The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-18 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT,

V_IiONZSDAT.

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Before S-rjeant Tindal-Atkinson, Judge.
CLAIN or £.50 loanaose.--Jory Case—Tale or.. an
1•011.,11 brogadht by Mr. eore Derbytee Wrl.h. of EaW-
4reet, late of AL th
arket-house Inn, to recover e sum of
L5O (rum Mr. William A.Lidnree, butterfaotor, of
and South•slreet, Bridport, for damages
sustaiued by driving lot plaintiff on the Beaminster
road .in the evening of January 30th last. —Mr. F. W.
Oundry fir plaiwitf, and Mr. G. Tweed, of Honit on,
for defendaut Toe follow j following compoeed the jury
:_.J: Hartgll i, J. C. Rowe, W. H. Hay, F. J. Bitten,
and W. Frost—Mr. Utuadry in addressing the jury
proceeded to place before them in detail the facts of the
Cat•••annlio, end the effects of the collision on
hi* client, and .then called the following evidence.—
Thomas Welsh, plaintiff, sold he was • horse-breaker
and trainer, end recently kept the Market-house Inn
at Bri .port. On 30:11 of January last, he went to
11,amioster on h neeback, accompanied b E twin
Harris. They left Beaminster :omit ten imputes to
six ; they trotted at about six miles an hour. When
they cone to La ly Oglanier's they pulled up and
plaintiff It his pipe, hie horse standing close to the
bank on the near ride. Plaintiff heard a trap coming
toward. them, anti he called out to Harris. The trap
came on and struck hie knee-cap, mashing IL The
vehicle had no lamps. The road was about 20 feet
wide. The horse plunged, and the trap drove away,
and about a minute after the mail-cart came up. The
mail-cart Man In3k out hi. lamp and• examined hie
lez. Plaintiff was in bed two mouths and • fortnight,
an I ha I been kept out .1 business over since. He
hal hal a skilled nurse 141 titlicl.—By Mr. Tweed :
Plain if we, riling an old post-horse, and Harris a
young horse. Could not say the letter had been
horoughly broken In. H. had two three-pennyworths
of brandy at the White Hart, Beaminster, and a glass
of ale at an ther house. He had no glass of ale
whilst, on horseback. He did wit, at Beeminster,
say be would do the distance home in 20 minutes.
He did not start off at a gallop. He did not know
what struck him, it was too dark; but defendant's
trap was going rather fast. The accident was
about 30 yards from an elm tree. His bores bolted
about 100 yards. UM not meet Drill-Sergeant James
at the tope( the hill, awl they were not then galloping.
It was so dark that plaintiff could not tell what kind
of a vehicle it was.—Edwin Harris said he wee
at Beamusater, on the 30th January, with plaintiff,
who was not intoxicated. Tee) pulled up in order to
allow plaintiff to light his pine. Witness' walked his
horse on up the hill, when be heard atrap coming from
the direction of Bridport. Plaintiff called to kin, end
witness called out to the vehicle to be kept the right
side. Witned and plaintiff were on the proper side of
the road. After the trap Peeled, plaintiff's bores
rushed past him without plaintiff, a. U it had thrown
him. Plaintiff called to hire, and witness went ti
him. finding him in • weak co .dition and blessing.
rhe Caine up, and the driver assisted to get him
(paint if) on his horae.—Thotuas Hann, driver a the
mail-mart from Bridport to Ilminster, said he left
itridp .rt about 5.30 p.m., and be lit his lamp when
about two miles from Bridport, and when near Brid-
port he beard • conveyance ahead of him. He did
n 4 overtake it, although he drove at a smart pace.
The c inveyaoce had no light.. He found plaintiff
lying against the bank, and he said to witness "My
leg I. knocked off." Witness raw blood running down
his leg. 119 helped plaintiff on his horse, and
then tried to overtake the trap but could not—
Mr. W. A. M. Hay, medical practitimier, of Bridport,
said plaintiff was suffering from a lacers:4,d wound on
the keee— in front of the knee-cap of the right leg—lt
had to be sewn up.—Considerable force must have
been brought to produce such • wound. It ndust have
cause i iotenee pain, and there was risk of a stiffness
of the knee-joint —Sergeant Hawed, of Bridport,
stated an interview he ha I hal with defendant about
the accident, and defendant admitted "that the horse
must have got it or the man."—Mr. Tweed having
addreeeed the jory at considerable length, called Mr.
Andress. defendant, who said the wi Ith of his c,4
was eft. Gin. He never drove fast. On the 30th Jaw
nary he WAA drivink from Cemesworth to lleantineter,
having left rarnesworth about a quarter to five p.m.
He saw the drill-sergeant James, nodded and spoke to
him. It was nit dark, and could Dee 100 yards in front
of him. He heard horses galloping towards him, and
pulled to within two feet if the hedge. Two horses
came on abreast, g dloplog, sod reseed him "like
lightnine." and witness noticed a' click" against the
trap. He walked on to the bottom of the hill, and
then trotted home. He could see plaintiff and Harris
50 Deeds before they rem, t i him. —Samuel Poole said
he had heard the nyidance given by defendant, and it
was correct —John James, col inf.-drill-weeniest, of
Bridport, said he left Bridport for Beaminstee be
th iuglat it was about • quarter to six. When he got
to the second milestone from Beausiaster defendant's
trap overtook him, going at the rate of six miles an
hour. Shortly alter the trap and horse bad passed
him, he heard • shout, and then heard bonds galloping.
He thought the horse had run away, so be went to the
middle of the road and shouted to stop it. The trap
had gone round the bead of the road—William
Loveridge, keeper of the Red Lion, Beaminster, said
be sew saw plaintiff and Harris go away_ from
Beasninster at • "rattling" pace. They maid they
were view to be at Bridport within 20 minuted, and
he (witness) pal I that would he to fast, when they
said they would be there within 25 eninutea—By •
juryman: 1 hey left about half-past five dr 25 minutes
to six. It was not dark when they left. —This con-
cluding the evidence, Hi Hon ir said the statements
made in these cases were always meet conflicting. The
short and ample Jesus of this caws was—What was the
fact at the time this accident took place? According
to the evidence for plaintiff, he was on the right side
.1 the road. Sobriety in this particular case was not
at i-sue. Defendant was no doubt guilty of negligence,
which made him resposilible, but to what extent the
jury had to determitie.—The jury retired, and, alter a
short consultation, returned into Court. They found
a verdict for plaintiff, awl that he was entitled to £lO
for toes of ewpl puent, £lO compensation for pain and
suffering, and la 7s. Bd, for medical attendance. A
vent* wee Mussed acoordieglY.

