The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-06-20 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

A TEMPINIANC6 Mirirro; was bald on Wein..lay
evening in the Market-place, and was addrviaol the
Rev. R. 'araker, of Stickland, Mr. J. C. E. Lawrence,
and Mr. Vaughn, temperance missionary. There NY a
good attendance, and very good addreasea given.
COUNTY Covivr, Monday. —Before Judge Lefroy.
The business at this Court was very uninteresting, con-
sisting principally of some tedious and complicated sack
lending cases, which occupied his Honor's attention for a
considerable time.
of
thenplaiapPnhticaff'tis " costs tbinethje actiud"t° vi
on a V.
Henry Wilbert. CAstorsen, heard at the January sitting d
the Court, was supported by Mr. Trevor Darks, or
Sharborne, and opposed by Mr. JollitTe, of Crewkarne,
The action was brought to recover £252 or cider, Jail an
agreement was made in Court to accept C9O and lost
reezaw the e
Rtaux.kaat;:ui.
nothing was said about the scale on which the costs were
to be paid. If allowed on the claim they would lie acc.ird-
ing to the higher scale, but if On the amount paid acconl.
ins to the lower scale. The coats went before the Registar
foe taxation, and feeling some doubt in the matter he
wrote to the Judge, wins instructed him to tax the costs
on the higher scale. Mr. Davies objected to the costs
being taxed on the higher scale, min that case they would
be £126. 3d., whereas on the lower scale they would
come to £56, 9d, only. Mr. Davies said his ides at the
time was that the costa were to be paid on the lower scale,
or he should not have come to the arrangement be lid:
whilst on the other hand Mr. Jolliffe said he understood
the meta were to be allowed on the higher scale, and said
if they were allowed to remain acdihg to that he would
sot ask for the costs of opposing the application that day.
After mane argument his Hunor said his impression at the
time was that the costs were to be allowed on the higher
scale, and be should therefore order them to stand mild
were.

—Witt of Ragland Sack Lending Coutpany v. Henry Greek
of liteabridge—A claim of El S. 11d., for the hire of el/
sacks said to have been lent to defendant on December
6th. 1873, and not been returned.—Defendaut denied
biting any lap at that time or since. —Judgement was
given for the plaintiffs, but without costs.
Sow v. Retool R rs, of Mettle. Dorset, and Hdvdni
SW", Pitconlbv. t —.l claim of Mg lise
for the hire of 0/ sacks, and the value of 55 of them that
had not been returned. The company proved that the
sacks were supplied to Mr. Rogers on the Yard of March.
lgtl. and charged to Mr. Sims, to whom it seems the
fender had sold corn. Fur the defence it Was Wear
dearly shown, even by the company s own agent, that Mr.
Rogan had returned the sacks, but that Mr. Sims had not
been credited with them—His Honor gave a verdict for
the defendants, and allowed carte
Sew v. foto& Pool, of Haudridge —A claim of 1.6 10.
6d., part of which had been paid, and the cam waa with-
drawn.

—NZ V. Henry Tory. of Warminster Matelas/L—A claim
al 13s. 114, tee the the of seeks supplied in November.
if" and Jarman 1871.—Judament was given for taa
mama daimed.but withouicasia.

