The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-22 00:00:00

WOMAN AD- 110T11. ILA3ALI.

Vertu,. Baker, a married woman, w-as autninonol for sasault-
ing Pro-feria* Ssroways, a boy who works for Mr E. Knight.
There was. Cr.sm-summons.

Mr HOWIMI appenred for Saftma)s, .uul Mr Mantic f.r Mn
Maker.

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Mr Howard offered, if the woman would promise not to
conitnit such an offence again, and !my a innniai fine and costa,
he would withdraw.

The Bench i'cry strongly wished the legal gentlemen to
settle tlw ease ; but Mr Mums refused to agree to jr lloward's
terms, as he considered that the fault was not all n the
Wurll2ll'• 111.1 t.

Ace..ling to Mr Howard's statement, Kainways 00. an
industrious boy, • teetotaller, and support.' his father by his
earnings; in fact Mr Knight never knew • better boy. Boma
boys were in the habit of attacking Bstuways, so that he could
not stru,k, and Mrs Baker's boy. stripped to fight hint, when
Mrs Baker also attack.' !Willows, and beat him so that a man
them told elamsrays's master, who was determine! to support
his boy, since he considered that the lad could not work if
attacked by idle boy&
Mr Ilanne said Mrs Baker had already panl about a pound
for oats, and Mr Knight had some ill-feeling towsrds one of
the boy ilakses parents, nod brought this ease forward to
heavier costs upon this poor WOlll3ll.
Mr Howard utterly thud.' any ill-fooling on the part of Mr
Knight.

George Bailey saw Mrs Baker come out of her house. towards
Seaways, laud two boys with him, WWII witness wont to her
and saki. " Don't you go and boat that boy (Sanways), for I
saw him throw three stones at the other, and he is in fault."
Afterward. Mrs Baker attacked Samways.
Crow-examined : Mns Baker period the boys by falling upon
Seaways.
Complainant told how he was throwing manure into a cart,
when a boy named Baker threw stones at him, and Mrs Baker
came and struck him over thy face and head with her open
hand, as well ma with her fist. Ile could not oat his dinner on
account of the beating.
Crom-ezarnined : Had been fighting with Mrs Baker's boy
before she struck him.

—Mr Banns mid that Mrs Baker went to liart the boys, boxed
her own boy's MIS, and no doubt ',imbed oompLeinset, when
&minty' struck her on the eye, and blacked It
Henry Pryor gave evidence that young Baker attacked
&memo with stones, and struck him in the back as he was
throwing SOON MillUt• Into the cart, when sire heher ecceehed
Bainways and kept beating him, driving him back, and all this
time the horse and cart were usprotected.
Mr Emanuel Knight, farmer, said that if the conduct of the
boys who attacked &always was continued he would be unable
to *end the boy to his regular work, but must send a men
Instead. &sewers was a very good boy • be was never In •
row that he knew a. and he limn In their :house. On this day
be could not eat his dinner, alter being beaten.
The crane summons was then hearn
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Mrs Batter saw a rush of boys In the 'trent, and aakol Safe-
way, not to strike her buy. He declared he would strike the
—every time be saw him. The boys fell to Belting at:,
and she went down to part them, pushed her boy and -
ways, when the latter Ora* her in the eye, and 'begot a
black eye. She tried to boo Ilamweges ears, but he went back
The ease went on in this dull and slow way until the peetheee
of tbs Bench ern thoroughly 110113 out, and they sped the
mph nosark.lall that they bed beset teeth ma. They yell

much reirrette4l that tlielr advice to mettle the olio caller 14.1
not been 2 loptel They c maiden,' the claarze of msault on
Itarn.rava had heel, 'moot mraile.t Mrs !taker, but that her
char4e mainat Samw.ty• 11.1 not Ii ir vol. They or.lerol
Yr. linker t pay a nominal ii, 41 k 441 the c it, -total
£1 14.

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,It ti Strom.
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1.0,.11 i,l St. )I,try.,,dre‘tt.
Sult,rt•itutt.le,l Wte,ery .letVillant • a, driver, an 4
not st.porter.
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Defendant 14c Ord hp' wthee : be di I it know but that ha
Wag ith.red. Ile was tot I that the action was taken for the
pn.teCtine ot the partars, na.l al to sueure
Ordure I to iny the colts ( tat
•.!Lt VALICNTINII . .

C•trulin, Rob4ert*, a SU,lllllOll.i ta• bn
drunk and riot..us itt IliOs•struct

111.. rue pr.ved ti;;;;;—'
IMlesulant s.-Il she knew of it till the IMIiiCCIII3II,
sreatly to her astonishment, brought her the .uwrnea yestur.
Fined bs. mid

LANDLORD% RIM %RE!
Job CO 01)164 win summoned for Whig drunk eat riolou4 in
King-street at noon on Susiloy
P.S. Apecy DM defendant during Divine service standing
now the railway stati .... , drunk, awl using bad langu..ge.
Onlered him if. and he sal he should *I when he liked.
The Bench nAcil the superintendent if he had any Wen
where the man giit the beer at that tune?
Superintendent Vickery replied ho—ymail all doubt Irma ono Of
two houses, as it took one trilieeman almost all his time to
watch them in, 3 Sunday morning
The Mayor 33iti ha hoped the sellers would be caught, and
they Wure they should I.edbelt with very severely.
Fined Ss. and wists—total Itta