The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-24 00:00:00

DORSKI. Id MiIIICITY SOCIETY

A meeting of the general consusitt.•e of the Dorset
Meadicity Society was held on Tuesday last, at the
Shirehall, under the preeidency of the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, when the following report was presented by
Capt. Amyatt Brown, and unanimously adopted:
Dorchmter, 17th October, 1071.
Hy Lord, and Gentlemen,-1 beg to lay before you a report
of the oporattono of the Dorset Mcndicity Society jor tho nine
months ending 30th September last, and It Is wattsfactory to
be able to state that the 1...,0001111. which las attended thou effort
to suppress vagrency duce the formation of the society In
January, 1070, has been continual and procreate° during the
nine months pet concluM.J. The retunie of vagants relievud
at the several unions for the nine months ending 30th Sept.,
10611-71.0 and '7l are as followe :-10611,0,11701 ; 1070, 3,001 ; 1071,
4.261. Showing a ruluction 3,b23 or more than 47 per cent.
1001), and of 1,205 or 25 per cent. on 1070. On the Ist
October, 1571, a census was taken throughout the county,
klidu.ll4 all boroughs.), 4 Um I...Luber .4 Vlyirailall sleet ing
at unions, common Imi2Mg.butire, and elsewhere en that
night. In four union districts there were by v3gra.lll.ll *Lat-
.:ter to be found, and the total number in Dorset amounted
to cnly 21. .A 0 .1 proof that this reeult is not due to tarry Mg
uut the Vammit Act with eny meeptitetal asAurity, I nu)
mention that the uuniher of .MlNlctivia.. for dith rout
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.efent.ne under that Act has declined front 14 in the
inia nu...Nu:awn of lactf tune in the eurtcspunding perhni
4 3sl, wh.hot the nuoiher of muettl fr begl;ing has
fallen (row hi tu it% being • largvr proportionate reduction
1,11••Ut the number ul Nlitralate. Theo beta tend

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BOROUGH PiTrY SSOSIOSS. itooday.—Before the
!ill.e)or (T. Bennett, Esq.), J. Bishop, Esq., and J. F. Welgoe,

