The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

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FIALISBrItY.—CITY PETTY Sessions, Monday.—
Before J. Hussey, Esq., (chairman,) J. C. Wheeler,
W, Fawcett, and F. Attwood, Eigre.
WHOLESALE SHINDLINO OF TPADINIVIN.—Edward
Henry Piser was brought up, charged with barite ob-
tained a quantity of goods under false pretenc:3 from
Mr. Elliot, grocer, of Fisherton.—Superinteudent
Caldow applied for• remand in order to get op evidence.
The eopenntendent stated that he apprehended the
prisoner on Saturday, at Cardiff, under • warrant,
chi:Fine him with obtaining goods under false pretenses, ,
by giving cheques drawn on Mews. Pinckney's bank in '
Salisbury, wham there were no effects. There were
several other charges against the prisoner. He obtained
goods of Mr. Elliot to the amount of £4 in. 9,1. When
taken into custody the prisoner had in his possession •
cheque book belonging to the bank.—ln answer to the
, Bench, Superintendent Caldow stated that the prisoner
lodged C3O in the bank a short time since, and he then
obtained the cheque•book. Eight or ten cheques had
been drawn, and several of them had been presented to
the bank, but they had been returned endorsed "no
effects."—The prisoner said he thought his father had
paid some money into the bank, and that we, the reason
he had issued the eheques.—The Beach than ordered the
prisoner to be remanded until Friday.—Piser applied
for bail, as he had friends who would willingly be bound
for him.—Mr. Caldow objected on the ground that he
believed the prisoner would decamp. The superin-
tendent said the goods purchased of Mr. Elliot were
directed by the prisoner to be sent to Castle Carey.
Somersetshire, and it was from the station-master at
Castle Carey that he (the superintendent) obtained the
Information that the prisoner had left for tirdiff.
Several tradesmen had been looking out for the
prisoner for • long time. fle had given a cheque
to • corn-dealer at Warminster, and also had issued
one at Breamote. Cheques for the following
amounts had been drawn by the prisoner :—EIS its.;
£l4 ; ; R2l ; £2B ISt ; £10; £2.5 ; £5 10..;
£5, and E 4 in, 9d., the one presented to Mr. Elliot,
making a total of about Elf/ —The prisoner
said several of the cheques had never been made use of.
—Superintendent Caldow said he was aware that some
had been presented at the bask, and had been paid into
the Will, and Dorset flank.—Mr. Attwood : Had the
prisoner money's worth for those cheques'—Superin-
tendent Caldow had been given to understand that he
had.—The priocner said he should like bail until the
Friday, as he did not wish to be locked up till that
time.—The Chairman said the Bench would accept bail,
himself in ElOO and two sureties of ElOO each.

USING ABUSIVE LANCHISON.—AGG ll=ley NY
summoned for using abusive language to Thomas
Hutchenson, in Hilford-street, on the 10th December.
The complainant, who said he was • neirsveuder, living
in Green Croft-street, detailed the language made use of
by the defendant, and stated that he had been insulted
by her for upwards of • twelvemontb.—Tbe defendant
admitted having used abusive language to the com-
plainant, but stated that her reason for doing so was
beaus* the complainant sent her daughter, with whom
he was cohabiting, upon the streets to support him.
She added that the complainant had • wife living at the
present time.—The complainant said his wife left him
to live with another man, and therefore he could not
avoid it. He denied the defendant's statement, and said
be had given her daughter • home when she bad been
turned out of her parents' house by the defendant.—
The Chairman said the magistrates did not consider
there was sufficient evidence, and aocordingly dismissed
the sus—Mr. Hussey cautioned the defendant as to
her future conduct, informing bar that she would be
called upon to find sureties to hoof good bebarioar if
she again made use of snob language as had been im-
puted to her.
FIGHTING IN TRH PUBLIC STRZETIL—Josiab Faiths's
was brought up under a warrant, charging him with
creating • breach of the pease, by fighting in the public
streets on the Bth of November last —The prisoner did
not answer to the BUOIMOus served upon 'him, and •
warrant was issued. He now pleaded guilty, and the
Bench ordered him to enter into his own recognisance
in the sum of £lO, and to find a surety in alike amount
to be of good behaviour for • month, or to be imprisoned
for a month.