Dons WISHED AMORE.
On Tuesday evening tb• body of &a, about Mt Slain
height was weighed Whore at Stanton St Gabriel.
between Brldpart and Charmooth. A stoat belt. with •
large iron buckle, was fastened around the waist of the
menet Tiol body le sugl seed to be one of the unfortunate
ram who were lost ort Beer De ou. about smooth sumo.
through the caps dug of a rint4.4nmek. Saner Jack. in a
equalL The remise, which ammo& deconarowid. •••"
an inquest.

saussosits.
NARROW &OAPS FROM Dimwitleo.—On Friday
evening as a little boy we watching "CM ilaben on
the bridge, at the back of the Woolmington Rote!, ho
fell over Into the water and would have been drowned
had not Mr. T. D. Davis, who was passing at the t°°°,
lumped ever and rescued him under the Midge. Ai
soon as the youngster found himself resorted from his
dangerous positaon, the first thing he asked was
"Where is my hat r H• waa token into the Hotel,
and was soon all right again.
Aswan.? or • Monis& —A young fellow named
Job. Pouliot, was charged on a inerrant at Use Police-
court on Friday, before Capt. Goodden end Major
McAdam with violently assaulting his mother. It
appeared from the evidence that prismatic who lived in
the gams courts, his mother, went home on Thursday
afternoon, and began beating his landlady. Hie
mother, hewing • Ludes went into the house, aad
reprimanded him for his o ndurit. The prisoner then
set upoo her, followed her ,to an adjoining hours,
and whilst she was sitting in • chair be struck her
violent blows in the eye completely closing it. He
also beat her about the body. The prisoner who said
his mother twitted him with having caused the death of
his (other, was sent to gaol for two mouths with hard
labour.