The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

RSET COUN ry EXPRESS AND AGRICULIURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1882.

Ooltruirrtoei F (seven rounds at 900 gards • 60010•1• S••
prize for iton-whinen during the &AO.
ssiginntb.ksi .13
Wieners:-Ist, Mr. Webber. Corporel Obich. 21 ;
gad, £l, Private Nancy. IL
Lamour' Pusan Wm the highest snore In A. B. 0,
and Cl.
Winners :-Ist, n and the boucle, members challenge
cup, Private Christopher. 145; Ind, Mr. Frost's guinea,
Star -Sergeant Osmond. 135; 3rd, Cl. Sergeant Mutton',
130; 4tb, .Cl, Corporal Robinson. 130; Sin, Cl. Private
Last. PS.

BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS.
MOSDAT.

Before the Mayes (Aktermen Emeon), Alderman
COMO, Board Jillard, Nag., and F. Lock, Esq.

OdiaIMMO MOIR IT FALAI PangNOM.
Torn Leek, B.A. was again brought up on remand
charged with obtaining the sum of a by false
pretences from Mr. Henry Becomes, High West-
attest, on the 616 last. ; also with attempting to obtain
the stun of £2 by tales pretences from Mr. James
high Wee-street, on the Sle of August ; also
with attempting to obtain by feu pautences ES from
Mr. Ambrose brown, High liast-street, in. the Hit
of August; also with attemptiog to oblate a by feu
prewar from Mr. John Greening, High Boat-street,
on the lost inst.
Mr. Weston prosecuted.
Mx. Bascombe's and Sergeant Carter's evidenoe, u
already given, wee confirmed.
Gouge James Hatched dated that he yes a tele-
graph cterk at Southies Poet Office. lie received the
mammies produced, on the 616, from the prisoner. The
message
• warn from" Mrs. Lock, Croton Upwey,"
to "Mr. Basoorabe, draper, High Street, Dorchester
"Please send me two pounds, have lost my purse send
it to Portsmouth Station at onoe, will pay next gem-
day." Wittier handed it to another clerk, who trans.
muted it.
William Stoyis, • telegraph clerk in the Dorchester
Poet Office, stated that be reoeived the message pro-
duced from Southampton. It was in his handwriting,
and purported to come from Mrs. Lock, and was ad.
dressed to Mr. Basoombe. The message first west to
Southampton and wee urea transmitted to Durtheater.
I Charlie liawkes, clerk, in the employ of Mr. Boa.
Icsembe, draper of this town, said ou the 6th ult he re-
I relived the box (scathed) from Mr. Bascombe, with
instructions to direct it, and mud it off by the first
teen. lie packed it up and directed it, and sent it to
the station oy Dunn, their porter.
John Dunn, porter, in the employ of Mr. Bascombe,
said in pursuance with instructions received from the
last wither, he took the box to the dation sod de-
livered it to Nathaniel Wolff.
Nathaniel Wulff, parcel' and ticket clerk at the
South' Western Station said he received the parcel
from Dunn for trensm:ssion to Portunouth by the
12.42 train.
William Jeffery, parade clerk at Portsmouth, stated
that on the 6th of september be received the pared by
the 4.10 train. The prisoner came about Wiest six
and asked for • parcel for Mrs. Lock. Whites told
him he had one for Mrs. Lock, of C xton, Dorchester,
and he said that was the one. Witness saked him the
sender's name, and he said Mr. Bascombe. He then
' delivered the parcel up, and priso or signed tor it.
About ten minutes afterwards he went to the police.
station. bit. Supt. Bidgood was there, and be had
the parcel, which he opened is his presence; it con-
tained two sovereigns in an envelope.
Mrs. Lock stated tosit the was the wife of Mr. T. A.
Lock, of CAtou Dairy. She was not at Portsmouth
or Southsea on the 6th of this month. She did not
send • telegram from Portsmouth to Mr. Bascombe,
or anywhere aloe, saying she had bet her purse, told
asking for £2 to be sent to Portem.uth 'cation, neither
did she authorise anyone to that effect.
This concluded the evidenco Su this case, and
pawner was then charged and committed for trial at
the next Quarter Sessions.
The prisoner was then charged with attemptiag to
obtain the sum of by false pretences from Mrs.
Miles, High West-street.
Frederick Courtney, a postal clerk at Southampton,
and stated thataon the 31st of August,'about twenty
minutes after eloyen, the prisoner brought the message
pro hoed from Mrs. Lock, of Cortoo Ferm' West End
Station, Southampton, to Me. Miles, Dorchester.
" Please send ma by train at onto, have lost my
