The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

POOL&

Csrnoir o Owszas OF Doee—A °otitis has
just beim lamed by the Mayor, motioniog the in-
habitants that as he feared Niglio' madness exists is
the borough, he orders that all dogs shall be 110118DO11
%soul such time as it is doomed pendent for them to
go at large.
?owe Concert. —The Corporation bare resolved
that • plan of th• borough of Poole shall be obtained,
before the committee appointed to consider the
drainage question can properly wive Ito georgic es
to whether the drainage of the town ma he im-
proved.

BVDDIN DRAM —oo Saturday srlt week, Mr.
Jobs Thompson, landlord of the Old , was is the
cellar tappiog a oask of beer about hale,' size
o'clock la the evening In company with Marks
Alleo, his brother•in.law, when he suddenly stag-
gered and fell upon Allen. The latter with assist-
1100e CODT•yed him upstairs, and the iweistant to Mr.
Lacy, surgeon, was caned in, het demand died
shortly afterward..

ROBBING • CHILD OY • ULT.—A IWOIMO named
Geary, of Lopsided, was charged at tbe petty
essions on Thursday, with stealing a hat from •
little child named Grove, in Bandy•Lins, Longfiset
After the esamination of nine or ten witnesses, the
effaces was fully proved. Mr. Harker made an
eloquent appeal as her advocate in mitigation of ber
punishment, and she was sentenced to one mouth's
irsprieonmeut with hard labors.

ELECTION OF GUARDIAN& —We have had a severr
contest for the honour of representing Poole at the
Board of Guardiana. Four members had to be
returned, and there were six candidates. The result
of the voting as officially declared war en follows :
Mr. James Wood (let* chairman), 274 ; 110 r. Frage.
Minns, 219; Mr. John Hayman, 209; W, Obotio
Curtis, 203; Mr. Joseph Joyce, 202; lEr. Jobe
Gay, 131. The fourth member was conasirsutly
returned by a majority of one only.
QUARTIZ Sannoira.—On Tuesday morning the
quarter sessions of the pesos for the county and
borough of Poole were held at the Guildhall Wove
H. Bailer, Faq. (recorder'; F. Styria', Esq.
(mayor), and J. Leakester, Esq., were also on the
beach. There was only one prisoner for trial, a man
named George Curtis, dimmed with deelieg a watch
belonging to Mn. Barrett, begrimes, keeper, of
Parketooe, in February lest —Mr. Dickinson pro-
aecuted.—The jary were about one boar eensideriag
the evidence, and they then informed the recorder
that there was no skews of their agreeing in the
verdict. —The Recorder said be had power to haver
them locked up for the night until they did agree is
a verdict: but he did not think that the case before
them was of sallioisot importance to warrant hie
doing so, therefore be should discharge the primmer.
At the same time be would say that nolllitag pre-
vented his being indicted again for the same Mlence
if stranger evidence could be brought to bear wind
him.

HOW AU Ronarri—On Thursday last.
at the Poole potty thevioos, Joseph Russell aodi
William Woolridge, of Okeford F'itspains, were
charged with stealing kw'. of bap from their em-
ployer, Mr. Ridoat, of tb• ems wish, and Jobs
Hibbard and Job Hibbard, of the Britannia 100,
Parkstooe, were charged with i
rootitisolthe woe,
knowing it to. have beau stoles. Mr. dont had
sold a load of hay to Mr. Rodeos, of Parkeicee, and
his men were conveying it thither WIND the robbery
took plata. Mr. George Foot, of Park/tope, observed
the load of hay at We door of the Britannia, andl
something in the <oxidant of the men wowed hip
be resolved to watch them from behind
hsslge. While so employed, Rana and Wanki4ga
threw off three trusses of hay sooosstivolf from the
waggon, which the yoaDger Hibbard at once took
away into his bassi' premises. The elder Hibbard
did not mak* his appersoth, bat aa it was his hoses
Into which tbe stolen propert7 WM takes, he was
joined hi the cheep Russell and Woolridp pleaded
guilty, and prayed for a summary oonvin. The
magistrates consequently @enthused them to two
months' hard labour in Pools gaol. The other
rimers were fully oomraitted to take their trial at
the out warier sessioas.