The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-19 00:00:00

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. MARCH 19,187

...tam range_ wherein her voice ix very sweet Mrs. The marital maim tar
by
Stedman end Met Parsons. whether aloes or in canoed, the b,,,ebnint ounFoaWd to be enerMood
is, it seems, to pan into the hands of the
were always tuneful and delightful to listen to, the lady's
low notes being very rich. Mr. Debenham, as always, r'io, when the man wades hie evenings at tie public-
sang with taste, and in the pathetic parts worked the nae- Mrs., SPranklin successfully enforced a new
feelleP of the audience as only • tree artist can, his Woman's nine at the police-court, for au obstinate
posers were also glut/ equal to any of the well-chosen and landlady having sold her husband beer after he was
agreeable pieces he sung. Mr. J. P. Collett not only drunk, Men. SPranklin procurel the punishment of
"bowed his wonderful dexterity, but compelled the the landlord for his wife's offence, soil this also in-
interest and hearty Milani., of the audience, whom hie volved the lining f I h be "old and
verve, spirit, and mesicalnesa provoked into a prolonged foolish' • bar
own'
n'
w • ' encore, to which Mr. Collett bowed his thanks. Mr. G. ,as she considered hon. hal .pent wages
Thorne played throughout with that cleverness and adapt- m &Mk 'lle old bgal ficion \WI RIO wife
ability which mark him as one of the most useful of are one person and dist person i. loishand," is
accompanisa. The whole concert gave the greatest satis- peculiarly illustrated in this csie. First, the landlady
faction to the large audience.—The evening was wound disobeys her husband, and be (not eh-) is punished for
up by an auction lain a the ientainintegmxig• when , breaking the law and next Sorankiin is fined for his
Charles's merry style and witty reran induced bidder' drukkeneeee, eed his
punis• hment fulls on his saber
to run op good prices for labia. clothe, and knickaacka
There wail one continued mein of jokes and laughter, wife, for the offender Iris nothing 'o pay, and would
all resulting in more money for the good cause nil this have gone to prison but for the Itroch granting his
part of the entertainments seemed to be enjoys,' net much wife that time to pay which thee denial to himself.
le any certainly Item were numerous group" of eimiling Mrs. Spreuklin has led the way in a style which may
faces and eager bidders all round. make both drunken husband. and business-pushing
Celiac= Curs Megnim.—Tbe annual meeting of the landladies beware, and the husband's monarchy will
Weymouth Athletic Cricket Club was held on Thursday soon become moreiand more " as monarchic sl
evening in the Girl's Schoolroom belonging to Tunny government is in-all constitutional state*.
Scheib, the Rev. V. F. Ransom. presiding. There were
also present the Rev. J. Willer, Rev. F. Mondey, Messrs. Old (salons in chanting as well as in ladies' bonnets
T. A. Yarrow', W. Terser, G. Dominy_fcaptaint B. Sey-
mour (hon. secA, H. Gibbs, a. Hare, R. Hare, aH. Bosse, come round amain and find new people taken in by
J. Crickmay, Westover, and H. Pearce. The fint business them ae well se- the old. Perhaps . ore. r twenty people
was the presentation of the balance-sheet by Mr. Seymour, in Weymouth were confused by what would seem the
from which it appeared the club started last year's cam. 'Cupid worn-act trick of "ringing the changes," a
paws with • balance in hand of £62.. 9d. The active mareeuvre as old aa our grandfather. The trickster gets
members' subscriptions amounted to £3 2. ed., and those some goods, offers • piece of money more than will
of the honorary members to MID 18e, aud than together pay for the goods, and receive the change, but doesn't
with one or two other items, made the total receipts part with the piece of money he offered Though it
MI Lie 9d. The disbursements amounted to 03 18i. nit would seem too transparent to be successful, yet a
leaving • balance at present in (area of the club or
£7 17a, but the secretary explained the greater portion of clever cheat menage' to bemuse the shopkeeper by
this wag covered by outstanding accounta, so that the some talk on another subject, and if be offers some
balance actually to be brought forward would be very bait for the shopkeeper'a advantage, as is generally
small. On the proposition of the Rev. F. Monday, his plan, attention is diverted, and the tricked person
seconded by Mr. G.
_anudity, the report was received and mimes the fact that he is parting with his own, and
adopted and ordered to be printed and circulated. The getting nothing in return. In the case of Jennings or,
Chairman observed he thought the club was fortunate in more properly, "Jordan," the cheat pretended to be
having • balance in hand, although it might be small an agent-in-advance of a circus, who wanted to
after all the outstanding accounts were paid. Si many
hire beds, and so oily-tongued woe the fellow that he
of the inetitutions of the town were on the wrong side of
the book that this dub moat ~,kgretkjete Resit upon being seems to have repeated the same trick on Nlr. Brown-
