The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-01 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULIURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 18,42.

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Wear Law Oithactits roe DlOar". At lb.
Borough Petty Serious on Friday larA • bill was
moulted, to the Borough magistrates, W. Talbot and
3'. Lund* Beqe., andbr. Drew, for signature. It
set forth the costs bloomed in suppreming • vile house,
near the place when it wee IXOPOnd to appropriate
the People's Park for building porpoises, the oasts
amounting to about £47, of which the polio* expenses
were £l3 10a. nel.—Mr. Lunde, thought they were
mot liable for the whole of this amount.—Mr. Braith-
waite, toren teams of the oonoty magistrates' Meek,
said Weymouth parish was liable.—Kr. Landis asked
—were the costa taxed 4—The soaves was in the
athrmative, and the Bench supposed they had no
al-ernative, but to sign the bill.—Dr. Drew : Then I
should hesitate a long time before I set the law in
inotioa, at that cost.—Mr. Landis: The neighbours
felt the house was an awful nuimeacm—Dr. Drew: We
ought to have some summary mode of dealing with
each came, instead °heeding them to the Oman above.
It was quite a local matter.—Tbere seemed nothing
for it, but to grin and bear it.
Oosomuno Toaacco.—William Risley waa sum-
moned for harbouring 171 lbs. of tobacco. contraband,
whereby he made himself liable to £8 18e. 35.
Defendant said be bought the tobsooo and paid for it,
3s. a lb.; he never asked whether it was smuggled or
not. He bought it of a tradesman in the towm—The
Bench said no doubt be pretty well knew where it came
from.—Mr. C. T. Atkins showed the tobacco, which
was made up in fiat pawls, and the Beach had he
doubt it was aningsled.—Defendeat :If Ibid coached '
George Jolliffe runniog upstairs after my wife, I should
have stopped him to know what 'twee for.—Mr.
Atkins remarked that, unless defendant pleaded guilty,
they could go into them matters in evidence.—Mr.
Talbot told defendant be wee liable to £lOO penalty.—
Hr. Landis advised the defendant not to import into
the case any matter which had nothiog to do with it.
He bad better hold his tongue about it. He did net
think they wanted to bow Mr. Jollifle on this matter
at ML Prim said this was • most flagrant
offence, and be thought the highest penalty should be
Inflicted on this mau, smuggling wee not sot to such a
pitch—Defendant was fined EL—Defendant: I paid
for the tobsooo.—lie was told he bad forfeited that.—
Defendant: That ii my box, I think.—Mr. Atkins:
We tithe it, sir. —Defendant travelled round above the
Chairman, smiling, to the magistrates' clerk.—Mr.
Ardent You are in a court of justice, and it is no
laughing umither.—Deimidant had to pay 10a 3d.,
and west round to Mr. Atkins, who said he had no'
thing to do with taking the money.—Mr. IL Price:
I'll take it.—Deteedant went to Mr. Prue with • beg
of silver, and paid the money in piles, with the wrist-
ance of • little gold.
Damn AND DIOORDULT.—Fredorio Whittle was
charged on Friday, before IL 0. Goodden,
Rliott, Seq., Captain Postai:, Major food. end
Dr. Smith, with being drunk and disorderly at Lang.
tom—P.C. Andrews proved the case. The pcisoner
came out of a house, was ordered to go beck again,
but be came out again, and offered to fight anybody.
—Fined 17s,
kio/1312T row • 881111•72.—Ntir Stuart, • young
seaman, WY charged with rubbing Henry Rousall of
a purse and lls. 9.1., his property, at Portland, on
board the bugs 11•116311. on July 27th.—Prossoutor
mimed Ida mousy, gave information to the
_police at
Portland and Weymouth, and came over to Weymouth,
met the prisomr in the Motet, and took him to the
