The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

WINSOME.

FATAL A COIDIDIT.—On Wednesday, ae • man naltial
James Dsoomb, of ()reap. Iry engaged lopping moose
tree* by the road side, at Honeybrooke. he Nu frog, the
top of one of them on the turnpike, end received such
injuries as terisbtated fatally the following shorans.

-JOHN Close, Tin Dourreimul U 110171112. —Jobn
Cress, who was cast into Dorchester gaol two mouths
sr, ander • writ et ea ea at the snit of Hr. Jacobs, to
whom be owed t. 111), and was adjudiatted bankrupt at
his owe petition, same up before Judge Everett. at
Win.bonce county court, on Wedasaday, for Ms last
examination, and to apply for as order of 4i
Hr. Harker, on behalf of the creditors' ' mat;rM
for munmormom wawa St. John Conolk. ,tbe
Rev. A. Kemp, and the Rev. R. W. tre, the
trustees of the ERE subscribed toe (lie, whoa be was
committed to gaol for 14 days for steams • hurdle, and
which they had invested at the Wimhorse beak for the
benefit of him end his family, witboat the mesa or
mama of Cross, and Woo araftei the R. Protheses/7
Onslow, who was concerned in the oollectioa of the
money, that they might give evidenee as to the par-
poem for which the contributors intended the money
should be need. The bankrupt &Treed that be was
sever 'eked to consent to the money being invaded,
and that be never signed any paper coneeatiag in any
way to it. Elis Honour directed the Registrar to issue
the summonses applied for, and said it was a great
shame that the bankrapt ahould have been kept in
prison two months when there were funds in band. He
granted the bankrupt an immediate discharge, and fixed
Nov. 14 for the heating of the summoner at a special
mart.

COUNTY COURT.—WroNimuT. Carona 16.
Wore IL Evrairm Bp.

There wen 178 new plaints entMed for hearing and
U judgment =amnesia 08th. former VT remained for
bearing. The principal ewes were :
Haskell v. Way.—Claim £2 for • gun.—Hr. What.
men, of Salisbury, appeared for the defendant. Plaintiff
said he bought gun for E 2 of his brother. One night
be was out with • party of friends, and on their return
home the defendant, who im a keeper, met him and took
the gas from hlm.—By his Honor: Where were you
when be took the gin ?—1 was on my mother's land.
—WhaCtirue was it?—About four o'clock in the morning.
There were seven or eight In the company. Going
home we got amusing ourselves.—ln crues-examination
by Yr. Whaman, the plaintiff admitted that be was
tried before a bench of magistrates for poaching that
night; that be was sent to prison.—His Honour: How
could you be so foolish as to enter such • plaint. You
are caught poaching, the gun taken from you, and
you are sent to prison.—Nonsuitol ; defendant's cost
allowed.

Hillier r. Urry.—CWm 6s. Bd.—Th. defendant is
an agricultural implement maker, residing at Wimborne,
and the plaintiff an apprentice in his employ, who,
according to the term of indenture, receives 10s. per
week the last year of his time. He now claimed ers. ad.
as payment for three days and ten hours. Plaintiff
stated that on the 10th July be stopped from his work
to go to a wedding, and returned to work the following
Monday. That the defendant then had him taken up
on a warrant and he waa sent to prison. Him wages
were paid every Friday night.—ln defence Mr. Urry
said that the plaintiff neglected Ida work and had lost
a great many hours.—His Honour. How did you pay
him 1-1 paid him 10s, per week.—Q. Wu that
calculated by hour or by the week /—He had to make
up 60 hours per week. He could come early or not,
as he pleased, and 000ld make overtime, for which he
would have been paid. Tbe indentures were cancelled
when he Was taken up, by order of the magistrates.
His Honour decided that as the plaintiff was not a
weekly servant, but was paid by the hour, he was
entitled to the claim, which was ordered to be paid
forthwith.

