The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-28 00:00:00

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Tez CHANGE OF Ganntsfet—The neespekirs Telegraph company was not represented. After SONO argument
says :—" A wing of the Rfth Regiment, under Major between Mr. Trevanion, the Town Clerk, and the Judge
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Alleyne, is, we understand, to pro.-red to Portland at the at to whether the latter had power to rewire the indenenta
beginning of next month, there to remain till the arrival no there appeared to be some lachet it* tato new County
of the reginumt ft ma India, wln•it to relieve the litlnd, Court Act, the applieatio wa. granted.
ordered to t;tbraltar, in Ida., of the 31st Regiment, Ihntocutt Prarr SF:SSIONS, Saturday.—Before Mr. C. .1.
ordered to Ireland. _ Stone. .
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Tea DMATII OF Rev. A. Dome. —The late esteemed A gasfitter of Longdeet, named fl •( ---s' If' gft,-- - as...QUI was'
vicar of Wool was much respected iu Portland. Ile was charged with stealing mollies from the till at the Port malice
formerly chaplain at the Convict prison. and. Toort lately, Castle Inn, the property of Mr. Sanowl Tanner. —On or
cerate of St. John's. On Wednesday evening last he about the 24th February a florin we, missed from the till.
preached in the parish church, Wool, and appeared to be and the prisoner was suspected of the theft. On the 16th
in hid usual health. On returning home he conducted March he was caught in the act of attempting to take other
family Prayer, partook of supper, retired to rest, and ninnies from the tilL —Mr. Trevaninn prosecuted and
shortly after expired. He was of advanced age. called sufficient evidence to justify a remand till
APPROACHING DEP•analt OF THR 1021 ID RIOIIIVIT.— Thuraday.
The sergeants of this regiment on Thursday last gave a
farewell ball at the Verne Gymnasium. Her Luschwits Perri( SIMMONS, ThUralbly.—Before the Mayor (Mr. F.
awl the fine band of the regiment provided the mastic, S,tYringl/4 ann'l„Mes*n. U. J. Stone, W. D. Helldal°, W.
and • large number of military and civilian friends, both ''"aree's ''• B. "erre% and u• if• (bitch.
from Portland and Weymouth, joined in the merry dance. The Court sat from eleven till four, awl there was a
The detachment of the regiment, under command of large number of persons present during the whole of that
tiniefiE ALLEGRO ROBBERY FROM A PURLIC.IIOUSE rim-
Captain Woods, will embark in the course of the week on
board H.M.S. Assietance to be convoyed to Dublin on the
way to their destination. Robert Matlhans, gastitter, of Longileet, was brought up
Moamar MoTgliaNT. —The detachment of the 102nd in custody on remand, charged with rubbing the till at
Ilegiment., under Captian Woods, which in another the Portmahon Castle Inn.—Mr. Trevanion prosecuted,
paragraph we anticipated was about to leave actually de-'
and in his opening said this was a rase of quite a paint 01
parted on Tuesday. They marched down to the Bresk- nature, its the prisoner, who was an apprentice that had
water, headed by the hand, who alternately played "The I barely reached the age of 16. was charged with larceny
and an attempt to commit a larceny. —Mr. Samuel Tanner.
Girl I left behind me," and " Auld lang Sync. Having ,
embarked on board the Comodore, they were taken to landlord of the Portmahon Castle Inn, Longlieet. stated
H. M. S. Asisstance, and the latter left P that on the evening of the 24th February, about eightortland Road
' h°C;u6csek.. thTheepyrirenreer :mend aalotel niannledhe etta.arre, yencrafeteinrtotheiva
the same evening, for Dublin en route for Neu.
