The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-04 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND Akt]

payment of £9O Ils. Hels more, whit& was agreed to, and
that part of th Superannuation Fund might be better
invested. TLe county has gained £4 Is. 101 by weights
and measures. Fourteen persona were convicted before
justices during the quarter, and £5 lOs. 64. was re-
wised for penalties. The committee recommended that
the funds should be banked to the acc3unt of the County
Treasurer and Clerk of tne Peace.
On the question of vaccinating ref:waits of the Yolk*
force at a cost "not exceeding. balf.a.erown, • marstrate suwated there would be no objection.
The tHAIBLLN said be should have Teel Pea
objection if be were • recruit.
lit. WiLuatta (jocosely): Which aro ere they to be
done in?
Hie LOILD3IIIP : There should be • very eareful ex.
smination as to the health of the uses before they are
vseeinated, as if they were at all unheeltby one didn't
know what mischief It might do.
The CIIIIP CONBTABLE remarked that all must pus
a medical examination before they were admitted into
the force.
His Lotman, said they Intille.he healthy enough for
the force, yet not for vsocinstton. Great care was

lir%waifs gald the proposal to bank the fan&
to the aoeonnt of the County Treasurer and Clerk of
the Peace, could not be carried out. He bad enquired
of the Hank of geg1..11,1, gad theysaid the money
must be paid to some lar sane, It was not as
if the Court acted on seal like corporate bodies.
The CHAIRMAN said they had mash better leave the
matter alone. Mr. Willis:rig law was right, and such
difficrultios had arisen through It in to indurie the
House of Commons 11/21104 if cot quite to pawl • Bill
obviate them is the way suggested. When that
bootee ea Ad would be time esoouffh to alter the
system.

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The Chief Constable reported that 263 persons bad
been apprehended In the quarter. 50 were discharged.
196 annimarill dirposed a, and 17 committed for trial,
This lie decimate! 26 apprehensions. as compared with
the corresponding quarter licit year, and nearly the
whole dinsinetkaa is under the bead of vagrancy. The
committals for trial are lees by 12. During the quarter
there hal been one out-break of plouro-pnerimotia, and
14 of foot-end-mouth disease. 265 cattle and 86 swine
hare been affected, of which two cattle were slaughtered
and 6 rabble and 33 swine died.

,sfary Avast. 2. pleaded guilty to keepiss eget"
common, iltgeenned, and dhac,tj, bowie se
Mouth, and luring been in gaol two syi, was furm"
sentenced to four days' imprisonment

MON D COURT. -Wilma:La.

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Belcrefl. WiLusys, En., J. J . FAiQun Las"' RN'
cp!•auul,„. tl,Tata4 12, marine pleaded guilty to oulbottlittil
rece'yot_DO t. o big unastAT, Jahn Foot. at
Sbadtesbury, on May 2a4ceoun
Otte mouth's hard labour.
STILUSO VISO AID WONIT AT rinourrOWS.
June iltmturs, mason, was indicted for stealing thief
Raverelfror and a gold ring, the MaPortY 01 Joaanh 101 AL at
Plddleloca, on April 28.
. Primer slept at the souse, OM the money and ringing* In
a small box on the dravren in Mn: Mogg's room. She went
Cans, and on her return, found the box broken open, and the
valuable. gone, The Ting wee found on prironer, who had War
£2 15i. on Lit fier''' n
lie made and clever defence, urging that he had been
in receipt of gooti wages, so that nie money found on him was
not extraordinary, while Mrs. Wed warn
th i a
adatalt aslnt to the
ring. ii• throw himself on the mercy • Jury
that If there were any doubt In the cms, be mated have the
benefit of the doubt,
The Jury were some time in arriving at their verdict, and
wanted to Ask the prisoner a question. Defused, of course.
lie was found gullptloo.,
said that while In
In MOM to
Abe , Mr. Lawrence
the gaol Hawkins woe exoesdingly well conductekand enbouith
be was not otO 1•0111 he worked at his trade of melon.as hard as If he hod been paid
The Chairman, taking Into consideration that be had been in
, gaol two months, sentenced him to two months' hard labour.
ISILALINO SCOTS AT SHOIDDIAI.
Attic PACTLIT (011
erles ball aLppr. °di for neMing a pair of betas,
the property of M , at Sherboine.
She was found not guilty.
The Chairman advised bar not to run such a risk again, or
she
inglitz::L4 And so merciful a Jury,