purse, will pay you Saturday sure, at once." Witness
handed the message to the telegraph clerk for trans-
mission. He saw the prisoner write that message.
Cross-examined by Prisoner: Are you sure I am the
men who wrote the message?
Witness: To the best of my recollection.
Charles Hasson stated he was • clerk at the Dor-
chester Post-office. On the 31st of August be received
that message (produced) from Southampton, which he
sent to Mrs. Miles.
Mr. Miles stated that he was a saddler in this town,
on the 21st of August he received the telegram
(twodecel) addressed to Mrs. Miles, who wee dead.
lie did not mend the money, but sent a letter by the
evening post making au excuse eldressed to Mrs. Is ock,
Wed End, Southampton. On the following day he
went to Southampton, and at the statiou he found his
own letter.
Acting-Sergeant Carter stated that on the 12th
inst., he received the telegraphic message produced
from Mr. Miles,
Mr. Henry Harvey, station-master at Southampton
West, had mien the prisoner at the station; he came
on the tilet of Augurs, and tithed for a parcel coming
from Dorchester. He saw him again on the following
afternoon; he went to the parcel-061os, and they
directed him to his office, and be told him the gentle-
man his wife had telegraphed to for £2 had declined
sending the money, but had sent a letter, and that be
had since been and taken the letter and slestroyel it.
He told him that if he had telegraphed in his own
name he would have sent the money. He replied
" Yes, I thought I ought to have telegraphed myself,
but it does not smatter, I have done without it." lie
had called several times at the station about the maul,
but they never received one.
Mrs. Lock gave evidence to the same effect as in
the last cue.
Prisoner was committed for trial at the Quarter
Sessions as in the former case.
He was further charged with attempting to obtain
the sum of ES from Mr. Ambrose Brown.
Charles Frederd k Courtney, postal clerk at South.
ampton, deposed to receiving_ from prisoner, on the
31st of August, a massage to Mrs. Brown, White Hart
Hotel, Dercheoter. to this offset :—" From Mrs. Lock,
of CAton Farm West End Station. 3 ,uthampton, to
Mrs. Brown, White Hart Hotel, I) ,rchester—Please
send me £.3 by train at once ; have lost my purse, will
pay you Saturday, sure."
Charles Ileason, telegraph clerk at the Dorchester
Post-office, proved receiving the telegram from South-
ampton on August 31d, and sent it out to Mrs. Biown.
Ambrose Brown said he kept the White Hart Hotel
in this town. On August 31st he received the tele-
graphic message (produced), addressed to Mrs. Brown.
No notice was taken of it.
A.S. Carter said he received the mune in question
from Mr. Brown.
Mrs. Lock gave similar evidence as in the last case,
to the effect she did not send a message to Mr. Brown,
asking for the ES to be sent, nor did she authorise any-
one to do so. The original telegraph form handed in
at the Southampton office wee shown to the witness,
but she was unable to identify the handwriting.
In answer to the chute prisoner said "I am not the
one who sent the massages the Southampton
messeges."—The Prisoner was committed for trial on
th s charge.
Another charge was then taken of obtaining by false
pretences the sum of £2 from Mr. Greening,
hareem-maker, Dorchester, in the IMMO of Mr.
John Lock, Cothayes Dairy, liartfoot - lane.
The telegram was sent from the Portsmouth office by
a person representing Mr. John Lock, Cothayes Dairy,
Hartfoot-lane to Mr. " Grinning," harness-maker,
I Dorchester. t was as follows: " Please send ES by
poet to-night. Have lost my purse. Be sure and send
it. See you in market to-morrow. Send to Portsmouth
Post-office."
A clerk from the Portsmouth office, said to
the best sd his recollection prisoner WM the man who
handed in the telegram, He also recollected him
son 'lug a message to someone • day or two before.
Mr. Greening said he did not send the money asked
for in the telegram in consequence of • conversation
he had with Mr. How on the subject.
Mr. John Lock stated he lived at Cothayes Dairy,
Hartfoot Lane. He was not at Portamouth on the
let of September. He did not send to Mr. Greening
asking for £2.
Prisoner wee also committed for trial at the next
Quarter Sessions on this charge.