thymus CASS. Braader v. Brander. Mr. Searle
appeared for the petioner. Tne parties were married in had gone he mimed a two shilling piece from his till. He
July, Itgl, and they lived together at Clerkenwell and suspected that either the prisoner or his companion had
Islington. The respondent, who was at the data of his taken It; but took no steps against them then. When-
ever they came into his house after that he watched their
marriage a town traveller for a brewer, was a man of
dissipated habit., and in June, Is7l, he was convicted at movements. On the evening of the 16th March prisoner
the Central Criminal Court of felony, and is now under- and Carey came to his house again, about quarter-past ten,
going a term of penal servitude in Portland Convict and he served them with a bottle of ginger-beer each. He
Prison. Ilia wife prayed for a divorce on the ground of placed the money in the till, closed it, and took the
his adultery and desertion, and mtablisbed both charges. newspaper from the counter and went into the parlour
—Decree nisi with costa, behind the her to watch. Ile could see Carey from where
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1,7,111•FFT CosviCr.—A contrast was presented last week he was; but not the prisoner. He presently heard the
prisoner wove, and heard the money rattle in the till.
between the ways in which two convicts who had served
Ile then stepped out and saw prisoner leaning over the
their terms were welcomed on their discharge from the counter with the till open, and with his hand in the
prison. One had had five years for setting fire to a wheat
rick and had served the whole of his time, showing that compartment where the silver was kept Ile then
he must have been a had prisoner ;in fact, though • little accused prisoner of having robbed his till three week's
fellow, It is said that he had been one of the worst they before, and told him he had always suspected him since.
The prisoner denied having robbed the till, and called
had had in the prison. To meet this person a brother
apparently a most respectable man, came tin Portland anti upon Carey to speak to his innocence. Ile asked Carey
took his brother off to, we hope, a better life. On Toes, if he could look him (prosecutor) in the face, and say
an old man named Moon, 65 years of age, was discharged, prisoner was not touching the till. Carey replied that he
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Ile had had a sentence of seven years for horse stealinga could not, and admitted that prisoner was caning over
but had behaved himself so well that he was much like the counter and had his haul in the till. l'risoner did
not contradict this. The following morning lie had the
in the prison, and was outplayed about the cordon. A
ticket for Norwich had been taken for him, and he was prisoner apprehended on a warrant. —ln cross-examination
anticipating sonic pleasures of freedom after his weary '
or Mr. J. Ribinson, of Bournemouth, who defended, the
incarceration. But on reaching the railway station he ieoeecutor stated that Mr. Balsoni, 'Wyman at Mr.
Burden s, was the only person in the bar on the 16th
found that his escort from the prison was only like a
mockery, for the poor old fellow had the disagreeable March, when the prisoner and Carey came in; Mr.
surprise of being lin tnediately arrested on another charge Batmen left before he went into the parlour. Ile would
by an inspector of police from Woolverton. This charge swear that prisoner had his 1,. 'i i the till; but he had
was also horse stealing, but, considering the number of not told Carey. that if he ea,. evidence to-day he would
years that must have elaued since it was committed, and dm. He did tell him, in the presence of
the penal servitude of the old man, no person of mei Supt. Hunt, that he would not pre@ cute hint as he did
feeling could help sympathising with the rearrested p • not think he was smite as bad as the prisoner. He saw
sinner, who had thus only time to grasp the chalice of the missing florin i oat before eight, and missed it about
freedom before it was again dashed from his lips, twenty minutes after. Was quite sure there was one
there, and that he had not paid it away. His wife anon-
Tee Toots AND tea Zoom rig. —Somerset Howe,
times attended to the bar; but she did not enter it that
Friday : Before the Registrar of the Admiralty Court (Mr.
11. C. Rothery), assisted by two referees (Mr. J. G. Cattley evening from the time he saw the florin till he missed it.
—Re-examined by Mr. Trevanion: Since the 16th Carey
and Mr. Sydney Young, merchants, of London), the suit
had mole a voluntary statement in the presence of Supt.
