The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-30 00:00:00

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COUNTY PNTTY SZSSIONS.
FAlDAT.—Before B. I. &dot. Sot. COdnol Sa.ld C.
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Alfred Lowman was ausmosed for assaaltlag Herbert
Pant--Coaaplablent what to be allowed to Intbdrsw the
awe, se delsodalt's tether hal begged kW pardon, awl
psid the eosts.--Graated.
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IKPOSwer CASE Or PILOTAOL
William Ord Whinham was summoned by John Way
spßealip.ap.nredeld far u
for tba.u.1aderf.t0t.c...194..., act ogt. owls
mprilonot.
John Way &infield staled be was • !thanked Trinity
Hose pilot, balalaikas go) to port of Weensouth. Hs
remembered the *Grew steamer Birkloall, of Aberdeen,
coining into Portland on September 30tn from Monate. in
Spain. SO put in tor a SUPPLY oi Ovnli vn I wita•ns
offered his services as piiot. The ship was then close to
the Breakwater and, are he was refused by the rectal..
No one beside the crew wars then on board the ameba.
kis followed the steamer right is, when the captain
refused his servicet He overtook bar between Meas.
Cilia,' coal hulks, as else WWI going to moor. The Veinal
did not stop for bias, sad ao and CO go its feat as be could
in his cutter. He then ow Yr. Whinbans on the bridge.
end the certain was at the .rids wheel. Thor were does
together, and defendant was directing him. When he
went on board before ale was moored he offered his err.
vices, and told the captain hi was. bossed pilot. Toni
we 63 other licensed pilot on board at the time. The
vessel was bound to take • Hooded pilot. Mr. Weaken
ordered him off the bridge, and the captain II itt.
Compulsion, I cannot kelp it.' He sew Mr. Whiners go
cos board the sewer baisresa the Breakwater and the
hulks. lie heard Mr. Whinham give Be (strait 1114 0c
twos an to the navigation of the vases!. Mr. Whinlow
would bare no right to order hien off the bridge if he bad
not been in charge of the ship. He told him he had no
right thir., as he we 04 a gobbed pilot. When the
vessel was made'taut "to the eat bulk, by Kr.
Whinhanie diremion defendant went off the be When
he went un beer] be told Mr. Willem= he h come to
supersede him, and ha at once ordered Winne' ad the
ewe.
John Way stated he was a fisherman. nodding at
Portland. Rsmsmbersd baog in • bidt on the 30th
E.psember lass iv ben the it a tier Birktiall Caine into
Portland. Site came In ' foreign." He saw INA-field on
tne bridge of the &retail, and a pewees named Saute
went off the bridge at Banned want on. Lid not bear
defendant till the °actual anything. Saw defendant on
the bridge with the captain, but did not at. hi, do
&wiling. Mr. Shute owe d iwn to his boa', but
defendent could not bear what was said.
Cross-examined •. He was in the boat all the time.
Arbor; White stated be we a fisherman at Poll and,
and on the 30di of September last was in the boat with
Way and saw the Birkball cool, in. Saw Mashed on
bAir& and raw &afield go on board.
Croes-examiod : When by iirti alongside he saw Ben.
flecre boat. It belonged to Mr. Smith. H. did not Ile
..kar.nfloni:ar I tin, for the defence, old that his
clients, Maw Collins and Oa, were some a SS. bidet
colliery owners in the kingdoms, and they had owing
stations at various points on the coast; they had • very
large station at Dettaiouth and two Goa hulks at Port-
land, where et woes come in for coal, and he ought stete
that there were tbar c unganies there, and the conip4i-
tion was somewhat keen. Upon the occasion when toe
Birkliall came in Mr. Shute went on board. regimenting
another company. He would tell them Mr. Wainban
came on baud about five m mut re au-mac* representing
Mesa,. Collins and Co., od the steamer was than only
about a 100 yards from tha coal hulks. He could not
place Mr. Whinhun in the enema box, bat he could tall
than whet passed. Mr. Whiaha u recognised the captain
in an old customer of theirs, and immediamly eked him
what coal he !motel, ant the captain replied "Wash,"
and Mr. Whinhem tainted out which hulk be could get
It from. Hs could prove that Kr. Whinharn gave no
orders whatever as to the navigation of Um vessel. When
Sealed boarded the vessel it w.s within a 100 yeas of
the bulks. Mr. Bowen than called for the delirium
itasso Saute who stated that on the lath of September
he rumunber.d boardmog the steamer Birkhall about one
third of the distance between the Break Irate and the
coal hulks. About four or five minutes slier Kr. Wen-
t,. boarded bier. when sbe nail about • hundred yards
front the hulk. Kr. Wolohan shook hands with the
captain, and talked. Ha remembered hearieg Mr. White
ham ash what qmentar of coal las wanted. The vessel
went towards to hulks. Boiled cane aboard • few
minutes alter. and said—. Cap tetn,l en • licensed pilot."
Th. Captain said he did net require him. He heard
defendant using ow load Language about Weems. CAIN'
and Ca He heard Beeleld talking to Whinhain. Mr.
Whishema appealed to innt as 13 whether be bal been
navigating the Teasel, and witness replied—. awe',
not. Yr. Wertheim did not give any orders, he amply
told the captain which hulk I> go alongside of.
Croseexamoined: The defendant was not a pilot at all.
He heard Kr. Weaken say to the captain before &markt
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the ciase.
Kr. Rowed Bowen applied for owns, but the Bench
did not think it was a caws in which costa should be
allowed.

