The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-04 00:00:00

Zontersetobtre.

YEOVIL—The first of a series of readings and reci-
tations in connexion with the Yeovil Mutual Improve.
ment Society, was delivered at the hall of the Institu-
tion, on Tuesday evening. The readings and recitations
were of the usual character, but the attendance was very
smalL
THE ORPHANB OF THE LATE SERGEANT DENTY.—
We are glad to have to record that the appeal which
was made by the officers and men of the Yeovil Rifle
Corps and the public generally in behalf of the orphan
children of the late Sergeant Denty, is being laudably
responded to, end that a good amount haa already been
collected. The members of the rifle corps have shown
great deal and activity in obtaining subscriptions, more
particularly Colour-Sergeant Chaffin, who, at great in-
convenienee to himself, has devoted much of his time in
applying for aid from all quarters where he thought
such might be enlisted; having, in fact, left nothing
untried in his praiseworthy work and labour of love.
We feel assured that the officers and members of the
Yeovil Rifle Corps will folly appreciate the noble exer-
tions made by their gallant Colour-Sergeant to promote
the orphan's interest, and that they will cheerfully
tender him their warmest thanks for Ms generous con-
duct. It will, perhaps, be gratifying to the public to
know that the children of the deceased sergeant are
being well cared for, and that all their wants have
been supplied by kind and generous friends, who are
now using their influence to procure for them a speedy
admission into an orphan asylum.
OBTAINING MONEY UNISEII FALSE PRETENCES.—
At Mr. Batten's office, on Wednesday, before
Frederick Greenham and Robert Tucker, Eaqrs.,
Mary Henderson was charged with obtaining la. 6d.
under false pretences, from the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company, at Yeovil.—John Parcel,a porter
in the employ of the above-named company, at
the Yeovil station, said that on the let of October,
about a quarter past two o'clock in the afternoon,
the prisoner, who told him her name was Mary
Johnson, came to the station with a carpet-bag in
her hand, which she said she wanted is. 6d. an. He
felt the bag, and told her he was suspicious of what
it coiltained, as its contents felt very much like
stones. She said it was a bag of tools, and added
that Mr. Henderson,to whom the bag was addressed,
travelled in the jewellry line, and that he would call
for the bag at Martock. He went to the station-
master and inquired if the bag could be sent on, to
which he gave his consent, and the bag was sent on
to Marred', and he gave the prisoner Is. 6d. for it.
Witness booked the bag to Martock, and charged
the Is. 6d. with the carriage. On the 15th inst. he
received the bag back again, with a notification that
it had not been applied for. Ire kept the bag in the
office until the 20th, when it was forwarded to
Bristol. The weight of the bag BAR about fourteen
lbs. when it was sent to Martock, and was the
same when it returned.—Thomas Fripp, an office
porter at the Martock station of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway, said that on the let of
October he received an invoice together with a car-
pet bag, from Yeovil. Ths bag was directed "Mr.
James Henderson, to be left at the Martock Station
till called for." No person applied for the bag, and
he returned it to Yeovil. Before returning it, how-
ever, he made inquiries at Martock, but could find
no person of the name of Hendereon.—William
Blackroore, superintendent of police to the Bristol
and Exeter Railway Company, stated that from
information which he received on the 20th ult. be
went to the parcel's offioe of the company at Bristol,
and there found the bag which had been forwarded
on fresco Yeovil. The bag was opened in his pre•
sence, and found to eontain two pieces of brick, two
pieces of stone, two pieces of old linen, and the
remains of an old coat, the whole of which were
valueless. —Eliza Slade, wife of Lucius Slade, the
landlord of the Moon Inn, proved to having no
knowledge of the prisoner, and had never seen the
carpet bag produced before, and no man named
Henderson ever lodged at her house.—Sarah Trott,
wife of Henry Trott,landlord of the Half-Moon Inn,
Yeovil, deposed that the prisoner had lodged at her
house for about a month, but she had never seen
the bag before, and had never authorised her to take
it to the Yeovil station of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway.—Prisoner, who only said she knew noth-
ing about the bag, was committed for trial at tho
quarter sessions.
GOSPEL LABOUR IN LONDON. —OH Thursday
evening, Mr. Elivin, of London, (honorary secretary
to the Theatre Services Committee,) and John
Chinery, Esq., of Hampshire, delivered very inte-
resting- addresses on the above subject at the Town-
hall, Yeovil. The building was crowded to excess,
and sitting accommodation could not be found for a
large portion of the audience. Mr. Whitby, sen.,
occupied the chair, and there were several ministers
and gentlemen on the platform belonging to the
town. Both speakers detailed at some length the
good results which had arisen from the special ser-
vices and park preaching. in London, and said that
God was doing a wonderful work, and that thousands
of sinners were being converted by these special ser-
vices. Men of all stations in society, all denomina,
tions of Christains, rich and poor, all came forwar
to join in this glorious work of saving sinners, an
God was gathering a glorious harvest The speaker"
gave numerous instances of conversions which had
come under their own immediate knowledge, and
the addresses were listened to with much attention.
Friday.—Before G. Harbin, and H. B.
Batten, Esqrs., Captain Messiter, and the Rev. It.
Huyslie.

