The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-02 00:00:00

STURNINSTER NEWTON.

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PETTY Srasinas. Tliiirs,lity.—Bofore I •:sptAin Thinhain.
Mr. 11. 8. Bower, Mr. K. It. Harvey, and Mr. 11. 11.
Sorrell.
The overseers of tho various wirishos in the iliv lon
pre•miteil their Ibts of p.rsons II dile to sonic on juries.
Robert Bartlett, alias R 04,1 Bartlett Toile. of Hinion St.
Mary, was Ammo inod for a...milting Matilda Brieknell, of
the came place, on the 20th iif July.—Mr. W. H. Atkitmon
appeared for the defendant. —ln this adjourned case im
alibi WII4 proved, and the Bench dismissed the Cal.C.
Charles Dibben, of Haselbury Bryan, pleailisl guilty to
, being drunk in that parish on the 6th of September and
was Boni 81. anil costa

Henry Crones, of Henstriilge, who did not appear, was
rummoned for being drunk and riotous at Stallithlge on
the Alth nf .rult—The service of the summons in this
case wit, defective. anil the case was adjourned for the
second time.
J Roger', of Sta'bridge was summoned for being
drink in that town on the sth of September—P.C.
,!antle proved the cam against defendant, who did not
appear, anil she was tined 2s. 61, and S.. e
Frederick Spencer, Choir Adam, and Clark.; Pope,
three boys of (Acetic' ki imp:line, were SlMllll,iLleii for
obstructing the highway in that village on the 2nd of
September. —Defendants pleaded guilty, and were fined
Es. Pt, each including costs.
A Civet FELLOW PROPERLY Puxisuen. —William Bond,
cattle driver. of lienstridge, was !Mennen.' fir cruelly
beating and ill-treating a dog, by tying its mouth with a
string, and then kicking and beating it. on the Etth of
August at Fifeheal Magdalene. Defendant was further
summoned for cruelly heating, ill-treating, and torturing
a horse, the property of his master, Mr. Charles Hockey,
by beating it about the body with a stick, at the same
time and place. The two eases were then taken together.
—Mr. 11. C. Dashwood watched the case for the defendant
—Miss Frances Ann Griffin, of Fifehead Magdalene, said
she was riding to Mai-phial on the 20th of August and
caw the defendant's h. rue and waggon standing near
Farmer Sanford'e, and defendant was calling his dog.
When she returned between 6 and 7, the boron and waglom
were in the same place, ant the defendant was beating
the dog, which was tied to the tail of the waggon. Defen•
dant was beating the dog very violently with a rather
large wither, and the cries iif the animal made her horse
start. She drove past defendant, and heard him coining
behind hint, she pulled in her home and let the defendant
Pass. Ile continued beating the horse to make it "go,"
but it did not appear to have the strength to do so. In the
village she saw the defendant's horse fall down, and with
one struggle it diet—By Superintendent Grant: The dog I
was tied to the waggon by the neck, and it could not
reach the ground with it, feet—Bp the Bench: The horse
was in very good condition.—Cross-examined by Mr.
Dashwnod : When she went to Marnhull defendant was
calling the doe, which she did not then see. She believed
defendant heat the dog because it ran away.—Mary Ann
Moore, wife of William Moore, of Marnhull, stated that
about 6 o'clock in the evening of the Wilt of August she
saw the defendant catch his dog in a field in front of her
house. Defendant secured the dog with a rope and began
kicking It very violently. She halloaeil out to him and
said "Leave ft inlle the dog, you'll kill it." Defendant con-
' tinned beating the dog, and she halinaed to him a second
time. The tine cried a great deal—Mr. Dashwood in
whire:sing the Bench for the defence, did not deny that
his client beat the dog because it ran away. An to the
horse, it was briiken-winded, and the ilefendaet had
several times refused to use it, but his zuwiter sent him out
with it on tie day in question.- Captain Hanhare severely
lectureil the defendant an his cowardly brutality, and
sentenced him t, two month's bard labour.
A itIKERRoUsE-KEEPER IMPRISONED MR ASSAULT.
Georg. Stokes, of Stourton Ca,inille, beerhouse-keeper, was
siliumoned for assaulting George Thomas Gartell, of
Bishop's Canaille, on the Efith of August, at Stallithlge.—
Mr. W. H. Atkinson appeared for the complainant—
Defendant pleaded guilty, and expressed his isoreow for
having assaulted the coniplainant whom he had known
all his life. They had a qiiarrel in a peblic-house, which
came to blows and he hal apnbigised for what he —The Bench wish to hear something of the facts of the
case, and f the statement of Mr. Atkin:on and the
evidence of Mr Henry Thorne. auctioneer, •if St isrmi ester,
it appeared that the parties were in the Foil Moon lon,
Stalbridge, on a market day, and they had some words.
Defendant struck complainant, who ran out of the house,
and defendant struck him • violent blow on the fore-
head with a large stick causing a wound about
two inches long. Mr. Thorne caught complainant and
prevented him from falling, and also bathtel and plastered
the wounit—Captain Ilinhain said they were determined
to protect the person as smell se property at that Court,
and, sentenced defendant to three week's hard labour,
without the option of a fine.