The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

DORCHESTEIt TOWN COUNCIL

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

COUNTY HALL, Dorchester. Saturday. June 30.—
(Before H. Williams, H. Frampton, H. N. Middleton,
and W. H. Solly, Esp..)
ASSAULT.- Edward J. Major, baker, Winterbourne,
was charged with assaulting his wife and child on the
previous Satunlay, 11.. was beating the child and com-
plain:int interfered and he struck her with his WA, awl
swore at her. Ile had before threatened her Ide, and
she fetreil if they lived together again he would put his
threats iuto execution, awl she therefore asked the
magistrates to make him allow her awl her children a
seprate nisititemince. The Bench said they could not
Jo that, loit defewlsnt must Is. bound over in his own
recognisance* of I:50 to keep the pesce for twelve
months.

earGyn, a young lad,
was i•hared with wilfully damaging all iron hurdle, the
property of the Rev.'hurl Lane. Th.: defendant and
another boy were endeavouring to keep some cows off
sonic standing corn, when they jumped against the com-
plainant's fence and broke the 'axe dismissed.

- DELIVERING BEEN I) VTI 1/1017T W EIGHI NG. John
Tizard. • baker's Resistant at Witifrith, was charged by
:Superintendent Brown with delivering bread without
having weights and scales in his cart for the purpose of
weighing it.—Fined 10s., including costs.
liHENCH 01, THE PEAClL—William Ridont, rharles
Adams, Alfred llalton, John Adams, Emanuel
Adams, elowuslas Uattors, Edward Dewy, 11,1
hoc rineent awl George Drew, labourers, were
charged with creating a breach of the peace at ',owlish,
on Sunday evening the 24th June, and Enosion/
Adams was also charged with assaulting Mr. theorge
Dew.— Mr. Weston appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Fear for the defendants. In suppsirt of the com-
plaint several witnes,es were culled to jicove that • row
commenced in the village between some of the defend-
ants, about it o'clock in the evening, and that it continued
up till 10 o'clock, when they went to fight it out in a
field belonging to Mr. Harding, mill that when Mr.
paw, the bailiff, went to turn them out, they refused to
, go. It appeared that the proceedings of the defendants
and 30 or 40 others who congregated about them
sere most outrageous. The Bench retired to consider
their decision, and on their return they ordered Midout
to find two sureties in 1:10 each, and himself in t.. 111 to
keep the peace for 6 months, and the others were bound
over in their own recognisance* in £lO, to keep the
peace for 3 months.
Lksetku starlce.—Williant Gibbons was charzed
with leaving the employ of Mr. TI as Homer &sun-
ders, of Watercombe farm, Owerinuigne. The defendant
joined the militia after he entered plainant's service,
and neglected to return when the regiment was dis-
missed. (inhered to return to Mr. Saunders's service
for the resw k 11l ler of his hiring, and to jay 10s. ex•
Ileal was also c..sarged by Mr. &sun-
ders with being drunk and also leaving his service. The
defendant had absconded when the summon( was served
at his tither's bonne, his last known placeof residence.- -
Sentenced to 14 slays' hard labour, and the contract of
hiring to be cancelled. William Leto, was brought np
under • warrant for leaving Mr. Saunders'. service.
Defendant belonged to the militia without acquainting
complainant of it, and reinaiiwd away a week after the
regiment was dismissed. When he returned to his
work, complainant's sou told Nisi his father would be
wire to 'pull him up" for it, and lie said if that were it
lie would be off again at Ordered to pay Ss. or to
go to gaol for • month. Defendant asked complainant
to tiay it and deduct the 111HoUllE front his wages, but he
would not.