The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-08 00:00:00

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In charging the grand jory, the Cite' amen said the
calendar was, he waa happy to say, a very short one.
['here were only five prieoneni whoa. c.a. bad to
came before them, as against 13 at the corresponding
minions io Isot year, and Id in the year previous.
The prisoner, were charged (if any °Hennes could be
called trivial) with offenses of • trivial character.
Happily there wad no charge of assoult or personal
iojary, which he always c Antidote 1 • feature of very
great importanoe at their aduziniotration of justice.
l'here wee no case of brealtdod into a house either
by day or night, and nothing at all of a very serious
chsraoter on the paper. The Coairmth mentioned •
aubject that was nocuoying • good deal of attention
lately—a subject which, tbough it did not deal with
thew bummed, at tfoarter Sedulous, yet di I affect
materially the admita.tratiou of criminal justioe in the
country. He referred to the question whether the
Assizes should continue to be held ae they had been
held fur a great lestato of time and from a very early
period of their constitutional biscory, in all the oouoty
towns of the conotry. The subject had been under the
consideration of her Hai say'. Judge, of the Higher
Court, and they had decided that they abould
c infinite to be held In every county as
heretofore, and he thought the decision was one
which would approve itself to most of them. It had
been • princip.e—and • vary chief Principle id the
arlooloietrstioo of the law—that that administration
.1 the law In this country should be public, and be
thought that principle not only went to that extent
whether in one or more places the law was adminis-
tered, but that the public administration of the law
should be brought home as far as possible to all parts
of the kingdom and to all Her H&j -sty'. subjects.
They were invited by the Crown awl the laws to take
part in that administration, auil he was gore he
should be doing them an Injustice if he thought they
grudged the time they hod to pass in taking their
part in the ndminlstrati in. He believed it was • cry
good thing for petty jurors to become acquaint el with
the law., am I contribute their aleietance to waviest. f ore-
inithelsws. Itwaetrusthiaquestiondidnotsffectthein
at Quarter Sessions; but he thoutht be might °beery° I
the preisence of Her Majtvity's judree among them ;
was a representati on awl the carrying itit of the law in I
a different Sellne from that when justice was at-
ministered by other courts such am that one.
Her Majesty'a judges, as they all knew, were men ot
very great eminence learning, knowledge of the low,
an I character ; indeed they represented the majesty
of the law in • very different genes from what others
c mid pretend to do, and their presence here from
time to time (though, perhspa, being shwa of its
former pomp and majesty, natint be a matter of some
regret to them—yet atill that wan in keeping with the
PrOlres of the time, when they I inked to the material
proeecution of businesa rather than to any outward
oboe) their presence here from time to time brought
home to them and to all inhabiteuta of the county
that duty, the duty of every man, whether high or
low, awl the necessity of obeying the law awl assisting
as far as lay in his power ice the administration of the
law, which It was the duty of ail of them to carry
out. 'roe Chairman mentioned another direction in
whi oh it would be an advanta4e. There was a certain
ciao. of most heinous crime which could onl7 be tried
before one of the joilges of Her Majesty • Higher
Court., soil it seemed to him, thouxh generally
.li-thing they were very free from those
serious crimes, yet still when one did occur,
in whatever county it might be, be did think
In the trial of that crime It was necessary the
prisoner should be arraigned before the Court on the
spot, ores near as might be, to where the crime warn
committed- He thou.tht, too, where the prisoners
wished to call witnessed in their defence, sod where
they bad no command of means if getting their wit-
mere* to go a long distance to their defence, it was
very essential on behalf of the prisoner that the trial
should take place as near al possible, or generally
speaking, among thaw who would be called as wit-
Demo. for the defence. After a few other remarks
the Chairman &eked the Grand Jury t retire to their
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STILLING WIIZIT DUST.
F ank Treviso Gil I shower, woe indicted for stealing
else bushels of wessten dad, the women, of Robert
!bine. at Fordirorton. on April Mile—Mr. E R Pearce-
lecuolbo appeared tor the prossocotoon, and altar open-
ing the Cad% he called Alf re Stro le, police-constable at
Brostionsyne who adt on the morning au question, about
tense o'clock, ha was on duty in Fordington Reid, and
mw the erns:Mier s ems distance loins some ricks. Wittiest
noticed he wet carrying something, and he want towards
him Prisoner then dropped mom glens ant laid down.
