The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-14 00:00:00

BLAXDIPORD.

Till cue of C. Bland:aril who was remanded on
Saturday is settled, as the father has since paid for the
value of the missies ring to the amount of .1.6 10n
Os Wednesday, Hr. T. User, of Dorchester, held his
fortnightly repository sale in the meadow, attached to the
Crown Hotel, offering a number of sheep, heifers, and
other cattle to the numerous dealers who were in atten-
dance. One cell realised 1.5 la Bd.; iambs, 30e.; and
tags, Ma to 75.
Comm Paws' Sesames, Satuniay.—Before Lame
Portman, Major General Parke, CR., and Hr. J. J.
Farquharson.
HIATT Plow.rr. —dither Jam Abbott, landlady of the
Bogie Arms beerhouge at Spettisbury, was thtemosed for
Permitting drunkenness to take place on her premises,
aril for supplying liquors to drunken persona on the 15th
of April—Mr. Atkinson appeared for &denten', —Police-
constable Dowling stated that on the 18th of April,
between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, be beard
loud talking and swearing in the defendant's boos., lie
went into the house, and found George Loader, William
Cox, Robert Coarles, and Thomas Pone in the kitchen
drunk. He could not find anyone in charge of the house
for a time, but he then saw defendant's niece, and asked
for the landlady. The niece said her smut was gone to
&landlord. He then asked the girl foe her mother, and
' the said she had had • drop of drinks and was in the other
room. He looked into the room, and saw the landlady's
sister there, beastly drunk,— Itery Allen, sister to the
landlady, was called for the defence, and said the four
men had been Planting potatoes for her sister on
the day in question, and before leer sister went to
Blandford she requested her to give them some ale. She
gave them two quarts of ale oboist three o'clock, and that
was all she served them with. They came and asked for
more, but she refused to serve them, and she also refused
to Pas them their money until her sister came home.
They went away and got drunk in another house, and
then returned; but all the liquor the supplied was • pint
to the man Parse. She saw the men leave the Drax's
Anna—Thomas Purse was called, but all he proved was
that he bad we been working in the landlady's garden.—
Before deciding this case the Bench heard a summons
against (haps Leader, Witham Coo. RileyChd,l4l4 and
Thomas Tweak all of Spettisbury, for being drunk in the
beerhouse.—The constable said be found Puree and
Charles in the attitude of fighting when he visited the
house Purse was pretending to act as landlord, and
caused the row. Loader then wanted to fight the °then
He told them to leave the house, but they did not go, and
when be visited the house again at • quarter to nine
Loader and Dog were dill there—Charles said Purse acted
as landlord, and wanted to turn them all out of the house,
lie said to Purse, "Turn me out firer.," and that wag how
the row begaia—His Lordship fined Charles (who had been
previously convicted) Us. and Ss. costa said Purse 7a. and
like costa. Loader and Cog, neither of whom appeared.
were mulcted In 51 and 3s. costa each. Lord Portman
fined thelandlady £lO and costs, 9a, et, and ordered that
the conviction be endorsed on her license. His Lordship
said she was convicted last year of an offence against
the Beerhouse Act, and ordered to bring her license to
the office and have it endorsed, but she did not. If the
Health, was not brought this time it would be fetched.
The case was • very bad one, and it was a very bad house.
and very badly kept.
Ali Owe= Warren. —Jahn Arnold, of Blandford, was
summoned by the Excise for keeping a dog without •
license on the find of April—Frain the statements of Mr.
, William Young, supervisor of excise, and Mr. Francis
Abbott, excieeman, it appeared that defendant had a
, license in 1877, but he did not renew it, A dog was often
seen mak defendant's deer, and on the Zed or Aprilglin
Abbott saw it enter the house, and on going in Nandi the
animal in front of the fireplace. Defendant's wife said
the dog did not belong to them. —Defendant said be had
' not kept a dog since last November, when be sold his.
Re had not seen a dog in his house when he was there-
The Bench imposed the mitigated penalty of 15s.
, Guam' Heasas.—liarry Light, a gipsy, of Chichester,
who did not appear, was fined 151. and Ills, costs for
allowing three horses to stray at Pimpernel on the 28th of
April; and Harry Tompkins, a gipay, of Lmadport, who
was also conspicuous by his absence, was fined se. and
similar theta for permitting one horse to stray at the same
time end place.
Sevens flgirrvica eon Asssumero.-11ferthe Brown,
a woman of the town, was summoned tor assaulting Rims
Upward, another woman of the town, on the previous
Thursday night. —Mr. Atkinson, who appeared for com-
plainant, described the assault an a most unprovoked one,
which might have been accompanied with serious cons&
quence, as the complainant suffered from palpitation a
the heart, —Complainant said she went to the Portman
Arms on Thursday night to look for her husband, and the
defendant, who was there, spat in her face. As she was
leaving the house defendant knocked her down and
kicked her. She called for assistance, and Police-constable
Andrews came. Defendant ran away and left her hat
there. She had been under Kr. Spooner's treatment
previously.—Police-constable Andrews said he heard bed
'lingua's at the Portman Arms just before 10 o'clock on
Thursday night, and on going there he saw the defendant
down on the complainant, holding her by the hair of her
head. Defendant ran away through the Pioche.- Sarah
Jane Brown, defendant's daughter, said she saw her
mother and complainant quarrelling and fighting, and
went to pert them.—Defendant said the affair originated
out of an old quarrel that had beta going on for six
months, and alleged that complainant struck her in the
face She denied spitting in complainant's face—At
defendants request Police-constable Frampton, of the
Borough Police, was sent for, hut unfortunately for herb.
gave her a bad character, and said she was • very quarrel-
some woman, and used most disgusting language.—Lord
Portman sentenced the defendant to 8 calendar months'
hard labour.

