The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-12 00:00:00

GLYN TLISPASS.

Charles Claxton wet summoned for trespassing in
pursuit of gams at Abbotsbury. on January stb, on
land belonging to the Bari tof Ilchester.—Mr. H.
N. Howard appeared for the prow:salon, and Mr.
Peroy•Street defended.—Robert Brodby, carter, in the
employ of the Berl of Hamster, said on the day in
question be wet on the way from Weymouth to
Abbobibury. When cline to Alobotabury be saw
Claxton standing up in • waggon. He was looking
over the hedge into field called New Ground, in the
occupation of Mr. Ford. Defendant passed witness.
Looking over the hedge witness saw Claxton's grey-
hound jump over the gate from the field into the
turnpike. Witness afterwarda saw the same
greyhound go into the field again. He heard
• hare ory some distance from him, and going
to the spot he new two dogs come out of the field.
Witness had even the two dogs with Clagtoe scores of
times, and following behind his waggon. On the fith
defendant tbreateoed to knock his teeth down his
throat for informing against him. He also said if the
dog had caught • hare and he had naught the dog, he
would have beat the hare about his tosad.—Dir.
Street: You know the dog ?—i bent known one of
them two years.— Would you be surprised to hear ills
only eight m oaths old I—ln cross-ex•mination witness
said he had • dog with him. A month elapsed before
a summons was takes out; the reason, he believed,
we. that Mr. Hopson did not see the Berl of Debater
before. He did not see Claxton enoourags the dogs,
but be did not see them start,—By Mr. Howard:
Defendant did not attempt to call the dogs backs,—
Mr. Mark Hopson, agent to Lord Hnhester at
Abbotsbury, testified to the dogs being under the
defendant's control. The doge were • great nuisance.
—Gregory Gill said he was working near New Geese
on the day in question. He saw two greyhounds
running about the 11,14 between 400 and HO yards
from the main road. Wiliam had seen the dogs with
Claxton when be cone into the perish.—ln opposi-
tion to Mr. Howard's exposition of the law. Mr.
Street oonteade I that the mere act of sending the dog
on to land unaocompenied by any other sot was not •
trespass. —The Benoit dismissed the summons.
was another commons against the sense
defendant for • antler offence, on January 25th.—Mr.
Mark Hopson said oath, day in question he followed
the defendant on the road near Abbotsbory. He was
leading • borer, and had two greyhoun Is with him.
He was going very slowly, and the dogs were hentiug
along the bodge. They come to a witby bed.
Defendant stopped, and toga witness rode up to him.
This dogs were then out of sight. Soon after one of
them jumped out of the withy bed. Defendant wanted
to know what be was dodging him about for. He
said he should summon him for " The dogs
continued to work along the road, and wltasea told
him to call the dogs in, as they had been poaching.
He also threatened to summon him. Defendant
refused tonsil the dogs in, sad told him to go home,
sad ohain up he would give him • good many
journeys yet —The Boa& dismissed this gammons also.

A 11•21,1 FAMILY.

William Orabb was summons' for aiumulting
Gloom Foot, at Stinefoni, on Janutry 30tia.—The
complainant said be lived at Shompoton ; about ten
o'clock on the night in question he went home, and.
finding his wife not at horns, be went to his father-in-
law's to look for bee. She said she wao not coming
home yet. Defendant said "Lot', go op and wry
some of the things away." Defendant struck and
kicked hint and knocked him about. He and some
other men also followed him to his hones. Witness
explained to the Bench he wag leaving the village, and
his wife hni refused to go with Wm.—Defendant's
version of the affair was that the complainstit come
to the house conics and swearing, and offering to
fight. Ho (defendant) pushed him lot • chair, sad
told him to 11.0 out of the house. lie adinitte las he
did so he hit hitn.--Oharles G ddriog c wroboretni the
defendant —Defendant was bound over is hie own
reaogoissnow to keep the pow' for three months.