COUNTY PrITT SIMMONS, Tuesday.—Bef ore Viscount
Folkestone. & Hinsman, Esq. Major Heethoote, W. &
Machina, and W. Pinckney, &qrs.
DAYAGING • Tic.--ChiLies Musalewhite, soldier,
and James lounbourne, labourer, were summoned for
maliciously injuring a lime tree, the property of the
Hight Hon. Earl Nelson,. on the 11th instant—Mr.
Wheeler, butler to his lordship, said as he was walking
in the grounds surrounding Trafalgar Hones, shortly
after four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the defendant
Lambourne chopping off mistletoe from • lime tree with
a hook he had in his' possession. On the defendant's
seeing him (witness) he ran away. He noticed another
man at the top of the tree also cutting mistletoe, anl
throwing it down to hornbeam°. Witness ran after
the latter, and overtook him. He could not swear
to Murilewhite being the man that was in the tree—he
was not then dressed as a soldier.—A man named Ful-
ford said he saw the two defendants in company together
shortly after four o'clock, They were going in the
direction of the park when he saw them. Musalewhite
wore a white smock frock and a cap. The damage
to the tree was stated to be 2.s.—Lord Nelson's
woodman stated that the tree was entirely spoilt,
the principal branches at the top having been
lopped off. The wood was produced, and it appeared
that whole branches with the mistletoe attached to them
had been cot off.—Lord Folkestone said it was very
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lucky for the defendant that the damage bad not been
IA or he would have been sent for trial at the sessions.
—lt was stated that the tree was about 200 yards from
the public path running through the park. It was
however inclosed with • fence, and the defendants had
no business whatever there.—The Chairman said it was
a scandalous thing—an ornamental tree had been
entirely spoilt—tad the Bench therefore had deter-
mined upon inflicting the fall penalty of PS, or two
months' imprisonment, in the ease of Lambourne. The
Gammons against Musekwhite was dismissed.
Samuel RumbOld and Thomas Rambold were sum-
moned to show cause why they should not be bound
over to keep the peace towards Samuel Fry, gamekeeper
to Campbell Wyndham, Rel.—The complainant stated
that on Tuesday he was watching the preserves at Darn-
ford when the two defendants, who are shepherds,
came up and, after using abusive language, threatened if
they ever caught him there again 'to put • bullet
through hie head." He was afraid that they would do
him some serious bodily injury, and he wished them to
enter into recogaisancrs to keep the peace. Complainant
could not give any reason why they threatened him.
He had not interfered with them, or said anything to
them. About • year ago he saw Thomas Reinhold take
up a wire on Mr. Smith's land. and he might have taken •
dislike to him on that amount. He was In the ex-
ecution of his duty when the defendants came up to
him. Th• defendant+ stated that the complainant was
dressed in disguise, and not recognising him, they
thought he was not there for any good, and they went
up to him. The complainant was watching their move-
ment., and they did not like it —Lord Folkestone said
the defendants had no right to threaten • man because
he looked over • hedge at them. They must each enter
into their own recognisance' in £lO to keep the peace
for twelve months.
STIALING RICIL•CLOTH.— Thomas Williams wall
summoned for stealing • rick-cloth, the property of Mr.
Alfred Gay, fanner, of Whiteparish.—Saperintendent
Matthews stated that about eight o'clock on Sunday
morning last he saw the prisoner sitting upon • bundle
near the Petersfinger Gate, on the Southampton-road.
He inquired of him what the bundle contained, and the
prisoner replied rags. He examined the bag, and found
in it the rick-cloth produced, cat up into three pieces.
He gave him into the custody of a constable, and took
poemesion of the cloth. A labourer, named Herter, in
the employ of the prosecutor, identified the rick-cloth
produced as his matter's property.—The prisoner pleaded
guilty to receiving the cloth knowing it to have been
stolen, and the magistrates sentenced him to three
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
BrEstiso se A xg.-11ark Bundy was charged with
stealing an me, the property of Mr. Reuben Cook, tile
manufacturer, of Elemerton.—The prosecutor lost the
axe about six weeks since, and the prisoner bad been
questioned, but be denied knowing anything about It.
The police officer found the axe in the prisoner's house.—
The defence now set up was that the foreman of the
works lent him the axo—Light, the foreman, denied
having given him permission to take the ale. He lent
him on one 00011d01111111111, which the primmer returned
the following morning.—The prisoner pleaded guilty, and
he was sentenced to six week.' hard labour.
Mr. William Brkikle, of Newaireet, Salisbury, having
pared the necessary examination, received his diploma
in dental surgery, at • meeting of the Royal College of
Burgeons, on the Bth instant.
PILISESTAI7OII. —On Monday • handsoineidlver-hemled
cane, subscribed for by a few of the members of the tat
Wilts Ride Volunteers, waa resented to Sergeant-Major
Hall, in the Orderly-room, b 7 It bears
the following inscription : • Presented to Sergeant-
Major W. Hall by a few recruits of the Ist Wilts Bile
Volunteers, December, 1863." It was supplied by
Mr. Chapman, of Bedwinatrect, and was beautifully
mounted.

-61:11e.ANTLZ ROOBll.-00 Friday evening • numerous
company assembled at this old-established inn, to cele-
brate lira Doughty's succession to the management,
after many years' residence at Winterslow Hut. A
capital dinner was provided* which was presided over
by Mx. J. H. Dawkins the nice-chair being Stied by
Mr. Win. Stokes. Tbiusual toasts were proposed and
responded to, that of "Heath aod mores to the new
Hostess" being cordially received. A very pleasant and
agreeable evening was spent.
A sermon was preached in St. Martin's Church,
on Sunday naming, by the Rev. W. W. Tatum, in
aid of the funds of the Incorporated Society for the
Building and Enlargement of Churches and Chapels.
The collection amounted to £5 14e. 20.
firsioci Aociusm.—On Friday evening a work-
man, named Edwin Sheppard, in the employ of Hr.
Hopgood, of Amesbury, met with a mad accident.
He was crushing malt in a mill, and in the act of
shifting the feeder' when a_ boy who was with him
, removed trier, and his hand was drawn into the
mill and y mutilated. Be was taken to the