The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-24 00:00:00

IIL&NDICHLD.

A Saw Mau- —The fir.t mail tt..113 Blandford
to London will be de-patched in future by the 10.10
a.m. train daily. Letters must be voted by V. 45.
AIWIII.I3OUNAL VISITATION.—The annual visitation
by .trchdeacon Sanctuary took place in Illandford
Church on Thur.slay lag. There wa. 3 fair attendance
.1 clergy. .%t 11.11 the holy Communion wa.
administer...l, awl afterward, the Archdeacon delivered
lii charge to the clergy. Afterwards the clergy
dined at the Crown 11.4..1.
AOCIDENT.—Lut Friday morning, a little boy
named Reginald Vaimer, .on of Nlr. F. Vanner,
ouilder, while n his way to school, Was knocked down
oy the county police horse, and thrown under the
sehicle. Fortunately the wheel, did not pas, over
him, and beyond a fright the little fellow ...ow, no
worse for the narrow escape.
q.o.D.Y.C.—Surgem (1. %V. Ikaniell, .1 this
regiment, won the first prize in the competition at
the Agricultural Hall, Islington, .4yen to officer, of
the army and auxiliary forces for "head, and post, •
on Wedne.day last. The cup. sam,. guinea!,, now
1.5... in., hi. own property, having
iv.ol it three year in 'twee...ion, an achievement not
likely to be accompli,hed very often. the number .1
competitor, being large. He al.. 11..1(1. tip. cludlenge
cup for the rear.
Fina.—on Friday morning. •Iv.rtly before a o'clock,
a tire broke out in oone Lick preuii.e attached to
1111 l Temperance Hotel, in White-chlf Mill.
.treet. Fortunately it wa di.covered before any
great hold Was .11,4113(4, and 14y prompt inea.ures and
ample a..i.tauce the Maine, were extingui.lied before
much daniags had been glone, the le.. principally
being the furniture of the room and damage to fl ..or,
ceding. etc. The small tin-engine Wa., the
spot, but it %ca. found 111111.333,3rV to Ilse it. The
cause of the fir. i. -tat...l to hiss, fleet' from :dick.
falling44iit of a fire kindled in the grate a ,hort tue
previously, and setting tire t some stoswa. near.
.

WLSLICTAN Cosner'Lace. —Th.. Wesleyan Local
Preachers* Mutual .li.ll A,..ociation held their annual
conference at Lever...treet Chapel. On Sunday 150
representative. preached wrmon, relating to this
pubject and eJlection.. amounting to 000 were
The new
_president Mr. .1.. Rtrowl John.
London, in which city th.. neat conference i..
to be held. On Ow bith a public tea wa.. held, and at
a meeting after, the May of Kam." Pre)idaY,
addre.ses were deli‘ered by W. S. Allen. E.g.. M. r.,
Alderman Stephen...lL Re,. J. T. Waddy, Dr. M.
Miner, and S. 1). Waddy, )).C.,. who ably
per-onifie4 a living Dorset labourrr, al-, a local
preacher. The meeting.. were all a ~yereey,.

COUNTY COURT.

livfore Mr. Serjeant Tindal Atkiu..in,
judge.

There were 70 .aiginal-plaiut• entered, hut the
("Hewing were the "lily Ca,' that name beluga his
Hyman:—

noun's Harvey, Shroton. s. George Dennis.
labourer, of Thorncombe.—Claim 10s.. for LB
year's rent of cottage.—Plaintiff sleispsed that he had
given up the tenancy in September last, after
giving a written notice.—lsefendant pleaded inability
to pay, but admitted the debt.--Drder made for as,
per ninth.
J. W. Barrett, Stickland, v. James Chaffey, Stick.
oalance of account for bouts and
shoes Puppli”d to the family.—Defendaist's wife
appeared, and stated her daughter was in service at
the tine. when Ime pair of feeds W 34 supplied, and her
hu.band wa. ill at the time.—order made for Is. per
month. the daughter to be sued as a separate account,
and the judge would make her pay.
Boys and fiymonds, wine merchants. Blandford, v.
Francis Barnes., late a publicati.—Clain'. Di 3s. 6d. foi
spirits supplied to detendant when in trade—Defend.
ant pleaded a pet•off of XI WI., which plaintiffs had
already allowssl.—This led to enquiries by the judge.
and defendant stated his wife paid the money. tin.
8ar11,4 Wfl., however. unable to h..lpresent thnPugh an
accalent. and he. Honovir adjourned the case for her
attendance.