COUNTY PETTY BESSIONS.

SATURDAY.

Before Lietti -Colonel Steward (in the chair), W. A.
Bank, E, Pearce, E.g., Major-General Hen-
ning, C. 8., K L Kindereley, Esq., G. WAIT'S. Eq.,
and G. Floyer, Eeq.

THS JURY LISTS
were returned by the overeesre of the parbihei in the
districts and duly verified.

LICENSING MEETING.

Mr. Smith, landlord of the Terminae Hotel. Port-
land. al.plied for a renewal of the license of the house
occupied by him.
Mr. Howard, who appeared in support of the
application, said in accordance with the notice given at
the last meeting Mr. Smith now appeared pereonally
to apply for • renewal of the Hawse, which Well
mljourned at the last meeting.
Sergeant Hitch (who appeared on behalf Mr. Supt.
Gale, who el, we pant to gay, very ill), said the
application was objected to on the last occasion owing
toe conviction for an pewit.
Mr. Howard said he understood it was more for the
purpose of a caution than anything else. He reminded
the Bench the license had never been endorse I; the
e.piicant was a respectable man, and had nine
children totally dependent upon him. There was, it
was true, a former conviction, for Needing in drink to
an old man on the works near, who WM in. It turned
out the MR was really seriously 111, for he got
gradually worse, and died a day or two afterwards.
He was sure it the Staab had known that they would
not have convicted,
=ant Hitch Than is a recent conviction for
Hr. Howard: Sorely a dispute between two cab-
drivers will not debar this man from holding a license.
He has held the house for lie years wee ten years in
the navy, and 20 a muter sailor. The conviction for
assault had nothing to do with the premises at all.
P.S. Donnish, stationed at Portland, said between
the 2nd July and the last annual licensing meeting day
he had bad occasion to observe frequent cases of
drunkenness on and around the premises.
Mr. Wsrry : At what time of the day!
Witness: At night. I have also known it se a place
of resort for prostitutes. Sinop the last lipping meet-
ing it has been conducted much better. Monday night
was the lest time I saw prostitutes there. There has
been no disorderly podia sews then. I called Mr.
Smith's &Mathis to it, sad he said it should not occur.
Map.

Mr. Howard : I understand these premiss. are very
extensive, and claw to the railway statioo!—They

are.
May I not say It is one of the 'argent hotel. In
Port Mud ?—lt to.
Do you know how long he hac kept the bou•e?—l
do not; I have only been there since July.
At Portland, like other placed, there are large num-
bers of persons come by the rail way ? —Yes.
And there are at times large numbers of sailors ?

__lt is not easy to manage large numbers of sailors 2

No. . _
They come onshore in shoals at times, do they not ?
—That hi so.
Mr. Smith always treats the police with civility, and
listens to you wheu you speak to him, dues he not ?
Yes.
Without calling on Mr. Howard to address the
Bench, the Chairman said they saw no "ffinieOt
fOllO.l to refuge the application. Hewas bound to say
if the Bench were free agents in the matter, the appli-
cet•ou would be refused. lie felt b to remark
bow useless it was for the police to have suparvision of
publichouses if their opinion was not to, be taken.
The application would be granted, with the strongest
pmsible notice to the holder of the hotted that he would
be vary amelY watched, so the house bad better not
come before that or any other court again, while he
hell it. He spoke in the strongest possible manner on
the subject.
SZLLIDO BUR TO A TRAVIELLIB.

