The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-01-26 00:00:00

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have • hundred pain& He devied putting his fist in
Hertgill's face and *4161 aa witOus tAward Ouointwy
wense evideney supported Idiot .tement. The chairman
said :t was ine ofMime CISCO which I.ll,Cht Dever to have
been brought into court, an 1 if his defendant had
knocks I the complainant down in the street be should
only have indieted • imminal pensilty.—Caas dismissed.
rn hereteraten Walk's &tart and Wallas
Copan'. of Blawilord, were charged with being drunk
and riotous on Saturday night 1411 inst. short's mother
aPi-eared for him and toward denied the cleaner. —PM-
Itutt stated th•t be new the two deferShinta come out
of the Bleak Rear, Blendford, both drank, and when
seer Turner's entry they commenced fighting with eatth
other. They then we it through the entry and begat(
seam. He then got Coward wiray end Short's sister
took his away. Coward in his defence, said that Short
wanted to fight him but he would not in the public
street and said if be wantei to fight he was to come on
the Down. Roth tune sentenced to seven days' im-
prisonment with out the option of a fine.
Drunk tied larapaUt..—Cleorpe Allen, of Houghton,
was charged with this offence. He pleaded not guilty.
—P.C. Spicier said that on the 24th December he saw
the defendant lying in tl.e road asleep and drunk. He
thought he was dead. Ho sot him up, and and another
man took him home. Defeodant was very abusive when
he servod the aumeions upon him, and told him if he
remained In Stiekland he would have his lit, at the
same tune holding up • thick stick in • threatening
attitude. - Defendant said he had only had threepennl-
- of brandy, and was leaning over some railings,
waiting for a men named Ifrish &hounds. whon the
policeman came up, and put his arms round him, and he
thought at 6[o he was going to piek hi. pockets of the
few shillings he had—(l•sehter). Edmunds came op
directly and went home with Wm.—Edmunds, who was
called as witness for the defendant, stated that he was
not absent from him more than fire mizake, and tint
he was pettedly sober, and leaning over the railing
when be got up to bins. —The policeman, in rrply, said
Roth of you were drunk—The Beeeb oonsidered the
charge proved, not giving credit to gelmands's state-
menk—Fined 2.. 6.1. end 2.. tid. .

Seed jag Firewood asd Taraips.—Mary Anne Barton,
of Farnham, was °barged on the complaint of Mr.
Penh., farmer, with the above °Mmes.—P.C. D. Ellis
said he first saw Barton take up a quantity of wood
prepared for making • hedge, and afterwards she went
into another field belonging to Mr. Farris, and took up
nine turnip... Ile followed and took teem from her.
Mr. Ferris valued the property at la W.—The Bench
ordered defendant to pay • fine of 4e. 9d., 10. 9d-
damage, and 9s. hd. ceete—totel; ;in defsalt, 14
days imprisonment. Allowed till the next smart day,
13th February.
Steal isg Heirdle.s.—Frealeriek Cols, • labourer, in the
employ of Yr. Frets, wail charged with steels( two
hurdles, the property of hie master. From the evidence
it appeared that the prisoner was working with • steam
thrashing machine, and had topes', on his way home.
the plum where the hurdles were ready placed for fold.
log the sheep, when he wee seen by P.C. Ellis to take
two of Munn and break them up, and was immediately
apprehended by the policeman.—Ffe pleaded guilty, and
was sentented to one month's impriaonsnenL
Damn9iiagii Fewee.—hfarelia Anne Browne, Mary
Anne Pif man. and Anne Afizateel, Bliindford, the
former a poor.looking half-starved creature, who said
that dm had three youtg children, and her husband had
been ill all the year, were severally charged witn
destroying a quantity of fence, the property of J. J.
Farquhareon' Esq.—P.C. Batt proved the mar, and
stated that from 400 to 500 yards of the fence was
broken. —They were fined 4s. each, including coats;
allowed till the 13th of February to pay.
Wilful derange Iv is tree—John Wells and Charles
Worm', aged respectively 10 and 8 years, were charged
with wilfully cutting and damaging • tree in • planta-
tion at Pimperne, the property of Lord Portman. (Hie
lordship and Mr. Portman retired during the hearing
of this ease.)—The boys admitted the offence and stated
that they did it with a Gedgediook.—At the request of
his lordship the sentence was held over, the bore being
told that if thy again offended, they would be isom-
mitted to prison.
Treepou is aturcA of pnese.—Chorfes Smite% and Seth
Pride, of Milborne fit. Andrew, warn charged under the
Poaching Prevention Act with treepeas in search of
gems—Sergeant Hill said that on Saturday the 9th ,
Inst., about half-past three, p.m.. lief saw the defend-
ants on land in the oompatioe of Mr. Stows6.ld
between Milborne and Bare Regis. They then went
and ferreted in a bank between Mr. Draz's and Mrs.
Michel's property. One was on one side of the bank
and the other on the other side, end he saw the one
nearest him put net. down. They then went on Mr.
Fowler's down, and came along the road, where he met
thorn. He took two nets from Smith's side pocket.
Witness then went to the place where he saw them
ferretting. and found a ferret in the hedge. Defend-
ants said they were going to Here, but found the
waters were out, and turned back. On their way they
found two nets in the road. They denied being on the
land at all. Sergeant Hill said the defendaata were
half-mile from the road, and he could see them all the
time.—Fined 10s. and re. 93, coats each.