in a solvent state at all. Before proceeding with the next lag, no lass than three times., till a female neighbour—
busmen on the notice paper—that of election of °Moen (how much sharper the ladies are in little matters than
and committee for the ensuing year—Mr. IL Gibbs pro- men)—exposed the cheat. Still more deetardly was
posed • cordial vote of thanks to their captain, 'serene./ the fraud the same ecoundul played on a poor old min
and officers for the past year. He had bent connectes who. be "diddled oat of f.eni
with the captain since 1861, and he knew the club had e„,.. ruining him with the tale that the
been mainly supported through his earnest and very ens, --
getic endeavours. He did not know what would have been guest was a bare-backed rider, could jump through
deos kith the aokkd if it bed nog been for him, as both two hoope, and turn a double somersault, the soothing
in season and out of season he had always been bard at pill wirniuistered in all this rubbish being that be
work. He was sure he was only expressing the sense of gained £l2 a week ! Christopher should have '' seen
the meeting in asking them to give their esetaill and the colour of his money' before trusting him, and the
secretary their most earnest and hearty thanks. The Rev, moral generally I. that Weymouthians must be distrust
.1. Miller seconded the motion- Me. Dmnin,mu_ mintamatwd_, ful of strangers, and, um a worthy councillor remarkedremarkedwas compelled this year to resign theealuue in our local Parliament—" see they get, for • penny
club, as his business engagements prevented him rivingworth"— in nu. won.—
t
so much time as heretofore. He should, however, belong their penny's
to the ranks of the dab, and hoped to loin in their
matches as often as ',south's. Mr. Seymour than announced --
his business ensaimments would not allow him to do
justice to the dap as their secretary, and behead to
retire from office. Tbe Rev. F. Monday submitted rules
for the club, which, after POW discussion, were agreed
to. Instead of the club being called the Weymouth
Athletic Cricket Olub it. future name will be the Wey-
mouth Cricket Club. The active members' 'ascriptions
will he increased from 61. toll).. The choice a the meet-
ing fell on the Rev. F. tiontley as the captain of the
club. The office of honorary secretary was not filled, as
no one present would undertake it. The committee of
the club comprise the Rev. V. F. liansome, Roy. J.
Miller, Mr. W. Turner, Mr. IL Gems; Mr. Scudamore,
Mr. T. A. Yarrow. Mr. J. Oriekany, M. G. Domlny, Mr.
B. Seymour, and Kr. H. Man
A Tcrlaarlaa SalLOß.—Rithard Ghent& deaeribed as •
seaman, was brought up an Friday before the Mayor (Mr.
Lundie itu..rew, Mr. T. Abbott, Ate B. Hopkins, and
charged with begging from door to door.
—P.C. ard saw him the previous day, about noon,
going from publichouse to publichoun, and went after
him to see what he was doing. Be went Into the Duke of
Cumberland, and talked with the landlord's daughter about
beer; but said he could not &fad to buy soy, sat down,
and comp/deed that he had been going about the country,
and could not get relief, and this he thought hard on him.
The countable gave him relief, and then Gibbius went to
the ship and lbws he opened • little parcel of stationery
and books, which he hadn't opened before,—The Bench
enquired why he woe at Weymouth. and Gibbing, who
declaimed as if he had been a stump lecturer, said—Go put
it shortly)—that be was coming. from Southampton to
Plymouth—Dr. Drew told him he had no business down
at, Weymouth, on tin way to Plymouth. —The Mayor
added that Gibbine was entitled to 11 days' hard labour;
but, as these was not anything against him previously, he
would be permitted to go, if he would promise to leave the
town.—Prinoner, with much unction, promised to be off at
once, and they let him go.
• Feint! este Gut—On Friday. before the borough
magistrates, Mama Peters was brought up again on the
adjourned charge of having obtained a pair of boots by
false pretences from Mr. Legg.—ln answer to the Bench,
Supt. Vickery stated that he had been successful in
obtaining the promise of the girl's admission into& Home,
although the secretary said the circumstances were some-
what unusuaL —The Mayor told Zama Peters that she
mud consider herself fortunate; it was • great benefit
that such Home, were provided; she would have coal+
panious of her own are, be taught to read and write, and
no doubt she would get on well. She was not being sent
as • punishment to the Home, but only foe-her good.—Tbe
girl, who looked a great deal improved by her stay in the
union, and appeared bright and happy, compared with her
appearanee when she was with her mother. consented to
go to the Horns—The Bench gave her over to the superin-
tendent —We understand that the home is one founded
by ladies of title well-known in the County of Dorset,
and iii, situated near Uxbridge.—From what we hest of
It, the child's fortune—(for • working girl)—is made, if
she will Where herself and be industrious, and of this the
Bench had no doubt, after o:earring her altered and
happy look.

