The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-20 00:00:00

DANOILZS 01 TIM ROAD.

George Hyde, dalryosau. gic.. Loden, v. George Cribb,
dsatsr of the same plaos.—Tina was e claim of £4 19.. to
most loes suandned by the alleged Isegkesece of del eeriest
as the 11th of February nada at Loden, by fuming Into
plaintiff's weetoa, injsring his hone. iftr,—Mr. F, w.
uundry appeared for tee plaintiff, and Mr. B. I uglier for
• dalendant.—George Coombe labour, of Lotere said
or, ow lith Nemours, he was at tha blacheinite's shop. at
Up L Mere and beard • waggon combat from Brid pot fa it
we, dark, it 500 00 its own ride, the neer side, and got
iatai • gallop at the Lone= of the hal. Witness ran cm to
ride, put his hand on the corner M the waggon bellied.
Wbee the waggoa cam. nibs rOwld'loo lb* right side.
Anotuer wags= belonging to plaintiff wee coming the
other way, and keeping 1111 own ad.. The road was about
151 t. in width. He saw the plelatirs hone down, and
helped to lift up the horse, which we. close to the
hedge. —By Mr. Tucker: Herbert Gill was there.
A hide girl was riding behind the wagged.—
Witness did not chase and catch the mangoes, but meow
the road as is vim pasting —Mahon Gill. essrpenter, at
Lidera, said on the lliblsbruary he was war ths black.
smith's shop, and toe accident hnppenod 90 yerds born
Daleodent's cart was coming in his diregaip• at
"swing" gallop in the mildly' of the road. George Hydres
waggon was ooming in trim other direction, drivea by R.
ceabb, but not Sic fait Pam Witness saw the collisioa,
and helped up tbe horde. Gmbh's Melt struck Hyde'.
hone in the neck, which mewed it to fall. If Crabb had
driven ceretully th oe eras room fee him to par. Crstob
waa intoxicated.—Richard Oral* cousin to defendant,
labourer, esid hit eat driving pleuttdri convoyancs
towards Bridport. Tee horse was • white one. Ann
Hyde was with him. Somethtag we. coming, and be
ahouted out. Wittiest' was on his right side, and about
de inches from the gutter. Gimp Gmbh was coming
toe/reeds witnemsallopieg—be 'Mould thisk alto k eight
miles an hour. Witnese was at walking pace. 'remelt/at
of defendant's waggon struck wittier's horse ou ills of
cds of the neck. knocking htm (ch. hone) into lb, canna,
and the shalt ••• broken. Witness said to Crabb—" You
have killed my horse' Defendant was drinkey. load
didn't know what he was about —Ann Hyde, slater of
plaintiff, said she was in the wagg.n with la.t
and heard • eons coming toward. them Their were
about six inches from um gutter. Then was • e
the home was led anid, and shaft broken, an.l efferwards
or.bt, vi." iotoxiceted and Agbtable."—(l surge Hyde.
*iota, said he went on the following morning of the
incident. to examine the place. Saw the •heel marks Jg
inches off the gutter. Hia horse bad been struck, and it
eras taken that night to • veterinary surgeon. It was
unable to week for Ave weeks. Have had to home a
bone at ffia per week, and bad paid Um yet-rinary mad
•gggeet.huilder for the damage dons—Kr. Tucker sub-
mitt. d that complaisant had wade out no clink and celled
ca,...“ Gmbh, wbo said he wee driving with three women
In to.. can. and be .116 goieg at • steady trot, on the right
gig.; it we. very dark. He could not is. Hyde's cart
coming. The bore stopped, and be was thrown out. He
mold not see Orabb *riving towerds him.—By Kr.
Guadry : Defendant left Bridp irt shoot four or ire p.m.
He hod, homing hothihtii4 gimes* of beer and two-penny-
worth gin-aud-weter. He wag oaly going about five
miles an hoar —Willa= Haan, innkeeper, said the
sees= was going about five miles an hour. They met
Hy les cart, but did not see it coming. Saw Mrs. Gmbh
foil off the shafts. There was room for Hyde's cart to pow.
Defendant was not drunk—he know be had two or three
gloms of grog—His Honour: "Ah, there is a tariff you
know,. Tune are various st mea —fresh, quarter seas
.iiter, three sheeta in the wind, drunk." (Laughterl—
tkien Crebh, elf • of defendant, said they Were going about
eve wiles an hour. She only reesemhend hunching up
again': somethlog, when she am 'Lurched out of the trap.
They were about lour or dee feet from lb. well, There
we, nothing "scarcely " the motter with her bustand.—
Aria Gill, a Or', said she to I hol I of the trap and followed
it for 'owe rii.tance—to where the evilest hap owed.—
His Honour, in dealing carefully with every It m of evi. •
dna adduced in the case, which occupied nearly two and
a-hall hour.. said at tem one of those cams which were
always troublesome especial. y too Juries, when they ware
called to deal watb tom; none. perhaps, were more diffi-
cult to deal with, excipt, perhaps, horse warranties. He
must give • Ju Igment for the plaintiff.