The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-09-12 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

Commrrrln To ris noun CoturrY Plum's.
Sessions: Frederick Beal, stealing a coat at Rad
Stour.—Hard Latour: Elisabeth Mary Bilith= ,
stealing • silk dress at Wimborne, John Whit
assault at Kinson, and Thomas Squibb, torturing a
dog at Preston, 2 calendar months each; WilUam
Landray, drunkenness and assaulting • constable at
Lyme Regis, 10 week.; Andrew Gregory, assault at
Piddlehinton' 21 day.; Harriet Stokes, vagrancy at
Weymouth, 1.4 day.; Jane Woodham, drunk and
disorderly at Shaftesbury, 14 days imprisonment.

Foastrrax—The financial statement of Court
" Progress " of the Ancient Order of Foresters,
for the half .year ending June 30, will be in the hands
of the members in a few days. It shows a success
unparalleled in the history of the Court, there being
an Increase on every fund. The Sick and Funeral
Fund ben the hall-year with a balance of £561
9s. 40. The total worth of the fund at the close of
the six months was £617 Is. 31d., showing • gain of
£55 lii. Did. During the same period no lees than
£5O 17s. have been paid for sicknte• The Manage-
ment Fund has been increased by Eh 4s. Bd., and the
Benevolent Fund shbws a gain El ss. Id. Among. the
Items paid from the latter is • subscription of a guinea
to the Dorset County HospitaL The abstract of
funds shows the Court to be worth £662 7s. 20.,
against 11509 15s. bid. in December 30, 1875, showing
• clear gain in six months of £62 lls. B}d., whiob
spigot well for the manner in vrhichtbe affairs of the
Court are
.managed by its officers. The number of
members is 222, showing an increase of 29 on the
half year. Mr. George Nobble is the secretary, and
Mr. George Miles assistant secretary, and they will
be happy to give all information respecting the
Writs of the society to any young men desirous of
The funds of the District amount to £10,425
; of the Courts in the District to 263,829 4a.
si/d. ; total, £74,254 lid. 101 d. The number of
members in the district is 13,066; in the Order last
January, 491,196.

80110611 Pouci, yesterday (Monday).—Before Mr. J.
F. Hodges and Alderman Davis.
Oren Crirehell, of Fordington, was summoned for
discharging a gun in • public thmougbf are, on September
6th.—Henry Will, butler, to Mr. Harvey, stated that on
the 6th of September Isat, at about half•past seven in the
morning he was in the court, adjoining his emPloYer's
house, when he heard the report of • gun, and on looking
about he saw the defendant taking the gun down from his
shoulder. He asked him what he had been shooting at the
pigeons for. but the defendant said be did net —he shot •
blackbird.—The result of • search however proved that
even if the man shot at the crow, he hit the pigeon, for
one was found quite warm close to where he fired.—
Defendant admitted the offence but, pleaded he did not
know but bathed a right to, as he had a gun license—The
Superintendent stated the practice was becoming •
nuisance, a large number of Mal wereiin the habit of
getting out round Fordington, and had been cautioned.
As it was stated Mr. Harvey did not wish to press the
case, the magistrates fined the defendant Is., and costs
dd.