The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-13 00:00:00

A WEYMOUTH PETROLIST.

Awarding ti the statement of Jot,* Theeeee's wife to the
police, that workman has been emulating in his owe
hone. Me dude of the Frenotterouten who souahl to burp
house@ with petroleum, sod sithongo Thomwes statement
tried to t • di/erect less on it, 'twas aufficiently 'term-
ing on ilotey to dad an English artisio husband end
too. ,g funny, charged with attemUing to wet his
bum on are. by Pouring Pareflio on the wails and bed,
and fruiting the same.
J. Z. Roberts, SP.. and J. Loathe. req., were the
mastiewstee, and Yrs. Ann relleway, wife of Thomas
rollaway, who keeps the Half Kean Din, said shoot
seven (iota& prisoner came to her bowie for some drink,
but she yelped, slobs wosidered him drunk 'greedy. His
went into the kitchen, but she ordered hien esst, and he
then Went into soother Part, but she ordered him to leave
the bows. if. would not go. and hie wile
Moonier crudely crens-examined Mrs Kellaway. who
*outdo% tell whether he Cause in at six or seven; be than
seamed suitable, he wee very quarrisiume • hut she
wad net be urchin he wee drunk, se she didn't know
what he had to drink; he seemed u.
Primmer (fiercely): That "feller- Ihneybon quarrelled
with iao, shored toy wife into the grits end sold he'd
her husband and her too; he wee in the kitchen
playing cards.
Kra. rollaway was understood to deny this.
EC. Outer was sent for to the Hell Moon on Saturday
Med, and found prisoner outside the house, ceiling out
—•• Let him owns out ; ill show the what I inn da
Thomas was either drunk or mad—o midst% my which—
end he went to other houses whore Vow rofo.ott to tot
hllll keys say drink. He , scorned to tee lia/f Yew, and
went in at the beak, when Mrs rollaway ordered him
, at, bat be asid—" I won't go till I haws my worth out
' I won't go for any zailluunan." He Wei got out, Bad them
used obscene language, not di for sal fumble to hur.
Witness followed him down the street, end at the Dolphin
they refused to draw him say beer.
On being asked if he wished to aag soy questhme,
prisoner .mapped out—" No nee to mak any questlass when
they tell suoli• lot
P.O. klansford found the prisoner disorderly in Malden.
strut, and in drunk that he could not walk straight.
august Apuy. shortly after one on Sunday morning.
WU sent for, priexter's little girl coming for him, but he
refused to go, after bastion what she said, for he knew he
should do no good- "Your mother must take wane pro-
weeding. herself," meld be. But after some time the Utile
V.seeme again and said her Sillier wee going to get the
on los eo flamenco Ape, sad Delamost west,
when the wile pointed out some wet on the walls, and
&Leo on the heed of the bed, where two children were
lying, and said—" That is where my husband has thrown
the paean on the wells and on the laud of the bed."
Wittier afterwards found Thomas drunk in Governor's-
lane end took him op.
Prisoner said there were only • few spots on the walls,
and then wouldn't have been there only his wife sand
the bottle from him ends... was splashed. He went on
to declare Met his wile bad hie money at six o'clock, wad
yet else never gave tithe any food.
Supt. Viokery put in • report. and the magistrates told
armour he we. complsined of for being
_disorderly in
Queen-street at half -past six, and at diluent limes
later.
Prisoner declared he was in and out all the time, end
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os;iri—n
TN ougistrites enquired about the paraffin brag
thrown as the wells end the brad. and Prisousr sorb, to
explain r baring bra spilt in a struggle between him
rid he wile.
The Bench pointed out the extreme danger of paraffin
wok thrown about's this was. sad Kr. Loathe retnizaded
primmer there had been Pre Maria of drunkenness
melee' him bet, re. and asked him for whom be worked.
Prisoner (srafilt)l °err Dmou rre the Pier.
Kr. 11.Aens poured out be Bench are bound to protest
lb* pubbora ern hey nee ell the means in their power
to keep order in their horse
Paned 104 .

Fl•7lad not the money. and woo, in ddardt. sow
!DMA for 14 days hard labour.
He had bees scowling gad defiant up to thin but now
he addressed the Bench morecavaily Delors being rgmoved.