.7. Baker e. Rev. C. .1. 04n. —This was an
adjourned case.-11r. Tanner, of Wimhorne, appeared
for the plaintiff, and Kr. Dickinson, of Poole,
for the defendant. The claim was for one quarter's
salary, Li 7 10s. as schoolmaster of (hoot's School, in the
parish of Wimborne.—Plaintiff stated that he had been
13 years schoolmaster at Gaunt. Common, at the
salary of 170 per year. He was engaged by the
defendant, actin, for the late Sir Riehard Glyn. When
Sir Richard died the defendant continued him on as his
schoolmaster, and paid him hie salary quarterly. The
last payment was up to Christmas, HIM. On the 16th
July, 1866, he received a communication from the
defendant in whisk be gave him notice to leave at the
end of the quarter. (The letter was put in and read).
It was to the effect that in consequence of some
unpleasantness in plaintiff's family the rev, defendant
thought it best for plaintiff to give up the school.
Before the end of the next quarter he received • verbal
memage, he meld not say by whom delivered, to the
effect that Mr. Glyn would be glad if he would
continue on till Christmas ; and he continued up to that
time, when he was turned out of his hotme.—(Plaintiff
bare made a pitiful statement of his wrongs, and sewed
Mr. Glyn of having &Med very cruelly towards hito.)—
He was then cross-examined by Kt Dickinson, and
acknowledged to have written two letters subsequent to
the notice, in both of which he asked for longer time,
and solicited defendant's assistance in procuring another
situation- —His Honour, ei giving his decision, pointed
out that no proof bad been brought by the plaintiff
that the notice given in July had been waived by any
subsequent engagement on the part of the defendant ;
on the contrary, that by his own letters plaintiff had
shown that be was the party who asked for an extension
of tinin—Nonsuited. Mr. Dickineon said they did not
ask for oasts. On hearing the decision of the Court
the plaintiff said be was an injured man, his ease
had not been understood, and he must bring it on
again.
0. Wareham v. Green. —Claim £3 10e. This
was a claim to recover the value of certain home.
hold goods. which the plaintiff aliened he lent to the
defendant for the use of an aged blind woman, a lodger.
—Kr. Tanner appeared for the plaintiff.—The chief
points of the ems were whether &certain sum of money,
namely, £lll, which the blind lodger received from
Witberinston's charity,was applied for payment of lodg-
ings and her food, or whether it wen for food only.—
After hearing evidence on both sides his Honour non-
milted the plaintiff.
John King e. E Evans.—Claim El, for damage tea
piece of barley by defendant's fowls. —Mr. Tanner
be ac-
rr:tor the defendant. —Plaintiff stated that had
re of barley, into which defendant's fowls were con-
tinually. He considered he had lost • seek by their
depredations.—The defence was that the wrong party
was sued, the fowls being the property of defendant's son.
—His Honour gave a verdict for defendant, at the seine
time telling him he fight to see that his eon compen-
sated the plai!itiff teethe damage.

Burt,. Cobb.—This was an -action to recover the
value of certain household goods and wearing apparel.
From the evidence of plaintiff and his wife it appeared
that they employed the defendant to carry their goods
from Christehureh to Holt, and that with his sanction
the goods were left in his stable. When the plaintiff
west for them he found a good pert missing, a list of
which he handed in to the Court. The wife also stated
that she had subsequently visited defendant's hones at
Horton, and had there seen some of her goods, and also
an apron, which the defendent's wife was wearing. In
this she was confirmed by her sister-in-law, who also
said that a policeman was with them at the time•—The
defence was that the goods were placed in the stable un-
protected by any look, and the statement made by plain-
tiff'. wife positively denied.—His Honour adjourned the
case for the attendance of the policeman.
Weiland v. Carter.—Claim 10s. 8.1.-llr. Tanner
appeared for the defendant.—Plaintiff said that he had
given him bill of exchange, which bad been dishoeourrd
at the hank. The greater part if the mono, be bad
paid be advanced as agent for an insurance lempany on
the defendant's behalf, and as he wee informed defen•
dant's affairs had been placed in Kr. Tanner's bands to
use if he could compound with his ereditork Its pressed
for an immediate settlement. —Mr. Tanner acknow-
ledged that he had been consulted respecting the defen'
dent's alfaire.—The defence wee that the sum claimed
formed part of a debt doe on another account owed by
the defendant's father —His Honour ordered immediate
payment.

fi fin FT—RSBURY.
Cogim—We understand that it is the inten-
tion of the tnetrabsrs of the Shaftesbury eons to present
• handsome poem of piste to Sergeant R. Roberts in
lob.. m mbar appreeiation of his services as secretary.
It is also intended to present valuable watch and
teals to drill-sergeant Stroud, who is about to remove to
Dorchester.