John Northover Reed, Harry Newman, and Albert New-
man e. the Owners of the Tagus Steamer was heard. The Hunt to the effect that prisoner took the florin on the 2lth
particulars of the case are thM the plaintiffs were the FehruarY, and had his hand in the till on the 16th March,
owners of the brig Zoophyte, of Portland, and the defen- wheh he caught him. His sister heard Carey admit that
dents the Royal all Steam Packet Company. About prisoner had his hand in the till. The lads asked for
one a.m. on Istoveuiber 28th last the Zoophyte, whilst on some more ginger-beer after the occuirence on the 16th
a voyage from Llanelly to Fecamb, in France, with mots, inst. ; but he declined to serve them, and told them never
was about seven miles distant from the Lizard, which to enter his house again.—John Carey, the boy who was
hore W. by N., the wind at the time being E.N.E. with with 'prisoner, said he and prisoner went into the bar of
a strong breeze, the tide at half-flood, and the weather the Portinahon Castle Inn, on the 16th inst. There was
cloudy. The brig was on the port tack under fore and one other customer there, who remained about five
main sails, double-reefed jib, foretopmast staysail, minutes
25 minutes. They were alone part of the time, as
only after they entered, and they remained there
square-foresail, maintopmaat staysail, and main staysail, about
about S.KIS. and going about three knota an hour, with the landlord went into the parlour. Ile landlord stepped
her regulation lights duly exhibited and burning brightly. out and found prisoner leaning over the counter, with his
Under these circumstances the masthead and port lights hand on the tall ; but he was not doing anything. Mr.
of • large steamer, which proved to be the Tagus, were Tanner tusked prisoner what he wag up to, and he
observed by those on board the Zoophyte on their star- answered "nothing," and asked for another bottle of
board quarter, about a mile distant. 'lle Zoophyte was ginger-beer. The landlord accused prisoner of robbing
kept on her course, but the Tagus at full speed approach- his till, and refused to supply him. Mr. Tanner also
ed her, and when she came within hailing distance of accused prisoner of taking the florin, which he denied
the Zoophyte those on board the brig hailed the steamer having done, and truthfully 110. He did not remember
to starboard her helm, but the Tagus, as the plaintiff what he said at the police-station.—Mr. Trevanion read
stated, instead of keeping out of the way of the Zoophyte, the statement made by Carey. as taken down by Supt,
ran into her, the stern and starboard bow of the Tagus Hunt. In it he accused prisoner of taking the florin on
striking the stern of the Zoophyte, doing considerable the 24th February and of attempting to steal money from
damage to her port quarter. The crew of the Zoophyte the till on the 16th March.—Witneas said he would not
believing their vessel was going .town, hailed the 'Tagus A wear he did not say what hail been read—he did sot
to render assistance, but, 64 plaintiffs alleged, without know whet he said.—Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson:
any reasonable excuse, they neglected to do so, and the Ile was sent for to the police-station by the Superinten-
Tagus steamed away. Shortly after the collision the dent He did wit make a voluntary statement; but
Zeophyte began to fill and settle down, so that the crew questious were put to him. He did net know that he told
3lr. Tanner he saw prisoner take the florin. At the
were obliged to abandon her. It was shown for the
imlice-station Mr. Tanner said if lie told what occurred he
plaintiffs that those on board the Tagus neglected to
maintain a good hsik-out, and to keep the steamer out of would not do anything to him, As Ile did not think he was
the way of the Zo.mbyte ; that the helm of the Tagus as had as the other. On the night of the 24th February
NIS improperly pirted ; that those on board the Tagus when the florin was said to have been stolen, he fastened
neglected to slacken her limed, and tiu. stop and reverse the bracket of the prosecutor's gas for him. The proses
her engines in due thee ; that the collision was not due cutor's sister was nM, present while the prisoner was there
to any neglect on the part of the captain and crew of the on thel6th. she came in Just as he (witness) was leaving,
Zoophyte. Under these circumstances they claimed and she could net have heard anything he said. —Mr.
damages for the loss of their vessel, and the crew for the Robinson addressed the Bench for the defence. contending
lons of their clothes dc. In support of their claim, Mr. that there wasnot a tittle of evidence against the
W. Smith. shiploolier, Mr. R. Aide., Pm., Mr. W. Dyer, lertsoner. He commented on the fact that the two
of Werinnutli, and the plaintiffs were called. The case sniffing piece was not traced to the prisoner, or the police
, ended in a verdict for the plaintiffa, of £1,117 for loss of called in, and said the prosecutor should have proceeded
vowel and stores; and the crew were awarded about with the first case if he had done his duty, and not waited
.eB5. Mr. R. N. Howard, of Weymouth, was *elicitor for end watched to trump up the second case. Ile called
, the plaintiffs, upon the Bench to say that the evidence was not
sufficient and dismiss the charge, and not send for trial a
case in which the evidence was mostly presumptive, and
in which nothing was trszed to the prisoner.—Mr. F. G.