Hz- -rg.ryorr Anatsmin, —On Friday, before the borough
magistrates, U riaA Ware IL imebury, a lad who looked as
if he had nothing to complain about, appeared to an
adjouned summons by Mr. Martin, of Dove-street, for
neglecting hia duty as an apprentice.—Mr. Howard, who
appeared for Mr. Martin. remarked that the first years
of an apprentices tiros are the most anxious and unprofit-
able times for his master, who expects to be
repaid in the latter part of the apprenticeship,
when the apprentice has learnt his trade. In this
instance, the led had, greatly to his master's credit and
his own, gained a considerable knowledge of the business;
but he now wanted to take advantage of that for his own
profit, and not for his master's He was not at all
encouraged at home, and his father, an elderly man, wee
present, and stated that he wished his son to attend to hie
work but the old man was of such an age, and the lad
grownend up so, that the father could not pull him out of
compel him to go to work in tiros—The Mayor
said under those circumstances they would deal with the
" Young orentleman," according to his" merits."—Mr.
Howard continued that Mr. Martin was not a harsh or
cruel man, and the apprentice had no complaint of him'
he therefore hoped he would go back to work he had
been with his master four years, and had three years more
to serve, and Mr. Martin asked the Bench to adlourn the
case for three weeks, to see whether the apprentice would
keep his time.—Young Kingsbury promised to go to work,
and on this the Bench consented to adjourn the case, to
sea the result. —The Mayer told the that masters had
only the lot few years of the apprenticeship to look to,
In order to repay them for the wombs and inattention of
1 previous years Unless Kingebury fulfilled his promise
and faithfully served his master, he would himself on
coming out of his apprenticeship, find himself a ruined
man, and the bright expectancy of years would be entirely
thrown away.—Adjourned.
CH•1101 OF AIIIIIOLT.—On Tuesday Mr. Ileary Temkin.%
of Governor's-lane, was summoned by William Spines
for assault —The father of complainant appeared, and
stated his boy ma at work, he did not know the sum-
mons was coming off to-day.—Mr. Arden: What made
you mine to the Court t —A. I went to your office, sir.—
a 2. What made you go to my office I—A. I went to ask
about the summons.—The Bench: As complainant is not
hers we dismiss the case.—Mr. Arden (to the father):
There will he 2e. to pay for the summons. —The father
wanted it put off till Friday.—Mr. Arden: Why. I should
issue a fresh summons for then, and you will have
brought the man here orice.—Dismissed.
Umpommare HAM (I rod Terrell by Harriet
parker cio, was summoned in an affiliation case on Tue,.
day.—The defendant did not appear, but the girl said she
had received letters from Terrell, which she produced.
She resided at Weston-terrace—Had known defendant
about two years, was engaged to be married to him, and
they wine even " called home" at church ; but the yam
man "got Me lack " at Portland„ went to London,
had been out of work sixteen weeks, so that he said he
could not marry her. Lest September twelvemonth the
intimacy commented, and on the 17th of July the child
was born, which she named Rome Emily; but the yam;
man had not given her any mosey, though be had in
writing acknowledged the little one to be hia —Defendant
had written stating that he only had 2.. fid. • day.—
Ordered to pay 2.61. a week and expenses, the Bench
remarking that they thought la WI. a day was rather low
wages for engine cleaning in ths Metropolitan district
MOTU AND APPRENTICE—On Tuesday last, before the
Mayor (Mr. Landis), Dr. Drew, Mr. James Robertson.
Mr. James Milledge, and Mr. 'H. Haggett, final Were
Capitury, an apprentice, was summoned by Mr. Samuel
Martin, of Hops-street, for breach of his footrest aa
pgenticas.—The lad appeared, but Mr. Martin asked for
the cam to be adjourned to IPriday.—ln answer to Mr.
Arden, Mr. Martin did not know whether they could
won to an arrangement.—Mr. Morley however, gave the
Bench to understand that it was hie an arrangement
might be effected through Mr. Howard.—The boy did not
object to the adjournment, and the case was adjourned
accordingly.
FRAITDULIINT Housman —Joao Byrne, alias Palrie-k
Dwane. formerly in the Bich regiment, was brought up for
fraudulently =listing in the ffilth regiment, and in another
regiment Prisoner was only KI. but had been discharged
r from his fleet regiment for theft, —Three moons bard
labour.
SAMOS Snoop • Sovialtioc.—On Thursday. before
Yr. CF. Eliot, Jabs Siadees. of the ketch Annie, was
brought up on • charge of stealing • sovereign. Samuel
Webb. • sailor, said prisoner (al et notice last night to
leave the vessel, and witness put him on shore, and
afterwards found, on returning to the vessel, that a
souredgn was gone from his money. On charging
prisoner with the offence, be at first denied it, bat
afterwards gave up.—Remanded till Saturday, at
Dorchester.

