The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-02 00:00:00


PETTY BfBBlONB.

Tcceose.—Bidere the 1.167 pf (K. N. Howard. EEL.
sod Messrs Robertson, Nstaso, 11.11 e, Row., sA
Buck.
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-7-I,;binsost, a wheelobairmen. living at Radipole,
was SUCIIOI.IOOOI by Emma Critchell hr threatening
to do her grievous bodily harm. The complainant
did not appear, and the defendant wee discharged.
William Petals Roger., e respectable looking man,
who had been apprehended on a warrant, wail charged
with obtaining mon.y by fahoe pretences from Edwin
Humphrey., lan4lord of the Bear proee-
outor stated that the prisoner came to his house, an I
describing himself al a large fruiterer carrying on
business at Boarnemouth, caked witness where he
banked. He told him st the Wilts and Dorset Bank,
and the prisoner then stating that that wee the
banking company with whom he did barium., tasked
witness to give him • blank cheque. He did 60, and
priwwier fi led it up for El, which witness 06.66 d.
Witmer afterward. received another cheque for •
alecil•r amount, and both of them were dialsonoured
on befog pre ented.—Tbe Mayor re of the letter which
Lb. prisoner had sent to the pr wecutor with the
second cheque, stating that he was eorry to hear what
had ,woorred with regard to the first cheque. and it
would not have happened It he had got home when he
expected.—Witness, in answer to lb. llyor, said •
telegram was sent to the Bournemouth Branch, and an
answer returned "No oftdoim."
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John Stephens Bracher, of the Wilts and Dorset
Bank, Bournemouth, said the prisoner had an 'mount
at their breach. One of the cheques produced wee
returned with the words "refer to drawer," winch
was the game en 'no 'Hut." Prisoner had been
banking some years with the company, bat had no
money t the credit of hie ac 'omit when the
wee produced.
In croas-examioation witneei admitted to Mr.
Bowen, who defended, that prisoner'e cheques ha I
been honoured when the amount had been overdrawn.
The Beach 'Lipped the CNN, the prisoner paid the
eXPOII.OI, and he was discharged with a °intim
E I ward Byrne*, a boy, of Eutietreet, warn soon•
mooed by Charles Burke for scowl:dog and heating
bim.—Tne complainant, • little boy, aged 10, who
appeared with his eyee covered with • ban lege, which
on being removed showed several eirea and • badly
Injured eye, state I a* follows :—I live at 10, Seymour.
street, and on the 19th of Aogoet 1 Wai near the Saw
Mill. and whilet there • it .ne akar* on. in the eye.
I nearly fell down, and i.n my way home • woman
had rue in and pot some Mester on my eye. I had
not thrown any donee —The b y. tether said there
were two witneises who ha I told the sergeant they
saw the defendant throw the *toot, but they ba.l
ruo awey, and refused to come 1 Curt t give
evidences. —The cue wee adjourned, and the boy*
ordered to be summoned as witnesue.

SERIOUS (MARGE AGAINST A BU ['CHER
A butcher named George Audrey's, who has a stall
in the market, was charged with that he being the
bailee id a certain piny did fraudulently convert the
Name to histewn use."
Thome.. 'Ritchie.* said he was meesmatt on board
the Hercules. He met the prisoner a snort Hine
since, and he then said to him, "I have oome up to
see about your pony ; I want it for • person."
With'.e sail be should bay, nothing to do with any.
ons but himself. Prisoner asked him how much be
wanted for it, and he said £l7. After saying it warn
too much, he ;asked him to send it the next day to
the Bear, which he did ou two or three
days' trial. Witness, told him be was either
to give him £l7 or to return the pony.
On the following day witness sent in the pony, and
;afterwards witness saw the prisoner being driven by
a lady, the pony being in the trap. In the evening
the prisoner told him he had soil the pony, and
showed him the cheque. He told him to give him
the money, and the second afterwards took him to
the Three Tuns and showed him a pony, which he
said he had taken in exchange. lie maw him again on
the following Tuesday in the Market-hoose and asked
him for the money. Pawner then said he had sold
the pony to a lady, and he said if be would give him
two or three days he would Day blue. He had not fut.
filled his promise. _

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B ,wer, f St. John's-terrace, said she bought
the pony of prisoner for ,C 6 and sup.ther p
Elwin Iluraphriee, of the Bar /total. stated that
be hegira the prwoner tell the proms:ut a to make out
Me bill and he would pay him Elf.
George Brown proved bawling the pony over to the
Prin"r: -

Alfred Wear, a lad, who said he wee coaohman to
Mies Bower, stated that the prisoner In offering the
potty to his mistress, .44 11 was his, and he had had It
out to gram at Chlokarell for four months After try.
[alit If us Bower bought it.

