The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-11-11 00:00:00

PETTY BEBBI9NB.

I FRlDAT.—Before the Rev. Carr Glyn, M.ajor•General
• Powlett•Lane, Itollee-Fryer, Mr. I. J. Sully,
and Sir Richard Glyn.
A letter had been received from the contractors in
reply to • orenintinication from the magistrates
ordered to be made at the last session as to the
accommodation which they provided for the navvies.
It was stated that further accommodation was being
provided in • shed for 60 men.- In reply to the Bench*
however, Superintendent Batty stated that menbers
of the men were provided for at the works, and had
to come into tewn for Igelginjpg. —Sergeant Cantle nude
a 'dander statement, and dissatisfaction was espresso:l
that ouch • state of thingo existed, and it was under•
deed that further actiou would be taken.
HOW TPA POOR LIVR,
Alfred George Dyett, Lii Ifeett, and Jontashan
Ifyett, living at Conotitution 11111, were summoned
for the non:payment of orders that, had been made by
the Poole Onion upon them for the inanitermarie ot
their father and mother The order wad made on
October 11th, 1683 All rid ileorge Dyett Wad to pay ic.
a week, and Eli and Jonstlian el each, and the arrears
-amounted to £5 4* and 3 Ws. The father had now
died dr. Budge appearesl for the Poole Guardians,
and dr. Diblein for the defendants. .ir Dibben
took a preliminary objection that no tinier had been
committed to writing, signed by two magistratei, and
served upon dm defendants 141 the act required • but
this objection was overruled, it appearing that Lien.
dente were prehent on October 6th, IBs2, and therefore I
must have been aware of the order, and the eases were
taken on their merits—Mr. E. S. Pearce, I
of Poole, collector, gave formal evidence
to the orders not having been paid.—ln
going into the merits of the cases, Mr. Dibbe .
said that there was a fourth brother named David,
who warn in somewhat better circumstances than his I
clients, who had not been summoned, and it was '
xtremely hard that these men alone should be suin•
moned.— lir. Budge elated that the other brother
had not been summoned because he was willing to
pay.—Alfred George Dyett said that his age was 46
IL* wages were 16e to lee. a week. Ile had a wife
and three children, and his wife watt ill Ile paid i
17s. rates, and had no relief from the pinch.
Suffered terribly (nen rheumatics, and was often
unable to go to work.— Dyett said that he was a
drain digger, and got 3.. a day, but 1..4 wet
weather. Ili* earnings, taken all the year through.
were about 12.. a week, lie paid 34 eel, rent, and
out of that supported two children WWI his mother in.
law and sister-in-law. Iles wife supported herself by
taking in washing. He sacred trim an internal
sprain, and was never well. Jonathan Dyett, who
wore the blue ribbon, 'mid that he was a clay worker,
and his earninies came to ligt a week. He hm.l three
children, angl had buried five.-41r Dibben said
that he moot ask if the clerk had taken down his pre-
liminary olegvtion.—ln reply to the magistrates Mr
Tanner said he had not. —Mr. Dibben: You sit as
judge here. You must record my objection. (Some
‘id• Ibis. aaiLl e 1.., •dddiadd
able feeling inithe parish about these cases, and the
Guardians found it necessary to take preciesdings.—
Mr. Dibben Yes, there is a great deal gif feeling,
—The magi.tratee gave a verdict for the plaintiff,
but nelueisl the amounts to 1:4 4s. in one
case and 1:3 each in the others Costs remitted.
—The elder Dyett : We won't have any more of yonr
nonsense, Mr. Budge. (Laughter.) We will keep
her 0Ur.1.1 - Jonathan Dyett :Do yg.o expect us
to pay any poor rates after this ?—Eli Dyett : We
shall come down upgin the workhouse ourselves if we
cannot pay.—tlr. Budge : Come away !—An applica-
tion to vary the order now that the father has died,
and to reduce the amounts from Is. and 9,1. to 9,1. and
6d, each, was made by Mr. Budge. but withdrawn on
the understanding that an entirely new order would
be asked for.
. . . .

Thomas Williams. a navvy, who had absconded, was
sued for cruelty to a dog. Dr. C H. W. Parkinson
statol that on .minday afternoon he waa in the Square,
when he heard the defendant call the dog, a terrier.
The dog seemed afraid of him, and he took it up by
the collar, and after violently shaking it, threw it
with force on the ground.— By the Bench: I con.
sidensd it want.in cruelty. I stopped the man at it.
lie bellied the man had been drinking. He said he
would kill the 11. if( if he liked. The dog was ably to
walk away. —The Chairman said that while the Bench
felt that the public were much indebted to Mr. Par.
knave' for his action in the matter, and th • magis•
treks' were determined to do all they could to check
cruelty, it did not appear that the dog had been
seriously hurt, and the majority of the magistrates
were in favour of dismissing the case.—Dr. Parkinson :
I suppose the best remedy would have been to hare
knocked the man down (Lvighter.)—The Chair.
man : You did succeed in preventing • continuance of
the cruelty. (Hear, hear.)
For keeping a dog without a license at Howe,
Joseph Luther was fined ls id.--The case against
George liorrucks was dismiased on payment of the
cods, 7.., as it appeared that the dog had been
licensed, but the license was not in the hands of the
owner, who lived elsewhere.
()Gorge Brown, • boy, was summoned at the
instance of Samuel Budge, a painter, living at
Bourn, Valley, for killing his tame rabbit, value
4.. 'cl. -Coniolainant's mother said that the boy had
a doe which killed a rabbit, which WWI of the poach.
ing .ort, and defendant incited it.—Defendant did
not appear, but his master rave him an exoellent
character, and said that the dog was of a kind that
would not want any inciting. Laughter. )—Defend•
ant was tined 2.. id . which. with the costs and the
value of the rabbit brought the amount to lea
Sidney Hoare, o Constitution•hill pleaded guilty
to being drunk and diwirderly on the Ifith, and was
fined 3e. and 7s. costa,—John Butler. fishmonger,
of Witnborne, for a similar offence on the Zth, was
fined in the same amount, the magistrate. remarking
that it was a great pity that a man of defendants
position should bring himself into court on such •
dune.