"I Planted le
ing through Glanvilles Wootton a bag of coal was observed come it your hedger
demgerte hedritsend
by a policemen to be lying in the cart When questioned Defendant was the other si
. _ h and
about it, the prisoners stated that the coal dropped out of jumped over to him with the furehltoon
from defendant and his wife got
the cart sie they were going to Sir Cherie's, sond alter they held it up. Hs
dhiarelebrenn.t.tohearp:belteichgeotuee.„
tewheeicitheewyesitsdit,lic.otedidehiatithiishoothete.er
tobeti7eiteatht:7l..wed.dr rTehne
The prisoners were taken before L ord Digby on Monday. that he was afraid he warld do hint some (limy. Four-
and were remanded on baitittleitndoittistp•Mwe.
trees teen feet of the heillitte
in repair.—Flarriet
WEST LIILWORTE. it would cost 10s, to put the hedge
Wreeslitusta.hbehileentddide
she got
Toots corroborated her husband, and said when
r.
On TO,' Inv, by the kindness of the Rev. Mr. and Mot between him and defendant the latter struck her and she
e a,
11 beenb. du t agwerey.a nd dd
is lug
said
(lit-lee, tb . children of the National School were provided fell against the was. she had been marriel 34 year&
ith a to, which, with their mothers, were heartily Cromexamined : She did push defendant before he struck
enjoyed, core bane a bountiful supply of mks. In the her—The magistrates said they should din:Rise the sem-
en en-ing Mr. Chide., with hie tlettal Maude, gave the mono for aeaanto,—Mr. I. J. linos, steward to Kr. Weld.
srames of Joseph and his Brethren with a magic.lantern, mid the property in question
~0,1 In defendants name in
with various ether illustrations, which gave !crest pleasure
_ the hooka Ile property was leasehold, and the original
t.,tot the ofllpttellererst
ninwebohdexttennaddedeit—tattheedroovitnitebeigengkeeroth.wdthrz knee warn granted to the defendant's father, who assigned
it to the defendant The dolman:it woo now the lord's
govethem, toeing with them "Praise God from whom ell , heemd. Re had
nie,ainnu flow," when they all sepstated, highly plemed tedusege. end
with Inc oveningi eutertainment property.—Crom examined : He hod known the property
14 years, and had received the lord m m
's rent fro coplalh
WllOllOll.lllll, toldqvieitinifdebefenddanid
ntetnahteicetheteuldrettaiher the
sat, but not during the last year or two. —Delgndatr
Go M.,lay evening at the Corn Exchange Mr. James said he had not reseived rent from compleinen
d stightnell"the
Davis' dramatic company commenced their performances, plainnnt had done little jobs for him se
which are advertised for four nights. On Monday even-
ing was performed " Nine Pointe of the Lew," and on rectild,pent'dwithsaidouthtae al "nsiemr°47l.—°°rentlitPlaLarguenk
Tuesday the comic drama, entitled "Delicate Ground." form.—The magistrates decided to dna" lOe cue,_hieT,
The performancee concluded with the great pentomine they thought there was a bone-flits Clam w
burlesque. entitled "Cinderella" The parts were well ousted their jurisdiction.
earned on. "The Marble Heart, or the Sculptor's
Dream" was performed on Wednesday, and "Hamlet' is
to be played on Thursday.
POOLE.
Pouci, Monday.—Betore Alderman M. Kemp-Welch.
Me W. I). Dude'', and Mr. J. B. Duren.
Jahn Davie, an old offender, was charged with sleeping
li, a shed belonging to Mr. W. Meath's, at Hemwortly,
on Saturday nieht —P.C. Cluffey proved the charge, and
misoner ens sentence! to 21 days herd labour in Poole
Geol,
Cuunrit PASTORAL RID SOCort.T. Sermon, were
i preached n aid of this Society at Si, James's and St.
Paul's Courches on Sunday. At St. James's the preacher
in thy looming was the Rev. J. English and in the evening
the Rev. F. Pocock, and the collections realised £8 3, The
oning :reacher at lit Paul's was the !tee. L C. A.
Mouton LW!' in the evening the preacher was the Rev. (1.
Bassett, the collections amounttng to £l4 61. 94. The
annual inciting of the Poole auxiliary of the society was
hold in St. Paul's echoolroorn on Tuesday evening, under
the presidency of the Rev. J. A. Lawson. There 'ram net
a large ten es. The Rev. F. Pocock opened the meet-
ing with prayer, and after some remarks from the Chair-
man Mr. Pocock read the renew% which showed that
