The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

WAREIIAIi.

REVIAION OF PARLILIIINTARY VOTER& —A court
was held at the Townhall, on Wednesday last, by
Edward Platt, Esq., for revising the several lists of
voters far the county of Dorset, but the business
did not occupy long, being merely of a formal
character. The memo gentleman afterwards opened
a court for the revision of the lists of voters for the
borough, which was largely attended, and excited
oonviderable interest. The Liberals were repre-
sented by Mr. M. C. Weston, of Dorchester, and
Mr. C. 0. Bartlett, of Wareham; and the Conserva-
tives by Mr. Atkinson, of Blandford, and Mr.
Trevenee, of the firm of Phippard and Trevenen,
Wareham. The Conservatives objected to nearly
the whole of the voters In the pariah of Cone Castle,
but when the Forties answered to their names, the
objections in most cases were withdrawn. Mr.
Weston applied In each ease for costs, but these were
refused by the revising barrister. Several voters
were struck off on both sides, owing to their not
answering to their names when called on. The
result of the revision was as follows :—Conservative
claims made 36, sustained 11; Conservative objec-
tions 56, sustained 13; total number of claims and
objections 92, total number sustained 24. Liberal
&aims made 10, sustained 2; Libeial objections 14,
sustained 8; total number of claims and objections
24, total number sustained 10; majority in favour
of Ooosorvaiive• 14.

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justices
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case will he important to many agriculturists. The
magistrates present were 0. W. Ferrer, Esq.,
(chairman,) C. W. Digby, Esq., and J. W. T.
Fyler, lieq• Simnel Baum Hunt, a farmer, of
Swansea, .was summoned for refusing to pay
toll to Joseph Curtis, the collector at Elwell
gate, Swanage. Mr. W. H. Atkinson, of Blandford,
appeared for the defendant, It was proved that the
defendant's waggon, laden with bricks, and drawn
by four berms, came into the turnpike road from •
field of defendant's a few yards from the toil pie,
Larthrough it, and entered another field of his
verd een 20 and 30 yards the other side of the gat.;
here four Bosh bonnie were put to the waggon
and it was taken into the turnpike road again
at a spot lower down, and then pawed along it
In cross-examination it was elicited by Mr. Atkinson
that the four horses with the waggon which per
through the gate did not tray-1 on the turn•
for 100 yard Mr. Atkinson contend -01,6„_,___"""
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thtewTruess not liaboflethtos
Epagyet,, and d c":.ed the •.'d
ot.thai vflcieroi;
In the Court of QUllele• • turcPiko read, decided
Law Jouroni . Bench, and reported in the
Wrist mere series, voL :evil., p. 116, magie•
3 Cc, " • It was ruled that the 41st section of
• .. i V., c. 126, and the 32 section of the same
Act, were to be reed together, and consequently that
the defendant could not be convicted of evading
tolls, because his home and •aggon did not
travel upon the turnpike 100 yards before turning
off. The jostioce were Coleridge, Crompton, Erie,
and Wightman, and Mr. Coleridge asid,—We all
think the distance travelled on the read In the two
joarnies respectively cannot be coupled together, so
as to make more than 100 yards, it mutt be more
than 100 yards in one joarney.—The Bench diamimed
the case.— Mr. Hunt summoned the collector
for illegally demanding toll for a horse and cart
used by him for taking_ sacks from his homestead
along
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pakeradto another
roaohin aupthere at or Pid
wofhk. 3is farm
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