14 in etin. When be badges' into tie Wilms ad ma:
loaded tie examined the bone, and saw arm on suit Ade Of
the °ea. The right @boulder had two wounds, In a running
rust and on the len Aoulder was one, also fresh. Each nec
wieldk
was sa large se a five-shilling piece, and those on the
should°, the ere of a shilling. On the back was • bad wound
as large as • crown-plece end also running, the
;,)e,dfi the withe
reeiengn4on it. There was another wound on the fetlock.
and matter was running on the hoof of the horse. Miller wee
driving the horse for Mr. James,—Cross-exassineal : Had seen
the hone about the town before, he believed, drawing • Irma.
There were nine Ke.e, on the horse altogether. It was blood ,
he believed, not matter, coming from most of the wounds;
but one was rather mattery. Should myths hone vu ton or I
twelve Teen old.
Mr. George Fleming, chairman of the Veterinary Society,
and member of the Boyd College of Veterinary surgeons, said
he had written standard works on branches of the veterinary
Had man the hone at the stable yard near the Court.
Examined the horse, and found the animal, a chestnut mare,
I almost a living skeleton, the emaciation being caused by want
of food. There was no errant° dimes He made all the ex-
-1 unbutton he could one living animal. The sores were largely
Induced by the low condition of the animal. Apart from the
emaciation, the animal was not fit to work. It would be
painful for an animal in a elate of hunger even to exist. The
llama staggered from debility as he was led to the stable.
Then were sores on the shoulden, a very large one at the root
at the mane, there were ion soros on the back under the pad, i
dm These soma must have existed a month or six weeks ,
There were also wounds on the fetlocks caused by their I
debility, the animal not being able to use Its legs proPerl7.
Croes-examined : The wounds on the fetlocks were not
caused by the shoes, am the bons was well shod. The hone ,
would in all probability have died of starvation, and was elt
the point of death
James Miller, the carter, said the two horses were drawing
750 Wicks. He had called his muter's attention to the state
of the hone, to which he had never given any corn. Several
days before, and also en the morning In question ho told the
master, who said he should not give th= more food. Witnese
heed the awe of four bones, ell In • bed state from want of
food, havillg no hay or corn,but only green food. The bombed
been kept In a clover field, but sometime. there were 14 or 16
hones there, and the feed was almost all eaten up. Had never
even the horse any vetches.
Supt. Vickery said he had paid 12s 10d for food for the bone
during the throe days. It was eating every time he had wen
It, and it was now much improved.
Hoary Taylor and Mr Cherry gave evidence as to the bad
Mete of the horse.
Mr Hann stated that, according to his Instructions Mr
Jena knew nothing whatever about the conditun of the
begue, and the carter had made misstatements In saying he
casapiaidad. Yr James was • largo hone dealer, and
whoa great horn haw entrusted hi, bushings to his ba II iff
and two eons, who had died that morning. Mr James felt
Muir loss go deeply thet he could not be present, or be would
have been able to have given • different colour to the case.
The horse in question was bought by him scarcely 12 months
ago for £25, and had done light work till within the last month
or so. The bone working with it was very strong, and 71.0
bricks was not, a very heavy load for two hones, He knew
personally that Mr James was not In the habit of Warring his
bums, and be certainly thought the cue had been rather
aI and severely. pressed by his learned friend.
ggeertl otedud waedewed. and the Bench consulted for about
tor minutes. The Mayor then geld the decision of the maghs-
inlia4w" u..Dels Dwaisehlk=ritglre idleterront::ll r 4: :
but they bad a duty to perform though under painful cir-
cumstances Junes would be Imprisoned for 14 days. A
greater case of cruelty he never heard of, and when his atten-
tion wee called to the animal by Supt. Vickery be (the Mayor)
said "This animal is being starved to desth.',l
The costa of the prosecution (Cl 6 were applied for, and
although Mr Hann asked for retaliation, James was ordered to
COMM PATTY fiffSSIONS, Friday.—Before B. 0.
Iffiet, req., and Males Sgraflield.
A number of rate lumakeneell were disposed of.
WILLLAM Seamus was summoned lsy Samuel Gard, for

amault!
Complainant asked for an adjournment. Ills witnesses had
not come.
Mr. WeWord, who defended, applied for the costa of the day.
Complainant was willing te pay for • witnms but ho did
not want • solicitor. lila witutaw was an independent gentle-
man-
Er. Coombs: You must not bring people bore one autumnal,
and then not have your witnesses.
Complainant : Will you allow me one hour to bring ono
witness?
Mr. Coombs : We can't well an hour.
Complainant: What expense will It be if I adjourn?
Mr. Eliot: A Ca.
Complainant alarmed): Then we won't adjourn it. If
you'll allow me en-hour—
Mr. Moses : We will go on with the other cams, and if you
are here all the end of those cases, yours will be taken, if not
It will be (truck out.
Complainant then started off to go to Wyke, got • witness
and be back; but the Molnar was got» through, and be did
riot appear. Mr. Hurdle dropped in and said complainant would
be three quarters of an hour.
The nap WVA struck aul though Kr. Weidord applied
for costa they were
In the meantime two or Ul7OO people settled their cases, and
Prnadait GUAAWOUAII wee stonmoned by the police, fur being
drunk and riotous on June 17.
t Bilos, aborts quarter-past 10, WWI called to turn
deff= out of • beerhotuc called the Ship, at Wyko. mid
helped him out, not an drunk but what be could stand up.
When in the street ha wanted to tight, got quite a mob round
him, but at last went off towarda Weymouth..—Vuted bs.
Prisoner: I can't pay at once, exactly, sir.
Mr. Eliot: When will you pay I
Defendant: As soon as I can got it from tho beech, sir, 'Ha
quite unoertain.—Allowel a fortitl‘ht.
SATUBDAY.—Before the Mayor and J. Drew, Esq.
Misusers Peace was cha-god with begging in Franchise-
stroet. She carried. a comb ia her hand, and told the conatablo
alto was hawking.—Fined lie., or seven days in default.