£5/ 2i. bd. we. sent to the parent society last year. The
Rev. E. 11. T. Comm. of Shantou Mallen, the deputation
then addressed the meeting, and • collection was made at
the close.
Tan CONOWIATIONAL Cllolll.—The members of the
Congregational Choir gave their annual entertainment In
the new upper sclmelrocin On Tuesday evening. Alderman
Kemp-Welch presided, and there was • large Utah
duce. A capital twcramme of vocal and instrumental
CUUJiC was gone throng in • manner that reelected great
credit on the choir and the organist.. Miss Danford and
Miss Goff. During the interval between the two parts
of the
_programme nreseatations were made
by the c hairman to be nunford, who for 16 years has
been one of the organists of the church, and to Mr. T.
Buckley, who for 19 years was one of the organist.. • Pad
in which he has been succeeded, on his removal to Parke
stone, by Miss Golf. Each of the presentimions consisted
of • very handsome epergne, which bore the following
inscription :—" As an acknowledgment for many years*
gratuitous services er organist of the Congregational
Church Poole." The Chairmen nide • suitable speech In
making the mmentation, and the Rev. J. W. Sampson,
the pastor, • added • few words.
Rorrtheisis or. rug Bomunrament Roan. —Attlee Police-
courtonTuesday,lassos Newesintof ParksMne, WSJ brought
up in custody charged with assaulting Frederick Kemish
at Parketone, on Sunday night— The complainant stated
that be called at Mr. Crocker's beerhotne on the Bourne.
mouth Road, and had some beer and other refreshment.
After proorWing on his way for some distance two or
three persons asked him for tobacco. He gave suns or
two of them, and almost directly afterwards one of the
men—who, he believed, was the prisoner—struck him
and knocked him down. lie received two or three kid...
A men named James Croucher. &ghost whom a warrant
bee been Mimed struck him several times. —James Ransome
gave evidence on behalf of the prisoner. He said be went to
the coin plainant's assistance,end was immedieted assaulted
by a man nomad Hawkins and knocked down several
times. The prisoner did not assault the complainant.—
The prisoner was dim-barged, Mr. Dugdale not considering
there was eufficiont evidence to justify • remand.
Suicine or • WOALAL—An Inquest was held in the
Council Chamber on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. G.
11. Aldridge, coroner, and • jury of which Mr. T. Winter
was chosen foremen, on the body of Martha Ann Weeks,
• widow, who kept • small shop in Market...tree; and
who committed suicide that morning. The first witness
was deceased's daughter, Martha Ann Weeks, who said
her mother was 66 years of age. She was in the habit of
sleeping with her mother, and they went to bed about
quarter-post 10 o'clock last night Deceased got up about
emu 0 clock that morning and went into the garret in
her night-dress, She got up about eight o'clock, and
went downstairs, where Rho remained about live minutes.
Oa returning upstairs she found her mother bad not come
down from the garret She dressed heron( and went to
the garret, where she sew a night drem hanging in the
corner. Feeling alarmed she called Mrs Grant, a
neighbour. Her mother seemed very depressed yeeterdny,
but she had sever heard her speak of committing suicide.
—Liza Grant said she was called by the last witness
about 90 minutes past eight that morning, and found the
deceased hanging from • bar in her garret She saw her
taken down and sent for a doctor, who pronoenced her
dead. Lately deceased had been low and desponding.
She sew her yesterday afternoon, and on her enquirihnc
an
after her health she said she Moo very low d very dul
sod remarked how wicked she was Deceased had .
two paralytic 'Murex—Edwin Henry Menden, a saddler,
nephew of the last witness, spoke to accompanying his
aunt to the garret and assisting in cuttim down the
deceased He heard deceased complain a few days ego
how very bad business was, and that she ,ould not get
her money in. She seemed very low at times—P.O.
Reeks, who accompanied the last two witnesses to the
garret, gave corroborative evidence.—The 'ury returned •
verdict of "Suicide by hanging whilst on • state of
temporary insanity."