Witness went up to hint, and ',mod he bail three buts of
Wheat dust. lie then took bins in custody. Witness
examinel ths ricks about half an hour afterwarls, ant
found some dust had been taken awsy.-311x. Rob rc
Rayne of Fordlngton, said he meowed • farm in For-
(Horton field. Os April 23th he we. threshing out some
wheat ricks, and some wheat dust was left by the ricks.
—Prisoner, in defence, said be bought the dust of Mrs.
Smith. St dlord, and in boinging it sway his trucks broke
down, and ha left some of ths bags on the ground. He
EMS bringing them away when he was takes by the police-
max —The jory found the prisoner guilty, and ragout.
seetided him to mercy. —A previous conviction for felony
wee put in. but the prisoner Weald not guilty to this.—
Mr. Eloperintondsnt however, proved prisoner to
have been convicted at the Quarter Sessions in GM, and
the jury expressed themselves Naiad as to the previous
atenviotion.
Prisoner was sontenosd to sight months' imprisonment
aid two yours' poll,' sopervition.
STEALING • PAIR OF TROUSERS
Frederick Stevens OZI, labourer, est charged with steal-
leg a pair of trousers, value 10a. 61. the property of Marcy
Haasteld, at Etat Stoma. on May Stlx—Mr. B Forest
Lock appeared for the proosacution.—Prisonor plaadod not
guilty.—George Hansiord said he kept • shop for readv•
made clothes at Stour. and on the evening in question he
Mooed it at half-past syven. II left • pair of trousers on
the count.r. Next Morning, from something his son told
MIA be went into thy road and tuet • matt named King,
and maw • strands man, who,. he fo'l awed, but he dii no'
overt .k, bins. On rytornanat ii the shop he miss-a thy
tr0t,,,,,, -Toe sri, of the pros-ester add she opened th..
Chop oa thu nonnion of th 3 Sib. and total broskfoet
0h... seas ozly om co .tonser,l me In, lobe '

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gwasaiiiemaa aaard
had •
ppaiSA isansh.) a.- ..., ....,-- _-.... • ems., who towel. -om .
-- ed to, but most serc-rles. She did not set the prisoner thers.-S tmusl
of them were more or Ina interested in the none Stone, garden,, said be saw the 'Hauler 'fiord, tel..
trade, and they had decided to take no motion in the e•ven Pm. at It.. D. 1111.4 I. ore..'. whit t lets •oar or fire
matter, so that they were now in • very hopeless and minutes' walk from prooseutor's shoo-The eon of the
helpless con.lition. They bat 45 miles of road in imeacia uter dieapwdarthaeysitraatherapy,rtent ner. coining out of the
their district, and received 22118 from the county, train the Lannon M the shot. Be hescor
a Cunntrwcitre a whereas Swann, only LIM two miles, and received par of troueen under his arm. -P C. Sprackling proved
£B4 ainnhendicg the prisoner-The jar, considered the case
Mr. J. Rangy: Will the new railway lessen the wee not clearly proved. and found a verdict of sat guilty.
traffic?
STEALING LEES.
Mr. Bono: I don't think It will, became most of Abel Wellman (301, labourer, was indicted (of slic.ing
the heavy traffic's from the quarries down to the Ma M. air of photograplit r • len., valor £5, ths.litoperty of
Am it was thonght a letter from Quarter &melons Arthur II pkios. at /I ewlrchurch.-Mr. B. Forst Lock
might have some weight with the Swains' Local prancuted.-From the evidence it appearel the uros .-
Board, It WM decided that the Clerk of the Peace cuter. who is a phot ,grapher, stunted the village lit .on
Mould communioete with them. June sth, and in the eve nine he packed OP hie leo* met
Mr. EVANS rave notice that at the next Court he left his box in the retrewbur,ot tent all the tight. 0 1 toe
the tenth. fo
following morning on Koine tofound the in,
would move " That Broad Bridge on the Axe be bad been stolen Pros ww, who ..d 0....