Christopher Hill, corn merchant, of Poole, v.
William Fifett, of Nutforl Farm. Blanclford.—Mr.
Broster Hill for plaintiff : Mr. Atkin+on defended.—
Claim Cl 4s. for him of sacks.—On Mr. Brooter Hill.
euggestica the cane we 4 referred tO the regietsar ler

him to app . a referee, All the only quevtion involved
pang into the dates whoa the sack* were delivered
and returned.

Mr. Brenta:a:ad made an ai,plicatien in the Ca., of
Burpitt s. Burt, and lukikon v. Burt, ad)mirued from
the Lied Court tor [ornate nctllctUrut. 1.111-• 'tad not
1.4:11 a‘coutplinlicki, and Mr. iireunand applied [kat a
reteree tt. ailaoutetl, to which Mr. .Vtkinsou
and the ja,",;‘, the ltegistrar to U. • 'melt
lacrsoss.
4'• ilaghtlai And Sous. 'minters and gLlzier,,,
hod, v. I,,adlen and Sento.. SV,-•terat Railway Con.
'tiny. -Tins tia• a claim fer .I.llll.lift. ity
the carriage ot taro Crate, glas• iron Nine nub
61.‘"lota I. thalt.llerd, mac el a hurls ~n a. ris al at
Btandienl wa, ',must t., iacognip.•.tely ,siaade+l. —Mr.
ta•,,lirey Knight, iron, the Law ~ihee, Waterloo.
appeared ou o,•lkalf th.• 'Alia coniitatiy, and
mea,led that at. the geed.. Wrre• charged 1011 the lewer
.atle at otrlarr..ritk, the conliatity n.t• slot liable. lie
il.u.. I thin talc c.v..- of Lcril. t. Urn
a"reat Western liadway Genitally. -01,, Ileiseur
remarked that Bares. 11r.anisvel, in this case poilittai
eut there were two mewed- ei emi,igiiiiimat, and
I,laintig tem: advantage of the I over frt.—Plaintiff
..tatwlhu, 'tad the conaigti ~ts of l'erktu,, the carrier.,
at,., safeiy &divert,' tit, at Sill, Elias, Statien,
where he asern,l ,mase eccurrol eile crate,
r,udering tile ,outento Ala contended the
0,1,11a:toy were Wrong 111 taking th,• Carrtade ter this
crate, knewitag tluo gl.s.• Vfa.
nollotir ',tad ,ita,,4l,es was wltetla.r the breakage
esxurred when um P,.rktias and C.., care or in the
Itaul way C. nalitsuy., mist,ly, a,vl wished to adjourn
the ca., ter lime couoga•o• t.. ',owe the talc 'tacking
and delivery ol tale .1- at Nine Itani..—.l.n ajtjalicse
twit ler •nse, 'net w.tit a retutal, an.' ultimately
Il.nour entered Oa Otn, Wail Irate.

.11 IL CA,E.