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Four men, named CualUde CmcUILL,, Manugl, Reaves,
Wituan &miens, and Cll•audi PlAtettain, were sum
by Superintendent Coward for cruelly 111-treating • bull, the
property of Mr Henry Mayo, Coker's Froome, on the 7th Oct.
P.C. Pomeroy, who Bros ow Mr EllSOf'S sale ground, on the
Saturday evening In question saw the four defendant. coming
towards Mr Knsor's ale ground from the walks with a bull.
They intended it to enter Mr Eusor's yard, but it went past.
Edwards then ran before it,and with • stick held in both hands,
struck It on the heed. It turned and they got it into the
yard, and in a corner they boat It about five minutes.
The bull made a MAN several times al if in pain
whilst they were beating it. One of the four tied the bull's
head to one of its forelegs, and then they drove the animal
Into the road again and toward. the South walks. W Rosa
lost sight of them for about a quarter of an hour, when they
again returned. At Mr. Longman's door the bull stumbled
over the step, and again at the door-etep of the cottage adjoin-
ing. It got up, and came oppoisite his door, where it sank on
tho ground and would go no further. The animal "frothed and
steamed like a furnace." The defendants came and etruck
the bull amoral Weft Hs asked whose it win, and they said
Mr. Mayo's of Fromm, and they wanted to get It home. be
told them he didn't suppose Mn/ Mayo wanted to have tho
bull killed them when Critchell replied "He'd had as many
linirs to deal with as I (witosos)lhad." He desired them to
put It into the yard for the night, and If Mr. Mayo complained
he (witness) would stand the consequence..
Sir Symonds remarked that be ought to hare locked up the
defendants.
In reply to defendants witness said they all struck the bull.
Ile did not see the bull run at Criachell ; was not In the Sold
when he untied it. The bull's head win tied down all the
time he raw it.
George Knight, in Mr Mayo's service, scent for the bull on
Sunday morning, and found it tied up in the stalbhouso, Its
head fastened "pretty close" to one of Its forelegs. I lis son
lot him loose, Critcholl opened the gate, and they took the,
bull home, When the bull was loosed, be saw the foreleg
where it had been tied was raw, and it had one eye le.nuckied
out.
It mooed the bull had some water during the day, and hay
after it was put in for the night.
these!.. It was scot in bY a-comptoirieltlittied
others, which were sold and went o by rail, so ho desired
Knight, who was in the town alone, to give a man 1.
to help him home with the bull if he wanted any nelp, as he
antiopatal, having come in in company, it might be unwilling
to fp, to a new home alone! Ile saw it In the fair ground all
the afternoon, and it was perfectly quiet, and sound in every
particular. Having heard what had taken place, he saw the
boll on Sunday morning, and found it bad been very much
knocked about.and that one of its oyes was quite out,a, if it had
been done with • gouge! Mr Eneor had kindly allowed him to
leave the bull in a box, but now It seemed it had had Ito heed
tied down all night, which made the matter worse! lie sug-
gested that the eye might have been knocked out early In the
b.ting, and then the animal, being unable to see en one side
and in pain, had run about frightened. His attention had been
directed to the shameful way in which itnimals were treated at
the market, and if the police had not summoned defendants,
he should have done eo.
Mr Symonds rid defendants were liable ins fine not exceed-
ing CS, or the magistrates had power to send them to hard
labour for any turn not exceeding three months.
1 The Mayor said it wasa bed case, and defendants were flood
2lts each, or • month's hard labour. If another such caw came
before them the offender would be sent to prison. Critchell
and Purchase paid ; the other two, who said they had only
" insisted out of kindnsm," went to gaoL
, COUNTY COURT, ThOlday. —At this wart there were
13S original plaints, S re-lesnos, one question of costs adjourned,
one review of the Hogistrar'e taxation of code, 7 judgment
summons., and 2 adjourned judgment. The court eat for 8
hours, The solicitors present were—Mr M. C. Walton, Mr H.
Luck, Mr A. Lock, Mr K. N. Howard, Mr limns, Mr Atkinson,
and Mr Watts.
Tile e. 111111110.—This was an action for balance of account,
21/. 5. for boring a well at Buckland Newton, Mr Atkinson
forbiaintiff, and Mr Watts for defendant? Plaintiff proved the
order to bore the well; but defendant tried to let up that the
agreement was to sink a well, and that be had paid iniMcdent
for the work done. The judge gave a verdict for plaintiff.
Hannah v. Ridout—Claint LI S. by plaintiff, an upholsterer
of Dorchester, against defendant, a woman living in Grove
Buildhunt It seemed defendant originally hired the sofa, but
ultimately agreed to buy it. She mid it was warranted clean,
hot after she bad had it three months she found it swarmed
with bugs, and she detailed, to the amusement of the court,
how she caught ten brace Mono hour. "Pretty good sport,"
suggested his Honour, Plaintiff said that the sofa arse per.
fectly clean when it went from Ms promisee. The judge
believed it, and ordered defendant to pay On • month.
The chief case was • summons against Mr IL Lock, solicitor,
as "garnishee of Edward Major, late general shopkeeper of
Wintcrborne, brought by Mrs. Warren, an execution creditor,
for whom Mr Weston appeared. The defendant was supported
by his son, Mr A. Lack. It seemed that Major, being
in difficult's., made an assignment of his book
debts, ne., to Mr. E. Steels, for the benefit of him
croditora. At the last court when Major amne up on a judg-
ment summons, it came out that such a deed had been
executed, and the judge ordered It. productien, In the mean-
time Ma Warren took out a garnishee summons &vaunt Mr
Lock, i.e., • claim against him as holding money belonging tO
Major, her judgment debtor. To-day Mr Lock produeed the
deed, which it seemed had been stamped and • penalty paid
for no doing, since the last court. But there was nothing in
the deed to show that the general body of the creditors had
assented to it. Mr Lock mid they had agreed to it verbally.
After hearing the uguments,hls Honour said the deed we. not
a boinlykle or valid:dad. Mr Lock held money to which there
were two claimants—one a judgment creditor (Mrs Warren)
under a garnishee order, and the other the aseignee (Mr Steele)
under •deed of anignment'which behold to be both fraudulent
and void. Ile, therefore, decided against the deed, and gave
judgment for Mrs Warren for .810 9s al to be pald forth-
with.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT FORDINGTON.
On Tuesday morning about hall-put nine the in.
habitants of East Fordington were alarmed by the cry
of " Fire !" and soon men and women were seen
hurrying in the direction indicated by • aloud of smoke
and fire, to find the soene of the conflagration about
ono-third of the distance from Fordingtou cross to
Loud's Mdl. Mows. Taylor. of Foington, had
just commenced thrashing corn, stored in • thatched
barn adjoining a very old cottage, also thatched, the
machine and engine being stationed adjacent to the
barn, when Mr. A. Thurman, who lives near, saw
smoke issuing from the "ridge" of the barn, and im-
mediately gave the alarm, Owe on fire the flames
quickly extended. The buildings were old, the thatch
I dry, and a breeze favoured the fire. Messengers were
despatched for the fire engines,and that of Fordington was
quickly on the spot, though it could not be got ready to
" play" on the burninrfinazdaz for come time. Then came
the Dorchester b under Mr. J. &matt.,
superintendent, and roman John Collins, who also
brought hose to fix to the water supply in the street,
and soon oopions streams were being poured on the
flaming buildings, but the fire raged furiously, and
threatened the destruction of a hatch of houses and
farm buildings known as "Little Britain," all thatched,
50 • messenger was despatched for the Barracks
engine, whieh came along at a ratting pus drawn by
• strong body of artillerymen. The wrioes they
rendered cannot be too highly estimated. At this
time the fire had firm hold of three dwelling houses,
barns, outhouses and sheds, and the efforts of the fire-
men were directed to saying the adjoining house. and
premises. Thus the fire was confined to the premises
mentioned. Kr, A. Thurman lives Inc thatched house
(the property of the Misses Legg) about ten yards
from the barn in which the fire commenced, but for.
innately the outer wall le covered with ivy in great
luxuriance, which, with en occasional drenching of
water, prevented ignition, and so stopped destruction
In that direction. There is a large building adjoining
and a dairy house and premises directly opposite. Mr.
Thurman's furniture, however, was removed from the
house, as at one time the destruction of the whole
seemed Imminent, for a strong southeast wind was
blowing. The poor people living in the houses des-
troyed, five families in all, had great difficulty in mew.
lug any of their goods, and the little saved was consider
and damaged by hasty removal. A poor women recently
confined was in one of the cottages burnt. One of the
houses fired was slated, and the resident. had a better
opportunity of getting out their furniture and bedding,
the combustion being slower and leas fearsome, no they
saved most of their property. A labourer named Dimond
io themnploy of Mr. I'. Bennett, was in tho field et work,
as was also his wile, no one king left at homo. Soma
one burst open the door, and a few thing were hastily
removed, but the greater pert WWI destroyed, and also
five large home made loaves, which would have sup pI 8 d
them with the "did el We" tor el week, wbil• their