-hour,
I; larceny, to the rade of £4, n dwel.ing-honers, 5; larceny
by servanto, 1 ; larceny (simple), 5 ; receiving s• Wen gno la. ;
°Malabo, g otis by f else pretence., 6; uttering iunterfe t
coin, 1 ; perlary. 1; prism breaking, 1; 13 mal s and two
females were ap **aoudad and committal f trial. Table 6
-offences determined summarily be J stlcess. Total rim-
elated males, 150; lanalis, 36; diatharge I males, 33; feenalm,
6. Police Supervision-. One c atrial on I• 0111.110 end five
persons under polio • supervision hare resided In the borough,
and rep ate@ themselves regularly during the past year
Risbner 4W-11. nuntber of rebbnise reported to the pollee
h ye been Pi, the number detected 22, value of pro . erty
et den MI Ts 4401, aoriont recovered £43 161 41, Ineacure
cc reported by the pollee am as follows :-Front doors,
; windows. 34; front garden gata and door leading to rear
of premises, ; store doors. 10 ; total, 90 ; and I beg to corn.
merit on the facilities given by the householders for
the commission of crime by the nabitual practice
of neglecting to secure thittr doors and neindowe, The
Fire lingine-Moothly practices have been instituted to insure
the engine being in good working order in case of fire, and I
hai • attended four Arra In the country, and one alarm of firs
In oi:thorough, and LS has been received f rues of same and
paid to the a-edit of the Urban Sanitary Authority. Inspection
of Weights, Measures, and Bcales-I nspected at shops, weight*.
bran, 105; Iron, 516; mamma 436 ; scales, 46; inspected at
the police-station, weights, 1,490; nSON/Unli, Xi; Nag., 13;
number stamped, braes, 26; iron, 313; mitistues, 1. Fees
received and paid to treasurer, 16s Ild. During the year
463 weights have been repaired atthe polloa-station at monthly
inspectiooa. Pedlar,' °Wiliest's-Granted at 65 each, melee,
' lo; fernele46; total, IL Fees received £66., end rjuix
o t
the watch rate. Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act-
the pail year there ham not been a angle coos reported is the
b 'rough, but an cedar In Council was limed In April Wet NAP
balm( the cleansing of cattle trucks, horm boxes, guards' var.s,
end landing places at the railway stations, and in accordance
with that order I have to state that it hos been efficiently
carried at by the (Muth and Great Western Companies sines
that time, also that Mr. Thomas Ensor eni Wr, J. Barge have
carried out the regulations with re mom It the cleaning of
the Market Grounds, In a eatisfactory manner. The
Petroleum Act tins been strictly alto cd, enol as bar as I
have been ebb e to Julio, the requirements of the Act has
been carried out as well Sc thy cotditions co •tainel
their ewe. The Explosives An hes been enforced in the
Borough. Tne Chimney ewe -perm Act has beets enforced,
and four certificates granted during the ye, on payment
of 24. 6,1. each, and credit to the Watch Rita. Licensing
Act, 1874-The General Annual Licenelog Meeting was
ld he on ties 66th Augult last, when 33 general lieeneed
halms, five beerboases on the premises, and two off, one
refreshment house on the promisee, one for wine and
spirits 3 the promises, and one for wines, sprite. end
beer off the promises, were renewed. The conduit of
which, on the whole, dueler( the nue year, has been
satisfoctory, only one publican proceeded against and coo.
elated, also to state that the brewem are anxious that •
their houses should be conducts I in • proper warner, and
whoa complaints are made to them by me, they generally
remove the tenants or canton them os to their future
conduct. Of person. found drunk, there have bee* SS
promoted spinet. Inquestio-Ten inquest, have boon held
dudes the year. four inquiries where the Coroner did not
think It neoessary to boll an invert, Tbe Marren nuation
Fund now amounts to £315 6e. kl. ' • fees, £l9 I 6.1.
Captain W. Y. Mese, M.N. tamper:or of Constabulary, made
his sr ntial inspection of Um force, clothing appointment.,
*tattoo, calls, and books, on the 16th of Munch, when every-
thing {NNW off Mtlefacto./. In conclusion, beg to state
that to. conduit of the sergeants end constables undi:s. my
command has been exemplary, and that they have
their several duties la a satisfactory manner. No s=esis or
other camalty has occurred in the form during the vear,-I
bars the honour to be gentlemen, your most Obedient
*errant,
CLIACJI Comas, Bead Constable.
To the Worshipful the Mayo - and Gentlemen of the Watch
Cotent:ttee,