110. 9d. -The claim lipsi
SowV.on the Cr i°" Satuir 1111th.
Howe would no ow
here leodalt:4 for Mete but y costs in another
cw'P'srrheiednelkwed the
7,....rzy, the whole of the
them. - e •ni had be'n” for the
(30 *.h-....scre th Mr. Coolie. "n"W71..-e logrredr the defen-
aboved gr. Atkinson... .°
cum !thee heenooodf fiiaei
nsqu ant occurrence in
y, and his Honor
liasm ame nnighheerh In my Court," and
the the. yi "public nuisances
their hearing made some very strong
‘-tVsconduct of the company in allowing
cee---...5i -
nin test cases to stand ever for years.
oct""
,"--c4 • William flirts and P. Bartlett-Mr.
-;,...eaet 'red for plaintiff.-This was a somewhat
plaintiff Ls the parish clerk at Handley,
- the thurchwardena, and the action
e:d the defendentswo, ,c 5 being a year's salary
CM from
W -The defence was that the churchwardens
Ea‘"" ter.' asinuch as they had no (uncle, and no
..ere not- 9.141. aeen sny The near and churchwardens
means 91,..e1ecti.%7 mid the latter have had no funds for
41° te tlfee'perish is indebted to them. They
1-elderk his Salary till last year, but now
bea ae so to sboW that they were not pereonally
1.,e -„•„fli ratepayers hal been appealed to, to
haek. ine v;;;LA-h---,e wary, but they refused to do so.
sedgcri,l'e ,i.pt4"'Lr produced a
The e' ' Bench. in which it was ruled that
the o°4 --I,7;den, case that had been decided in
had no funds, and no means of
where the cburc
they were not personally liable, and his
04.1.04 en.,,,,,,Yliney devided in favour of the defendants; ;
an opinion that it wee a shabby proceeding
but efthi ratepayers to refuse to pay the poor
Llce-churchwardens did not ask for costa, and
endeavour to raise the money to pay
41.4 thyethetid. JUDCilintBT
James Pnr. -The order having been
Yas legf his Honour made a committal
fro3l;tlwhich was not to be carried into effect if
in a fortnight and Is. a month.
v lifAfll UHAL—Dif endant had paid
6,.,-wee_..:„.-'31.1;1 as there were other claims against
it that_ ,tha'adjourned.
lum t°.pa-rev--- Stamm% - Magistrates
Cot' -1 Farquharson (in the chair), the Rey.
et --Ar• (1 Farquharson.-No Petty
prese ~• end r. . •
W. Pang; then held last month, there were a large
session ba_evatatheeies to-day.
nutuisf Tim I ACCINATIOni ACT.
were summoned under this Act briclal
rir4
C.'ar Ce; Vaccination Officer, by ceder of the
tT,lter reusing to have their children
Cols/don% ..ch are notice had been served on the
,semeot -their duldren vaccinated within 11 days,
eeier. eephesi with the law.
but they fo'eth seas that of Mr. E. J. L. Brown,
The int 'l'c d pliorained many scientific objections
,haperof itlarl,C,seed that he had himself suffered
iscclott°' ~mequence of it. lie admitted that
shsow,',!,...ply with the law, snit stated that
Weal f -The Bench ordered defendant to
4
essfseld,theeuatesi within 11 days.
":
Ar, P hotographer. of BlandfOrd. was the
At
t. and he admitted that he had not corn-
uent,--,h' :Art, although he had never refused to do
Phele-e,inipb.ined that be and the other three
d's' „ppm were picked out from among more than 100
in Blandfoni who had not hail their children
nireil, although many of them had had the same
eirvol on them as they had.. -This eye was
do idol in the same way as the last.
The next defendant was 11. W. Hanger, a tailor and
he reed A ALICCCAfIIi ONeCtioll to the jurisdiction of the
ceen, thaethuch Mut, although he worked at Bhandloni,
lie bad lived at Bournemouth for some time. The case
ea. consequently dismissed.
The fourth defendant was d raur Riggs, a painter, of
Beedrord, who did not appear, and the Bench made
ths io for as in the first and second cases.
A BOY As:All:Lillie Ills MOTHER.
easc,i War. was summoned fur assaulting Ann
else, ou the eitth of April, at Hilton.-The parties are
motley And son, and the former seems to have relented.
(or sir del not appear, and the cue was struck out,
labourer, of Spettisbury, was sum-
monei tor aemulting Henry Hooper. on June 11th, at
Serttobury. -Hr. Atkinson defended.-The parties are
Iw4iiinurs, and have been ea bad terms for some time.
lei the previous Sunday defendant struck complainant
in the fa, and abueed hint. -Fined Is. and costs.
r,.. S, ale, labourer, of Shroton, was summoned for
as.auleug PC. Hoare whilst in the execution of his
duty, at Stourpaine, en the 31st of May. -On the
onlowlion of Ur. Atkinson the case was adjourned for a
meth that two witnesses might be summoned for the
deice, c.
foci Seal, a young man of Milton Abloas, who
110k,.1 a. if he was in consumption, was summoned for
a...wilting a buxom girl, glorying in the name of Mary
Corocils Jane House, on the 13th of May, at Milton
Able.. -The complainant, at the bine of the alleged
assault, was servaut at the Milton Abbas Hospital, and
the defendant is servant there. She stated that
Jelewilint gave her a black eye in the convalescent room
"because she told the truth about, him, and would have
struck her again bad not his mother prevented him. -
The niatruu. Mrs. Robinson, said ceuiplaioant left hey
service two days after the alleged assault. She did not
notice that her eye was black.- Case dismissed.
Rawl Joyce, of Winterborne Houghton, was summoned
for having two cows and a horse straying in that parish
no the 2SW of May, and was fined Is. each animal and
~sats (Bs. Ill).
Narks Ford, labourer, of Charlton Marshall, was sum.
sewed fur being drunk in that parish on May fith. -
Defiled:nit pleaded guilty, and was lined Is including
Jan Bellringer, • boy, of Winterborne Tomson, and
Bciee, Juts Guy, and Henry Burden, three boy.,
Andersen, were summoned for trespassing in William
Stiekley'e garden and stealing Bowers, at Winterborne
&bleu, on the tech of May.-Complainant's daughter,
Priscilla proved seeingdefendants in the garden, and
another daughter, Mary, meeting them afterwards in the
reel with Idle flowers in their coats. -Defendants denied
the offence. -Fined Is. each including casts.
g.eert Ration Labourer, of BLandford, was summoned
for assaJlting John Fitzpatrick, drill-instructor of the
tell R.V., at 'Handfeed, on the 20th of May.-This was
a publichouse affair, in which a recruiting sergeant named
dark was meet to blame. The parties were at the leek
Bear Inn, and Clark assaulted defendant without any
prorwation. Defendant returned the blow, and com-
plainant interfered and received a blow from defendant,
which cut his cheek open-Defendant and his witness
se.l.•uniplainant "collared" him before the blow, but this
enuplainant and his witness dented. -The Bench dia.
mieed the caae.

