The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-24 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

A BLIES CItILD.At the nor .ugh Police-
entrt ens &loud iv, betore the Mayor (Gnaw Edmunds,
Earl ), ant 11 if .w,ll, Fs+, a din:dilutive girl, of 14
years of age. named Elis.beth H dlett, a child of
Inom is sad Bar di Loveless, of North Allingt in, we.
•reed in clear:sly on rein ,n 1w th stealing the sum of
2.. '41., belonging to her moth- r. who proractuirl. -It
war prim- d th•t pris sec had Tredve,' 11...4 a piwn-
hr• veer, 2 . 1 beiug for her mot. er, ant the r main.
der for • neighbour. • rironer s,eent part of the m-ney
and atiited having loot some. She we. apnr-hendepl at
Marshwo el, at the h .ure f her aunt.-It we* shown
se Court that the educed in of pi Donor by' been neip
le te ILO a seri ma extent, and the Be eh *lnsure 1 the
pr nts f w such neg'ert. Enquiriea 1.1 C. the dis-
covery that Drieoner bed n t attend. d a sch ol for two
yea a, awl had been 111• Will g-", from vs ion. services
In w 'el/shoos I r n it lotion tine to her work.-.lhe
Bench felt the' • WO. iCtiO wools' r main seta n up in
the char .cter of pris ourr for lit', .n 1 disobar4wl her
I n h. r pronising to bend good behaviour.
Nicatctrat NIEIIIIIO . -On Monday evening meet.
tulle 'he Town ,'ouncill and leo vl Board were held
Li the Chamber under the presidency of the Mayor
Mbar's. Edmunds, E.g.); thee ware present: J. T.
;,itsephens, Eal. (ex-Mayor), Al .•r.nen Cox and
Aleyisetis ; C nincillors It How4l, J. lionnsell, D. E.
iti imecombe W. Knish., C. Yelstone, T. Moaned%
J. Oury ; F. W. Grandry, Erni., Town Clerk, aid
Mr. ..;00per. 'arroyo -Tbs. kindness of the C .nncil
was very brief tend void of imbibe iweresk -The
C •uncil, dieing as the Local Bar I. fleet received •
report of the Drainage C t flushing th.
uarbour sowers. The rep art sug.!eced the utility of
hydraulic ram', t be plowed in various localiti a at the
ba,boor fir flushing p“rp "Ir. Cooper, the sur-
e:eve; treated on the 'natter in his rep, rt, stating how
the ram., desioas of which had been leceived fr in Mr.
P eke, the man veer. It wise satin:tat-4 that tho cost
of each works wool.' am flat to £143. -On the motion
of kl Lerman Cos, See'.n.led by Mr. 811,11. c .inho. it
WM{ is 'ohs 1 that before the Board decile., the
Harbour Commisaioners be coeaulted to see if they
object to t h. act:ream.- k rep .rt wan rec -ived from the
Highway f 'ommitie• with r.ipect to the crossings, and
it was res dyed that the cro.-ing near Downe.street,
and one bear the ConeregaVii oil church in East.
arrest, should be rapaired.-Th r Mayor stated that no
answer had been received to an advertise bent
appearing in the local paper d-chring the vacancy
In the poet of Medical Officer of Health for the b •r ,ugh.
WAS prop and sec tha• the office i.e
egf -cod t . Dr. Denzil°, on the same t rmr as offered
t.. 1 Mr. Evans. As no atnereltnent it war moved by
• Kr.i.:11,, anti econded by Aldermen C .1, that the
V wanly be advertise I Lanett 'arrie,i - I Ile
Wept-street iesprorement again. - This w oublerotne
int j c ..gaiii c one lwfore 'he h iii under rn.her
u.pl.asaiit eircum.tenota. The idij.c war mentioued
in the agenda paper as follows : -" To c mace a
later from Mr. Trash'.' solicitor, as to the amount
e aimed by him for stone supplied for the W•atnitreet
inll4 thre.tening proceodiuge if the money
be not pill forthwith, si,cl to determine what cons*
eh
all 1. 'siren therson."-Letters were to .v read f,ons
Mr IL T. Walter. solicitor. Ilmi trio and the replier
by Mr. blundry, rctin: for the hail. Thi sum due
to Mr. Tradt was state,' to he ilk+ and upward., but
rbero are other and heavier debt. the • the e.-At this
e.g. the hoard went into committee on the out+ ct.
