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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

Tall MIAMI OF VALAIS PRITIIIOIII AT POILLTAFD.

David Roes, boot and shoe manufacturer, of Bristol
was iodicted for unlawfully sad knowingly by a
certain false pretence, inducing Alfred Hatry Gill to
accept three bills of exchange for them= of £115.. 9d.
with intent to defraud him at Portland, on Jane 7th.
Mr. Bolles and Mr. Will., were for tbe proem:Woo,
aod Mr. Collins, Q.D., the How. Bernard °deride*
(3r the defendant

IAI
jury- had been empanelled to try this
gem)
Ur. Edge said be 66d gone through the evidence
and had come the to conclualon, taking all the &mum.
stenos' of the case, and wit tt had been elkited at the
orms-examination, it would be melees for him to go
Into • protracted eaclrdry, which would only mid in a
verdict of not guilty. He, therefore, proposed to offer
no evidence.
Mr. Hollins said he appeared with his friend Mr.
Coleridge on behalf of the defendant. There were a
number of his friends penult who could beer testimony
to the defendant's eminent position In Bristol, and
maid speak to his unexceptional oloomcter. No dlonbt
ks wig very sail 7 at bides defrauded of his goods, and
acted foolishly and without 09naidenition. He was
quite content If Mr. Balkan offered no evidence.
The Judge said he had read the depositions, and If
his Judgment was worth anything, he was of opinion
their verdict would have been the same at the end of
a long enquiry, as it would be now—not ratty.
The jury at 0008 formally returned a verdict of not
guilty, and the defendant WM discharged.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

POOL'.

ALDERMAN NORTON AND THE TOWN CLERK.

A meeting of the Quay Trueteas was held oat
Friday, at the Town Hail, when there were present—
the Mayor (Mr. R. Aldridge) ; Aldermen )if, Kemp.
Welch, H. Hamilton, J. J. Norton, and J. Buckley;
Councillors %Sued, Mate. Curtis, Basta, Western,
Yestman, Hill. B trees. Be ige, Beckley, Dugdale,
Manta, and Blanchard.
During the proceedings • "ecestie" ensued, which
wee to be rarettsd. At the het meeting so far
bock as May 3rd, on altercation took .0 between
Kr. Alderman Norton and the Town leek (11r. H.
B. Dickinson) relative to the question of the does.
Mr. Norton appears to fancy that he has been
speally selected by the Town Clerk as a target in
the matter. This has been repeatedly disolaimed by
that official, but the alderman a Was still imbued with
the eame ilea, ad at the meeting to which we have
referred expressed bonsai in tolerably plan language
to that effect. In the course of the discussion which
then ensued the Town Clerk told Mr. Norton that his
assertions were false from beginning to en(l, that he
(aye him the falsehood. and`that he had been mast
felpereiweei throughout the nutter. Mx. Norton
then allowed the anomalous to pale un
but now rising, immediately after the miareVites
been read, be called the &Olinda of the trustees
to the matter reined:lnc that he presumed it
was an ovendght 04 the Part of Ha MVO, 1111 gatow them to go unranked. Had snob murky
wee- addre.sed by one member of the Council to
snaber—reraarksexoesdingly nowise and improper—
he would not farther comment upon them—he would at
once have been called to order. He thought, there-
fore, that emsoatiog as it did from the servant of (he
epee., with ef; reaped) and adviser to the Clout:oil, it
was still more necessary that there should be • with.
drawal of such observations. He, therefore, called
upon the Mayor to put the thing in order before they
proceeded to badness. He thought it only doe to •
representative of the relepayers.
Mr. Bum.: You are not • representative of the
r rid Alderman Nome (eoerrorloallr ) &Ms sir. Dad
elected in • legal and proper manner. 11 not, dispute
my seat, and see whether you are right.
Mr. Balms lamented that suck Wage elroold be
brought forward; the wooer peesoeallties dropped the
better. But be had bum Wormed that al kb. bet
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

ebbs anb (NON.

The results of soma of the trials at ths Dorset Assizes
have onsated no little surprivia In two bete, Geese I
gather, from what I have heard frogs several inthilignot
jurymen, that bad they been left to follow their own
tionviculoos, very differont verdicts would have bees
returned; but the ruling of his lordship was so
definite and precise, that they had 110 alternative but
to re:urn the io voluntary verdicts they did. As •
jurymen tervely put it to nev—they seemed to hey.
b,en plead in the jory•box to adminivter law and not
iodine; two things which, peritspii. my info, mane May
hewn:used for oorwildering to beds very divergent char-
acter. In one omit I know it was serion.ly oonsideret
whether th re siould oil be tacks i on to the verdict of
oot guilty, whic.h they were .lirected to !loci, the suProl•-
Gam of thou' opal°c that for all that tiny were agreed
twit if th• pd....oer had hie deserts he and lb* chief
wittiest against him should change clothes.

