The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-06-24 00:00:00

DONILZT al WOULD 00.

Joesph Hamar w-L-ou- mriwiTernitle -pOlioe for allowing
rattle to way, at Wiaterborse Weplotou. oil June SOL
Mr. Romer supposed the dasher strayed, or he would
not have hoeu.foand out.

P.C. Taylor found the donkey straying in the highwaY,
drove it home, and defendangs wife satd t belouged to
kin. Csutioned defendant about ten weeks ago.
Defendant knew tde donkey was liable to stray, and
put it into a glom yard, a mile and Allah from UN village,
but someone must have let him out and the animal goes
to Mr. Lambert's. —Pmed one shilling and meta total Ss.

DANG4OIO.S.PRWCIICIL

John &visa, ;all/Tel tiy—tis;—police, for riding
without routs, ca June oth, at Broadway
pefendsat admitted the dilute.

b7.141.-7bZi-h-alf-past ten in the morning.
saw defendant going through Broadway with two horses
and • waggon. defendant riding on the head board. He
wee going steady. but there had been complaints about
others riding thus I.stely.
Mr Banks' said this wee *most tempting thing to do
when a person was tired; but It was moat dangerous. and
• large per-centage of carters were thus killed every
year.
Kr. Batty said ha had often shuddmecl at seeing the
carters drop off when a policeman came by.—Fined 2s. (Id.
=Acosta.

--kir:lgward appeared in an affiliation case, Ann Cox, r.
G eorge Read. The woman said Read promised her mar•
riage as soon as she could be freed from informer marriage
with a man who took in everybody, induced her to marry
him lived with her three or four days, and then deserted
ber—aix years and ten months ago. The daughter had
been for the Mat Aye or six years under her father's care.
—Read wee a colouroorgeant, and offered fts. a week ; but
to. Bench ordered 3a. a week. and meta.

lIDRRING A VAGR•RT WARD.

&or', isd.s747::--tiiiii-p.-71ial -las- .4 wee
charged with larceny, by stealing the property of the
Guardians, while in the vagrant ward.
Yr. A. Lock said prisoner was admitted one night, and
discharged next morning, and afterwards information was
received from the Westminster Union, stating he had
aeme of the property of the Dorchester Union on him.
Henry Whitfield. porter to the Dorchester Union, said
prisoner was admitted on June 11 (by an order from
the police) under the name of Richard Prior. and
discharged next morning, when he had done his teak.
On the previoua day witness. had ex am ined the rugs in the
vagrant ward, cud on the 1640, from information received,
he examined the rugs and found one short. That pro-
duced was similar to the one toot; it was worth about 2a.
P.C. Felix Sealing, stationed at Dorchester, went, from
information received. to Warminster, on Monday, Jsme
16th, and at the polies station found prisoner, and charged
him with Mating a rug from the casual ward of the Dor-
chester Union. Prisoner replied he had told the
Sergeant of the Dorchester police about it. be had taken
It away wrapped round him, and had been sleep-
ing under hedg. with It —Primmer pleaded guilty, and
asked for the charge to be disposed of at ono.
One month hard labour, and the Chairman suggested it
would be better if the vagrants or the ward were marched in
future, on the vagrant leering. But it was said the
officials only bad the power to march the vagrant on
admlasion. Mr. Santee thought it would be very easy to
look round the ward, and... If anything were missing.
Mr. Leek promised to mention the maesUate's sugges-
tion at the hoops.