Mr. Bowen, for the defence, stated that the case
14114 one that ought to have been taken to the County
Court. He Cell an objection to the summons, in
which the prieoner was charged at being the bailee of
the pony, whereas the pony was sold to the accused,
from whom the prosecutor stated he expected the
value of it. The pony which the pris mer received
from Him Bower he had not yet been able to dkpooe
of, and although they were willing to pay over £6
rorived, the prosecutor asked for the full amount, EH,
The Bench considered it • 0440 for a jory, and cm.
milted the prig mar for trial at the next Quarter
Swint'', admitting him to bail, himself in £2O, and
two nuclei of £25 each.

OPENING OP A NEW MISSION ROOM'.
The new nalagion.raom in Franchise-or/et, to the
erection of stitch tome oppo•ition etas made, weo
opened on Wednesday. The building, which is
a small one, the room being only Mt. by
lift. 31n., coat £97, a:ninety' of the grits and gal
fitting', the only entree, and in leery respect the
work hes been thoroughly well done. It lan detached
building, with hollow walls, the room I. match
boarded, to the height of afloat 41t , the wood being
stained and varnished. The wells are coloured with
a salmon tint. It has an ooen r ,of with iron pried.
pale and a perforated cornice, the porforathn h 'lnc
of a similar c dour, a blue tint, t . the Iron principal.
and ga. pendants.. The ventilation ha+ been well
studied, and it is h.lieved the ro will be a ino4
healthy one. There are two window.—one a
circular gable, an I the other a threedight on, 'lke
II or. covered with wood blocks, Isid on emceede h
herring-boo. bambino, not the entrance lobt." I. paved
with encetPtic tilm. Attached t the room aro the
usual necessary office.. The architect was Mr. Jack.
eon, and the builder Mr. Iron., and the qtyle .4 the
building and the manner in which it has been errcted
make it a credit to both of them.
It had been notified on the bills that the ‘layor
N. Howard, Itiq ). would perform the opening
ceremony, but he was unavoi !ably abeebt. Ti... Hoy.
W. Lowie acted in his steed, an.l we. &sabred by the
following gentlemen : —The Revs. J. Treffool, M.A..
F. Iteckley. .1. Pickles, W. Smith, end ...mord °then.,
The Citateunn, in opening the proceedings, said hr
could not do better than read the leiter he had reo-ived
from their worthy Mayor, who bad sent an apology
for not attending that day.

Waym pith. August 27th. I+l.
My Des, Sir.— I am alai to find y.. 0 hare complete
your achoolrono and that it haa not c at to th•ri
o 'ratchet prme. I hop, it will iwore ft area. anier..... •.131
your tituimit wisher gratin...l. I encl...ie p. u • rhey (..r
£lO MS pronaiewl. I C•l2 &War, I you 1 RIII Sony 10,01
afraid that it will In. an utter impoadbility for no.
pnwent, an in kindly make ev,ry carpi° for am.
your' faithfully.
IL N. flowAs.o.
Rae. W. Llteie.

Turroan thin &red no prayer for the great
undertaking they had in hand in the mores f which
he prayed ilia Almighty to grant an andiaoce to those
who came to pray • 4 teach th ne who elute into
the room, and to mike those who bad canned the room
to be built happy in thrir d-avour* bring souls
unto Him.

-111476Watitiran than ii• 11 that it might be remem-
bered by %hues who were present, when Mr. nommen
Laid the Vuedation stone, on the Eirl April last, he
mentioned for what purpo-e the room we, to be boat,
Ids., for • toission.romn, f ir hAdingmothers'inestine.
and for priest, teaching Inane th- d ty time. Me we.
ov;r1:1 tint; ;w7jahetc!i:Leer thei
2d mean,
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ably as. tad by his own coogr..g.the. fp.o3
friends abroad. With reger.l to U.. £lOO he mid be
thi,ught he ehould he aU, to got. I, a. very 01ea...d
to tell them the whole hal been eubse 1.1, the f
jog to.. gentlemen hsvint sent • eb crw I r EIO each :
Sir Frederic .Lihnstoite. M.l' E E
M.P., C. J. Freeman E q., 11. Dovr,,lah E.q.
Couto, Esq., E. Morley, Esq., M.P., Beaus and 43,
01 Drift', a, N, Rowed, Esq.. o,ward's Trott, sea