Ma lolter,ot
accepted as a County Bridere." shoot to the night, was *per:then:let with the lea, in ids
COONTT Wean° ACTLOMS. pews:don -Ssotenced to three months' inaprisentueu:
Thies report was read by biz. IL N. MI metrics show, with hard labour.
log the number patients remaining in andante to 24th STEALING • Pelle Lee VINNEY.
Jame was 214 miles, 259 females.. total 473. ' William Hall, labower lit), was charged with stealing
The report was adopted. and the Court confirmed, from the Denton of Turn' James a loather porn and
00 the moving of Mr. Middleton, an annuity which ss. 6.1. at Cheerlton Manta di on the 16th May.-Pristr. er
bad bees granted by Wee of superannuation by the pleaded not guilty -Mr. E. R. Peare--Elsoutobe pros,.
,c;1441.-0o tbe day in nnortion prisoner was In the shop
Cm:indite* of Vulture of the Asylums to Pruden°.
Dewey, the Matron of the County Atjl°2l (such al' tlrw.asjoehlnt Bell, at
°Pbaloarolota:; atpl"J'hati.seal2elfttthheepsY'op, annuity to commence as from October next. and eitirtly a,fterwarls Jsm n tomil.l the Pure-, which
COUNTY IXTIDIDITIIII. contain,' some silver Priv.o.e returns! to the ehop,
ant prisoner,
the ,aa
ieotner,wotteat; 4
ealeasrsed with the theft, e to fogged net
The EARL of ELDON reed tide report, which recom-
he .stated tan had Oar .wit the puree
weeded • tate of 14. in the e. away, and it wee af ter•rard a found in the place he had
The orommit'es having examined the treasurer's mentiouel,-The jury nand the taborer not guilt" of
account. for the mot Touter, find the expo.. tt have ...ling from the peroon, but Audi" en the P•r00.11 coon
amounted to £3.591 21. II I l +Mitt the receipts hare h..% of larceny, •111 he was mot me •d to 15 months' hard ,I as follows :-Te bennee in tnasurer's handset Lady Ds.
i / latent end two yea's' pol ca superslaion
£916 6s. 9d.; a county rate at Der .4-farthingale the A pa a
LAICENT AT NORDEN.
at Beater lieseime lwas £1.424 31. 111.: flum and f.'s
fanned In addition, £2547. 51.: borough of Poole, assiss Walter N.FnAnir NU labourer, was charmed with veal.
pg.seuttone. repaid. 453 134 ; malting a to.al ree.lpt of leg a jacket end sent, value se. the prope.rty of Willis,,,
£4.C7 10. Si.; deduct the above-mentioned payments- Paltn.r, at Botedon. on the 17t1 of May. M.% V. F.
ALMS Is. 61.-which • county rata of four:farthing. In the Budge protecuted. Drotecut,r w. totop'oye lat Stodford
,C, antounters to 64,546 Its. 4 1 to be ordered to be paid Pottery. Re hung the cut and scarf in que•tion ou •
on• week before the next quarter seeelons. nail In • idled at the work.. IL eubeequeetly mined
The report was adopted, and the rase ordered. them. Prisoner was sewn on the promisee. On the 19th
c01:7:ITT RATE 00101M•gz, I he was aiprebendod at Lvtolsett Matrevere by P.C.
Mitchell ant was then wearing thee coat and scarf. When
kft. B. It hIIDDLITOIII presented the report as to the I charged he said " I .114 Veal It from Sandford Pottery.'
au...am and alteration to be made in the County Primmer wee found guilty and admitted a or/mi.:se eon.
and Police Rates in consequenon of the operation rf 4itikto of ioloor Ds was vnlonesd t/ 19 months' hard
Lb. Divided Parishes Act. labour and two years' paha, eoPotvitiolL
The report was received and adopted. This concluded the business of the &Mom
000NTT OONSTAIIOLART. --
Colonel Massa,. read the report, which realm. WEYMOUTH,
wended a rate of id. in the r.
. POSTAL ALTIMATIONS.-The null which has for
CRUX OONSTATILIII MOST:
masy year, left Weymouth at 12 noon, leaves now
The Clerk of the Poem presented the Chief Con- at 11.45. nut., the train hating been altered from
stable's report, which was as follow,:- 12.90 t , 12.10.