Henry .1. Rickman, fanner, of l'imperue, v.
Frederick ll.irdy, hor.eolealer,
was an AP .unte Cita', in L W.L.4 a 1:131131 br Ivir•e keep
In held AL Sp:II-bury. --Mr. W. Norria Koper did
not All...Seef L.. hi. 11.4111-, lined 1:2 fir 11.111•
ALL.. 11.1.4111:... —Mr. Iheasu,..a f..r plaintiff; Mr. Ilrett•
naiel defended. -Ciaiiii, 13.1 for keep of certain horse.,
Mo., 13,42,1.. uJetofwr, Dickinson
gat ,•un outline of the case, and then called the
;mutual who dep.:Kid : -In May, 1542, he attended
a • a., and bought the keep in the field in
1111 -4i. M. liv afterwaid• /old the grass LO Mr.
...towel &trues ha. loin to make hay, with liberty of
removal. On .ttigust :oda or lith Mrs. Hardl, wile of
the :let.•ll.l.tut, said they had mine horses come house
sal .lid ivd know where to put them, and understood
lie ha.l some keep to let at Spetitibury. lie said he bad,
and Mrs. Hardy .aid she would send down three or
foor horm., and he arrange with her husband
when he saw hinh Subsequently he gave the
key of the field to defendant's man, and
there were three or four horses put into the field.
.U.out a week ar ten day atter he met defendant and
said to I , I see you have three or four horses in
my fi,4.1,- to which he reviled " Ye.. Plaintiff then
Niel there wa, 11,:nty of keep there, and be should
like h. keep 30 horses there. The field WA'S 51 acres
iii extent, good pasture land. They should not fall
out about the price, as he did not want anything more
than WA, fair. Defendant replied they should not fall
'iii, a. iLuiiititf w..,ild want a horse or two, and said
he should like tai run about 23 or 30 there. A little
later "us in the mouth he saw defendant about pur-
chasing a horse, wanting a useful young horse to
plough and harrow, he would buy it. The defendant
replied, Thery's from Zit. 30 down at Spetisbury.
land it very hard if there is u.t one to suit you there."
Pmintiff went down and tried a horse, but found it
' would not mid, and cent it back. He was constantly in
the habit of veoting the field in quediou in company
, itli Mr. Ingrain. they frequently counied the horses
: there, and he had never seen le., than 23 them.
Besides these plaintiff had two Lees and cows in
time field. The remainder of the horses he believed
• ivimiged h. Hardy. He had never given anyone
, else permiision ii ruts boric, there, except Barnes,
who bought the gra.% tln receiving notice from Ur.
' Max's agent tor removal of the hire-c', plaintiff gave
notice to Hardy to re,,,,,te tlieiuu, and this was done.
The account for keep Wm delivered to Hardy the
following Christmas, a. well al at Midsummer and
Club:Una., Iss3. The charge wan Anal], not averaging
2.. per week per horse. --Crossexamined : He sold
• the KM., .4 the field L.. Dante+ alone. 11... Wa., nit to
: have the after-grass. He, however, gave atm, per.
mi.sion hi rust two hire.. for a month or ,ix week..
Ile first Irdy's man, who told him they wanted
keep e• then he went to Mr. Hardy's house and
saw Mrs. !tardy. There was no waggon mentioned.
It.. met Mr. Itualy ten days afterwards in Sheep
11.• Lel 41...114 .1.411..11 the horses
isionge.d h. Hardy, as he constantly saw Hardy** men
Own, He did not know Hardy had any keep adjoin.
Mg hi. lield. He had heard lately Mn. Hardy had
otfer, of keep from several isrsons. lie had seen
Hardy several times sine•• the held seas given up, but
lxv I it lookell to him about it, but lie bad sent several
letter. demanding payment, and threatening proceed.
nix- in that Court if the claim was Wit pail Ile
charge:l front .tugust eth to September 29th, late,
eight weeks, and t.s.k an average .1 13 to IS horses
sickly, so li•• -lumped tly• s charged, not
ivirtietilarly any prie.• per horse.
Mr. H. Ingrain, clerk to plaintiff, .1.1... cal he knew
the fields in question at Spetisbury, and went there in
company with Mr. Rickman three or four Lanes a
week. Ile hail seen several horses there. Ile had
counted from 25 to 30 horse. there :a 3 time, exclusive
of Mr. Rickman'. and Mime.% They were apparently
young Irish Ives..., hacks. only ..tie or two cart horse..
The field wa. locked ; they had one key, Mr. Hardy
fiat the other. He ,tlways understood the hones
belonged t:. I (only, and haul neeii Hardy's men there
wing horses :Laid tak•• horse. away mat .1 these par•
ticuler field.. The feed was very gmsl. lie had
delivered an account for the keep personally ti Mr.
1131,1 Y. -Cr.••••1•KA 11111 l .41 111.11:14 well them take out
tit eer Ithries at aL. sometime., 111,..
II ury Maidnient, fonauan labourer for Mr. Drax,
Lel the looking out if th.• fields for Mr. Mackenzie,
the agent. Ile his,,l opiseate the gate of his,, field.
Ile knew Mr. Itiekinan bought the grass and keep.
11.• had seen (p.m ten L.i hopes there at a time.
li.- Lel neter Mr. Hardy there in the field, but
he bad seen Hardy's neat and helped them catch the
hor.e.. lie hail seen itony droves go into the field,
li.' knew the men who bro%flit theni, some-
tine, ll : He had seen the gate I
locked.

