The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-17 00:00:00

DOZOKINTRIL =louslY. and now had to E 0 to gaol for three months'
of Broadmayne, who did not a
COLLICTIOWS will be made on Sunday next at St. sawiel f10k,,,,,,'
labour.
ri,
George's Church, Pordington, in aid of the suffering en• summoned for allowing
ppear,
cattle to stray. --P.C. Pearce
Bulgarians. proved service of summons, no I the cusp : I ni the 4th of
PHI MAYOR, Corporation, and Town Clerk, with October about three o'clock in the morning ho found two
the Mace bearers and borough police, attended horses straying on the highw.,y. lie took them home,
morning service at St. Peter's church on Sunday. The and defendant refused to put them in hip stable, but put
sermon was preached by the rector, Rev. E. W. Pears. ahaliter oa them and took them t, a drove, saying he ,
feed em himself —Defendant, who bad been 100
Tin Loan MAYOR'S BANQUIS.—The Mayor of would them
times previously convicted for similar offences, was fined
Dorchester (Mr. Benson) and the Town Clerk (Mr. ss. for each horse, and the costs. in all, 1145., or 14 days'
Symonds) were among the guests of the Lord Mayor of hard labour.
London, on Monday evening. I Frederick II•kall. • young lad, wee charged with Wes-
HARVEST THANgenIYINO SgRVICIII4 were held on I PnWillit at Charminster on bind belonging to Mr. John
Sunday last, at the Primitive Methodist Chapel ' !launder SY
s"n the Sth Sept. He plead guilty. sod was
fined s,
Durngate-street, the morning sermon being preached 10s. and the cost total £10... Iid.CoUNTI( POLICE, Monday —Before Colonel IL 8,.
by Mr. Christmas, and the evening by Idfr. Borley. Bine... '
The collections, which were good, were devoted to the • CONSIDERATE THIEF'.
funds of the Chapel tlenry Wheaton, 17, a sailor, was charged with a robbery
Mr. N. LEE who has for several years filled the office under the following circumstances •.- Captain Ashford,
of District Superintendentof the Prudential Assurance captain of the schooner Harriett, of Bristol, and now lying
Company, has been removed from Dorchester, b, a in the Portland Reeds, bound for Topsham from London,
more remunerative post in Scotland. Mr. Lee won stated that he put into the Roads on the tied, on account
many friends whilst in Dorchester, and will he much of stress of weather, and they had been there ever since.
The prisoner, Henry Wheaton, was one of the crew, and
missed among the Primitive Methodists, in connection came from London with them. On Monday night the
with whose church he was a local preacher, and also prisoner was missing from the ship, and on the Tuesday
secretary to the Chapel Trustees. He is followed with evening he (the witness) missed Ll 7 10e., which had been
the good wishes of his friends for his future prosperity. taken from his berth. A boat was also missing which had
Dosser QuArrren SESSIONS. —These sessions will been moored to the stern of the vesseL its had not seen
commence at the Shirehall to-morrow. The chair- the prisoner since until that morning, when he was in the
man has given notice of a motion that £2OO be ,crwhiet‘ldy of thlswilnimi- The money Las licat
nin a bat
granted for the purpose of meeting the expense of Ur wan; It was t' con
all in wiltntirisoneer beingertold to
preparing the new bash; for the county rates. Major put any questions be liked to the witness, coolly remarked
Frampton will move that application be made to the that what had been said was quite true, but be would like
Home-office that the time for the prohibition of killing to be let off if they could manage it.—Mr. Superintendent
and taking wild fowl be extended in Dorset to August Batty received information of the robbery from prese-
nt instead of July 10th as formerly. Mr. Rambro cuter, William Asbford, on Thursday afternoon last, and
also notifies in the agenda paper that he wililxirropoise also that the prisoner had deserted his ship. He sent the
description of the prisoner to London and he was a re-
the grant of • moiety of the expense involv in the betided at Stepney where he [veld' him in custody. He
erection of the flood arches near Broad-bridge in the charged him with the theft and he said " Yes, I did take
Bridport division. The judicial business will the money. I should never have taken it had it not been
commence on Wednesday morning. The calendar for the other chap on board, telling me where it was, I
contains the names of over 20 prisoners, begged him not to tail me where it was, because I knew
THE WEATHIR.—The following IS our meteorological 1 should take it some day." He afterwards said be took it
report : on Monday night, when he went into the cabin with the
tea things. The superintendent found in his possession
£5 10s. in gold, 6s. 51. in silver, and a copper. He also had
a new silver watch, an entire new kit, and a photo-
graph of himself.—Prisoner said he should like to work
on the ship until he had worked out the things.—Prisoner
was apprenticed on board the Warspite, and was oo board
I when she was burnt. His certificate gave his "general
cloudy conduct" as good.—He wee committed for trial

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