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Two other customs are prevalent, but are not we
believe charter tWa One belonp to the young try, and
coisusa of throng pitchers and other sherds at doors
and into pasenthe eacouthenied by a few stones which
haves tendency of coming through windoire, and horrid
shouts which mad hart their tender windpipes to pro-
duce. The other custom is for the ' freemen' and others
to get go fearfully weary, ' knitting the ball' that when
they arrive at the top of the street at Swansea they fell
about in the mud, three at a time, and ono on another, to
the fright of the ladies, and the dancer of bodily harm to
thamselves. We hope they are not very on A.th Wed-
nesday I We must add that all ' the freemen' do not
arrive in this Meta Lucia

Ceche! Club,
Adolph' Terrace,
London, W.C.
SWANAGIC LOCAL BOARD.
To the Sditor.
I here read Lucia' letter (undated). I notice that he
still evades segfcianything definite respecting the actions
of the shove
I am. Sir. Your obedient Servant,
011111111712.

BLANDFORD.
COCWrf COT. Monday.—lief or* Judge Defroy.—The
following wes the only case that 0111110 before His Honour:
—Williams Poldsn, cooper, Blandford. V. ',WU" °WI".
wooduaan, Shapwick. Defendant dau not appal's'. There
were other debts against the defendant, and the Judge
reduced the order to 3s. a mon:h and adjourned the caae.

11th March. Ha&
crainiaa KNOWLE.
A capital Temperance :nesting Irma bald in the National
Eitcboolßoom on Teesday 'Lerch EAO. under the presidency
of the rector the Rev. 0. L Mansel; when stirring addresses
were delivered by the Key. J. Taylor of Code Castle, and
Mr. T. If. Glover, district agent of the United Kingdom