Arthur Hawkins a lad formerly in the employ of
plaintiff. remembered going to the held on a Sunday
eel catching a horse. There we. about 23 there he
-le mud think.—Croeeexamiued : He knew the one
they caught sea, Hardy',
or the defence Mr. Itn•onand zeldre•eied the jury
at length. awl then called the defendant Hardy, who
he had never at any time nutde any contract
with Mr. Hickman regarding keep. He had never
bail e. ii, my horse, a, 'Si or 30 at any time. Thu
111... t li, 11.1,1 in leS2 in the whole Wine,e, at one time
was ii. Ili, wife 1614 nu authority to conduct business
Isis account. He hail one letter about the gra.
from Mr. Rickman. Ile could hsve had NU acre, of
gra-. at the time, UHT, wa., much, lie ,old a horse
I' Barnes at 1:50 or 4:55. and he found fault with it,
not being staunch enough for t imber carting, and Hamm
-mil if Hanly would take the horse lac he would let
him base the gra,s of the hid. He knew Barnes
had taken the grass of the field, and if course thought
Barnes had a perfect right to let the grass.
TM field mes adjoining his osen. To the best of
hi- belief then. were never more than 10 horse, in the
held,and on an avenige then. were no nein: than six
or -even.—Cnieeelainined : I -wear I never met Mr.
Hickman on tibial. Market•hill in August, 1002. I
swear no conversation eVer took place about • useful
brown horse, value £4O, down at Spetisbury. I never
bouvlit a horse of Mr. Bugg at 1:10. I bought one
at 1.100. I never saw a key of a padlock for locking
the gat, 11,. had "thee bore, in his -table beside,.
the 14 11.. Irnight in Ireland. The reason he never
npudiate.l the claim wa- that be knew he never owed
the m.iney ; and that wa, the nevem he had let the
action rune bit., Court.

Harry Manlment, the (row arvuod
the HA& WAS a quick—et bodge.
.lattam. .4 Charitmi depw.e.l be
attended the ..f Ilk. feed. awl Lewitt several lots.
lie .4J n.. Vir..3.7 of kevi, t.. Mr. Rickman.

Samuel Barnes of Manilforil. ilepo•irl he made an
arrangeini•ut %rids Hardy a lee ie. awl gave I
keep for two Jew.... in., :lel.' at Sleet I -,elry. N.. tune
a • Mentioned. He had tie- 1,'...l .4 Kick man'. field after
the crass wa• cut. Mr. Rickman bought the gra,. by
auction for 170, and he gar. Rickman ti:o for the
gmiir to wow at and take it away. There was about
52 acres. He was not to have the after parr. He
hail a right to put bor.., there in etellattite for graiei
lent to Mr. Hickman, at Blandford :it. Mary. lie
only gave Hardy leave to feed two horrer there. Ho
never wiled for any more than two. He let the after-
gra-• to Itelbin for one hoe,.

llis Honour, in sununing up, raid it wa. a singular
case, as a third party MII4I introduced into the action.
After reading over the evidence,. tsars., hi. Honour
reminded the jury it resolved itself into oath against
oath. in., declaring a contract wit, made, the other
denying ruch contract. Either one or the other had
made a fake statement, coming very clii.ely on to a
crime. The plaintiff had stated there were never 11%.
thao 23 or 30 huNes there, wherea. Barnes had only
given Ita,e for two. The first question for them to
decide WA, W2l then, any contract between Hick.
man and Hardy ; recond, was there any contract
between Carnes and Hardy ;—The jury retired
for ten minute-, and returned into Court, giving
a. their serdict that there %Val a contract between
Hickman and Hardy, and finding for £lO aserinst
lla
Robert Davis. aireamai.t, Blandfurd V. Henry
rarnhani.—Claim, 1:12, for a new van made to
order; and new brake, 8.c., to ditto, making a total
£l4of lO.. From this Wai deducted ~ale of van, leaving
1:3 10.. in dispute.—Mr. Dickinsion for plaintiff; Mr.
Brennand ilefended.—Ai ter a consultation between
the Judge and the learned gentlemen, the case wad
withdrawn. without cost..
The Court row at 3.30.