The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-03 00:00:00

CouNrr PETTY SESEIOMI.

. TIMIDAT.—Before Major liewkeswortn, Ur. George
Bust, and Ur. O. 0. Farm

Albert Summers, oof Swanage, was summoned by
P.C. Greenstock for driving furiously en 12th May
last.—Defendant pleaded not guilty.—P.C. Green.
stock, having been sworn, said on the day in question,
about quarter past 11 in the morning. he saw defendant
an the tfighootreet, Snarler., driving a pony and trap.
He kept urging the pony forward. A horse and
carriage was in front of hint and he drove past it .
the wrong side"( the Med very furiously. He billows'
defendant to the pier, and told him he should report
him for furious driving, lie made no reply whatever.
He should think the puny was ring L 5 or 16 miles an
nour.—Harry Selby, postbooy, an the empley .1 Mr.
C. Yeariley, Red Lion Hotel, Wareham, wive corro-
borative evidence.—Fined 94. and Ile. coots.
John Burt, of Here Regis, 1111,1 1111111112011 ed by P.C.
Bergley for being drunk and disorderly at Bete Regie
oat the 13th May last.—Defendant pleaded guilty, and
WS, fined Na. and 2s. costs.
Thomas Game, of Wareham, was summoned by
P.C. Pike for being drunk whilst in charge .of 11 horse
and cart at Langton on 9th May.—Defent pleaded
Oct fnii I ty. —P.C. Pike, on oath, : I was on duty
at Langton Matravere on 9th May snout half-past 11
at night, and found a horse and trap on the highway.
The hone was down in the road, and the trap over.
turned. Two young men, who were passing, assisted
me to get the trap up, and under the trap I found
defendant helplessly drunk. One of the shaft* of the
trap was broken off. I was obliged to cut the harness
to get the horse UP. I topok the rein* .1 the horse. and
tied up the broken shaft. I put defendant up in the
trap and brought the horse and trap and defendant
home to Wareham. After I got to his home, I was
obliged to help him out "I the trap.—Cross-examined
bydefendant: How came you if I was so dreadful
drunk to trust yourself up in my cart, and let we
drive you to Warehain drove the horse myself,
and you lay in the bottom of the cart —Defendant :
nonsense; I never allow any one to drive my horse
bolt inyself.—Fined 30s. and lts. costs, four previous
convictions being proved against him, two being this
I Char], Brine, .1 W0.,..t Lulwo..ellt was nllllllllOllOll
by Peter Langt own for treqrissing un land belonging
,to sLtjoor Turner in ,arch of game and co .
Defendant pleadod guilty to being on the land, but
not in search of game and conies.—P. Langdown said
en sth May, very early in the morning, belore day-
light, I was in a wed, and amid see someone in a field
starching the hedge. Afterwards he left the hedge
and made across the wood where 1 was. I saw him
search the wood. I then went to him and said
—" Charles Brine I want you • I have been watching
y.,u this hour. He said, " Whit's maks of it now." I
said, "You will have to come out of the wood."
felt his clothes to see if he had any game about him.
He wrung up his fist and called me a—. I said
The beet dung you can doo Charles is to go along quiet,"
which he did.—The magistrates considered at a very
. suspicious came, although no game was found upon
defendant, and fined him 2e. and Bs. costs.
Thonuin Asplin, of Here Regis, pleaded guilty to
allowing a horse to stray on the highway at Here
Regis, and was tined 6d. and se. costs.
William Burt, of Langton blatravers, was sum-
moned by P.C. Pike for cruelty to a horse on the 19th
May.—Defendant pleaded not guilty.—P.C. Pike, on
oath, said: On the day in queetion I was on duty at
Langton. About 1.2 o'clock I saw defendant conning
down a steep hill with three horses and a waggon
loaded with bone. He had no drugshoe on the wheel,
and after he had got a little way down the hill the
hind horse could not keep the load back. It was
forced off its legs down into the road oon its side. The
wagipin forced the krinw after it was &owe a distance
of yards ; libeid and hair was left on the road. I
looked at the horse and found • large wound 011 it,
shoulder, the near side; blood was running down its
kg focus the wound. I asked defendant what made
him come down the hill without a drugshee. He said
—" That won't hurt the horst-, he will s•snl get "yer
that." I told him I should summon him. The weight
.1 bone was 33 cwt. There was a skid pan attached to
the waggon, and tit for use.—Walter White, defend-
ant's employer, having been sworn, said: The horse in
question is mine. The wound on the shoulder is about
the size (of • shilling; the II kin is not broken, only the
hair rubbed off. Defendant has worked for me and
my father nine peen, and has always attended to the
cart horses. I have never had any cause to complain
of any ill-usage.—The Magistrates considered the case
was one of carelessness more than cruelty, but the
policeman was perfectly justitiod in bringing the case
forward, and defendant would be tined Gd. and M.
costs. .

—*alb r Seymour Wl4 charged with stealing a coat
and scarf at Sandford Works, the pmperty of William
Pa: . on the 17th May last.—Wilham Pahner, .on
oath, raid: I am a brickmaker, and live at Sandford.
On 17th May I went to work at Sandford 'marry. I
took off my coat and scarf and hung it on a nail, as is
usual, close to my work. Just after breakfast I
found the things were gone. I made enquiries of the
other men, lot they could give me no idea where they
were. I then gave information to the police. Prisoner
war afoot the wittery from quarter Weight till I went
to breakhot at half past eight. He is not employed
on the works. The cat andscarf produced are imne,
and are valued at Cie.—P.C. Mitchell, ,if Lytchett
Minster, im oath, said : From information recei,ed
from Supt. Felthani, I went in search id priisiner.
About one o'clock in the aftenwon I found him in
Mr. Abbot's carpenters' shop at Lytchett. He was
nearing the coat and scarf produced. I charged him
with stealing them, and took him in custody. He
admitted the theft. I brought him to Wareham. and
locked him up.—Couunitted for trial at the next
Dorset ..e.ai•

George Parson. was summontsi by Frank To.mte for
trespwwing on land in the occupation f Henry
Garland, at Wargate, in search of game and collie...—
The case was adjourned, tbe merrice nU111111.,114 not
being sufficiently proved.