Chat*. of Clenston, surrendered to bail charged
with as-aulting Frederick Briffett, at the Blandford Rail-
way Station, on June I:lh—Defendant admitted the
&smolt., which was spoken to by mveral witnesses.—lt
appeared loan defendant's cross-examination of cow-
Maimed that there were extenuating circumstance,. The
,raiplainant is au agent, collecting men for the Midland
liailaay Cowpony. The last Thursday in May he saw
defcsilant at Mickland, and, by his flowing description of
thc Mgt wages to he earned on the Midland line, persua-
led Mei to go to Derby. Defendant had been led to
',mast he oh.oild have Irk 10d. a week for day work and
iisl. for aighteturk, but on arrival in the North was
only rant Is, a week, of which he had to pay away 3a. tkL
a week for lodging alone Defendant returned to the
Wisk m he was better off with his lit. a week; and,
along emiplaivant on Monday last followed him to the
railway station, and struck him two blows in the waiting
mom there.—P.C. Poynter was sent for, and complainant
gate defendant into custody.—Defendant said he would
be tykel up for something, and struck complainant two
other Mows before the policeman ou the platform. The
Hoek in consideration of the deception practired on
ddeolatit loy complainant, tined him only 7s. 61. and
(11-. iid.)—Delendaat mi.al he would rather go to
prison Wan ply, but a friend in Court paid the money for
Wiliissi Mom., blacksmith, of Ililton, visa tined
ot,trioluni cats fur living drunk and refusing to quit the
tos Inn, Hilton, on the night of the lhartfoot-latie Club
Annerr.nr, May nth.
Po'keot P•sit, labourer, of Blandford, was ordered to
,outrilaile lA. W. a week towards the support of the
.Ikotimate child of Rlim Bear, of Blandford.