Sharp, gasfitter. of Poole, said the prisoner had been with
him as an apprentice for three years, and he had three
years more to serve. He had no tault whatever to find
with him. Ile was honest, and he had been in the habit
of trusting him in monetary affairs, and he had never
found him out in anything—By the Bench : He di.l bring
him lip 15,111113 time since for misbehaviour ; but he traca
his bad conduct to the influence of another !my named
Lisbie. Prisoner's general conduct had been very good
since. and he would not wish to have • better boy than ha
had been since losbie left—The Bench having consulted.
the Mayor said the majority of the magistrates
that the case must be dismissed, as it was not very clear;
but they thought the prisoner bad had • very narrow
escape.—The deciaion was greeted with applause, which
was, of course, at once suppreased.
• F•WILT SQUABBLE..
The Bench next heard four summonses for assault, In
which all the parties were hawkers of Kinson, James by
name, and related to each other, nearly. The assaults
were committed on the 16th of March, on Strawberry-bill,
Newtown. The first summons charged Thomas Jones
with assaulting Keziah James.—Coniphtinants story was
that on the afternoon of the previous Thursday, defendant
was ill-using her sister, Louisa Jane Janice, with whom
he cohabited, and on her taking her sister's part she was
assaulted.—ln cross-examination by Mr. Trevanion, who
defended, complainant denied that she struck defendant
with • brush handle.—Buttaina James was called as a
witness and said she saw defendant knock Keziah down
and swear he would kill her —Asked by Mr. Trevanion
what took place on Constitution-hill, Kindon, witness
declined to ray as that was within the jurisdiction of the
Winds-into Bench who would have to settle what took
phwe there. When told that she must answer the ques-
tion, she said that two men stripped awl fought there
and the women interfered. Her mother, who also sum-
moned defendant for assaulting her, did not get her black'
cue, there—Martha James said she lived with defendant,
Keziah struck him in the hack with a long-handled brush,
and the mother also struck him. Defendant did not
strike a blow at all—Mr. Eli Bigler, • mariner, who gave
his evidence in a very straightforward manner, and
seemed to give the true version of affairs, said on Thurs-
day last he was on the Ringwood-roal between three and
four o'clock. He saw four women and defendant there
with a cart-load of brushes. He heard • row, and saw one
woman (Kedah) strike defendant several blows with a
brush handle. The mother (Mary Ann) struck defendant
two severe blows in the face, and his fate was covered
with blood, which ran down on his clothes. He did not
see the man strike a single blow.—The same defendant
was then charged with assaulting Mary Ann James, the
mother of some of the women, be stated that defendant
gave her her black eyes (two very bad ones) and knocked
her down in the road before she struck him. They all
ill-used her after she got home. —The mariner said the
complainant had no marks of violence on her face when
he saw her. and Martha James said defendant did not
knock complainant down, but she assaulted him first
Louie,' James, another old woman, was called, and said
after the offences complained of, she and Mary Ann
James had a little interchange of courtesies on Constitu-
tion-hill. She gave her the blackeyes, and would have
Riven her ten times more if she had not been taken away
—(laughter.) Mary Ann attacked her daughter Georgina
first and then her, sodas soon as she loosed her hair she
banged it into her—(great laughter.) There were cross-
summonses viand Kedah James and Mary Ann Jennie.
for assaulting Thomas James.—The Bench dismissed the
summonses against Thomas, and tined the two women ss.
each and expenses, or seven days in gaol, which they said
they would take. .

LOCAL aoßp MEETING.

A meeting;;;Wid at the Board office, New Road, on
Monday evening, when the following members were
present :—Mr. J. C. Lana (chairman), Messrs. R. Lano, H.
Flew, E. Pearce, E. Comber, li. Stone, G. Andrews, C.
