The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-07-14 00:00:00

WARBHAM,
COUNTY PETTY MEM&

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Ttitsi.‘Y,- Before Mr. W. M. Caleraft (in the chair),
Mr. 1.. Burt, and Colonel Cantlvridge.
Ilertrude Merryman, .4 St.ll.llAge, wan nilliilnonind
by P.C. Pike for being drunk at Newton, in the
.4 Swattage, on the Zhml June last. -llr
Inekinson, .4 P.ple, defended. -I'.C. Pike, 441 lath.
paid .st June 72nd, ahout halt.pant four. he wanot;
duty at Newton, in the parish of Swanage, and
defendant staggering alssit the mad as if drunk.
Several people were nowt her, and • It .4
fir watched Inv for about a quarter .4 an hour. Mlle
tlwn went and rat down int CalkAill Fletcher'. d...r•
otep. After she had been there five tea, he went
and asked ht what was the matter. Slw replied
" Nothing." He t. 1.1 her t. get up, which she did,
and then he found oh.. wan drunk. -Croseexamedin
by Mr. Ihrkin.m: It wime a quarter .4 an hour before
I di*covered she Wan drunk. I saw two servants alum
I took her t. Dr. Heap... Mary Collin did mot ray
defendant was in a fit, nritlwr did the other servant
any she was subject to tits. Tw.. days afterwards I
saw I t'r. Heap, and asked him defembuit's mone. llt
Iltsq. did not then P.II me alt.. wan aubject the
inr what I winked to know her name for, and I
1.4,141 hill, I should send it to the Supt. of Polita• at
Wareham. I saw hint again durintf the morning. lie
then nakeul nw what arage ph« was in when I first paw
her. I replied *he appeared as if drunk. H. then
told in.. she had • lit. I paid I thought it was a
drunken fit. Charles Sydney
practising at Swanage, on oath, paid: IN4endant was
placed under itty care by her brotlicr, a.. Ale has been
slifftsring front eakaliptio lta, 51w has been under my
oars about two months. The first week phr was with
me .he had a fit every day. When the fit. woe
C. ming on, she would begin to talk inonherently. she
would then lose the me .4 her limbs, and 'become
unconscious for some hours. She had • fit on Sunday
which lasted 71 hour• On the evening in question
saw defendant, she was then quite unomscious. I
v long she had been in the . . tit. I examined
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not say how long OW o—
ber, and she was not then smelling
I,lllp has been with me xhr has never taated any drink.
She wee not drunk at the time. Since the summons
has been eerved defendant ham frequently had ht..
which I attribute to the annoyance calmed 17 the
polioa.—The Magistratea here Pod they were satisfied,
mad accepted the last witneas's professional evidence,
but we, of opinion that the lady ought_ not to have
boon allowed to go mail abiee.—Mr. Mansion asked
lot code, wlakt wee* sot allowed.

John Hopkins, of Swanage, was summoned by P.C.
Pike for being on land at Swanage, in the occupation
of Thomas iforlock, on 23rd June, in search of game
and conies. —Defendant pleaded not guilty.---P.C.
Pike, on oath, said: On the 23rd June last I was on
duty on the shore at Swanage. I saw defendant
in • field of barley belonging to Mr. Smith, of White.
cliff. He was looking about into the long grass. He
left the field of barley, and went into a grass field
belonging to Mr. Horlock. I watched him for about
10 in tea, and then
.lost sight of him over the hill.
I walked uk. over the hill, and then law him
in a clover held. As soon as defendant saw me
he ran awAy. There were two other 'nen with him.
I afterwards saw him in the highway, and asked him
what he had in his left hand pocket. He replied only
a rabbit, and I took it from him. The rabbit was
quite warm, and blood was running from it. I asked
him where he got it, and he said he picked it up
under the cliff. When I asked him what he was
doing in the clover field he said he didn't know. I
told him I should take the rabbit and summons him
He said " You can summons me fur trespass, but not
for poaching." One of the men who were with de
fendant had a gun on his shoulder—Fined 2.5. nd. and
Os. awts.—Defendant's mother, who appeared in the
dock with her son, had to be repelled When the ease
, was about half over, in consequence of her constant
interruption.
Charles Brown, of Winfrith, was summoned tor
allowing four horses to stray on the highway at Win.
frith on 24th June.—P.C. George Ellis, on oath, said
lie was on duty on the day in question, and saw four
horses bringing to the defendant straying about the
nod which leads from the Dorchester turnpike across
into the Burton.niad. The animals were there to his
knowledge an hour and fire minutes.—Fined 4*. and
Gs. costs.

John Edmunds, of Mwanage, and Francia
who did not appear. were summoned for treepsaiiing
on land in the occupation Mr. thiorge Burt on the
3lkh June, in Nearch of game and oinies.—Defendant
Edmunds pleaded not guilty. Mr. G. Burt left the
bench during the hearing of this carne.—George
Bennett, in the employ of Mr. George Burt, mid he
was at work on the day in quest ttttt , and saw the two
defendants pass by. They got down the footpath and
crisased over on the Md. Francia Aphn had a gun
under his arm. He NM him fire the gun and kill a
rabbit.—Criwieestimined by Edmunds : He was about
500 yards from defendanta when the gun was fired.—
Croweaanained by the Bench : He would ',wear the
defendant Edmunds was with Aphn when the gun
warn fired.—John Mmith, labourer fie Mr. George
Burt, having been sworn, said he was at work near
the Zigzag, and saw the two defendants come down
the path and go u p over the clifL He saw them walk
on the cliff for 20 or 30 yards,. He could not Ray
whether the defendant,' had guns when they pawed
hine—The magistratew considered there wax a (lOWA
WI to whether Edmund,' wan in company with Aplin
or not, and gave him the benefit of ib—Aplin was
fined 10a. and coats.

Stephen Kitts. and John Brown, absentees, were
eiivniuoned by Henry %%via for trespassing on land at
Downshay, in search of game and conies, on the
17th of June. Mr. William Ca'craft here retired
from the Bench, and Mr. George Burt occupied the
chair for the remainder of the session.—Henry Beach',
gamekeeper to Mr. Calcraft, on oath, paid : On the
17th of .fiute I saw the defendant Hobbs and another
man trespassing on land at Downshay, in the .'cc'..
lion of William Hawkins. I watched them, and
raw them net five wires (produced) ; they then walked
away. About quarteriast five next morning Brown
came and took them up, and put them in his pocket.
I took the wires from him.—Fined 11. s. each, and Us.
costs. _

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Ltlward Bower, of Langton, WAR PMMUMned by
Jotteph Gorham for an assault committed at Langton
.'nth., 29th of June.—Defendant pleaded guilty to
striking the man, but in self.defence. --Joseph Corlien,
on oath, amid : I was standing in the street on the
evening in question listening to the Salvation Army.
Defendant came up and said "Joe, I want to speak to
you." He calk! We on one side, and said "You ---
what have you been saving about me.' I replied
"Nothing particular," when he up fist and knocked
me down in the nod. 1 went for the policeman, who
saw the blood on my face, but when we got hack he
was gone.—Defendant, in defence, said what witness
had said was wrong. Witness owed him some money,
and he merely went and asked him to pay, and has
hand accidentally hit him and down ht. fell.—The
magistrates considered there was fault on btith sides,
and dismissed the case.