BOttOrMit Pours, 'rue.rl,y. - 11.1 re rho Mayor
(0. Edmunda, Req.). and 1)r. Her. M.D.-Five lens
id the town were charged in curt di' with feloniously
sealing go (D. from the promisee of Motors. Miller and
Adams, West.street, and Mr.. 11. S.tuson, Went
street gr,srers, on the previons evening - rho name. „f
the prisoners,were Welter Chubb, Charles Matt dam,
arid John Matterface_ (all bout; shove 12 years of
egret, and Alfred Belson. and Alfred Loverid/s
on ar twelve rare.-Chubh was first charged.-
P.c. Andrews said he saw or hat evening walk-
inr shoat in front of Mr... Samrou'. shop, and at
length he eatared. Aa he cam* out witnes (who was
in private atties) saw him take an "rang., out of the
-window. He searched
prism. r, and found on him an
..ran two tobacco phart tol.cco box and tobacco,
and big in eoppers.-10..rd tinge, apprentice as
themboy, end he maned Biz unarm, eseg a rso•

out of each of them, and put them into • corner of the
shop wi..d .w. Mt marked thew a.. they had had
thine* taken from th. window.—PriPooor
01,41°d"
li o.ftY. --Chula. ad J Hatterfear, r"
Atlliit toow.re dam charged,
d pleaded nt guilty.
‘. Andrews said he • ter thew walking up and
sao
dowu in fr .nt of Mrs. trneo.,'. About moo P•o3-
boy entered the shop, and ea dier prisoners reached
' inside the do-a., hadt emu! oraege.. ot of lb. window,
end rau away. Witte*. s.w or..eges in the window
three or foe, minutes pterioualy. Witness 7"1 to
their home, sad found one 0ra...,e. marked like the
other In the previous ore. ~h.r.ted them with
it°4l°B four o,ingsie They rs..ited that they bad
only had mie —lidward u.,'Jet& ti .1 tho orange
by tbet tutrk.—A•rgeaut .u.rl rod that Mrs.
damson he i coetinually lust thing. from the atop, and
be ittetructe I the cmatable to gratthe pro:lmm—
, rho younger MeLterface called • lad, Henry W5l-
- to prove his Iminsenoe, but his evidentse only
led to the belief that pris .ner am the more guilty.—
Alfred lialaon and Alf.ed I,..veridge were then
charged with stealing bitten'', from Maur. ofillsr "d
Adams' shop.—Andrews said that ab .ut six O'OlOCll,
last ercting be stw the two prsoners walking about
In front of biscuit, aboP, and then stoop down and take
sc"° help • h..us tr the do .r. Witness
allowed them to p.m up the street • few yards, when
he caught Henson by the arm ; Loveridge ran away.
B ith were eating biscuits. Bal.ou said "F rgive tne
this time, and I won't do it any more." He searched
igaouer, and found a bi.cuit upon him. He appre-
hended the prisoner Loveridge at his house, when he
said he bad "only Is I • few.°—Both prisouere
Pleaded guilty. —The Mayor paid he was sorry 1.. sea a
lot ut young I.da in that prisitloll, for patty thievery
often led to worse. There had hese • great complaint
shout these theft, by bo)s, audit must be put • stop
to. rho three r boys would receive at the police
.iation six strokes each, end the two younger ones,
four suokes each. They were then rem 'Yeti in
custody.