The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-15 00:00:00

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PgrtY SESsiress, Thursday.—Before the Mayor (Mr. A.
Ba!stoo), the ox-Mayor (Alderman F. StTring), Alderman
M. Kemp-Welch, and Messrs. IL D. Ellis, J. 11. Darell,
and C. J. Stone.
The Bench confirmed a rate of 3s. 31. in the for the
half-year for the parish of Ilamworthy.
George Paul, a dealer, was sumsnenel for being drunk
and disorderly on the previous Thursday evening. p.c.
Hallett said he saw defendant and a mall named Tilsed
fighting on athe ground in Fish-street just after seven
o'clock on Thursday evening. Both men were bleeding.
Tilsed was violent., and he locked him up. Defendant
was drunk and disorderly. P.C. Reeks said he saw
defendant drunk and disorderly in Market-street about
six o'clock on the same evening. Defendant was abusing
his wife, and Tilsed, both of whom were trying to get him
home. Hunt. Hunt proved a previous conviction against
defendant for drunkenness, and said there was &complaint
against him since in the books fur the same thing.—The
Bench fined defendant 20s. and costs, 7s. fil. to be paid in
a week, or a month's hard labour in default.
80/X.O or Gesamaxs. —The fortnightly meeting of this
' body on Thursday was attended by all the elected and
(mar ex-ogleio Guardians. Mr. G. Curtis proposed and Mr.
E. C. Oakley seconded that the Board's day of meeting he
altered from Thursday to Wednesday, but the propmdtion
was lost by a large 'majority on the ground that market
day was more convenient for most parties concerned than
Wednesday would be.
TOWN COUNCIL—A special meeting of the Corporation
was held on Friday, the Mayor in the chair, to receive a
report from the Sanitary Committee declining to carry
out the requisition of the Council to provide four waggons
for the removal of night soil within the Borough. The
adoption of the committie's original report, which recom-
mended that the Council should undertake the removal of
the house refuse, and the cleansing of cessoss,ls, dm., with-
in the Borough, under the Public Health Act, 1e75, was
moved by Councillor Curtis, and seconded by Alderman
Styring. Councillor Hudson proposes!, and Couneiller
Stone seconded, as an amendment, that by-laws should be
framed to compel the occupiers of property to empty their
cesspools at certain times. The amendment was carried
by nine votes against seven for the proposition.
EARLY CLOSING.—The adjourned meeting on the subject
of the early closing of shops during the summer months
was held at the Town Hall on Priday evening, under the
presidency of the Mayor. Mr. J. Hayward reported that
Mr. J. Buckley, Mr. J. P. Godwin, and himself had
eanvaseed 100 tradesmen, and of that number 02 were
willing to close at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoons
if the rest did, whilst eight objected altogether to close.
This did not include the butchers, all of whom would
remain open in consequence of one refusing to close. As
was the case last year, the two principal grocers refused
to clu.se, and many were the expressions of regret at this
leek of unanimity on the part of the tradesmen of the
town in so important a matter. Ultimately those present
resolved, upon the proposal of Mr. J. Hayward, seconded
by Mr. .1 Buckley, to close their shops at four o'clock on
Wednesafay afternoons for one month from the first week
in June, and if the closing became general it woo to be
continued till the end of August. The Mayor kindly
consented to issue handbills to this effect and the meeting
ended with a vote of thanks to the Mayor, proposed by
Mr. J. P. Godwin and seconded by Mr. J. Osman.

PETTY SESSIONS, Friday.—Before Mr. C. J. Parke, Lord
Alington, and the Itev. G.. V. Garland.

DEAR FILED.
Frederick 11W, Hil'butts, was summoned for allowing
two horses to stray on the highway at Chilbridge, on the
Ist. inst.—P.C. Adams proved finding two of defendant's
horses feeding on the highway, and said one of the animals
was" hobbled."—Defendant has a propensity for this kind
of offence, and he was ordered to pay the full penalty of
is., for each horse, as well as the costa Sa
TRADESNM LOOK TO TOUR SCALES.
George 0001.4!.8, butcher, Wimborne, was summoned for
having an unjust beam aml scales in his shop on the 25th
nit —D.C.C. Hammond proved visiting defendant's shop
on theitsth of April and finding a pair of scales there an
ounce against the purchaser. He told defendant to get
this remedied, but the scales were in the same state on
the previous Monday.—Defendant's excuse was that he
was waiting for the man who usually repaired his scales.
—The Bench inflicted the usual Wimbome fine of El and
costa Ips-
• HEINOUS OFFENCE.
Daniel Hallam, son of Mr. Michael BalLtm, farmer, of
Lytchett Mateavers, was summoned for trespassing in
search of conies on land in the occupation of Mr. Joseph
spinney, on the 2fith ult., at Lytchett Matravers. —Mr. 11
T. Trevanion, of Poole, appeared for the defence—A
pmekeeper named William Saunders said he saw defen-
dant in one of his father's fields on the 2fith of April. He
walkad across the field and went to a hedge that divided it
from Mr. Spinney's field, and looked over and shot a
rabbit. A dog that ass with defendant picked up the
rabbit, and defendant got over the hedge and took it
from the dog.—Croge-examined by Mr. Ttevanion The
rabbit was 10 to lb yards from the badge, and was not shot
la Mr. Ballara's Trevanion said b was