policoutution, where Sergeant Apes, searched him in
the prosecutor's premises, and the stolen property was
found on him, with the exoeption of 10d.—Prisoner,
who belonged to the barge Harwioh, in Portland
Roads, admitted the offence, but said he wanted to
wake • statement.—He said that he and the prosecutor
were currying water in the forearm* where the
prosecutors trowsere were hanging up. As he brushed
by them they fell down, and the purse fell out of the
pocket, and he picked it up. As the captain was not
on board he could not draw his money, and he kept
the purse, and went to Weymouth, leaving his cloths,
and a month's pay on board, and intending when he
went to the ship to draw his money and repay the
promcutor.—He was asked: Would they take him on
hoard again I—Prisoner did not want to go now.—ln
answer to further enquiry, he said his native place was
London, and be worked on some buildings before he
went to sea,—Mr. Goodden said prisoner must go to
prison or par a very heavy fine. Whets were hie friends?
Prisoner returned be had no friends, except • cousin
lath, 14:h Regiment.—Prosecutor hers handed up •
letter which prisoner had thrown away, and which
began—" Dear Father and Mother," but not signed.—
Mr. Goodden said prisoner bad placed himself in an
awkward position, for he was liable to a very heavy
fine or imprisonment. The Bench wished to deal
leniently with him because be we, so young, but he
could not pay a tine of £l, and must go to gaol for 14
day, and that was • very lenient 'mita:mi.—Prisoner
asked if his money and clothes were all right with the
captain '—Mr. Symonds said the captain was respon-
sible to prisoner tor his money and his clothes, but
they had no jurisdiction over itthere.—Preoner : I may
not know where LO go for the captain when I come
out.—Mr. Symonde : Perhaps your captain will leave
your money and zlothes at toe Custom Houle. You
must be careful not to do this again, or you may be
sent to penal servitude.
Alf Usoofaroarasza NICIOHBOOIL—Mrs. Elizabeth
Rogers, who came to the court with • dirmal black eye,
was summoned by Jeminia Wills, oil Friday, before the
County Magistrates, for using language &indicts to
provoke a breach Of the peace.—The parties inhabited
• double house in High-street, but lately the Rogerees
had notice to ifive up on to the Willies, and
leave.—Mrs. Wills told about the leartlAge, which IVY
so disgusting that the Magistrates' Clerk, Mr. Arden,
stopped her in the filthy recital. But the word that
seemed to have annoyed Mrs. Wills the most, bemuse
she said the didn't understand it, was—" cannibal."
She also charged Mrs. Rogers with ill-treating her
own step child, and calling her some of the vilest
name,. She also threw • cup or a saucer at her.—
Mrs. Rogers persistently Interrupted the witness, who
continued that the child ran away and got herself •
place, but hire. Rogers would not let bar stay. On
this night, Mn. Rogers was quiet till her husband
came home, when she began again, —A croesuummous
by Mrs. Rogers against Wills was thee heard.—She
said that lad Saturday fortnight, Wills called her a
black-looking--n 5 a Cheshire cat, and said if he could
meet her on the stairs, he'd give her a sly poke and do
for her—The Supt. said that the Hmerses were
living in High-strest, but bad notice to quit, and give
up pisseesion to the Willies. The man seemed to be
• quiet man, who sold about over the country a crate
of sooda—Mrs. Rogers continued her defence in a
rather obscure manner.—Mr. trundle: How did you
get that black eye 2—The woman said—Rogers gave it
me last Tueeday_week for associating with them.—The
case against Wills was dismissed, and Mrs. Rogers
wee ordered to be bound down for three months, in
£lO, for her good Inhaviser.

