The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

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COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

BAII:MDAT.
Beforeli. B. Middleton, Esq., G. W. Floyer, Hog.,
MaPr•Giniural Henning, aud E. L Kind/mely,

Twierzi OF LICZNIUS.

Applieationa were made for the transfer of the Ikea..
nf the King Alfred publichouse, Portland, front
Thome. Stone Peace to Thome. Greenhatn ; also for
the transfer of the Volunteer lon, Portland, from
Thiry Stevens, as yellow, to herself .—Bob appllcations
were granted.

MALICIOrtaLT KILLING A DOG.
Tom Gale was summoust by William Kemp for
maliciously killing • dog at T .ller Porcornta.—Mr.
Weston prosecuted and Mr. Howard defended.—
Frederick Rend di, living at Kingcomb., stated that
on Sunday, the sth of March, he saw William Kemp
about &dog. which had formerly belonged to his father.
While he was at dinner he heart the in-port of • gun,
and heard • dog hollos he got up, and looked out and
saw Mr. Gale with a gun in his hand. The same
afterno lie met defendant's non, and they went
towards the blacksmith shop, and in the ditch beeide
he saw the d g ick " deal. There were shot marks
in it. Crossexamintal b . Mr. Howard Since his
father bad given the dog t s Mr. Pool. at Beaming or,
it had been roaming a soot the height, .orb oil. His
tether dr sse the dog away when it game to his
hoes.. They lived eh nit 20 ya d • from Gale. Di i
not hear a ything about Mr. Gale having • sheep
worried by ad g He did not think it possible for
anyone eta,ling at Mr. Galn'a hoes, to have shot the
dog where it .m Kemp, g smekeeper in the
employ of the Earl of Sandesch. sail be sometime
ago purchased a dog named Dick of Mr. Mendell, at
Kingcombe. Hl miseed the dog on the sth of March.
He went to Kinecombe to look for it. He sow Gale
about shooting the d.er on the Wednesday. He 'shit,
him—" I hear you have shot my dag ;" he replied—" I
shot at it." He (witness) said—" You killed it."
and defen lant repeated what he said first. He told
him he should make him pay for the doe. He pur-
chased the dog last September. After he purchased
it he took it home, and it had been hi..log ev.-r since.
Ihe dog occasionally went away. It, v sloe lit at £6,
and it was about 12 months old, lie had the do., dug
up near the b!ackani th ah .p. an 1 it was hi.. - Cnses.
examined by Mr. lower I: He gave It oxtail halda.
• ,vareign for it. It wso a half-lire I she !nand hatcher
dog. Paul never claimed the dog .sr spoke to hi ni about ir.
—lorederich Kendall re.c*lleil,statel that the d g wee
about 12 month. old. —Wi 11am Watts, under-keeper
for the Karl of Sandwich at Honk, corr slssrat.ci
what Kemp stated in refer nce tie awing Gale
about shooting the dog.-11r. Howard, for the
defence, contended that it wan • case for the County
Court, and called Tom Gale. the son of defendant, who
stated that on Sunday, the sth .d Nis/eh, he was in his
father'. Louse, and saw • doe in the yard running after
the fowl., he tried to drive him away, rebisl he wan
unable to do, he then shot at him. The .ame dog
drove • sheep over a hurdle the week bdor and
staked it, so that they were ohlized to kill the sheep.
His father did not shoot the dog. He di I not shoot
at the dog with any detention to kill him, only to
frighten him away.—The Magistrates dismiagd the

GAME TiIt:SPA-44.

Charles Ray, alias John Rev. a private of the
39th Regiment, wax charged with a Kam, tre.paal
at Wioterborne St. blartin.—Si Inn, C .bb 44491
that he wee gamekeeper ts Mr. Henry Pretor,
at btortinstown. On the 12th of March 1 e ••••
defendant and another man with • .104 hinting the
gorse, the other msn had a r .bliit tisii up in his pockets
handkerchief, which hoe dd he picked up desd Ti.
rabbit was cold, and appeared to hove been dead some
time. They asked him not to pay anything about it.
—Fined 10. and costs. and in default 11 days.