George Foot, landlord of the Black Dog, Broad- I
mayne, was summoned for Belting intoxicating
liquors to John Guppy, during prohibited hours, on
September lOth. There was a second charge of selling
beer to • drunken person.—Mx. Howard defend° I.—
P.C. Strode said on Sunday, September 10,h, about
four o'clock in the amen:loon, John Guppy came to
his house drunk. About half-past live witness
visited the Black Dog Inn. Mrs. Croad opened the
door and let him in. He asked her if it wee all
right, and if she had anyone in the house. She
replied it was all right. About • quarter t • six he
visited the house again, and found Guppy asleep in
• chair, with • pint cup and a glass on the table
containing beer. Mrs. Foot and Mrs, Croad CALM
in, and witness asked what right the Man had there
asleep. Both denied knowing he was in the house.
The landlord then came in and said he was a
traveller, and hal only bad a pint of beer. Guppy
was stag, ering drunk; afterwards witness found bun
in .Lie road making • disturbance. lie cable Up to
him and said, "I did nut think you were c mans
in like that." Defendant also said the man was •
perfect stranger, and had only been in the place
half an hour—ln cruse-examination by Mr. Howard,
witness said defendant was staggering, but not
incapable. He staggered away_ on leaving the house
in the direction of Came. Mr. Howard, for the
defence, said Mr. Foot was the overseer of the
pariah, • most respectable man, and use who would
not intentionally break the law.— hey. G. W.
Butler, rector ot Broadmayne and West Knighton,
said he was acquainted witu Mr. Foot, and
from his knowledge of him, he was a man
who would not willingly break the law.—The
defendant was called, and said he had lived in the
house 34 years, mid his father kept the house before
him. During the time there had never been any
complaint against the house. On the day in questiou,
shortly after five, Guppy came to his houos, and
witness drew him some beer. He was given to under-
stand he was • traveller. The house was ciosed. Guppy
sat down and witness went away. He did not observe
in any way that the man was drunk, and when
be walked away he walked as straight as he could.
He went away talking to Mr. James Iduanrod.—Mr.
Busbrod sad on the Sunday in question he was at
liroadmayuo, and saw Guppy leave the Black Dog,
and spoke te him, lie was not drunk. Guppy is •
perfect stranger to Broadmayne, so far as he knew.—
Mrs. Susao Foot, wife of tbe defendant, said the man
Guppy cia.led at the house in the morning, when he
said be Come from Oamington, and asked the way to
Came. Sue told hisn the way, and he returned about
live. Ile did not say where he came from, but she
supou.o,l it was from Caine. the house was not ,joeii
for the sa:e of beer. She should nut have auppied
him if he bad not been a traveller.—Mr. John Mayo
said Guppy had been in his employ during the last few
weeks for the harvest. He did not live at Poxwell,
but was at present lodging with his brother-iu-law.—
John Guppy was called. He said he was a stranger at
Broadmayne; when he first called at the public house ha
Came from Osmington. His home was at Broad wily, but
he went to l'oxwell to look for a job, and Mr. Mayo
amp' ,yed him. It was true he called for beer, and
went to sleep in the house, but be had walked twelve
miles, and knew no one in the village. Ile had never
born inside the house before in his life.—The Cuair.
man said they diainiased the first case, selling during
prohibitsd hours, on the ground that the man Guppy
was a traveller. With regard to the sound charge,
of selling to a drunken person, the Bench were some-
what divided in opinion on this matter; uot that they
doubted the policeman's evidence, but unfortunately
people had verT different opinions as to what was
drunkenness. f. or his part, the Chairman believed
the policeman was doing his duty, but considering
' Mr. Foot's high character, and length of time he had
been in the house, they would dismiss this case
The police withdrew the charge of drunkenuess
against Guppy.