"I have the honour of laying before you, in accordance ABotr, soo visit ,re fro_us_
Chippenbsto, Swinton and
with the regulations of the Secretary of Slant', the iissdisig, 300 horn Bath and kkietol. end 400, nail to
returns of otiose In this county for the post quarter, by be (.....„,itin. from Fro... .... to w.
width it mu
wpears that 152 ms were anprimendni bY yowl'th
the conslary. They wen dealt with se follows .- for the day on Monday.
Discharged. ZI ; summarily dliepoesd of, 115: committed Tel unfortunate man Lamb, who was injured
for trial, Id. Tbeee returns now but Ilan variation from through • tab of potatoes felling on hie head, Is still
Qom of the c ransomed's/ quarter of net year. the In the hospital sasting from paralysis of one aide of
number of Pitrooo., 4._Pr;:5b"wkd.....,,, .blinfit.it.' 16...."., w,nnhill,' the fen. TM poor fellow Is aalso quits deed, and has
Itteleenehtegh.troelamr bel'ion: eh"; -Csts-ri-th-e-im—orsm—us,„,,- --,74 to be sommunicated with by moans of • elate and by
Cloatagioes Die sees(Aisisside) Act for the swifter aim. Twin patients were discharged on Saturday,
Mth line, during which Pitied lhele hive hest teerat: but there are still five remaking ander treateesat.

Ma. Gotitzie BLAcx FLA.: COMPASS, it will be
seen from an advertieeinent oU another column, is t
play thi• (Thursday) evening, and on Friday and
Saturday, at the New Theatre Royal. The c outstay
is au excellent one, and it is t bo hoped the people of
Weymouth will support Mr. Wry-eler t i • larger extent
than they dii a fortnight ago. It is not e.ey t iwo
of the eize of WeyulLu.h that can loosot of • theatre,
au-1 Low that we have in ou; taint our wh . has
sufficient public ei-irit to bring auch C.,tranies a. Mr.
‘Vueeler has brought t Weym -nth, the least thing
thc public can do is to snow their ap,,reciAtioo by
supporting hire ti turn. utmost. It about be stated
that the perforumuce thin (Ilion-day) aLeming is under
the special patronage of Colonel Carey and the officers
of the ist Cheohire Regiment, and a special I.le train
for Portland has been arranged.
A C 'ACHING CLUB, with a cipititi of L5O), all of
which has been taken up, has been started in [bin town,
thanke to the energy of Mr. TAIL t who went specially
to London to make enquiries auout a y aolo, and bias
been most asaiduone in working out the detail, as to
tire coat of running it, and tire probable support it
would receive. C oneequently not • better secretary
than Mr. Talbot Isuulo make can be found, and be has
undertaken the duties belonging to that office. Mr.
H. Oakley will be treasurer, and the col:um-Use .ill
noosed of Mows. J. G. Row,, Ell ot, Siam, Furl, an 1
Dr. Simpson. Tide float run war made ou dueodiey,
when "abe Weymouth Favourite" conveyed ab ut a
dozen passengers to erestor, Usmington, oiartuw-11
Cross, Broa imsyne, ant through Came Pork. In
the monolog the coach was driven round the town,
and ceased considerable interest. On Wednesday
there was a trip to Fleet, and in the evening to
Broadway sal Upway. Tne siubono were held on
each occasion by Mr. Court, of the Royal.
SHlPPlSO.—Arrivala : tire at Welders (s), Bioinpied,
Cheruourg, general; *ale (s). Haddock, Cherbourg,
general; Sylfean Comte, Joys- y, potat ; Brigh-
ton (,), Fade, Jersey, general; eigntle (s), }Tiber,
Jet"), il-rieral Aquila (-), Pewter, Jesey, general ;
Sapphire (a), Hunter, Ja,,ey, Intel-we; tindy Fell (..),
Tarbed Jer.ey, potatoes; Huy Heal( ), ainlyn, Je.-
yes, riinral ; (.), Misters, Serum), passengers;
Bouruemoutu (s), Ihiolor, Bdurnettiou.ll, pcsuengers ;
Prealivr (*). Master., Totiand Bay, paseengers ; Alma.