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Sarah Rumford and Katy Headell were summoned for
steeling ante bread and "%twee and two spoons from the '
dwelliog house of James Octant!, at Redipole. —lt appeared 1
that Hartiford had bees mut to gaol on aaother charge by
the Borough Magi-trots', SO tle cam was adjourned.
'Tawas • anderwo noon.
Oberlin Morshallsw, eight year. .1 age, was charged '
with stealing • reaping hod' at Chickerell.
It appeared that the poor little b iy had no father, and
hi- mother treated him shanielude.
John Kanti•Vsee stated he lived at Pottou, and the
boy lived to the sone parish near him. He loet sew the
reaping hook on the fitle of Oct her, when it wee p it
ep in so apple tree in hie orchard while he went to
dinner, and when he Wormed it was gone. He rep ivied
It to the police' and hoard nothing more of it until the
policeman brought it to him. P.O. Antrim, brought
It to him, but wketh, r on Mond., mutat' or Tuesday
seining he could not recollect. The hook pr ',tuned was
the same as he loot on the 6th of October. The value
of it was la
John Plummer stated he was a carter in the employ
of He. Lever. He wee at en rk in hie field about ten
of eleven dap ago ploughing, and found the hook under
• hedge. He took it home, sal it rein ailed there. Lot
Tuesday • policeman came and &eked him if he hod
picked up a hook. He fetched it and showed it to
him, and lit him hors it.
PLO, heiress stated he was it itioned at Chickerell.
On the 9th h, received information of the Ines of a hook
from the prosecutor. He went ti defendant and
asked Lim where he was on the 6th of October, rind hip ssid wooing about the fietda. If. asked him tbe had
t ikon a hook from Kr. Harebells-id orchard. D .fend-
ant mini—" Yee be had, aid he threw it over • h-dg•
into one of ME Lover'. field., and if witness would
H.
with him he Imola show him where he threw it." Hs
went with tile boy, but could not find it. HI Win
weal to Kr. Leese. farm, and eow the oerteru. Re
afterward, went to PiLlallOtt • and eot the kook, and
defendant said that wee we hood he threw a ear.—
The Bench di...imbed the Cam with • c station. —Soot.
cat, awoke woo of opinion the boy had been shameful',
neglected by Ma mother.
PORTLAND.
Tug C Stlio•Boug. The Minotaur, 17,
Captain J. Fellows, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral
Sir W. U. Dowell, K.C.8., the Neptune, six, Captain
W. H. Maxwell, and the Sultan, 12, Captain Sir
Walter J. Iltuat•Grubbe, K.C.8., three of the ships of
the Channel Squadron, arrived at Spitheall on Settle-
day, end they sill come into harbour to-day
,uday) to make good defects, prior to the
next cruise. Whether the equadron will be at
home agaia by Christman is at present unknown.
The Weetorn division of the Channel Squadron, eon.
elating of the Agincourt, fl mehip of Rear•arinilral
Wilson, second in command; the Northanberiand,
the AAlilts, and the Volueous, paidle frigate, arrived
at Plymouth on Saturday, from P.Ttlarid, The ships
of the division will be placed in dock to undergo their
refit, and the equadron is ordered to be ready for sea
on the 111th of November. The Swinger, gunboat,
Lieut.-Commander Marx, has been completed for sea,
and ie expected to Bail to-morrow (Tuileday) for the
Awitralian station, nis the Cape of blood Hips. The
Admiralty have under their c ineideration the desire-
bill, y of pla in: the engineer students at Portsmouth
and Beyhans und-r one establishment. The present
arrangement is attended with many leconveniencee,
and the point under their lorciehips cumideration is
whether the slit lent, should be removed from Keyleam t ) Portsmouth or trout Portsmouth to Keyham,

SUICIDE OP 4 DISE(O.r.
Bishop Prucha has oosmaitted suicide at Prasos by hanging hiabsetif with • strap. igapivesdeptios
',sat ammo • great simastiaa alatioal airolaa aad II attributed to lassaity.