claimed a word, but Mr. Travers objected to his
b-ing bawd ; he had served no written notice of ob-
jection seven days before.—Mr. Baker admitted this,
but said he objected as a pound landlorJ, not out of
any disrespect to Mr. Lush. They did not go upon
personalities, the grounds they took were se much
higher a. the sun was stronger than the moon.
(Liughter.)—Mr. Travers thought Lord Wimboree
wss the ground landlord.—Mr. Baker retorted be wee
every bit as much one as Lord Wimborne.—The
Bench rued that Mr. Baker had no locos steeds.—A
somewhat desultory diseussion then ensued as to the
powers the Bench bad of refuting the old licenses.
rho legal gentlemen were unanimously of opinion
that they had the power.—Mr. Peruse: If there is
any reason for doing so.—Mr. Trevanion would fully
admit they had a discretionary power, lie was about
to proceed with his 'arguments, but Mr. Travers con-
tended roe had no right to oppose, as the
written notices of objection should been given meson
days prior to the General Annual Meeting. Ile must
Insist upon Mr. Trevanion proving his right in the
I first place. tie was simply arguing the case under the
proton e.—Air. Trevsnion : Don't ,ay e mashes or I
shall be obliged to tell the bench that your law may
hove been law at one time, but is not now.—Mr.
Travers : You are eva ling tue point, and so long as
you do that I shall object—Time Mayor (to ILr.
Travers) : I think your objection is that you ought to
have been server rith those notice' p, °view to the
last General Licensing Meeting !—Mr. Travers said it
Ilrevanion said if he her been instructed
rightly, be might be wrong, the magletrAge gdjog, ggd
them sessions for the purpose of tome notices being
given, and therefore it did not matter. They clearly
bad the right to adjourn the semitone for the purpose
of the notices being given. If toe bench •djourued it
for that purpose, he clearly bad a right to be there. if
I not, he would admit he had no ouch right.—Mr.
Travers ad Mr. Dictinsuu each reminded the bench
that the reason of the adjournment was to suable
I the magistrates to look up the law—Mr. Pastse
acquiester, and said it was not adjourned for the
I special purpose of the Miming of the uotices.—Mr.
' Trevaniou : Then lam quite certain I have no right
to take them objections. The question waa would the
Bench adjourn the present meeting for that purpose'—
Liter a consultation, the Mayor sail, looting at the
Iseinkun, givetece oni
tl Ahe itre. Patterson, n, Ito le
en olizeoeduoed.itoinrwoft
be served mime days before the general annual
licensing, they had decided not to adjourn, but would
grant all the Bemuse. They had =molly gone through
the cases stated by Mr. Patterson, and the dictum of
Mr. Whitely, another eminent authot ity. Mr. Patter-
son in the °ohms of a long argument, said time Maim could not ref use a renewal unless objection had
been taken to it in • formal meaner, awl then the
objector would be entitled to be heard. They thought
that in this case at any rate the objections hat not
been taken in the necesuary formal manner, awl there-
I fore the license should be renewed. Mr. Whitely also
said though the justices are entitled to review their
decisions, yet they must recognise the question of
meted interests in existing licensee, which cannot be
abolished without cause being shown for such a pro.
crating. No special cause had been brought boors
the Bench—it could not have been bemuse the simian
had not been given in proper time. They wished
however to say that it was evident the
Legislation loskel upm these off•licenses as dangerous
to public morality, othervriee they would not have
primed such a sweeping act. They would, therefore,
give a word of caution to all off-ticensed victuallers to
see th it their houses are properly conduced.
Instructions would be given to the police to look
strictly saer thew. The Mayor added that in future
renewals would be granted unless some special cause
were shown against them.
'flit Puergaerint Grasast.--Mr. Fawcett, ALP.,
the Postmaster lireneral, is at present a Visitor in

Parr! Ssesioss, I'riday.-IWore Mr. G. Parke
(cnair.uan), IL n. and kir. J. Carr Glyn, Lord
Nustacotiucil, Gener.d Lane, C.,lonel Ptget, Mr. W.
N Ales-fryer, utd M L. A. Parke. —Au ”fi•li,ronse was
granted to Mr. mduey Muncktun, of Wiinnorne, on tits
distinctl pledging Intim:lt to sell only beer in bottle..
—Mx. H. S. trickin.uu supported the application, and
Mr. P. E. L. Budge, for the Poole and South.
Western District Licensed Victuallers' Association,
oppoied.

WIRTZ° OTIL.

COUNTY COURT.

(Baton 14. Beduin) Tindal-Atkinson.)

His Honnur sat in the small magistrates' room, on
account a the alterations in the Council Coamber, and
the Itsgietrar, G. Andrews. Req., as usual, Such the
=lel ended awes in the Urge Hall.
Alta a number of judgment suamonaes had been di.-
posed of, some by ord•r ol imprisonment unless in•tals
meets were paid. his H sour beard toe cue of Richard
Randall. Preston. v. George Poor., 8.11t03 Poynt.s.-11r.
Percy Street, ter plaintiff, said defendant bad only tall
defence, that he Dever had the amount. A book existed
in which the account was kept, and the summons had
bass taseu out now to *soaps the Statute of LiMitillUODS.
—The anise bad just been before the Regisuar, and it
spprared that it was entirely a question of disputed
eccmint, so that his Honour referre z it back to Yr.
Aza,oos, on the suggestion of W. Street.