Stubbier, eorumoutii, G,Verisinenr MIS • Adetaide,
Hill, Hartley oul, coal; silver E igle, Abbot, Hull, oil
cake. Sallinge Syliean Cloak. Jar- ey.
general ; Brighton (s), Falls, Jersey, o,esernl ; slop
Fell (s), 'Tarim., Jersey, general; Aquila N. Painter,
Jamey, nenosni ; e,gatir Oh Fustier, Jorsey, gelsvtal ;
Premier (O. Madera, destre, passenger.; B -tune-
mouth (s),_ Miller. II birnendoutti,
_passengers ; !toy
Read (a), Taudyn. Jersey. empties ; direst W.tern (a),
Blampied, Caorbourg, geheral ; Gael (s),
Cherbourg. general; Waterford (9, tt woe. G mussy,
bollard; Premier (I), Merger*. TeU sod Bay, pg....augers;
l'hoodor, What, Plymouth, ballad ; Sapphire (s),
Hunter, Swansea, nil; olermaid, Henley, Grauvilin.
ballast ; William Dyer, Whitty, Guernsey, ballast.
Us Wednesday isat Chet-swelters of St. Mery'd, with
Christ Churzb, MalooMbe Rugs, and Rstilpole, to the
' number of ZiO, spent, at the invitation of the red
the Hee. J. H. Scott, 111. A., • moet enjoyable day a;
Abbotabury. The four brakes belonging to Mr. J.
Rowe, Royal Hotel, Mr. George Cook, Mr. Hardy,
and Air. Bugler, all well horsed, startsd from the
rectory at ten O.Cds,n, and alter a capital run of a
little over an hour reached the IlchesWr Arms Hotel,
Abootabury, where the party aliguted and the horses
ware put up. A ramble up thy WO t S'. Cattle, ,'s
pleasantly tilled up the time untii dinner wad eel .ad
at tire Sorel, and great praise is due t Alesors.
Cooper and Son, the proprietors, for the way in which
the whole arrangement' were owned out, and the
more so when it is known tire. dleurs. Cooper only
heard the day previous that ci large • party was
expected to wive. After dinner the church, which
has so many interesting aasodidti in. con. C'vvi with
it, Wee visited, as also the Tithe Barn, the Swannery,
and Dec oys, and the charming gr itiro is c onueyte 1
with the Ca,tle. All were their quite re idy for tea,
which was as carefully serve I as the dinner, and the
evening bring so charming, the party soul I not remit
paying ataottler Visit LO St. Catherine'-, all re the
time remaining was pleasantly spent, awl Phil* for
the future working of the Sunday "di
The return j urney IVY undertaken in th. co .1 of the
evening, and reaching home about 911), very one
agreed so pleasant an outing had not been eiij oyed for
many a long day.
A PUTATO BOAT from Jersey ran aground on Thurs-
day morning on entering the liarbour in low tide. A
little tut went to her agaietance, and she was g t off
in about twenty minute..

1p MIT TO THS p I.m ission of the
cap alo, visitors from Woymooth were all .weci to go
nc • the flu/ ship of the othatral, If .12.11. the Duke of
1.. onhorgh, on Thunsday, ani a large numb.r availed
thems-lves if the opoutunPy ..f inepecting thie
gigantic ship. It was admittol on all hill te that it is
a most wooden ii structure, ant a sine CVIII went
far a. ti say that it reminded them of a village o
account of its sic. and population. Tne littlo Prince
Alfr.ei, of E linburgh, with tie youthful Marquis
Carndrol, is on board, and was 01 deck when the ex-
cursionists landed, but he suon afterwards diaappeared
to go to his tot.,, • German doctor. It is sail hale a
wonderfully clever little f dlow, and can aloe Ay speak
several languages. The sailors wen., ino.t courteous
tOW Al Is t sir vi,ituri, ant shoWei them over the
various deportment., and ex pl .in•sd to them the
working of the guns, it:. 8 nue of the men were en-
gaged in painting the ship, whist ethers wore to be
seen mending their c'othse or waking boot.. Some
were occuived with the cooking, but the mrsj ority of
t.„ll'"ie 'J
Ti,.duty &Wowed to bee joying afternociu's
CloSe.y.,utie Prince hes hts boot o'l b •ar.l, and
it is just now ucd neoing painting. 11.12.11 ap seared
again before the visitor, left, an•l wst. he 1 the depot-
tare of Messrs. C wens' boar.