ASSAULT. —William Mitchell, a mason, of Monts-
cute, was charged with assaulting and threatening to
murder his wife, Caroline Mitchell, on Sunday, the
12th of October.—Mr. H. Paul, of 110-limiter,
appeared for the complainant ; defendant conducting
his own defence.—The complainant said she had
been married to the defendant for about 13 years,
but about three years ago she was compelled to have

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I him bound over to keep the peace towards her
I During the time they had been married, the habitis.
of the defendant had been very bad. On Sunday
the 12th of October, he was at home part of the day'
but was very unkind in his behaviour towards her'
and knocked down two little children who were'
with her on that day. Complainant went to chapel
in the evening, and when she returned home he was
very cross. He very soon afterwards went to bed
nod she went up to him to know if he wanted an);
supper. Soon after she heard him out of bed ; she
went to him and asked him the reason he had
been out of bed three times? He said he had not,
and called her a "liar," and when she said
that he had, be said if she said so again
he would knock her b brains out, and into
his bed she should not come that night." She then
left him and went down stairs, but left the bed.
room door open. Complainant went into the back.
house, but had not been there many minutes before
she saw something white, coming towards her. ate
went towards it, and found it was her husband
in his shirt only. She said " What in the world tio
you here?" To which he replied, " D—you
eyes, I will kill you, you have got that b—Warrey,
here again with you," and he then knocked het
, down with his fist, and said "He would run a pick
through her." She called out "Murder," sad
Sarah Johnson, whom she had previously spoken to
at the front door, came to her. About three years
ago, she had him bound over to keep the peace, and
upon his promising to become a teetotaller she
consented to live with him. En cross-examination the
com plainant said her husband was not drunk, and that
he bad brought her home four sovereigns on Satur-
day, the day before the assault, and that OD SNP
day afternoon they were singing together.—Sure
Ann Johnson said she lived at Stoke, and on the
night in question she was near the complainant's
house, at about half-past eight. She saw her carry
a cat from her house into the backhonee, and shoitly
aftewards she heard her cry out "Murder," and seas.
plainant came out to her. Witnesshadnot sees Soy.
thing of Warrey, and would swear that he had not
got into complainant's house whilst she was there.
If he had got over the railings she must have seen him.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, repeated
his previous statement of finding Warry and his
wife having improper intimacy, and called Henry
Hann, who swore poeitively to seeing Warry hang.
iog about the house of the defendant. He wished
Warry good night, but ha would not answer.
After witness bad gone tibont 20 yards he looked
back, and saw him get over the railings and go into
Mitchell's stables. He would Swear that the matt
he saw was Warry, as he had known him for the
past two years. It was a moonlight flight, and ho
had on a light jacket and jim crow bat.—After some
consultation Mr. Harbin said the Bench had oome
to the determination that the defendant had *own
