The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-03 00:00:00

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A yen Mee iittle-h;;--za-WaTiienioun turn of mind
seems to be tittle Tommy a iu, whom Mr. Richmel Atkins
of Toiler Poreorum, was summoned for assaulting. He
was in the service of the defendant—at least be was doing
• month on trial sad a Precious trial it seems to have
boss to kis orator. Toinnty's story as told by his solicitor

jr. Weston. Was that be was spoor little fellow only eleven
years old—he looked more like I.ls—had seven cows to milk,
and because he did not get through his work as quickly ise
Mr. Atkins thoeght he ought, his master thrashed him ea
three occasions in a most barbarous manner with • reps.
Mr. Atkins openly admitted he had put the rope round
the young urchin, and stated his reasons which h- called*
couple of witnesses to subs; initiate iron, the lad's
admissions to them, for doing on. Master Tummy was in .
the habit of var)ing the monotony of Ms daily toil by a
num`ser of, if 11,4 very original at all events to his youth-
! ful mind highly diverting experiments. For ineanee
j upon one occasion he tied the tails of tor, it no together.
Toe result was most satisfaetory to little HilL if not to the
1,01,1,.. They pulled and pulled until they pulled the hair
off their tells Stran4e t, say Mr. Atkins could not appre-
cat, the intense !warner of the affair. Another time lie
made a plaything of AU unfortunate mlf, tort" the fun of ,
the thing seems to be rather difficult to get at. Catching ,
it by the bind lesp he clearly turned it on its back and !
then knelt on it. No doubt Tommy derived some Paths- '
faction from this which compensatiA hint for his trouble,
hot, main Mr. Atkins foiled to see too Int-ee ,if it and a
lesson on cruelty to animals was adetiaat -red with a
rope's end. Hence the summons Mr. Albert Butler
burgeon, of Evershot, seas called to show the wliipping was
very severe and the Bench that it not had been No
they would almost have said it was what the boy deserved
for his misbehaviour had loon highly improp.r. Mr.
Atkins would have to pay a fine of 61.. and costs.
Grew Ilootham. a labourer, of Puddletrenthivie, was
brought up in custody charged with stealing a knife, the
property of John Gregory—The complainant, a labourer,
of Plividlehinnsn, on Monday, June 2.5•. h, was mowing and
left his knife on the eriss. %%lien be cane back it was
gone. lie .lid not see the prisoner near the
Mstehata al) presbn-ed the knife, whila the prosecutor
identine I no his He found it upon the prisoner, who
when he charged Lint with having stolen it denied knvw-
ing anything about ; hut upon hi- saying he should search
him 1,0 took one knife our."( his poeket an I let another
fall down in -the the leg 1 /rs Oa lifting hie
trousers up the constsl lo fuel the trims-ing knife between
that and his boot. He then said he had taken the knife
and was sorry he was such a fool he had done so. -The
prisoner wished it to be disposed of "directly," sod
pleaded guilty, having nothing to say in his defenee.—The
Superintendent of police gave him a very good character.
He hail been in the Militia 12 years.—The flinch lectured
him on his folly, and entered him to come up forjudgment
when millet upon.
,ot, INCORRIGIBLE " IFIF.E AND INDEPENDOIT."

A dirty-looking old man, Thema, once a shoemaker
in Weymouth, leas charged with tieing an inrorrigible
rogue mail vagabonil.—Mr. llenjsu,iii Scriven, of Portland,
said he knew the prisoner well by sight, lint he bad never
begged of him until Wednesday, June 20, when he said
he was starving, Sibil the witness gave bin, some bread and
rheew instead of the money he ask-.L for. To next
morning he :maim begged of hint, and finding afterwards
that lie had taken possession of his loft, he vent for a
constable.—P.C. Coates (Dil), apprehended him, and when
he charged him the old tell•iw replied "Oh, it'll only be
wren days up with my friend I,lwrence.- (Laughter.)
Mr. Supt. Batty produced certihcaies of two previous
coLvietions against hitn—necessary to ensure his com-
mittal on the charge, and Mr. Bawler, deputy-governor of
the ganl, the prisoner as the person deseti4ed in thetn.—
Frisoner : Well and bow canton make me out a rogue.
.. . .

I sin an honest tradesman I No hail lota of electioneering
money, I have I (Laughtwr.) I see no roguery in that.
Members of jrarlianient have given me lota of money
because I've viitial for 'ein. I've been for the last IS
years in the Union. Mr. Symonds : I am sorry
to say you seem to have spent most of your
time in prison. Prisoner: That's only when I
rime out and had a drop of drink and fell down, but then
I pail for that. Mr wife has ran away from me, anti I've
got no li-fine.—The Bench: The only thing we ran do is,
to commit yoo for trial at the Se•MignA, with hard labour
in the mean time.—Pris 'tier : If you will look it over
this time I will go to the union, and won't come out at all.
Mr. Symonds: Yon are committed for trial at the
Sessions, and the Court will hare the power to commit
you for &year's hail labour, anti to order you to be whipped
if they please.—The prisoner who did not seem to relish
the information was then removed —There are no less
than 2.3 previous convictions against this gentleman; six
times he has been convicted of drunken..; live of misbe-
haviour in the onion; nine of vagrancy ; one of breach of
the peace; awl two other offences I

FAIR' AND MARKETS FOR JULY.
Monday (2), Highbrid6te
Tuesday (3). Kalish (gm).
Thursday (5), Devizes (g.m.).
Friday (6), lforchester, South Petherton.
Satunhty (7), Illandford (wool), Wells (c).
ltionday (9), Taunton.
Tueedsy (10), Stockbri lge. Bath, Ringwood.
Thursday (12). t'alishury (c).
Friday (131, Yeoiljg.m.), Ghippenharq (c).
Monday (16), Salisbury.
Tuesday (17). Sherborne (g.m.).
Wednesday (18), Sherborne, Overton (large sheep
fair), Banwell.
Thur.day (19), Bishopetoke. Exeter.
Wednesday (25), lioniton, Frome (g. 0
Thursday (2i), Alresford, Sherhorne.
iday (27), Weyhill, Melksham, Yeovil (g.m.).
Tuesday (31), Salisbury (g.m.).

ACT OF GRATITUDE.
To the Editor.

Sir,—Will you please -grant me a apace in your
yaltialAe papar to offer my hearty thanks to Nlessrs.
P.inn and Capon, together with the matron anti
nurses of thy liorset owinty Hospital, for their kind
ami persevering attention to in.' whil4 an inmate
that institution, as I feel that I cannot better thank
them than by making a public acknowledgement of
the same. Through my life I have never met with ouch
(boot! Samaritans, as I mnisbler they were. Ak)
my thanks to Mr. Ye... the stationniastsr of the Great
Western Railway, and his staff for their prompt
attembince. Anil allow nie tn nay, that although it
was stated in your columns that I wai unconscious,
thank God I not loos, my senses doing the whole
of the time, am! I was perfeetly sober, as I am a total
abstainer. Praying that the bleioing of Almighty God
may ever rest upon your noble institution,
I ren.iitin, sir.