The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-17 00:00:00

FATAL FALL.—On Monday evenini Mr. Henry Lock,
deputy coroner of the district, conducted an enquiry
at the Dorset County Hospital concerning the death
of John Randall, 68 years of age. In company with
Oscar Helvin, a musician residing at the Cooper's
Arms, Weymouth, they started at half-past two
by steamer to see H.M.S. Bosaswen, which they
boarded, intending to go all over her. A marine
sentry sent one of the ship's boys to show them round
the ship. On coming to the aperture where the wind-
sail is let down they found it rather dark, and Mr.
Randall fell a distance of 15ft. or 16ft down the hatch-
way. Concumion of the spine and consequent paralysis
were the causes of death. The verdict was "Accidental
death." The deceased was a stone mason residing in
Grove-buildings, Dorchester, and had for many years
carried on a small business of his own.
Teeren•Nce SERMON.--On Sunday afternoon last a
sermon was preached in the Temperance-hall, Pease-
lane' by the Rev. J. Harrington. There was • fair
niunber present A number of Band of Hope children
formed the choir, assisted by a few friends, and sang
several of Moody and Sankey's Sacred Songs. —The
rev, gentleman selected as his text the words " Over-
come with N., ine," from Isaiah xxviii. In the course
.4 his remarks the presc.her maid that there was not a
more hateful thing to be seen than a man—that
gloriously—beautiful being, the work of creation of
the Great God "Overcome with wine." For a
man to take away his senses by intoxicating drink
was enough to make the sun to blush for him and the
moon to shine no more. He instanced several cases
where the evils .4 being overcome with wine had
been brought before him, and dealt severely on the
terrible destruction being wrought by its use, con-
cluding a capital discourse by showing that there were
other things beside wine with which men were over-
come, and pointing to the only remedy for all this
evil, which was the acceptance of Christ as their
Saviour. The service was concluded in the usual
a
manner.
BOROUGH PETTY SVISIONS, Monday.—Before Mr. J.
Galpin, Mr. R. Davis, and Mr. J. F. Hedges.
WHOLJOIALI POACHING.
John'Aze and George Wills were charged with being in
possesion of game.
Mr. Weston defended.
P.C. Stone on Tuesday morning, at two o'clock. was on
duty in the read leading to the Great Western Station,
when he saw several men standing in the road opposite
the Junction IloteL Some of them got up on Beggars'
Knap when they saw him. He followed them, and found
under a tree four men and a dog. Two of them ran away
towards the Weymouth road and the two defendants
went back into the road. Witness asked them what they
were doing, and they said "stopping to rest out or the
rain.' As the two men were coming over the bank, P.C.
Gould came to his assistance. Axe had the nets and sticks
on his shoulder, and Willa a sack-bag with something in
it. Asked what he had lb it, he replied "only a rabbit or
two we have catched '—don t say anything about it and
we will give you • couple each." Witness felt the hags,
found they contained rabbits, and told defendants they
would have to go to the station. Wills threw down the
bag and said "carry them yourself and be —." But he
afterwards brought it to the station. At the police-station
they found 24 rabbits in the bag—all of them warm, and
the nets were wet and dirty. Axe said the rabbits and
nets did not belong to them, they were hired to catch
them by two strangers, and got Sa. a night for their
labour. Ile took the men's names and let them go, detain-
ing the rabbits and nets.
Cross-examined by Mr. Weston: lie did not touch the
men, nets, or bairs on Beggars' Knap, but when they got
Into the road. He was positive of that. Gould came just
as they got into the road. He had not seen Gould fur
more than an hour before he Caine.
P.C. Gould was on duty near the bottom of South-street
about quarter to two, and saw three or four persons cross
the road from the South Walks to Mr. Lovell's shop,
when they made a slight halt Ile afterwards heard them
moving away rapidly, and followed them. At the corner
of the Junction Hotel he could me someone standing on
the corner of Baggers' Knap. Went there and found
P.C. Stone, Axe, and Wills, and said to the latter "What
are you up to here." Axe replied "All right, we are only
stopping to rest a bit out of the rain." The witness
cotroborated P.C. Stone as to the conversation, and also
as to taking the two defendants to the station.
Cross-examined : The men were in the road when they
were taken into custody. The men carried the nets and
bag to the station.
Mr. Weston for the defence said the evidence had
turned out different to what he had been instructed. The
Act, however, said that the men must be searched on the
relic road, and he contended that these men not having
searched until they were taken to the station, the
Act had not been complied with. lie quoted the case of
"Clarke e. Crowder" in support of his argument, where
the police saw several men, followed and searched them
when they reached their home, finding they had 100
rabbits in their poesemion.
The Town Clerk asked Mr. Weston if he had
seen a more recent case of "Hall e Knox," in which cam
It was held that the admission of having game in their
Possession, and the police having felt that it was game,
the search was held to be good. He (Mr. Symonds)
should advise the magistrates that it was a good search.
