The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-05 00:00:00

°ERNE.

PETTY SESSIONS,
Before J. Batt..n. Erg. (in the chair), A. Martin.
aud T. hurt li.
~tcALING C

nit Itus-ell and Tom Iltivsell, indhsr and son,
wee charged with stealinA :t7llw. of coal, the pro.
puny of Air. William Alacey, (Ammer, of Cattistock, at
From" S. goint ,u, on the Stii of November.
P.C. Masteradin gAve evidence to the eff.ct, that on
the day in question he met the boy with a horse and
wag.:on in toe direction ~f C iv opine I-, laden with
lie wAtche I the wAgon 'lntl, it gov t prisoner's
houve, when it stopped. And he saw the boy baud
down coal to his mother.
The hey. F. fr. flow, feet ir if Everr.hot, spoke of
the good chAracter the prisoner and her .ols bore bathe
parivh of which he was the rector.
Mr. ltlAcey meld the w win fiat a Jai ge family, and
be did uot wish to press the case in any way.
The Chairm -n said it wee very evideut that the boy
acted under his mother's iustigadon. They t•vrk
e very leuient view iii the case iii consolue ce of the
g ers he had received, and she would he fined
LI. The boy was lot off V/11.11 a caution.

A..,SAULT AT rIDDLETRINTHIDS..
Thomas limper. of Piddletrenthide, woe eummonerl
for aitaaill i. g Mr. G. Ssinwsys, at Piddletrenthi le,
on the 25th .4 October.
Mr. It. N. Howard sppeared for the complainant
and naviog addreased th- Beach, coiled
Mr. Samways, who eta, he resisted at Notice
Farm, Buckland .‘ewton. On the 25t0 .d october he
was t °turning Hour Doicheater Fait, an i when hs g
to the New Inn be whopped and went in. Triers were
in the bar deterniant, a man n dried Hood, and Mr.
! Pr.,les, the landlord. lie writ to the fireplace to
warm his bands, and hal a conversation with Heal
relative to the purchate of a heifer. While they were
taking. Draper kept OU using ban tang lanruage to
Firet of ad be lob no not.ce of it, but ta be
continued he told him ne did not want to Say anything
to hint. Witate.s went autos. to the calmer, and .10,0
with ttr. Welsh. lie to .k a pipe (roan ht. pocket, and
went Wool to the fireplace to light it, whet, d-fentlasit
knocked it out of his in oath. Witness tot a haw 11,4
to do it again, and thee went hack to the counter.
liefencluit left his seat, Came Up 'reside bin, put his
fitt up under his ear, arid add— "You --, I will
kn, ck your cur off." Mr. Welsh t .ok him by the
arm, and bald he (defend int) sinrunt not strike the
Ulan. Defendant then went roan., an threw a siva
of beer at him. [he ..lau eta UCK him in the cinar, a. 4
the beer went in ha fcc. Dean ant wanted to tight,
but the landlord turned him ou f toe houte. HI
told tiefendsnt ate shout pr aecute
Mr. John Wel.h, a farts b sit if, of Plush, c writ>,
ortted the lent wituest's etatedieut.
Defendant's version nf the affair was that candlaint
ant came in and told him to get back from the tire,
trod on bit t es, spit ab ut hit legs, and used other
provocation, and then be threw the gime u. beer at
complainant.
Defendant called his brother, a nr .n named Richard
Draper, living at .altou St. Pancras ; but, after be ng
sworn, it turned out he w.sn'r, present at al. flu the
day in question, bat heal heard sodiethiug about the
affair from the man Head.
he Bench wished the landlord called.
Thom.. !when Prole., the I unilord of the New Inn,
gave evidence much to the same effect as the couiplaue

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aut.
Tne Bench fined drfendaid 10a, and £l3. kl. c
and b,und defendant over in tue stun of 1:50L, ktep
the peace for sir mouths.
GAII6 111181. ASS.

John liege and George Bagg, tv. brothers of Mids
Newton, pleated guiny to a chargo of trr.pardue in
search .4 game u land at Cottddork, on to 2 d ult.
llowevrv, thny called a man named M loon, who
said that on the m-ming in question tho occupi.rb
servant gtve them prrunsvion to c lute up, the f.nnat
being away and it being a very good opp.rtunrt.
he Bench allowed ill's boys to withdraw thrir plea
of guilty, and dieluiesed the C AWL