For a veritable bear-gLoden commend me to a
petty newton at rade. Yaderday it was simply a
idabel--threata were of no avail, and the ..adieues
amused thentselvee by prompting the witnesses,
rtstaa.ks up na their evi•lea.e, aai.l at any
lerly " warm" statenteot going into roars .4
irtiittauter. If the court were cleared once or twice it
I. passable a little more decency would attend the
adminiuration of Justice at the Town Hall than at
present ens.actesiese It. _ _

Tho somewhat premature oclispes of the charge
ageing Sif.lkial• can soaroely hare excited YU
very great amount of eurpriet. MOO of the acumen
of tin chairman of the Poole Coneervative Party do
not, as a tale, purchase property without being toler-
ably well eatiefied as to the Dowers they poses. under
their title deeds. The " Vitilanta " who premoteJ
the cam hare not gained much honour or glory in tols
particular instance, but that is no rea•on why they
should relax their 'Mina in the cause of the people's
rights. There are plenty of matters to which they
may fairly direct their attention, provided their first
attempt has not already oil_ seed them of litig Won.

It is to be hoped the very kindly expreased wishes
to which the Recorder gave effect in him charge at the
Q tarter Seaton. ou Setur lay ita referenoe to the case
will be duly 000.klered by both parties. P
the bitter teeltag they engender everyone altuiti are
toe curse of the place.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

BOP PROSPECTS.

The weather since the middle of the past week his been
somewhat unfay.mrable for the hop amp is 4 cm.
poently Use progress of Me pleat has ben lore satiates-
tadtrien hitherto. Storms aad heavy rain have pre
Loa great extent aid the bin has sestaind ranch
injury Tae tamperarure at meat tfme. moreover, has
been my low. the elect of wiPoli le shown in elight
dia.olouratim of tne foliage. In Kest to early whites,
brambling; sad prolika an now say generally in brur.
and the Island fish. letter Mil are beginning to snow.
AI told is reported to be spreading to the SMOG. grounds.
Gro wen everywhere are mart arizious so to the weather.
• Amin to toe heel of a fortaige• ego being monk
&mind Sappily vermin ofm all kinds keep oe. sad the soll
la la a good 81•14 I fertiliUon.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

At Gore Oak. war lib...boat, a labourer, named
Tbarby, was killed by *Malan on tletarday, wilds
bilung abater under • tree.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.

At the Royal Alhambra, Nottiegbam, on Saturday,
dethog toe performance ot • mel.drama, aa actor 'sassed
Arthur Bradbury, was sosidestaily ht the lett eye
by *author actor, teamed Harry Saute. The paper
waddles ot the pawl Mari. 4estro7ee the eye, sad
the ualortuame emu was also wounded ea the forehead
sod left aim&
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

SXALL CLI.LI4

loaning Have. ireammers, Weymouth, v. John
lbw°, carrier. Broul ear —o3laim 17s. ad. for goods
loMMied.-Ifir. Street appuered lot tha defendant —This
C4llB WY also adjusromi tor the ',redaction of Piamtire
MALL

INOTHIA IVIITLAND LAND DUPVTI.

Eliot,. White. —Mr. Street for the plaintiff. and Mr.
Howard for theldefeadant —Mr. Sweet weit °mins his
cam, when his Honour observe! that it wee n
before be could try the action that tho advoosterste7a
come to agmement to allow him to lit: it practkosilr
involving an issue of of war. • Skffs't Mr.
Howard having assented to this eon Mr. Howard
onitireetod it would neckw save the time of the court If be
and lir. Street both sMuid a elm foe the opinion of the
ledge. II appeared the plaistiff sad defendant were
neighbours. and It wean dispute., to Ike rubbish being
us the land of the plaintiff. —Kr. Street said lee had no
objection to this course, and his Honour accoedingly left
it to the advocates to prepare a special saw
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED WIPE MURDIq.

The Loudon p Aka on Tuesday recAlved idformation
of a murdskruus attack upon Fanny Evans, aced M. by
hat husbasid, Wilii Evans, a blacksmith, at their remt.
datum, Gray-street Elaektriare-rmid. A police coo-
stable was, it appear* on his boat, whoa the landlady
of Om boom oallad his &mind= to Mn. Xmas, who
was bleeding profusely from the head, and who oom-
plalned of havlog been stabbed by her husband, who
has Moos aboomidad. Ike woman was takim to Si.
Thomas's ilospital, where she at present lies to the
Elisabeth ward, Pavia. remised severe wounds on the
head and ahem, which had been caused with, pair
of scissors and a both,. lii. not impanel that she
will recover. The husband Is a man of colour.

THE NWT AT A SALVATION SERVICE.
At ens London MaasLoa-hens. at Monday. Archibald
Shatt.aworth waa chanted at naiad with steanay •
p Inc cootaislog Alt tits props. ty of waa Eno. You
7rtkui. , &German /pawner. rasidiag at Do oaaa- stenos
liana.. The probsoatriz was attsodirts • wane. at dam
headq barters out. IL.tratlos Army is gem Victoria-
suits whoa bar pores winch emit woad £lO. was stolen
iron bar. Inform .tiou wa• stria to the potion sad tits
pillager. who had base boatel war the proascatrix
durum It. sonic., was babied wetly amines. Hs nun
said I. had plossd up ,ha pores which ha gars up to the
potion sad was waida toe.. sambas' say reward was
off...a for it. The Piaes.r pleaded guilty, sad • previous
onvictioa was proved apatarit him. Saataaorbt to two
tatattbs' inninaoansaL