Mr. Weston said in that cam his ground was taken from
under him. The police, however, ne mentioned had no
right to take these men into custiely, and further that It
was nottecessary as Axe was well-known, having lived in
the town eight years. He hoped that under all the cir-
cumstances they would dismiss the case.
The magistrates consulted for some time, and then the
Cludrimin said they had considered it was • case for con-
viction, and fined them gki. each and costs (As.), or in
default two months' Imprisonment —Allowed a fortnight
Witfe"said "How about the goods r
Mr. Weston: "Oh, you forfeit the goods."
Mr. Symonds: They will have to be burned.
William Henry Cox, of Shirehall-lane, was charged with I
having been drunk and fighting in the public streets.—
P.C. Dunn on Saturday night last, the 14th inst., he was
on duty in Ilieti West-street about 20 minutes after 11
and heard a dugurbance opposite the County Hall. A
crowd of persons were there and the defendant was
stripped and fighting. A man named Comick had defen-
dant "pinned down on his back on the pavement. Told
Comick to let him get up, on which defendant went at
Gornick again. Comick did not return the blow. Ile said
he had not spoken to Cox but had met him as he came
round the Shirehall and received • blow in the face from
him. Witness took hitu into custody.—Defendant said
he had received a blow from someone, and as Cornick was
the first man he met he hit him Defendant had been in
the nary, but had been discharged through having the
fever, since which lie had been subject to fits.—The Chair-
man said he would have to be bound in £lO himself and
one surety in £lO, and to go to gaol until he had found
the sureties.
Joseph &al was charged with having been drunk and
indecent at Fordington. Asked to plead, be said "They
do tell me so. I don't know anything about it."—P.C.
Stone proved the cam. On Monday evening, about 20
minutes past eight, he maw defendant in Mill-street drunk
and very disorderly and using obscene language. The
neighbours complained of his conduct and said he had
been at it all the evening. It was a general thing with
hlm.—Defendant had nothing to say. Defendant had
been up before for felony. —The Chairman said as this
was the first time he had been up for drunkenness they
would take • lenient view of the ease, and would fine him
Os. and costs (13s. tkL), or 14 days. Allowed • week to pay.
Cotten' Perrr Sessions Saturday.- -Before Mr. H.
Williams, (chairman), Mr. E. Peirce, Mr. G. Warry, and
Colonel R. G. F. Steward.
Charles Haa, • soldier, was charged with stealing a
carriage whip the property of Thomas Garland, and an
umbrella, belonging to Charles Wood. Defendant was
given an excellent character, and an application was made
that the charges tuhrht be withdrawn, and to this the
magistrates consented. In discharging the defendant the
magistrates gave him some good advice, and urged him to
be more careful in the future.
WiUianirotine, of Maiden Newton, was suraiuoned
for not having given notice that he had foot-and-mouth-
disease existing on his prembes.—P.S. Freeman, stationed
at Maiden Newton, said that on the 20th September he
visited defendant's premises, and asked Mrs. Jenkins if she
had not some pigs with foot-and-mouth disease. She
showed him four pigs, which she said were part of a lot
of six which her son had bought at Tolle, Down Fair.
(Inc of the number had died, and one they had sold to •
man mulled Fry living in the village. On the next day he
saw sheni again, and since then three of them had died.—
Defendant's son, who represented his father, said he
bought seven pip, but he did not know that they were
diseased. —Mr. Joseph Lipsconibe, veterinary surgeon,
examined four pigs belonged to Mr. Jenkins, and found
them suffering from foot-and-mouth disease. They had
hash the disease at least 10 dap—Defendant was fined 10a
for each pig, which with costs amounted to Et 17a.
&heard &imam, was charged in custody with stealing
a quantity of bones of the value of Is., the property of Mr.
Jesty, of Radipule —Mr. Charles Jest', said he followed
the prisoner in consequence of what he had heard, and
found he had taken some bones from his manure works.
Prisoner had • basket with hi,, sod asked to be forgiven,
but the prowentor said he had 64 s, many bones that he
had given his ineu instructions to inform him if they eaW
anyone stealing them. The bones weighed About WIN,
and were worth about Is.—Defenilant mid it was quite by
ambient he took the bones—he merely palmed hp and saw
thorns lyiee about and picked them up.—John Lucas,
employed by Mr. Jemty, last Mouday, saw the hamper
produced lying in a ditch close to the Manor home:, nearly
ram of bones. Piimmer wax near the barn picking up
more bones in his h.oelkerchief. Asked hiii,i what he was
doing, and he said picking a few dandelious. lk then
tummi the hones out 01 hi, haudkerthief. Witness
picked them up, and liisccq them in the hamper.
Prbouer said in the course of cmversation that he bought
them of a man who took them out of a pigs house.
Prisoner told witness he could have the bones if he would
let him have the hamper. Witness could swear to some
at the bones—Prisoner, who WIG given • very bad
character by the police, wished the csas to be disposed of,
and pleaded guilty—He had been convicted four times