David Nevi/am, °Weed with trespass in sough of
name on land. at Tollard Arnhem, the property of
Lord Rivera, pleaded guilt d it bring hie first
offenee, he wan fined in the tai tad penalty of 24. 6d.
and 2e. fisl. costa.

BRLDPORT.

A LLEcien EztrnosAßatororr ManCearr.—
BOtoUrail PoLice, Tuesday.—Before the Mayor, T.
Collet, Eq. (chairman), S. W. IVbetham, EN., and
James Tompleman, Esq.—Henry Wintle, a respectably
-desired young man, who was remanded from the Ilth
irritant by F. Good. Esq., was chargid with obtaining
by false pretences, from Mr. Robert Hounsell, • mer-
chant of Bridport, a fishing net, teehn cally called a
wine, of the value of £44. —Mr. W. H. Manley appeased
for the prosecution, and Mr:J. A. Day for thownsoner.
—From the evidence given it appears that on the 3rd of
Noveruhrr last the town crier received • letter through
the post purporting to be frost Henry Wintle end Co.,
&barmen, of Westousuper-Mare, and stating that the
hay was full of sprats, and they (Mean: Wintle and
Co.) wanted a sprat seine immediately. As the firm
was not acquainted with the town, the crier wee
requested to take the I,tter to one of the principal net.
rockers, aril be ahould be paid for his trouble. To..
Taylor, the crier, took am letter to the prosecutor, who
at ono, wrote for directions as to the eine, ka, which
wiu sent to him by H. Wintle and Co. The prosecutor
emyloyed another merchant of the town to make this
seine, end it was made moat upeditiously, and sent to
Weston-super-Mare by van train, and every mean.
taken that there should be no delay in it, transit. An
invoice wee sent on the 10th of November, the seine
day as the net, and as it was to boa cash transaction,
the prosuutor naturally expected to bear, but no money
or letter was sent. On the 191 h the prosecutor wrote
to Messrs. Wintle and Co., requesting a remittance by
return, and not receiving any, he went himself to
Weston=per-Mare on the 21st of November to look
into the matter. He then found that the nine had
duly arrived. and had been delivered to the prisoner,
who had signed a receipt for it; but no such firm as
Henry Wintle and Co. wee known. On proceeding to
37, James's-street, the address given, the prosecutor
found that it wee a private residence, where the prisoner
wee living with his father, a retired fiehmonger and a
man of fortune. On looking for the net, be
found it was In the hands of Mr. John
Banwell, the landlord of the Spread Engle Tavern,
who had purchased it of tire prisoner for £25, on
the 15th of November, two days after it had been
received by the prisoner. He could not find the prisoner
anywhere, and consequently could not get his money.
He returned back to Bridport on that day, but d
Weeton•super-Mare another visit the following Wed.neelay (the 25th) when be could not find the prisoner,
and trying to get his money in some way or other, be
agreed with the prisoner's father and Host Banwell.
that the net should be put up in ten £5 shires, £2O
of the proceeds to be paid to Human and the remain-
ing MO to the prosecutor, who was to take one share
himself. The net being of too small • mesh
for the waters at Weston-super-Mare, which are very
muddy, the attempt to dispose of the net by shores
failed, and the proseeetor by letter offered to let Mr.
Benwell retain the net without molestation, if he woad
give him (prosecutor) £25, or else prosecutor would give
Burwell £lO in cub, and £lO in goods, and take bank
the net, both of which propositions Mr. Seawall
declined. It appears that the prosecutor being enable
to obtain payment for the net, was advised to
mare the present charge against the prisoner,
in order to screw the money out of the father.
The witnesses for the prosecution, treed the net from
It, manufacture to its ;delivery into the prisoner's
hand.s. It however came out on arose-examinntion, that
the prisoner was to have £2O more for the seine if it
answered, making £45, and gave • receipt accordingly.
That he had been a fishmonger for • great number of
years. and up to so late • time as September last, had
bought and sold large quantities of fish. That be had
agreed with a person of the name of Stone, to go halves
in the fishing of the bay, Stone to find boata and two
men, and the prisoeer the net and two men. That the
reason the prisoner sold the net, wan because it was
useless for the Westen-sisper-blare waters, the molt
being • great deal too small. lhat the prisoner was a
person of great rupeetalaility, his father being • man
of large fortune, and the prisoner had tarried on • large
businees for some yews at Bristol and Bath, and
had always been a fishmonger and nothing else.
lir: Day, for Abe defence, contended that there wee
no man for to bring the prisoner's sets within the pale
of the Act of Parliament, there must have been an in-
tention on the priaoner'spert to never pay for the goods,
and =avert them to his own us,; but bets prisoner had
entered into partnership with another fisherman, whom
he should call, who had the exclusive right to the fishing
in the Bay, and therefore hid a right to ago the order
for goods, to be used in the partnership as Henry Wintle
and Co. The reason why the net was sold, we. because
it wet aof too fins a mesh for the Bay, and was •lso
too heavy for the boats used there ; and as good a price
wee made (Grit, es could be reasonably expected. Mr.
Day called Augustus Stone, who proved that the
' prisoner and himself hail agreed to enter (into partner-
ship. The prisoner to find a net and two men, and he
, (Stone) two boats and two men. That the net w6B
nseleu for the Bay, being two fine • mesh,
and too heavy by two and shalt owt:; and was not worth
• sovereign for the waters there, because if it wee pat
into them it could never be got out again ; that he had
the exclusive right of fishing in the hay. John Cox, a
fisherman, of Weston-super-Mere, heard the agreement
made, and was to be one of the men to work in the
boate. The net was useless for the waters at
Weston-super-Mare, being of too fine • mesh.
The Bench, after considering the matter for a quarter
of an hour, considered that although it eras • case of
great suspicion, there was not sufficient evidence to go
to the jury, and acquitted the prisoner. The ewes
occupied several hoar*, there being more than a cloven
witnesses.

