The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-03 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

COVEIT C .FRTA rim Jui.v.—Shaftenbury. Tuesday,
3rd; M lay, ; Dorcheoter, Thursday,
12th ; itritiport, Friday. 13th ; Weymouth, Saturday,
; Poole, 3lotplay, Ifith,
FoIIgS(FICA FFTF.—"C.mrt Frogman,' No. 31133,
held a grand demonstration here yesterday. There
were proes-onions, a tormon from the rector of lily
Trinity, soil dinner provided by Host Read iiif the
Roysl Oak." at which the member for the borough
pre-iileil. We reserve our report for the Tclenrain.
TOP. TFMTIEONT OF A CoNAFRCATIVE :WINDER T
TOE WORK OF THY. GOVER,OfFsT -Re4Foo4iog to
the toast if "The Members" at tbe Forentera'
ve.terilay, Mr. Brymer, M r., osid --They
had
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simply strutted up
am.l ~own, attend 'iilli% INDIMI.
an to the amount of businemt they had done, that they
might put in a bottle; and if they burnt it no one
would be anything the worse. —A good many
appreciative hear.hears followed this iOnfensiim.
SAVAGE ASSAM:C.—At the Borough Session on
Weilnes lay evening, before Mr. G. Curiae and Mr.
M. Deveninh, a travelling auttioneer, named Henry
Baker, of Tipton, Stafforilabire, was brought up on a
warrant eharged with assaulting a lot named Hancock.
—lt seemed that for mime trivial offence on the part of
the by the man became examerated, and violently
kicked the p lad on the chest, neek, die., kneeling
on him whilst on the ground. —The lad was corrobor-
ated by T. Turnbull and Adam% alto witnessed the
ipitaillt. The man offiweil to pay the boys wages llue
and his fare to his home, the police to see him off.
For this puristic the pri.imer wan remanded, on the
following ilay the boy was sent off, and on prisoner
being brought up on remand the mmiintraten told him
thot in consideration of hin having pail the boy's
expengeo home, they would only line him RN , and the
costly, 245. in all.
COENTT POLICE. Saturday. Before Mr. Herbert
Wtltiams, Mr. A. Bankes, Mr. H. B. Ilibilemn,Color.el
Steward. Mr. R. William.; and Mr. Worry.
Srojaasia Syn.', in the employ of Mr. Wheeler, of
newingrmachine celebrity, of Weymouth, was oaannonea
for an assault upon William Fancy, the keeper of the
turnpike-gate, on the London-road. at Fordington. Mr.
Coomim was for the complainant, Mr. Howard defended.
On Friday, Sth of June, the defendant with a c iuylo of
persons to whom he had given a lift, drove through the
gate at the rate of 10 miles an hour. They were riled
after and asked for the toll, but took no heed.
subsomently they pulled imp, and the wife of the toll-
keeper told them they hail not paid. At thin pee there
was a considerable ilifference in the stories of the COIW
plainant and for the defendant of what took place.
According to Fancy, defendant at once struck him acriim
the eye with his whip. Accoriline, t, the defendant's
witnesses, he was driving a restless pony, the tollman
seized it violently, and to avoiil an accident, he was
gimp/Med to strike him to make him let go. In addition
tO which Mrs. ropey called them "all-corts." Mrs.
Wood, of Atbelhampton, wee called for the complainant,
and Mr. W. Cain, and Mr. Thomas I ' uns,i4 Porton-mills,
to substantiate the story of the defenice.- -The Bench
thought the defendant hail taken the lor into M. an
hands by striking the man, and that he ought to hare
pulled up at the gate, even if he hail a ticket. Ile would
be fined 15a. intluding costa.
W IMMO Semen and Henry A AV,/ were charged with
committing a breach of the peace in the parish of
Winterhorne lierringeon, by smog guilty of riotous
conduct. They admitted the charge. For some reason or
another the facts of the case were not made public, but
the Bench having put their beads together, the Chairman
said it was very inconvenient for • man to he tin ickol up
in the middle of the night, and why they did it the Bench
did not know. They would be bound over in the sum of
.•10 each, to keep the peace for 6 months.
The following licenses were transferred. The Royal
Eichange, Portland, from Abel Pearce. to Alexander
Con; and the Volunteer, from It .ibert Brett. to James
iamw.y. A temporary license was also granted to Crowd
Way, of the Brittonic, formerly occupied by Charles
Warren, to citable him to sell until the next transfer
day.
The overieers of Hannah* Wiwi*, applied for the sum
of Al lb. 64. the expenses attached to burying a body,
recently washed mhore.—Alloired
A couple of lads named Jurors Bretennta and Frederick
Tigard, were summoned for illegally taking fish front
waters, the property of the Mimes Legg. of Fordington.—
They pleaded guilty.—Mr. Weston propeuted, and
briefly detailed the facts, which were of the ordinary
nature, remarking he could areount for the fish afterwards.
—The Chairman thought it rather dangerous stinetirues to
eat ash that had been poached (a laugh). The same defend-
ant, were also summoned for taking flab from a pond,
the property of Mr. rebore., of Kingston Park—Me,
Coombe prosecuted in this ease. A pate keeper. on the
14th of June, now Brownaes, in the pond. holding I net
under the fall, and the other defendant was on the bank
with a line. Brownies gay, a false name. and Tipard
refused to give his at all. But the keeper for the Dor-
chester fishing club, came up and be knew them. For the
first offence they were fined les. and costs, or 14 dips, und
for the second Ms, or one mouth.