The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS.

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TI.T.ADAT, October 9.—(Before the Mayor, H. Cot-
terell, J. Ayling, J. A. Dareutah, Eqrs., and Captain
Prt.ele,)

liettre No/ was charged by John Woods, news
Lam, with assaulting him on Friday last. Complain-
ant soid that in the evening he was putting up shutters
St. Mary's buret, when defendant came along and
"waled his hat "right off" his head, and it was •
•"sier he didut break the window. If the magistrates
did nut stop him he would be always doing it, as he had
Lien NO served many times before, but could not turn
himself round won enough to ore who it was. He was
'Oda positive it was defendant's " own self" that did
i,t•—befendant denied being the guilty party, but he
tid no witness present; and the Mayor said that the
botch were unanimously of opinion that complainant
k'st riven Lis evidence correctly. Is was endeavoui ing
to earn an honest living by putting on people's shutters,
but because he had not his " proper change ' the defend-
ant and others took advantage of him. Fined ls. and
te Ind. costs.
Sauna Whittle, wife of John Whittle, Hope-street,
Vu charged with assaulting Jane!Dukee on Sunday
la 4. The parties live in the Male house, the
Ideadant looking after complainant's child. On Sun-
dtd wonting complainant went into defendant's room
kr Ler child', clothes, which the other refused to give
till she had paid her the half-crown snip owed her.
(~aiplainant told the defendant she hod used the child
rrtieli"pun
which the defendant took up "time
tailier" and threw at her, and the contc its went over
Hopkins, who was at the bottom of the
when the affair occurred, corroborated comploin• I
sot statement. —The defendant, in a long, rambling
",e'at, denied the tumult, referring to her own
miser who was not herself • very good character, reount-
H.t.tdiug the complaiant and her companion, who had
',..tte children," to her bowie as lodgers ; that alto
hod after the children while the two young women
weet out o' nights to cam their living, and hide men in
t_ttnuecuplaiezd. The memos' why this case was brought ,
...became she load written oat "in indictment" '
Or them to leave her premiers. She could call a witness
to prove that complainant called her an opprobious
et'ithrti which canoed her to use the chamber utensil. ,
Ove.• Pathetic oration on " Dear little Jemmy,"
"41 beef " 'Boiled mutton," and "Portland I breale
✓ "Wow, but what connection these things had
tth the assault we were unable to comprehend.—The
°se 'II adjourned for • week to enable defendant to Ptodees a wittier.
J•
oin Mil/creme brought up on remand, charged with
▪ apple+ in his possession, supposed to have been
C. Mellott stated that he saw the defendant
na''""to• storming with • quantity of apples in • bee-
'e, appeared to have been recently gathered,
!ttg been informed that apples in the neighbour-
r4 had been stolen, he took him into custody.—
."!Ph Galena, in the employ of Mimi Badly, at Wyke,
Zatil t•hat muse apples were stolen from the trees billies
bitosts Sedstrday sight and Monday
prodnoni were of Übe roe kind
%In nkisk kinl hos Na.. Ilmo primer Mei be

Purchased the apples front a tnan on the Ableitslut Y
road. —Galpin produced apples which he had taken from
the trees, similar to all the different kinds in (he hasket.
The apples found on the twiwotter were worth in. 11. Is
had no doubt they lied been taken front Miss Beily's
nschterd.—Alfred Wills, of the county constabulary, saw
the priaoner on :Sunday morning shout '21.1 yards from
the ot chard, awl going in the direct nit to it. When
prisoner PAW him he tut tied anothar way. He after-
wards RAW the footmarks where a pe -son hat got over
the v •11, and under the trees whet-ethic, apples were mid
to have been stolen. T. T. Hitch., seigeent 11l the
county constahulerv, prodoced four diffmeht eogte of
apples taken from NI,. Bailee orchard, and which were
another to thmaw ill the risoner'a ha aka. lie 11.1
watched the orchanl, mud on one oce.sion Ire took up
an ;wide and hit it, and tlireW it down agaiii, and a
similarly bitten apple of the same so-t, and which had
also ken 10.611, WAR in the i.rixoner'shaaket.—Superin-
tendent Lidhury, who pi oilti.ced the apples found on the
paiesner,stateil that prisoner when brought to the station
said, that he bought ...he apples neer Ablettabuty, and
that he was not at Wi-ke tilt Smoky ntoruing.--Tim
Bench einitenced the prisoner to 3 months' had lehour
at Dorchester.
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Joll4 -VIA ipwlea was charged with being found
alee,,iiig in one of the chairs on the Esplanade. met not
being slik to give a satisfactory account of I J ~, aelf.—
P.C. Sydney Raker, who found the prisoner asleep MO
alluring, watched [din till lie awri...e.—Defenilant paid
he was sorry for what had (warred. He hail been
drinking rather freely, and fell asleep on one of the
chaiia, while waiting for his mate to go to Portlend,
e here he worked, ea collar and harneaa maker, fir Mr.
Leatlier.—Se•g•ant Milne sai.l lin seen
the ile:enilant aianding about the miriiets at all twin, .if
the night—Ti' lh, &Mk/4A the ease with • ratt•
Cull, upon the ili.:codant paying the ousts.