CHARGES OF STEALING CORN.
At the Magistrates' Clerks' 01 lice. on Tuesday, before
Viscount Portman and the Hon. W. IL 3. Portman.
IL P., • man named Williams George Roper, &carter in the
employ of Mr. William Sprake, farmer, of Winterborne
Stinkland, was charged with stealing a quantity of mixed
corn, vie., oats and barley, value 3i. Pd., the property of
hi, master: and Iflisa Pitmen, wife of Charles Pitmen,
of Stickland, was charged with feloniously receiving the
MOM.
Mr. W. H. Atkinson. of Blandford. prosecuted;
R. N. Howard, of Weymouth, defended.
P.C. Devenish said he saw the prisoner Roper at the
farm on the 9th of March, and charged him with stealing
his master's corn. Prisoner said " I know nothing about
I the corn," but he afterwards said to his master, in his
presence, " Its no use telling no lies about it. I did take
the bit of corn." Prosecutor said. "I mean the corn that
was put into Pitman's van this morning.' Prisoner
replied," Its no use telling any lies; the corn was
Intended for the Iran." On their way to prisoner's house
prisoner said, " r.• took a bit of corn and now Tee got
catelied." He searched the house but found nothing.
He asked prisoner for the key of his corn bin, and took •
sample of the contents. He found it to correspond
with the corn at the polies ...Hen produced by P.S.
Stillman.
Croarexamined by Mr. Howard He only saw one bin
and be should think it contained three or four bushels
of corn. He was a miller before he joined the police
force.
P.S. Stillman said he accompanied P.C. Andrews to
Stickland on the 9th of Much. At the cross-roads by
Blandford St. Mary he met the prisoner Pitman with •
horse and van, containing three female passengers. He
stopped the horse and found • bag on the eat of the ran.
He and to the passengers "Does this bag belong to say
of you ladies in the van," and they all answered " No.
Mrs. Pitman then said 'lt belongs to me." He than
said. "Now, be careful I suspect you have stolen
property in your van." She replied, 'No. it belongs to
me." He told her he should take possession of the bag,
and that she must consider herself his prisoner for being
In unlawful possession of stolen property. He produced
the beg, which contained corn. HA afterwards compared
it with the sample from the bin, and it corresponded.
The bag contained white oats AM barley mixed with
black oats. He searched Charles Pitman's house and
found small quantities of corn. In a bedroom he found
burley, oat*, rye, clover seed, and gran seed; in the
kitchen wheat and oats; and in the pantry a bag with
net..
Crose-examined by Kr. Howard: The bedroom was
used as a lumber room. He saw 70 or SO empty bags
there Pitman keeps two bones.
SUOMI& Woolrych, • widow, of Stickland, said she
came into Mandl ord in Mra Pitman's yen on the 9th
inst. When the van was opposite Roper's house someone
put a bag into the ran. The bag remained in the van
until the policeman took it out.
Cross-examined by Mr. Howard: No one else was In the
ran at the time the bag was put in, and she did not think
anything of it.
Anthony 8 wyer, • labourer, in the employ of prose-
cutor, said the prisoner Roper's and his own house were
only separated by a Pssokra He went to breakfast stout
eight o clock on the 9th inst., and he heard some person
all out. He went outside and saw Mrs. Pitman take •
bag out of the passage and put it in the van.
Cross-examined by Mr. Howard: He could not tell what
was in the bag.
The prosecutor said the corn in the bag produced was
the same as supplied by him to the prisoner Roper for the
use of his hones, and was the same as the sample taken
from the bin by the constable. He knew the corn by the
barley and white oats and shelled oats mixed with it. It
was only but week that he mixed barley with the oath
Cross-examined by Kr. Howard: The oats were black
Tartar oats of an ordinary kind. He grew them himself,
and bought the seed of Mr. Slandford. The barley he put
In was a little odd lot of tailing barley. He kept 10 horses
at Stickland, and had three carters, each of whom had his
own bin. The oats and barley were given out to all three
carters._ . . .

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CHURCH PIJITOKAL AID SOCIITY. —The Rev. J. Jamieson,
front Plymouth, preached in the Abbey Church on
Sunday, and at the close collections were male on behalf
of this Ssclety. On Monday evening the annual westing
was held in the Town Halt under the presidency of the
Vicar (the Rev. W. H. Lyon). Addresees were given by
the Revs. W. Hinton, J. Jamieson, T. Raventutl, J. Stone,
J. Phillips, and the Chairman on the progress of the
society's work, end an earnest appeal was made for
further percuniary assistance, as the receipts during the
eget year had not come up to the general expectation.—
Over L 5 was subecribed at the close.

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
TVlSDAT.—Monslios present: Mr. Benjamin Chandler
(chairmen), Rev. 0. W. Tenon*, Messrs. Dalwood. Num
Seymour, Stokes, and Weidord.
be tradesmen,' bills were laid OD the table, and the
Clerk stated that they amounted to £146. This suau was
augmented by tans for the origins and apparatus of the
Fire Brigade. which made UPS total of 003 17s. 21. To
meet this there was only .05 lfk. 7d. standing to their
credit at the Bank.
The CliAlalliN explained, however, that there was •
sum of £1.14 les. &i• out...tardier on the general natal ; and
£72 17s. 81 on the six-penny rate mods for the purposes
of the Fire Brigade. This, with one or two incidentals to
be collected, would make up • total of 058 ISt 24., and
to-day they would order the quarterly rate, which would
bring them in xsao.
At the last meeting it was decided to ask the Gas Com-
pany to carry up • pipe to supply a lamp intended to be
put up at the Junction of the Yeovil and Brsdford roads.
This they had agreed to de, provided the Board were
willing to pay 0 101. towards the expenses (about Lit)
—Carried.
On Messrs Merryweather's bill for the new fire engine
a rum of 15a. for • patent break, or clip, was disallowed.
as the Board had given no order for it.
A sum of 0 10s was also classed under the head of
" extras," being the amount charged by the firm for send-
lug • man down to give the Sherborne Volunteer Fire
Brigade their first drill.
The Clerk stated that in the original agreement the &us
decided to send the man at their own expense, and the
Board eventually resolved not to pay that item.
Plans for the proposed alteration of Mr. Blanche
premises, and Mr. Hethmingtee's buildings were laid
, upon the table.
' Some time ago Mr. Weisman had had erected three
cottages behind his house in Newland. and had not sub-
mitted the plans of the same to the Board.
The CHADUIIA2I, who had visited the premises. stated
that the cottages acted as a drain to some earth behind
them.
The Surveyor was directed to tell Mr. Weisman the
penalty which he had rendered himself liable to. and the
Medical Mors was asked to make a special report on the
sanitary condition of the cottages

-11-;:—lloward reserved his defence, and the prisoners
were committal for trial at the Dorset Assize.

