The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-06-26 00:00:00

HINSON.

THE Nentirr-rxn KINSON ROAM —An action was
brought at the Pole County Court on Monday againet
the Wintborne Highway 13: vent by John Hunts a coarse- '
tor, living at Bournemouth, who nought to recover .£7,
damage. sustained through the breaking down of his cart :
on the 9th of May at Constitution-hill, the accident having !
been caused hy the notoriously wretched state of the high-
way there.— Mr. A. K. Witf, who appeared for plaintiff.
truthfully described the elate of the road in question as 1
being depl,rable and dangerous to life, limb, awl property.
He read letters that had been revel vol by Mr. Sharp. the !
Kineon waywarden, from the rnral postman, the Poole !
pontmaster. an occasional resident at Buirnemouth, and !
the Poole Town Clerk, who all complained of the had I
state of the road. In consequence of thee, communica-
tbme and the commotion in the parish the way warden !
called a public meeting, at which it was revolved by a •
majority at about 90 to 3 to repair the road it the expense
of the parish, some .£lOO only being reqnired for the par-
pole; but the Highway Board put their veto upon these
proceedings and left the road in the same deplorable state.
—Plaintiff said he sent his servant to Constitution-hill on
the 9th of May with • new cart to fetch a load of graveL
He came bark with the shafts off the cart. The shafts
were spliced at a cast of tie 6d... arid he lost the use of
the cart for about a week. The cart was shook all to
pieces ; and the loss of time by keeping his horse in the
stable made up the damages he had sustained to £7.—The
man who was in charge of the horse and cart at the time
of the accident said the horse slipped owing to a hole in
! the road, which was in a very rough state, and the shafts
! were broken off. He was at the horse's head and was
sober.—Mr. McWilliam said the road in question was in
a very wretched state and full of holes. He had seen the
cart, arid it was depreciated in value, and the shafts were
not new. He thought £7 was fair compensation for the
damage and loss of time.—His Honour assessed the
damages at £7—Mr. T. Rawlins, clerk to the Highway
Board, said the summons was not served on him in time
to call a special meeting ot the Board, and as the meeting
of the Board would he on the 6th of July he asked his
Honour to adjourn the question of liability till the next
court —The Judge granted the adionrnment, and ordered
, the costs of the day to be borne by the Highway Board.

SHERBORNE.,
Denzeron Awn Turrr.—The youth Benjamin
Me Keecer, of Sherborne celebrity, who was captured
on Sunday afternoon last, and brought before the
magistrate on the following day, charged with being a
deserter from H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, and after-
wards delivered over by P.('. Hutchings to the
authorities at Portsmouth, has been identified as
having atolen numerous articles from a tradesmen
in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth. The delinquent
himself stated that he had sold his seaman's kit, and
It is now ascertained that he "borrowed (?)" a suit of
clothes from an individual in Portsmouth, and with it
a silver watch, a gold ring, &c. When taken by Mr.
Hutchings, he had pawned the watch, was wearing
the stolen clothes, and had slipped the gold ring on
the finger of a young woman, whose acquaintance he
had made on the day of his arrest, and of whom he had
taken leave, but a few minutes before the constable
spied him. The watch and ring have been recovered,
and, as soon as the admiralty have done with Mr.
Keever, he will, no doubt, have to give his reason for
taking the articles mentioned above.
Pgrry SIMMONS, Thursday.—Before Major Falwaseet
(chairman). Mr. B. Littlehales, Captains Carr Glyn, and
Goddess.
D,,11,161 James and Henry 11.4gAtA, travelling girsties,
were summoned for allowing four horses to stray on the
turnpike road. at Beerhaeket, on the ltith of May.—
Defendants did not appear, and P.C. Amuse proved the
elating that the_horsys were MO yards from the
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