The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-12 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY BEBBIOBB.

Lieutenant-Cid .1 Ninwel fin
th.• chair), 31r. 0. C. larrer, and 11. r. W. L
Calcraft.

.af Morden, W." slll 1111 l oned for being
a•let•p whil-at in charge of a waggon and three hones
at Nlordela on July 171h.-I.lcfenalant plamded not
guilty —The polim•cona.t.able stationed at Atoplen,
luau ing bcila sworn, : I *.a.w defendant a•Jeep in a
waggon alrgwis lay three hor-e-, at llordeu. In the
highway. A horse as*l trap 1K1.N.11 at the time, anal
ma defendant'. waggon wa. in Um middle of the road
it wa- only with 40111 e difficulty it could fam* by. I
walked by the -ide Us, waggon for more than a
quarter of a mile, and If •amlant took no notiax what-
ever of the horam* for Cava. ali.tance. I bald I I
6hotild have to report hi.. fur Maim: a.leep, 311.1 he
repliod—•• 1 WA• not ;1 ''••:a 'ant, on lacing
a.ked what he hail to -ay, -.oaf la • -lelaa't think he wa*
21,104,11, but he wa* very tin-I. If. had been a very
long journey that day, from .toa-tey Lu. jr.“,le and hack,
a distance of 20 miles each way. awl lavd been out 4,11
journey.. the two night* previou*.—The [tench con•
eadered defendant kid been at work too many hours,
anal fined him the nominal

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rarsea, of Bert. Hera-, Was summoned by
Amos Ilattrick, ef the same place, for illegal fishing
awl taking a trout, value lid , the pnmerty
Nlontague tinest, Esq., NI.P.- Itattrick dep.sed
he raw defendant by the side .1 the river with a wire
on a stick.—ltefendant here pleaded guilty, and was
Ennui 10s., including costs.
Henry Noah.,, a man in the employ of Mr. C.
Summers, cab proprietor of tiwallage, Was suiumoned
by the Local Beard at Swanage for turning three
1.. se into the highway at liwanage on July
—Mr. Curtis grow the office of Nlessr.. Trevanion and
Curtis) prosecuted. and Mr. K. N. {toward defrajd,..l,
Pan.ins, surveyor to the SWallage Local
Board, depused On the 19th July I saw defendant
turn threeliorses I.siseinto the main road at Swanage.
There are houses on one side of the road and footpaths
,ra both sidles, on.• of the horses Was the footpath.
There were person. passing at the t y, and it Was
dangerous te them --Croseeexamined by NI!. Howard :
It wa. about nine in the in.. gr_ I saw the hoists
first and defendant just after. The horses wen;
the side ef the street where there are no house, ;
defendant was in the street as well. He was driving
diem allow, and th.• hor,s were under his control. I
„,sw a h..y n.,t far behind, but cannot remember
whether he had a halter or bridle in his hand. The
horses were about r,o; yard. from Ntr. litnuniers' stables,
but I cannot say how far from hi. field, as I don't
know where it i --Albeit Clark, a lad in the employ
of Mr. C. Mu.,..,,.... wa, also charged with a similar
offence u,:Pith .July, the same legal gentlemen appear.
ing is. befeft.—slosepli Panora., wane.* in the last
Ca.'. said: I saw defendant drive three horse. loose
ii the highway (nun a field to Mr. su ...... ers' stables.
The horse, had no halter.. hut the lad had a halter in
, his hand. There wen• is..ple passing at the time, and
It was dangerous to them. -.ensss-eutininesl by
Mr. Howard : The lees,. were in the street.
When I saw them first they were in the high-street,
liwanage. The boy was close to them. I cannot say
how long they had been in the street. I watched them
F. .r a few minutes only. I W.I. standing near the
blacksmith's .h.qi at the time. and ,aw the bor..
C.. 1110 out of the field. The held is called Grant's
Field ; then; is no gate to o.—lrpon further cross.
..Xatilinati.olt, Witness said he would mit be positive
whether there,, a gate or not.—Mr. 'lowand here jrah
Mr. Charles Sllllllll.l, in the Willie*. 10,14 hat aug
been .W.• 111 he knew the field in question very
well. lii, the day in question there was a gate there,
an errhirary field gate, With five or six ha,..
Where the last named witness st.ssl it Was impossible
F. I t.. -es. the entrants: of the field. Tie lamina
are worked daily, and are very iloeile.—Mr. 'toward,
in defence, contended he had ne case whatever t..'
answer. Th., Act .1 Parliament requires to convict a
non that the animals shall be turned into the street.
The animals in question wery merely being driveu

from the field to Mr. Summers' yard, and in each
instance a 111.111 or boy wa, in charge of them. —The
magistrates, h..wever, considrrod the case prove.!, and
each defendants IK. 111. am! comrs.
Mr. C. Cab er.,pri..t4.r, of 14W111111g,. W.ll
suintinmed for using ahusi,•• language I. Joseph
Parsons, also of Swanage. —The IUIUIIIOIII WA, with.
drawn.
li,once Trent Wa.l ttttttttt amid by Eliza Wirt, bith
of Wndrith, 1.. .how 1,1.1111% —Thi. east. was ad-
jouriss I front the last meeting f..r further evidence. and
1,1%1• 110 W dismissed.
Board ease. from lien. Regis
district, and eight from Swaitsge, which were of no
public intcrest.