a great deal of violence and temper towards Ins
wife, and thought it was their duty to bind Mtn
over to keep the peace for six months in his own
recognizance of £2O, and in one surety for £lO.
He, however, could take what measures he liked in
regard to the alleged anfaithfulneas of his wife, and
bring the matter before the divorce court. —Both
Mr. Paul and Mr. Harbin asked the defendant to
give up to his wife her clothing, which he would not
do, saying she should not have a bit of it, and that
he would never live with her again.
STRALING POTATOES.—James Giles, a labourer
about 60 years of age, was charged by Mr. Cooper,
yeoman, of East Coker, with stealing 161 be. of
potatoes on Thursday, from a field in his possession.
The complainant said that the prisoner was em-
ployed by him, with others, in digging up two
acres of potatoes, and on Thursday night he went
into the field, where he saw a rush basket with a
jacket thrown over it, and this aroused his sus-
picions. He kicked it with his foot, and thought it
felt like potatoes. He waited until the men left
work, to see who would take up the basket, when
the prisoner put it on his shoulder and carried it
away. Complainant asked him what he had got iis
his lasket, when he replied that it was a girl's
pinafore. Complainant said he was not satisfied,
and must see what the basket contained, and found
about 16 lba. of his potatoes. Prisoner
acknowledged the theft, end hoped his
master would forgive him—Complainant said he
did not wish to press the charge, and the Rev. R.
Huyshe gave the prisoner an excellent character,
saying that he had never known anything against
him in his life.—ln consideration of this, and the
complainant not wishing to press the case, the pri-
soner was fined ss. and costs, which Mr. Cooper
generously paid.
POLICR.—At Mr. Slade's office on Monday, before C.
Harbin, Esq., Edwin Consist, a labourer, of Har-
dington, was charged with stealing a pocket-handker-
chief, containing about • pound of bread and cheese,
the property of Albert Hull. of East Coker. The
prisoner acknowledged the offence to P.C. Gale, who
apprehended him, but said he was hungry. The pri-
soner was remanded until Friday.
WAR! WASTE! WANT !—On Monday evening a
lecture was given by Mr. Edmund Fry, from London, at
the hall of the Institution, the subject being " War and
Taxation." The lecturer began his subject by ex-
pressing his regret at seeing so small an audience, and
attributed the circumstance to his being a member of
the Peace Society, who be admitted were somewhat us-
popular just now, but said he was quite certain that
there was a great change taking place on the question of
war, and that change would go on increasing, becoming
stronger and stronger,till the time arrived when the prin-
ciples of the peace society would be approved and acted
upon. Most people believed that war was a terrible
scourge, but they considered it quite impracticable to do
without it, and called the peace men impracticable. He
held, however, their theories were not impracticable, if
men would but view the subject in the right ligLt. We
blamed France for making such extensive preparations,
but he said it was England that made France arm.
With regard to the war in America, he held teat our
sympathies ought to go wholly with the North, as they
were opposed to slavery. The attendance was very
meagre. _ _