A Wow kis Stamina—Mary ilibh. and Easily Watt
-
marsh, two women, were summonmi for assaulting
another woman named Sarah Got, on the 116th of April,
at Tollard Faroham.—Kr. Atkinson appeared for the
com pleinant —This wee adiwecelul neighbours' se uabble,
and the Bench bound both defendants over to keep the
pesos for • year.
THE Wawa) PAM. Miasma Alien. • lad of °eatery:l
Fitapaine, was summoned for trespassing in search of
conk* on land in the occupation of Hr. J. E. Tory, on the
13di ot April, at Turnworth.—Defendant maid be was
riding along the road, and saw • dog with • rabbit. He
lumped off hie hone and took the rabbit from the dog.
He gave the rabbit to the owner of the dog, George
—Tits magistrates diunissed the cam, and told
defendant be would be called as • witness' against
MeWlen.

Simons Quoin AGAIVAT A BOY. —Marko glsewlferd
axed M. a boy of the town, wee charged with stealing flee
gold sentlemen's rinse, value £711.. the property of Hr.
W. T. Wyatt, jeweller, of Biandford, on the previous
Friday ,seek..—r. Atkinson appeared for the dideadant.
—The rings were sent through the post by Hr. Wyatt to
Mr. Smith, of the Manor House, Blandford St. Mary, on
approval, and as the box would not go into the letter-box
the postman placed it on a shelf set apart for parcels.
The defendant. who is in the employ of Kr. Meathard,
called just afterwards with bread, and purloined the box
containing the rings, one of which he took home, and be
rays he threw the other four over the bridge into the
elver Stour. The ring returned to Mr. Wyatt was of the
value of AI lb—Hr. Atkinson Pleaded gthltY to the
charge, and said it wag a case of curiosity first and fright
afterwards. He asked the Bench to treat the case as one
of unlawful possesiou, and inflict a Ins—Lord Portman
adjourned the came tin the next Petty Sessions to enable
the defendant's father, who 4 a builder's labourer. and
six children, to make some arrangement with Mr. Wyatt.