The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-06 00:00:00

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SATOMAT.-139fore H B. 1111 i emu, Zig. On LW
otubt.), Major Minch!". Chiptslo Mausol, H.. 1).
Tboeuton, Sag., Major Williams 0..10mi &award,
and G. Flom Seq.

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John Yoto sad &snag GUI ware charged with
aosalting Thomas Halloo a. tcs..o ogo.
Ho wood appeared for the &Nos.—Yates did toot
*bloat mid as the 234 alt . shoot
ittriabt.,..... to oleo., to was war the Foundry at
Maidea*Newtoo, il d the deleadants mood him and
went on the rood to Tallow. Winner iort sok
them, and then Yates took hold of his arm and asked
him If Ito had any money. Hs (Yates) mkt he had
Bill Manley with him, and there woo sevsral others
waitiag to fall 00 him. Tom Um took off his coat,
sad polsod Gill into the hedge; then Gill cone up and
knocked wits.= down five or six times.
atomised by Mr. Howard: He woe sot the worse for
liquor. All the drink he bat WM two pinto for his
dinner. Ile oonld not tell if Totes stook hint or not,
as he could not see for the blood .—Toomas Woodland,
of Wysford Bogle, provol seeing tha defoliants go on
the road, and paw Main' just below the Foundry. -
Croesozoniniod : lii was with onnplainot at the
Whit* Hone, sad they had a pint of beer bet won
than. Defendant also had 110910 more beer with him
at Vie Castle; altogether they had feur pint. together.
—Harriet Greeninto lclivatog at Toiler, said the oom o plsl
ant eons list, her whore ha lodged, dont) attre
11; be had two bleak eyes sad bruises on hie foe.
The blood woe &wrier. Yotes afterwards caw up to
the house, and add "Tom, come out—l want to speak
to you." Witness asked if he (Hallott) had boa light-
ing, sod Into said Bill Manley had fallen on him.
Gill was outside. On the following morning Tato
came to the hones and repeatad hie story that gips,
hfaaley had fallen on him. Yates afterwards admitted
to her that Gilt had knocked Hallett down—By tin
Bosch : Complaisant did not NOM drinky on the nicht
of Ono assault..—Mr. Howard'. version of the affair
was an follows: —Gill and Taros were walking home and
pared complainant. Hallett aftsrwords overtook
thins. He tow drinkr and wanted to know who GUI
was. Yates Wood to toll him, and further on the
road c nnolsiont e Mared Gill, •oul said he should not
rilitill he knew who he wet. He also struck at
him, ant Gill then knocked him down. If ever there
was a juotali dole co., this 0, one. —The Bench were
olor the mood' via commit's& whether then woe
provocation or not there was no et:denoe to sh iw.
Gill would be finwl Is. and coots (Bs.), and the
chugs again.' Tate wouli Is. Manhood.
4ITIANOB OR NO NUISANOB

Mr.lJoseph Doom Laver was 0110MOCIOd foe allow.
iag • unisecoe to exist la the parish of Wyk. Rrgis
on the 6th ult.—Mr. Polly Hooper appeared for the
oninplainamt (Captain Chimino), and Mr. R. N.
Howard for the defendant. —ln his opening addreer,
Mr. Pelly_ Hooper said the cam was entered to be
beard at Weymouth last week, but Mr. H .ward had
robbed a technical objection, and the consequence was
Ii now came before the Dorchester Bench. Mr.
Lll.llr occupied piemiees adjoining Captain Obluttoo'd
residence, and dorm he bad mne contractor for the
navy be had erected • slaughter house, and there
• large quantity of offal and filth had been allowed to no •
cumulate, and the exhalations were oval offensive. The
remit was that both complainant and hia family had
suffered from Chimato said be was a
captain in the Royal Navy, and resided at West
Down, In the perish of Wyke Regis. The premises
Immediately adjoining his boom on the west side were
occupied by Mr. Laver. Defendant had • slaughter
house, and kept pigs there. On the 6th last. there
wan • quantity of otra accumulated thews, also a tray
1a...a, yie• .ogo Vos oaol 50.0.11 On
• dung asap. The vinelL which tool deity ocourrenos,
was greater than usaai. It had been of daily oogur.
reaps for the past eight or nine m onthe. —Mr. Howard
objected. Defendant was charred with an (Amos on
• •Pocilic day. &Di Captain Oalmmo mutt oonase
himself to that day.—Ormplaineat said on this day
the smell was so intoler dole that he could not open
his doctor window, and hie wife and family oould not
go into the conserv.tory. He wrote to the Inspector
of Nuisatioes, and requested him to come and see it,
and on the 6th he also *Awl Dr. Moorhead to go over
sad rive hia opinion of it. Witness on the 13th wrote
or telegraphed to Dr. Pridham. The nuisance recurred
three followit g days after the date of the seummoas.
Oroa-examined by Mr. Howard: He had lived
there for about seven year.. Tbe slaughterhouse had
been dime about eine or ton mouths. He wrote to the
Inspector of nuisanose on October 4th. (Whams was
here using • document for the purpose of refreshing
hie memory, and Mr. Howard raked the Bench to
direct that it be handed to him for inspee'ion, but the
Bench being advised there was no law to oompel •
man to give it up, they retailed.) 0 attinuing, witness
said he had made complaint no the Rand Sanitary
Authority on several cmoadons. Heatteaded personally
before the authority on one occasion.
Mr. Howard contended it wan nothing but making
that court • court of appeal against the decision the
Rani Authority, who bad thoroughly gone into the
matter. . . . .

