The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-29 00:00:00

°ERNE.

Courry Prrrr 5g5..10%., Walotoolay,—Botore Lord
night% Sir W. D. Roy, Bart Er. .1. E. Bridge, C)11. Digbn
awl l'a.ot..nlyn.

Edr,;l4 Juku C'arM. landlord of the N.'w liiii, (*.trite. *as
charged with two o lone°, against th Lieensing Art, viz :
For h ivin g his houso op,n for tho sal, of iii! PCit'ltitl4
!Moor at 21 to 12 p 'iii the tith Jana ire lad,
awl for sine-Ovine intexieating Moors to one .I.hn Knight
whilst he (Knight) was drunk. Mr. tlidts Sym on 1,, of
Dorchester, defended.—PC. Herbert Hoare proved that
on January Bah, at about 20 minutes to 12 p.m., he was
passing the New Inn, Cume. Heard talking in the bar.
Wetit in saw three men sitting down. There were four
claws of grog on the t01d,., apparently recently made as
the sugar WWI not Ili ss deed. In the inside bar was another
person. Witness called the Landlord's attention to the
time, and he replied "What's up t What has the time to
do with me, I shall keep my house open a. long as I like.
All the men are travellers." Witness pointed mit that
they had a (red' supply of grog. Clark answered,
and I ain justified in doing a, DA they are traveller.
Wit,,, .a illml the landlord's attention to one of the party
who was drunk and incapable, and the landlord answered
" I will admit that, li onglit to have gone before.- The
landlord seemed very excited, and told witness lie did not
know lii., duty, and was exceeding it. —James Spinner, of
liolffeld, Frederick Fox, of Miuterne, tleorze Darden, of
Hermitage, and John Knight, of Leigh, were the parties
in the house. In whiretsing the Bench in defence Mr.
Symonds stated that the four persons in the house were
travellers to all intents and purposes. 'Chef had came to
COMO MI the day in plestion for legitimate business. They
luel attended Lord Di gl audit, and it VIM at the New Inn.
In the evening Mr. Fowler addressed the electors:m.la large
meeting of Capt. Dighy's supporters was afterwards held
at the New Inn, and at the time the Police-constable
entered the house, Mr. Spinner wa.s settling a bill with
Mr. Clark, and Mr. Spinner's horse and trap was ready for
all to go home. And th it there was no offence committed
against the Licensing Act, Mr..lamea Spinner and Mr. F.
Fox acre called and preyed they resided more than three
miles from Carrie. This wavi admitted by the complainant
the question at ismte being
—When does a traveller's
exemption's cease. The Magistrates retired for a short
time, and on their return stated they had given the case
their careful consi.leration. That it WWI a case rightly
brom,ht forward by the police. hut that looking at all the
eireunistanees they ,dioulsi dismiss the surninons.—Mr.
Bridge said that the Bowl, were sot unanimous in their
decision. Summonses hail also been issued against the
four persons in the house, which were also dismissed.
Ckeeseman was charged with wilfully damaging
the hedge of a field at Cerne, called the Park, in the occu-
pation of Mr. J. C. Chick, on the 13th February. Defen-
dant tulinitted the offence, and was tined Is., costs
remitted.

.....
The tb•fendant Ch....seumn was elm rhArged with
assaulting James Houpe on the 13th inst., at Cerne. This
raPe arum out of the IBA. It appeared from the evidence
that on the day in 4timstion rheemman was digging out
mowat's holt-tin the Park, when the defendant, who is the
Pon of Mr. Chick's, woodman. went ti hint and told him
to leave off, and gave him a push. In the struggle Cotn•
plainant got a cut in the thumb —Case dismissed.

LICCNCILR.

A license to store gunpowder was granted to Messrs.
Derrienan, and also to Mr. William Mitchell.

ELOPEMENT WITH A JACK TAR AT POOLE.
The landlady of the Globe Inn, Poole, took it Into her
heal in Thursday to elope with a young sailor. The
disconsolate liushand. ascertaining the fart; of the matter
ProceediNi at once to the station, and there notiewl a box,
with is covering on, directed in the name of Lock—the
sailor's name—for Southampton. He undid the covering,
and hen dis.-overed that the box was his property. lle
minested the stationmaster not to let it go, and he then
mede his way for Southampton, where he found his
"faithful" wife with the sailor lad. After an altercation
the wife promised to return with her husband, and as
they were going aeross Southampton Park the unfortunate
man was set on by the sailor and a man, who had waylaid
him, awl was knocked down: and while on the ground
the three decamped. The man afterwards returned to
Poole without his wife, and on Monday applied to the
borough magistrates for an order for the box at the station
to be given up to him, which was granted.