• Frien I. Several alba'. Itloll hii hceo f awsr•le lof
am mat, flinging fr LK 10, t 2. 61. 1.
nephew •4 his. wh hs I beea st.yi a., I • vi.it fr
Lion, bet on big retard ni •Cf'd in 1 tri, ID I.
f-.w hi friends, the c nt.cgi.dc•. h • I. .1 he h.
recei•-..1 • ch•qa. f r 00 f.... him. ( ow.)
Mr. 14 dile., of Lon di. cut 11-. 'V ludo S
leni. hal .I.' seat £22 oath, the.. ted let., .
Wine seat ezprevaly fr thy buil or •aythaag
cuonect.d cro.ll it. .

The building cast £97 to buil I, an 1 they had
received £llOlO,. and se the builders b heeta pal I,
be might say tt htlilditte warn entiuds Ise from
debt. They bad eomething like £lO in hand to ineet
any incidental expanses that in'g it iirop bia. He
was it t may pleased with that bull ling, but • ea with
Mr. .lickai a and Mr. lane. fir their great god ki
oarrving that work out.
Mr AgiatainOn said he thought great creglia alma lam
to Mr. Jackson and Mr. lun-ai for having bailt th st
ball ia such an st 6 ieot manner, and hoped it would
staod for a great leugth •if time.
Mr. FRU.II.OI remarked he was very grati6 4 the
'oaf beim c maiden hut, lo Ain: at tip, as g •
sums that bad come in, be could not help thinking
they ought to hove built • larger rum. I ha
doubt but that the anon-y would be lonian en I
the only ti.i•ig pow to do would be to get rid of the
baitftironetuf that there we.
an ober work in c ait on,l ation, and that air. to
build a new schoolroom. They ha I s-c ared a site,
but were not (ono,. it. euough t • have got a
complete one. Tbey could out get a font site, but be
hoped nor thst the amid'e t had the plans an ban I
th at dillicuAy ba oresoeina no 6s to commence
the rod •,f this year.

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Mr. TatlrroltD, being wired by the Chairman to
make a few remark+, ea' I he rejoiced that the slisaes
L "vie bad such • owl place to carry on their iocrea.
fog work, ant he mutt say their instructiou hat beau
very benefici..l in the poet. Ir Was • great pleasure
that the multip!lcation of woake had improv ..1 in the
way tn.), hat. There two re no &oars wile new : went
t * place oi worship, •.od he hovel many w old be
induced with HA's bleating to come there au.l be
taught the way of truth. He trusted that thee° who
hal work to b there would pr.-pr.
lir. lIICKLIT next .peke. and sail he was very
glad to be there, and it called t his r c ollectiou when
he first came to Weymouth 2d year. ago. He then
remembered their worthy Mayor, who was then quite
a y oung man, and striving to do good for his fellow-
townsmen. They Mi knew hew he had aueceecied,
and he believed be was now in the f ourth year of his
reign. He was glad to see he was !ail. a 'n-
conformist, and that he attenlel their places of
worship. He also remembered that, worthy chairman
first coating amongst them, and was please I te see
that his large expectations had been rrallsed.
Mr. Picchu was very pleased to hear Mr. Beckley
and Mr. Trafford make such sensible remark.. He
(Mr. Pickles) had been a preacher at Sberborne
whilst Mr. Beckley was there, and he was ear* be
would be as successful in Weymouth se be hatl been
at Shoehorns. _

The --LILY. before deolarMr the building open,
*aid it would be quite two in 'Lithe before they could
expect t" fret to work, aa the ro ,m had to be fur.
flashed, en I what they wanted in cit was 'wog evenings.
The ball was then declared open.
Two hills., as usual, played a very prominent part
in the day'. proonedings. After li,,gitcuen had
finished, a bazaar On a small scale was uoensi ter toe
sale of various useful and fau,-y gin 1., end the
different stalls were ably presided ovrr by Mn. Lewis,
'IMMO Lelii; MSS Newman, an I Ars.
hp. that when CiO4iO4 time Cool I CLOW sx.rtions
were fully reoognised, an I that troy were able t
add a goodly sum to the exchequer.