Mr.'i.uy Hooper strongly denied this.
(& plan of the premises wad put to, drawn by Mr.
Waiter Thomas, C.D., and wee accepted by both
sides.)
Oetterexasnined : On the 6th he could not tell how
much blood there was in the tray, but there was
enough offal for the pigs to feed on. Hs was not
acquainted with the way In which offal was measured,
so he *mid not tell how much it was. There were
about half•wdoson oarteloads of manure there.
Mx. Howard: Could you smell anything on the 6th?
—I can't say.
Is it true you keep three or four pigatiee yourself,
and between your own premiss" and the &deadened 1
—Three. (The plea wee put in *howl's the pigsties
and • oesepool oboe by the pedant's house belong-
ing to the oomplaleant.)
What ma, Into that osespool I—Rain-water mow
times. It is Intended for • drain for Me stables. He
wee not aware that the conteatv of his pigsties ran into
the cesspool.
Witness continued: He had never seen Mr. LIM,
about the aniseeds, nor, that be was &wive of, bath.
given blot any notice. He telegraphed to Dr. Prilham
twice on the 13h and 16th Oct :her to come over and
see the names* himself.

.—liir...dooper-geiTa a letter which Captain Chbarn°
received from Oro Inspector of NuWinces, saving be
bad inspected the place, that In found the oda and
manure had heat removed, and that no doubt the
smell was very bad during its rernovaL (Mr. Hooper
now said be was quite willing to int in the 021 M.
oraodum from which Captain Chimp° wee refreshing
his memory.)
Mr. Howard woes-examined Captain Chimmo as to
when the entriee were made.

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George Symoods, gardener to Captain Minim°'
said be lived in the °Mare under the Captain's well.
On the 6th he saw blood &al offal lying In the defetrt-
ant'. yard. Dr. Moorhead was there on the 6th.
He saw two pip eating the offal. Halted experienced
an offensive smell from the p satiate, hot could not
say whether be did so oath. lith.—Ry Mr. Howard
There vu • cesspool just in front of his window, and
the drainage of the pigsties ran into the osespool, which
had • wooden cover.
Dr. hf orbited said in ponrutnce of • request from
complainant he went to Wtrt Down on the 6th. He
observed in the centre of defeniaot's yard a quantity
of black mud, and in one c rner son.. blood. If.
also saw some pigs onver-tri with blo wl and mad, end
one of them was eating an outran. He wan of opinion
the state of the yud was calculated to be detrimental
to the health of those living in el se proximity.
Particularly in this inotancte, as Captain Chimmo's
water supply was rain water, and the germs of put-s.
faction were very likely to be carried by the wind sad
depordted is the water, and very likely would lead to
diptlwris and typhoid fever. The yard was fairly
clean when he saw it. It had been cleaned out, so no
doubt be maw it under favourable circumstances.
There was some black mod about the yard.
P.m the defame Mr. Howard contended there watt
no use for him to meet. According to the Act to
constitute an offenoe, there most be an accumulation,
and it must also be in existence on the day of the
summons. (The Bench were certainly of opinion there
was a case to meet.) Mr. Howard then addressed the
Court at Dome length for the defence. He then
called
Francis ChariftWbits, who said be wee in tb• employ
of Mr. truer. His duty was to help kill and move
all the offal. There was • .tons floor to the slaughter.
hones. There was never any &accumulation of refute,
and always, directly after they killed, they cleaned
up. and the refuse vu removed on the following
morning. A little of the offal was given to the pip
and the remainder taken to the back. What the pigs
left was always cleaned up.—Crourexamined by Mr.
Hooper : The accumulations were taken away every
day. The manure generally remained • day or two.
He could not say if be was there on the
6th. He had
manure amounting to 40 or even 20 loads.
Mr. Walter I hennas said he was • Civil Engineer
and Sarveyst of the Borough of Dorchester. The
plan produced was • correct plan of the place, which
he had prepared. Hs had examined the plus, and
was there on the 14 November. The slaughterhouse
was domed wish Balaton Noss with esesst Joints
molly aid mei, laid. Tim mad have bun so laid