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ODDVOLLOWSIII2. —At • sammoDed =satin of the
Looal Good Intent Lodge of Oddiellows of Poole,
held at the Lodge Boom lAA week, to elect • surgeos
for the esieuing twelve months, W. Mackintosh,
surgeon, of Poole, obtained 78 come, and Ur. Lawton,
surgeon, of Poole, 8 votes. The former gentleman Wm
duly Meets&
Antrim= IIUIT aIIOU oi tit* amessity of a more
stalagent regulation of the we relating to the sae of
poisons wee shown at Gm Bournemouth Police-Court,
on Thursday. Mrs. Sarah Dodsworth, an old lady
Brim( in the Lanedowse-rosd. two days previously
felt sh• should like to "go to Heaven.' and to
br
about tbe fulfilment of bar dairy bought a packett
oxalic acid as she said for " rats") at Mr. Atkins's,
the chemist. She took it, but when its effects began
to trouble her she repented, mod o illed in assistance.
She was takes te the Dispensary, sod with consider-
able trouble her lile was saved. She will be taught
at the next Haute Quarter Sessions that oxalic add
Is Dot la this csountry • recograblad Pastioott to the
" liappy land."

Oolmed Now. was Welter Squibb ant twa at the
election toe (nudism,
Mr. Wayward : To that I daeldedls Weal Your course
to show that. men is entitled too waists by the production
of the rate-book. to show arthw that be nes receivcd no
parish relief. and also that for the pest t miler:mouths his
rates have been duly paid.
Mr. Off ft. witness: Wm the raiwbook duly
. .

produced to you l—Most ontainly it was.
And do you therefore, ot your own knowledge, know
tbai Waltor Squibb was entitled to roux
M. Hittlisloid again objected. It could only be proved
by the production of tbe rsta-book. PA,oloovideoce could
not be Woo W 000 writtsa documents were to 'mutate..
He did not make that übiootios Yost to raise a maniacal
point, ((sots he warn informed, Squibb Was not enutied to

vote.
Mr. Tome,, ill reply to Mr. Ooxerell : I °bleated to the
Moe ea not bible ote.oect by t voter.
Kr. Teener, coueounitoed by Kr. Kingsford: You
wen to. rotossoue otbees I—l Iva&
. . .

acl. ca. p;citTt•for• I—F ths lad 13
or 14 sesta. That ts, we have had eleattetut here foe t
last 14 years, and I him been returning agar lot Lb' last
seven or eight
Oa what day was this inspection of that robins:2er
made t--On the day sitar the elsotiJn, this 12th of A
Who wet:* twerat when that exantutattoa was toads!—
.

I can haraly led you. There were waversi people. There
were Kr. Castle. Itidridge, Mr. Kerridge, it,. &mak,
Mr. Moncktma, Kr. Taylor (the master el toe worthouee)
wee repeatedly in and out a the room. lit. Laing, Mr.
0* 1k.., and my sadatant, and Yr. Vesper Thornasois renal,
Lug Garet, end Kr. James.
And in Tniinting taut paper you any you rejected It
ileo.lllll the equators was not that of the voter 1-1 do,

--it whoa. sugeestion? Were either of tha candidatfos
pra.,al—Thars was ea% but 1 beaus* • man nomad
belt.t pokuted A out and said "that's not that man's