Irate of the town had been called to • few butane's of
fever, which had proved fatal ha the town, and
althiazh he did not with to raise any onne,emmy alarm,
he thought thins eras more thee one way of doing
Ito, and- that any Merin whirls might have arisen
would be allayed rather than ha:reseed by •
public meeting beiog walled. He avatalit the
local board occupying the position It did °Dot
to consider the matter. He had also called the notiew
of the inspector to his ditties, sod urged gireater
diligence, and ordered the me of disinfectants. He Yea
taken upon himself to order ma additional quantity
of chlo lie of lime, and had also soqatred aa to
whet other diminfeolants were best. He bad also
collected stati•tioi, in order to Met the correctivess of
the ransom.. He had mat to all the 'radical genliemen
In the town, requesting to kaow the number of Mei,
fever patients within the lag two mootha, and whet
bed belt be done- _

The answers were thea read, whleb proved that there
have only been five fatal cease of lever. There were
suggestions as to sanitary measures which Gould be
&looted, and the whole of them agreed in the opinion
that after a dry summer mai as we had last year, fever
follows everywhere more or laa, bet stSer • suicemiers
of wet seasons it Is not preva'ent at • rule, and that the
type of fever now prevalent is not of • malignant form.
One of them stated that he bad several sees under
treatment in the surrounding neighbourhood.
Mr. Himmeli suggested that the thing required was •
pod sepply of water for the town, and gave 'melee that
be would bring forward the subj.:set at the beet mostbsge
The iinportanee of • good water supply was resuipumb
by all, and the only question WU bow it should be pro-
vided. Mr. H. N. Cox sagrested • company started by
the merehants, but Ms Id P. Gisticiry thought if water
was wanted it must be had and • rate made.
The meeting adjourned to February 8.