Charles Pitman waa then charged with feloniously '
receiving a quantity of black oats and • sack bag, value I
3a, also the property of Mr. Sprake
The seine solicitors appeared in this came.
P.C. Andrews said he searched the prisoner's house in
company with ES. Stillman on the 9th inst. He found
the bag of oats produced. There was no name on the bag.
He took Pitman Into custody on the charge of being
unlawfully possessed of stolen. property. He produced
three bags he found in prisoners house, and one of them
had prosecutor's 11111110 on it. He found about 150 bags on
the premises. He found the bag of oats under an empty
bag in the leading to tbe kitchen. When he
•pptleeZer he said, "I can account for them."
P.S. Stillman said be found the beg of oats produced
under about • dozen empty two behind the pantry-door
in prisoners house. The prosecutor and his uncle both
identified the oata as belonging to prosecutor. There were
other begs of oats on the premises which they could not
idtntify. . .

Cram-examined by Mr. Howard: Pitman did tell him
that he had had a rick of his own oats threshed.

- Prosecutor esol he was Present when the oats were
found in the prisoner's house, and be identifiel them as
hi. property. The sample he now produced was taken
from a heap in his barn. end it was the same quality as
that produced by the police.
Cross-examined by Mr. Howard : Pitman lived about a
quarter of a-mile from his house. He had borrowed
Pitman's spring van more than once. He Lent Pitman his
barn after harvest to thrash some corn in. His men
Bwyer threshed it for Pitman. He did not know what
quantity he thrashed. Pitman occupied about five acres
of land. The barn used by Pitman was not the same one
as his (prosecutor's) oats were in.
. . . .

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Anthony Soyer, • labourer, in proamutor's employ,
stated that soon after harvest he thrashed about 20 sacks
of oats for Pitman in his masters barn.
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Oroseezasutned by Mr. Hc.;;;;d7lT waa Pitman's own
rick. Some of the sacks were carried to Pitman's
house, and a man named Gough had some. He did not
know what kind of oats they were, as he did not take
particular notice of them.
William Spracklin, a baker, of Stickland, said he had
been in the habit of buying oats of Pitman. Since
December last he had had 21 wicks of him. On Friday
night last he took a beg to Pitman's house, and left the
bag and a message with Mrs. Pitman. Between nine and
ten o'clock on Saturday morning he saw Pitman, and he
promised to have two Saturday
of oats put up for him by
the afternoon. Neither of the bags produced belonged to
him.
Cruscezamined by Mr. Howard: About two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon he wentro Pitman's house and saw
his begin the kitchen empty.
Mr. HOWLIUI reserved his defence in this case also, and
prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes.
BWANAGI

On Ash Wednesday a Public meeting on the subiect of
Temperance was held in the Congregational School Room.
The chair was taken by the Rue. C. Chambers. and Yr. T.
li. Glover gave a characteristic address on The Foe
which invades our Lend." Haring described this enemy
as one who was considered almighty and ever neoessnry,
the speaker dealt faithfully and fully with measures to
overcome the foe. Under this head he gave emphatic
testimony to the usefulness and mucous attending the
establishment of a now abstaining section in the Church
of England Temperance Society. To that we are not only
indebted for the adhesion of the Duke of Westminster
(who as owner of a vast number of Loudon Gin Palaces was
now abutting up or transforming them into coffee palaces
as fast as their leases fall in), but also for the splendid
advocacy of the T Cense by Canons Ferrer and
Wilberforce,both of w omstarted with that section though
they did not stop there. Thousands of cuss were
constantly happening of der omen and noble laymen
taking this subject puidng on to become staunch and
earnest upholders of TeetoWlimi in ell its branches.
An Entertainment by the Convegatinual Sunday
School children ii advertised ito be given n the school-
room on Wednesday March 20th. the forfeits to be devoted
to the Liberary Fend.

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