signatuns."
Aim the election, who did you admit to Inspect these
voting papers; —Beery [Mown who was lawfully qualified.
(Bear, hear, from Mr. B wed)
Mr. Kingsford. widowing the chairman: I must ebjoct,
sir, to a person, who I believe is named Yr. Boors, think-
ing fit. from time to time, to express his feelings by
saying *hear, beer," wima an answer is given that he
approves of.
, To the witness: On bow many different mambas were
! rocks 'Bowed to inspect them paperel—fieveral ; four or
And did you generally comply with Article 30I—To the
best of my power.
Now, air, I will ask you one question. About • week or
inn days altar the election were you in the Guardinos'
room t —Thera is no sum place.
Then in what Mace did you allow the inspection of
these go ipersl—ln my own private dace. The Board room
I, the Guardians odice.
But a nut is piid ior an oaks in yom place la it not l
No It is not You are wrongly instructed.
Da you remember gr. Dibben and kres gentbomen
coming there I—Teere were throe.
Kr. Kbigefurd: I ass you soak, whet particularly is
there to be doligkood about ix thaif Do 7011 rententoer,
sir, when lit. Dibbea came and saw the voting paper at
your aim I—l do, and I had previonaly asked him and
other gentlemen to wait till the others had Saleked.
Why was he to wait /—lor no particular reason but I
never yet knew that two persona emirs capable or looking
over one smell riper at once. (Laughter.)
That is a matter with which the Bench is competent to
deal. Did you reins, to admit him I—l did not.
Now, as to Mr. Vapor Thomas, why wits he that. I—in
his capacity as volleying officer.
I want turther to know under what aitocia of the
Load Government Board you permitted Ur. \room
Thermo ti be present
Kr. Kinesfurd thee read the motion, and the witness
replied Kr. Voter% Thomas was not penult in either of
the cepsoities nientiomid in it.
Was gr. Boole theret—Yes.
D 4 you show the voiles papers to himl—Yes.
Why I—Beesues I was authorised Li do so.
In writing t—Yss.
Who by 1-11 r. Beare Jones.
Whet was he I—A nominator.
Who did he nominate I I can't tall you.
&oath I—l 41li not in the habit of telling lies
Very likely. sir; hut I am not in a position to express an
opinion up n that. Bot do you really mean to say you
can't tall—NM unless I have the nomination papers
before me.
Kingeford : Then find View, sir I
Kr. Tanner. alloy looking over the papers, said Mr.
Jones nominated Mr. John Hammond.
Mr. Hammond was one of the unsuccessful candidates I
—lie withdrew.
To avoid • &Cat! Let me ask you have you been Li
this person's, Squibb I—No, nor have I mon them. I lout
even know them I am only bare In my °dick'

cap-- scity.
Re-examined by Mr. Unwell: Squibb complied with
article No. 30. to the best of my belief.
Mr. Kingdord: I dou't doubt it for a moment.
Mr. It.ore, recallei by Mr. Kingsford : Yod say you are
takiog these proceedings enurely from • motive Or the
public good (—Ye., none other.
May I oak why yod are ',specially interested in main.
Wain' the morals of Wiraborne Minster 1— Because
persoaally I bsve been—(the reutundist of witisee's
answer was inaudible).

Heed you ever been prosee4ted yourself I—l think that
s iRo t imper.tin!at que.tpa.

You may think s but I repeat the question—Have you
SWOT been prosecuted yourself I—lt's • great piece ,if
impudence, and outside I ahuuld know bow to answer you.
(Witness was rebuked).
Hive you ever been prosecuted I—Never inlay Ids, and
I have never witired a pollee-court except on thes
occlaion. . . . . . .

Has. you been to ps• L. witnesses in Iniis emelt—Most
esrtninly ; I should not Las it up outwit I hsd.
Hays yati semi Stuibb and his wife I—Yes, tor the first

When did you flutes. Kra. Squibb about this I—l think
that ts quite immaterial
I think not. and I &nut have aa answer. —I denims to
answer. . .

The Botch told tbe nee is he most answer, and he
them said twice within t le last month. .

How au.to alt ,r the electiom did you see her I—That I
can't tell, but I should think within a month.
I waat an meteor, end t shall hay* one. When did you
ants.. Yrs. Squibb alter the gloat= I—About a month
or sic weeks; I shan't my too day or two.
Did you go to her housel—Cet
How moor times in all I—Tbree times.
D.d you go t see her Oil all thous occaaloaa about this
cam I—Well, I shouldn't go to see her about any other
cal.. . . . .

Answer my question properly.-1 my 1 shouldn't go to
see her alkht any other calla
DJ you mown sol—You have got my direct answer.
By the Chairman: 1 hams not seen her shout any other
master... . . .

--h67.-kingdoed: Why did you eo t) see her so often
Beesus.t Oer iiusband was not in t oil first time.