Mitchell, R. Pearce, T. Gibbs, J. Hodder, A. W. Otter, H.
Otter, and W. Attwooll.

st!DAY lITZNINCA ANOSSMENT.
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Joseph Barfitt. a butcher's boy, of Poole, was
summoned for assaulting George Moreton, a smaller
boy, a Unman and brasier, of Poole. —A second
summons charged defendant with assaulting John
Moreton, the first complainant's elder brother at
Poole, on the previous Sunday evening. —The evidence of
the complainants showed that last Thursday the youngest
of them was thrashed by defendant in the street, and
came home and told his elder brother of it. On Saturday
night John saw defendant, and remonstrated with him
for having molested his brother (bone, and advised him
not to do in again. Defendant then challenged him to
fight, but he refused. On Sunday night, about a quarter
to six, the brothers were going to calla companion to go
to church, and on their turning out of lligh-tdreet they
were pounced upon by defendant and several others, and
violently assaulted. George was struck several times in
the face and on the back of the head, defendant holding
his head under his arm and pommelling him. The elder
brother was also badly assaulted, and • fight followed,
with coats off, in New Orchard between him and defen-
dant. The complainants have lately come into the town,
and did not know their other assailants. While defen-
dant and John were fighting, Mr. Aldridge came up and
parted them, and took the ratter away.—The Bench con-
sidered the assaults very brutal, especially on a Sunday
evening, and fined defendant 10s. and Os. costa in each
case, or 14 days' hard labour for each offence in default—
Defendant said he would go to prison, where he will have
to remain a month, unless he pays XI 18s.
TILT ANOTIIII Min 150 w.

Williams While, engineer, of Poole. was summoned for
assaulting Charles Gibbe, fruiterer, of Poole, on the 214 March, and for threatening to take his life and tgizgili
his coat at the same time. —A second summons e
Mary Ann, the wife of the first defendant, with assault-
ing Gibbs, and across-summons charged Gibbs with using
defamatory language towards Mrs. Gibba and assaulting
her.—Mr. Trevanion appeared for Gibbs, and said the
assaults upon his client were serious ones. The only
excuse that he could see for the defendants was that. they
appeared to have been keeping "Saint Monday, new
machinery having just been started at Messrs. Balston's
factory, where the male defendant worked. -The evidence
of Gibbs,
.Mrs. Elizabeth Larcombe, Walter Larcombe,
Miss Marta Hancock, Lad Miss Annie Lovell, went to
show that on the morning of Tuesday. Gibbs, while pain-
ing through Gaol-lane, MU greeted with some very offen-
sive and ingesting langnage from Mrs. White, when he
told her that it was not the first, second, or third time he
bad been so insulted by her, and if she repeated it he
should put her somewhere else. Upon this he was
collared by the throat by her husband, hit in the eye, and
otherwise assaulted by him. White also said he would do
for him before nsght—A witness said that while the
husband had,bold of Gibbs by the throat the wife scratched
his face (the marks of which were still risible) and took
him hold by the hair—Complainant said there were
marks of violence about his face and neck, and while
White had him hold by the throat he was kicked in the
pinbone by • man accompanying the Whites whose name
be could not find out, or he should have summoned him
(This proved to be Charles Pettaway, who afterwards
gave evidence for the defence.)—Miss Hancock said Gibbs
had blood on his face, and the witnesses were unanimous
that Gibbs offered no provocation, and that he did not
strike the first blow. Gibbs had the sleeve of his coat
Men nearly out, and he and White had • struggle, and
they fell together.- Mrs. Larcoinbe said she was struck
by Mrs. White on her trying to release White's hold of
Gibbs's throat—Charles Pettaway was called for the
defence, but proved very little, lie said he and White
were walking in front of Mrs. White, when he Feud
something pass -he did not know what—between her and
Gibbs. Gibbs and White both took off their costa and
it hold of each other like two old women--(langhter).
He did not call it lightins.—ln answer to Mr. Trevanion,
witness mid he did not know that he kicked Gibbs in the
aid.; if he did he was sorry for 11,—In au ay tee
cross-summons. Mo. White NW Gibbs

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