The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-08-28 00:00:00

WARIZA.N.
COUNTY PETTY BEBBIONB.

Before Colonel Mat.... 11 On the chair). G. Burt, E.g.,
ant r Hawkwowortb.
Frank Edmund. wiss charged with trespassing on
land 4 Siudieod in the occup.ttou .4 Messrs. Luck.
hem asil i in es owl .4 c .nies.—Defsudant
plevie 1 not guilty.—Judoe_ ph (I "land, having been
'worn, et do.l tlia on the 211tii I July he saw two men
on the hill at Studland. lie watobed them through a
glass, an.l saw them chase a rabbit or bars,—could not
sneer wh,ch. Ile then roe up and told them ha
ghould ..ummun thew. lie sake.' their mows, but
they refu.ed (orison]. time, and b•gged to be forgiven.
—Yined 2.. in. lad lOg costa, or 14 day's imprison-

ment.
Susan Orchard was charged with assaulting Mary
Bowles, • chit I 11 years of ego, at Bowmen, on the
7th of August.— Defendant pleaded guilty, but stated
the child had tor .voit..ol her, or the offence would not
have been oominitted.—Slary Bowles, having been
sworn, said she was at Holstead on the fth of August
with her sister, a baby do a perambulator, and Mrs.
Orchsrd came up to her and said—* Why did you beet
my little boy." She told her she had not done so.
Sae then took away • stick which the baby had in her
hand and beat her with it, hurting her very much,
and leaving merits on her back.—thfeodant here said
witness threw a stone at her—Witness denied haviog
done so.—Martha Basket, 12, having been sworn,
corroborated the evideuce.—Sarah James, 12, stated
she was at Bestwell, and saw Mary Bgwles throw •
stone at Mrs. Orchard, and then Mrs. Orchard best
her with • stock. —Fried 1. ; costs remitted.
Albert Bonfield, of S teenage, was fined 124. and Bs.
costs for being drunk an .I ri dons at S wauage.—
Deism lent dii not ap,war.—Ton cans was proved by
I°C. JACIIB‘
•man G over was strumono I by the Guardians of
the Wareham and Purbeck Uni on for arrears doe
t owards the maintenance of hid ether, now an inmate
14 the Wareham lini on, amounting to FA 15..
Defendant pleaded inability to do so, stating_he war
not earning enough t keep himeelf.—Joseph Haymow,
having boon swo. n, iced when defendant is in his
omploy he aaaaa on an average 15s. 6d. per week.—
Sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. —Mr. R. N.
Howard, of Weymouth, prosecuted.
Georg eCosens was summoned for • similar
offence, the arrears amounting to £2 15s.—Mr. R. N.
itooaod prosecuted, and a-ke I for an order to be made
on defendsnt.—Mr. J. H. Willshire, relieving officer,
proved tlrd the amouot was due.—Order made.
Harry James was charged with trespassing in
*each of game at Mor.len,on lands belonging to Mr. \V.
Burr, on the 13. h of August.—Defendant pleaded
not guilty.—Alfred Westfield, gamekeeper to Mr.
Sturdy, said he saw defendant on the day in question,
ab out hslf-past eight in the evening, in • fiedi
occupied by Mr. Barr. Hs aaw a dog start a rabbit,
but did not catch it, and ehortly after saw the dog
start another, which it caught. 'defendant then came
across the field towards the dog, but when be saw lain
he turned round and ran away', and when be saw him
the next morning he asked him to forgive him.—Fined
Ss. and 10s. costa.
Jame. Joyner pleaded guilty to having two weighta
in his possession on 16th August, not being marked
with the G overnment stamp, and was fined 61. and 7s.
coats.
James Parker, of Corfe Castle, was charged with
etealing 11 hen's egg., the property of his master, Mr.
James Beacon:kb°, at Corte Castle.- —Defendant pleaded
guilty.—James Baer 'nabs, miller, residing at Code
Cottle, said he had missed • quantity of eggs lately,
and • short time since went into the stable, and up in
the manger under soma straw he found two eggs hid.
Ms did not take them away, but went from time to
time until the number amounted to 11. He then
masked theta, and gave information to the police-
sergeant. Toe eggs produced were his.—Sergeant A..
Wyles, stationed at Corte, stated on Sunday morning,
the 19th Auguot, between Cur and five a.m., from
information he teat received, he proceeded to Arfdadt
In the occupation of James Basocombe, and in
the manger in the stable he found 11 eggs covered with
atraw. lie examined them, and found them marked.
lie then concealed homself in the stable until seven
o'clock, when he saw prisoner enter the stable. Alter
remaining there about five minutes he went out. He
allowed him to proceed about 3007015. towards his home,
when he went at er him and overtook him. He aeked
him what he had got, and he replied, "Oh, nothing."
He toll him he must search him. He old too. and
found the eggs produced upon him. He then charged
him with ste ding the egg,. He admitted having
stolen them, but looped 11r. Esscombe would forgive
him that time. He would never do it again. He
didn't care what he paid, if they didn't send him to
gaol. —Sentenced to six weeks' Imprisonment with
hard labour.