Kr. Kingsford : Ah I
Have you any etatement that Mrs. Squibb made I—lt
is in the handl of my solicitor, and I con produce it if he
likes.
And all Ude trouble on your put, Mr. Buie, was
simply token from your anxiety to obtain purity of
election I -It was not the slightest trouble, no trouble at
alt. I would place my service at your dispo.al if you
were in the same position, and I should be living in your
parish.
Mr. Kingsford : I hope to Heavens you never will be
Walter Squabb, • respectable looting labourer, who
said he could neither read or write, that be lived at
Holt Woad, and worked for Mr. Burt at the Mills, was
then sworn, and the voting paper being handed to him,
he said he did not authorise anyone to put his signature
to it. He was not at borne when it wu left, and did
not authorise his wife to tell anyone to sign it for him.
He knew • nun named Wooldridge had signed it when
he got home, but he never asthoriaed him to do so.
Cross-examined: On the day in question he was two
miles away at work. When he got home his wife
told him something about it.
Now tell toils your own way, my man, what your wife
said when you got borne.—l said to her we must do some-
thing to it, and she said that Wooldridge had been round
and done it out.
His wife could read. He had made up his mind who he
should vote for, and he might have made • oursotion.
He naked his ante what names the paper was made out
In. but she did not read them over to him. She only
told bins be had voted for George Jame. She did not
mention any other name. That was all that took
place.
Misabeth Squibb, wife of the last witness. said: When
Wooldridge called he asked me if I had • voting paper,
and I told him I bad. He asked ma if ha could maw in
and make it out, as he was round doing it people. I
said he could if it did not make any difference to us. He
replied, " not the slightest, Mrs. Squibb." After that I
gave tom the mu, and then he asked me how I spelt
Squibb, and I told him. I did not tell him for whom I
voted. nor did he ask in, ; but I saw him pat th• =arks
and sign the name at the foot.
Crowexamined : She had had no business dealing with
Kr. Wooldi Lige.
May I ask you who was going to fill up that paper I—l
had not made up my mind, but I supposed my husband
was going to put his croft
Did Kr. Wooldridge, when he came to your house, ask
you tw whom your husband was going to vote I—No, and
that lam sure He did not read out to me the names
before he put the marks, and I did not notice to what
names be did put them. I did nor ask him, because I did
not understand the paper at all. When my husband came
home he said he must fill up thiat voting paper. I said Would.
ridge bad been and done it. He did not ask me what
names, and I did not tail him. I never opened the peps?
math 'till I gave it up.
r. Samuel Smith, of the Horns Inn,Colehill.Wimborne.
said be was one of the distributors of the voting
,passers at
the last election of guardians for that parish. He left •
pew on the Bth of April, at Walter Squibb's bona,.
This we. the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Kingsford then submitted that on the evidence
before the Bench, be had no case to answer. He would
deal with the merits of it afterwards if necessary, but he
now said that the charge had fallen ti the ground from
the simple fact that no evidence had been adduced to
show Squibb wee • person entitled to a vote. A number
of these case* had of late been before the Courts, and he
had been enraged in a good mane of them, and a large
number bad been reported, and Via invorioble practice—
never depirted from in any raer—had been for the proocu-
t,n to prove the actual title of the pereon, whose vote it
was übuoalbwi been fabricated, to such vote. That could
only be done by calling from los proper custody 'ha rate-
book by which under Sec. 3, it could be shown the
Forgot' whose name woo alleged to hove boon (*locate
was firsUy a ratepayer. Then it must be proved—
and it was another most lesseneiall eceeditice—that he had
not ruled perish relief, and further that he had paid all
his rales.. Now in every cue, unless the right to vote was
formally admitted, this was the course that had to be pur-
sued. The terms of the act were very stringent. It had
been decided where • person who was alleged to have been
personated or his vote fabricated, even if his name
appeared cm the rate books and he had paid all his
but he was dead when the alleged offence took place, now'
ever criminal might be the conduct of the person vo
offending, under the statute no conviction could take
Kr. Justice Lush had distinctly laid it down that we
offence was that of personatins a parson entitled to vote—
the man was dead, and therefor, could not be entitled to
vote. He (the learned counsel) mentioned that to show
how strictly the C mit construed the Act. His instruc-
tions were that Sqiiibb was not entitled to vote. At any
rate it had not been proved he was: and, without com-
menting on any of the circumstances of the cue, he would
simply submit that it had broken down. (Applause in
Court.)
Mr. Ouwell said should this point be considered by the
Bench an important one, he would ask for as adjournment
to prove Squibb's right to vote.
Mr. Klngdord strongly objected to any adjournment.
Counsel, however poor their abilities, could not come
down from London for nothing ; and an adjournment
we ild be an obvious injustice to the defendant,
The Chairman: This Is a matter of principle. It is not
• vindictive prosecution, and what I should like to know
from Mr. Tanner Is whether he took steps to know the
magi was rightly entitled to • vote?
)Ir. Kinzeford : I venture even, than, sir, to SU that
whatever Mr. Tanner's answer may be, my friend's cues
cannot be made good, for the only direct evidence is the
rote.book
Rev. Csrr-Olyit: And how about his not receiving parish
relief, and having paid his rates
Kiwgoog ; that has not been proved.
They are all requirements tinder the section.
cmgooli Those we questions for the relieving officer,
and no doubt be has done bill duty. I ask loran adjourn-
ment for half-an•hour.
Mr. Kingsford: What adjourn • criminal case I Why
your ease is closed.
Mr. Coxed': It has just been said in my prileallee to
Kr. Boor. "you shan't have the rata-book."
Kr. Ki ord said such an observation on the part et
Mr. 00: was meet decidedly wrong.
'Mr.Boemeroesaadasidltwasa perfectly right one he
woe tett—
_ Kr. X.Mpfrouirderiti Knell be did hot oth dews be Would
We Wok

