The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-02 00:00:00

Guerffians. The wife of defendant wee ha the whim at Watchers Was the hon. baronet sure of his cue I lam
Charminster. the man is in the geneloy of the Oss told that the exemplary qnietude distinguishes both hone
Company. and the Guardians think he ought to pay 4s. • and man. Swift driving in streets will, I suppose. not
week : but he had only paid 10s, and it did not appear be stopped, till we have • fatal collision on land.
likely that he waggling to pay any more. However, the
Guardians abandoned the arrears: but pressed for the 4e. No inquest was held on the body of Mr. Leir, found
per week. -Mr. John Lee, relieving officer, proved the dead with orut on the beck of his head, °tar some steps
case. The expenses are Se. ed., a week, Marina Berri in his garden. It was dear that Mr. Lois had been feeble,
having lees sent by order of the County Justices to the and hail fallen from natural sloes, and the doctor was
County Asylum at Charminster, where she had, ready to Rive • certificate for burial. Under these circum-
Noce the 19th of April, been chargeable to the Union, stanees% ewes very kindly and judicious of Mr. Lock not
The witness had applied to defendant her husband, and to lel an inquest, which would eerainly have been
liable to maintein her, and able to do so, being very dietressing to the family. I hope that judgment
eseneeently in the employ of the Gas Company, and similar to Mr. ti,ek.e may he exercised by other persons,
erAtarr to. both by letter and personally. and defendant ing one child about five years old. He had been I and families be saved the trial of an inquest, accept
where absolutely necessary. This trial is specisily great
=IT Pirid since.-Defendant said if he was • where the family is poor.
lamplighter he earned • pound; hut he worked night and
day, equal to eeven days for that. His wife was ill 18
months before he applied to the Board, and he was
obliged to have a woman to look after her. He had to pay
31. &1., • week far • house, and also for looking after his
little girl. If he worked by the fires, he rotted a great
deal of clothes out-The Bench made an order of half-a-
crown a week, Mr. Turner not wishing to press the raise
unduly-The man promised to psi the half-crown weekly,
and the Bench ordered the conviction to stand over, and
not to take effect if he paid.
REFUSING TO SUITORT • win AND FAMILY. -Denni•
Belly was summoned for a somewhat similar case: but
Mr. W. Turner said the man not only refused to maintain
Iris children. but was abusive to the parish authorities,
and would not appear. Mr. Turner therefore asked the
Bench to make the order and proceed to a conviction, and
not to hold it over. The man, his wife, and children, had
some time to go into the house ; but now he was employed
at the Pier. Mr. Lee, relieving officer, he avoided, when
he met him in the street, and if he could not avoid him,
he abused him.-Mr. Bishop, the master of the union, said
the defendant, his wife, and the children, where in the
house on the 9th April last. The children of defendant,
whom he is legally hound to maintain, were inmates of
the union, after Kelly had left the house, remained
chargeable-Mr. Lee bad applied many times to Kelly for
contributions towards the maintenance of his children; but
Kelly had refused either to take them or to go into the
house with them. Had seen him as late as this morning,
and he was very abusive. Kelly works on the Extension
of the Pier. and averages about IS,. • week; he had
nothing to do but to keep himself, and is in good health.
-Mr. Turner said it was a very bad case: if the man
could afford to send in tea and sugar to another female
pauper in the house, he could afford to keep his own wife
and children.-The Mayor sold this was • disgraceful cape.
I and they sentenced the defendant to four weeks' hard
I labour at Dorchester, no time being given.
DUPREE AGAIN.- Mr. Turner also applied for a warrant
I in the case of a man named Dripree, whose child is in an
industrial school, anil ti whose support the Guardians
contribute. They understood that the man is in very good
cireunsstancee at London, and he had riven them • great
deal of trouble. -The Bench granted the warrant.
A BARONET COMPLAINS OP • HITCHER'S DRIVING. -
Edmund Wiicoek was summoned on Tuesday for driving
his cart furiously.-Sir Peter Pole saw a butcher's cart on
the 19th, driving fast through SS Mary's-street, and
feeling that it was dangerous in • narrow street, he
watched it. A child ran acmes the street, but was not
struck. He had frripiently been aware in the county of
which he was • magistrate, that butchers drive faster than
any one else, and he continued to watch this cart, and saw
defendant drive deliberately over a dog. -By Mr. Arden
Defendant was no doubt driving considerably too fast; it
was dangerous to the passengers, particularly when it came
to where the streets crossed, no person could cross while
the man was driving, without being knocked over. -Defen-
dent said he was driving the horse he usually did, and did
not drive any faster then than he had for the last five years;
but instead of the dogging away from the wheel, he turned
right round and got under the wheel.-Sir Peter :
I contradict that, the dog was still.-Mr. Arden, to
defendant If you drove deliberately over the dog as it
was still, it was very cruet -Defendant laid he did not gee
the dog in time,- Mr. Arden: If you did not see the dog
in time to stop, it shows you were dri•ing too feet. -Mr.
John Ford said he could bring witnesses, respectable
tradesmen, to prove that the man was not driving too fast.
His man bad been with him five years, and be did not
think he would wilfully drive over a dog. The Mayor said
Sir Peter Pole, who is a stranger here, saw the defendant
driving at a pace that he thought was dangeroue. His
Worship continued that he was very sorry to confirm the
statement that carts were often drove at a very rapid pace,
and especially at his own corner where there is consider-
able danger, it seemed that the drivers put on extra speed,
although accidents were moot likely to occur. Ile (Sir
Peter) only asked that this public recognition of what he
considered fast driving should be taken public notice of.
and that driven, should drive more carefully in future.-
Sir Peter assented.-The Mayor said Mr. Ford was go well
known that the Bench were all certain he would not do
anything tt encourage dangerous driving. He (the Mayor)
was, however, afraid the superintendent had heard some-
thing of this practice before ; butchers, from some ten-
dency of their own, always seemed to manage to drive
faster than other people. If Mr. Ford would kindly
direct his man not to drive dangerously fast, the ease
would be dismissed.-Mr. Ford stated that Sir Peter Pole
said he was a magistrate and would not he talked to, or
he (Mr. Ford) would have explained it to hitn.-The Mayor
said that this public enquiry into the matter was over, and
It wag all Sir Peter asked,-The defendant was then dis-
charged.

Discays.