COUNTY COUNT, Monday.—(Before C. Saunders, Esq.,
Judge.)
Hillard v. Heal.—The plaintiff is a veterinary surgeon,
residing at Sherborne, and the defendant is the Rev.
John Heal, of Pointington, and the claim was for 13e.
for attending a horse. It appeared that the defendant's
servant had broken the knees of his master's horse, and
had taken it to the plaintiff, who attended it for
several days, but on the return of the Rev. J. Heal,
(who was absent from home at the time), the plaintiff re-
ceived a letter from the defendant, in which be ex-
pressed his surprise at the surgeon having attended his
horse, and expressed his determination not to pay the
amount claimed.—John Hine' a servant in the defen-
dant's employ, said he took the horse to tha
without his master's sanction or authority. The horse
was bleeding very much, and he took it to the surgeon
for his own sake and not for his master's. He intended
to pay the cost Of the surgeon's attendance.—His Honor
said the defendant must pay the amount sued for.
Abbott v. Langton.—Claim Bs. for • cheese.—Mr.
Watts appeared for the defendant. —The plaintiff is •
cheesedmler at East Coker, and he said the defen-
dant gave him an order for a cheese about a twelve-
month ago. The cheese was at sd. a-pound. The de-
fendant disputed the claim, and said the cheese WAS
never sent. The defendant made use of rather violent.
expressions, and the case caused much merriment —His
Honor gave judgment for plaintiff.
Manning v. Hann.—Claim kV. for chemicals 'and
groceries, supplied to the defelklant's late husband,
who was a confectioner in Yeovil. The defendant did
not appear, and judgment was given for the plaintiff.
John Johnson v. William Porter.—Claim £5 Is. for
bread.- Mr. Fear, of Sherborne, appeared for the de-
fendant —The complainant had great difficulty ID
making out his own writing, and twisted the account
books in every shape so as to make it out He had
written settled in many places, but now was in great.
trouble as to whether the writing was his or not.
The complainant could not produce the book in which
the debt was first entered, and the case was
adjourned until next court day, in order that the book
might be brought
Miller v. Hodge.—Mr. Watts for the plaintiff.
—Claim £1 3s. sd. for bacon.—The defendant said that
the complainant owed him £6 for wages, and had
brought a false bill against him.—Judgment for plain-
tiff, his Honor remarking that the defendant could
take such steps as he thought proper for the recovery
of the sum. _

Clarke v. avg.—Claim 13s. 10d., balance due for
watch.—The plaintiff handed the Judge a letter written
by the defendant, in which he offered to pay the sum
claimed, and desiring not to let the case come before the
County Court Judge.—Verdict for plaintiff 0 45. o
month. _

Lugg v. Cane and Briitton.- -The plaintiff is •
mason, and the defendants are brewers at Yeovil, Bad
the claim was for £6 10s., for reparing an oven.—Mr.
Fear appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watts for the
defendants.- The plaintiff said that on the 19th of
April he repaired an oven and cottage. Mr. Brution
came to him when he was about the woik. and requested
him to make a good job of it. Plaintiff had some con-
versation with Mr. Brutton, and it was by his instruc-
tions that he did the work. The charge was a reason-
able one, and it was the same as agreed upon.—ln cress-
examination the plaintiff said he met a man named
Harris in the street, and he told him he thought there
would be an oven to repair for Mr. Brutton, and plain-
tiff and Harris went and looked at the oven without
the knowledge of Brutton. They went to Mr. Brutton
and told him about the oven, but as he said his time
would soon expire, he thought the cost would be
too much, but he would see Mr, Slade, the owner of
the property, about it. A few days after plaintiff saw
Mr. Brutton, and he told Lim to do the work,
and gave him some more to do as welL The work
was charged to Mr. Brutton. In cross-examination the
plaintiff said he met Harris accidentally, and they went
to Mr. Brutton to tell him what the cost would be. He
never looked to Harris for payment for doing his work.
—Plaintiff called Stephen Harris, a carpenter, who said
that Mr. Brutton asked him to go and see some one
about the oven, and lie met Sugg in the street, and ne
told him he thought there would be an oven for him to
ptt in order. They went and saw it, and then called
upon Mr. Brutton, and told him what it would cost
for repairing, Mr. Bruttim said his lease of the pre-
mises would soon expire, INid he thought it was hardly
worth while going to the expense of having the oven
repaired, but lie would see Mr. Slade about it. A few
days after witness and plaintiff saw Mr. Brutton, when
he said that he had seen Mr. Slade, and that the oven
must be clonal Plaintiff said he could not do the job for
less than £6 165., and Mr. Brutton replied that
it must be done.—ln cross-examination by Mr. Watts,
Harris said that he had nothing to do with the work.
He was indebted to Messrs. Cave and Brutton, but he
was never told to work the debt out. He had mtvie CO
entry in his books about the oven.—The defendant stud
that the first person he spoke to about the oven was
Harris, and that he had nothing to do with Stigg.
Harris had done work for him, and had employed Suggj
He looked to Harris for the bill for the repairing 0'
the oven, and as lie was indebted to the firm, they
thought he would work the debt out.—His Honer gave
judgment for plaintiff.

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