After a consulatiom the Choirmari mad: I think the
11 nob have coine to this decision- Thai our learned
friend lios put nu hese rio strongly that we shall not
convict in this cue, but we shall adjourn the other two
until to-borrow or nett court day. tor the production of
the rote-book, and begin de Novo.
Kr. Kingsford: I am not going to dispute the right of
the Buch to adjouro, for oue utorasct, l•it I do *ay that
if they do my snouts have • right to their •iplisalls for
being brought here twice tasted of 0000.
Mr. Cooed': Of come, your Worships, you will grant
me a cue for a superior coast if my Went WAILS it
neousary I
Mr. Kingsford: It my friend thinks At to go to • higher
tribunal I will not by one word aggress it.
Kr. Coo well said he would tell has friend they were not
going to ask for any penalty.
Mr. Kingsford said that was not the caw
The Chairman thought they had better adjourn for half
an hour for Um production of the rat i-book.
Mr. Count' con/Wired his friend might as well admit
the point.
Yr. Kiagsford : Most daddedly not. It is perfectlY
clear everyone knows why than proceeding are taken.
Mr. George Walton (the overseer) add be might no well
tell tho prosecution at once tut he should not produce the
rate-hook socept under • mandamus.
Mr. Colwell : Oh, very well. if you are going to give us
all this trouble we 'ban% it ,p here.
Mr. Wilson: I am riot going ti render soy outstay:* to
• malicious prosecution. (Applause.)
Mr. Kusesforet *gain sPolied tor 004t4. on the ground
that hie disci* ought not to suffer for the did solve
ourtagement of the prosecutioo, but to docision was
given in the matter, and the other cases were adjourned for
a fortnight.

At the same Court there were • number of cattle-stray•
ins cam, which were al.o adjourued.
George Warr. of Loraftßeet, for allowilth his drinks, to
Way on the highway, wee lined la and Ls. theta
William Keynes, of the Brewer.' Arms. Liftchott
llinsier, was suounoned for ratsa—He complained he
had been charged for rate. owing tiy the preview tenant;
but the overseer denied and the case was referred to
Mr. Rawlins. the clerk t 3 the jusiloes.
John Piratic. grocer and PoskOdice keeper at Holt. was
charged with having unjust weight.—Mr. Supt bitty.
the Inspector. proved the case, and the defendant was
fined 20.. and coati.
Two lad., named Sibley, the one 11 years and the other
nine, were brought up 14 cuatody charged with stealing •
knife and a widaing cLot Irvin tie house of a man
named Adlant. Si amine Valley. and. pending
were sent ta the reformat icy for live years.