The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

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WEST PENNARD.—The past warm weather has
given the farmers in the neighbourhood an oppor-
tunity of cleansing their ponds, and a abort time
since, while some of Mr. Itugg's men were perform.
ing this operation, they found an ornamented braes
candlestick, about three feet high. It appeared that
about ten or twelve yeere ago the rectory of Wait
Harptree became vacant, and that the present rector,
the Rev. E. Nunn, was appointed to the benefice.
Unfortunately for him, his extreme High Church
prii ssterur° of
"sacred
ciplea, together with his autocratic y
ruling the affairs of the parish, were very
deprecated ; and one night several of the
things" which decked the altar of the church,
am.% which were a pair of candlesticks and •
coverlet of the communion table. were stole
a, was made, and it w °.
An
as only with a great
deal of trouble that one of the candlesticks was found
the thief escaping. The other, which was found
der the above-mentioned circumstances, was taken
to a marine store dealer's at Glastonbury, and sold
for a trifling sunosint.
BARROW GURNEY.—.Satoot TREAT On
Tuesday the children who attend the Barrow d—urtay
Church School, in number nearly 100. were most
hospitably entertained at the rectory by the Re.
Dr. Hardman. The children afterwards indulged
in various games sod amusements until dusk, when,
having given numerous hearty cheers for their kind
entertainers, they separated well pleased. The
Barrow drum and Of. band attended during the
evening, and afforded much gratification.
W ESTON -8 U PER. MA RE. --The sudden death
of as old lady, Miss Clemens, who has long
been a resident hers, was announced • few days
since. A large funeral procession assembled on
Wednesday morning, and conveyed the body to
Newton Se Los, near Bath, the place which the
deceased had selected for interment. The death of
this singular-lady has caused much excitement, as it
was generally supposed lb" the Weston-super.
Mare Dispensary and la respectable dress-maker of
this town would hare been the objects of her
particular bounty. We are sorry to hear that Mies
Clemens had too lug delayed the object she had ia
view, sod the bulk of her property, nearly £20,000,
will go to some Liverpool charities. Dr. Fox, of
Brislingtoo, and Mr. Brace are said to be her
executors, and we trust they will do something
handsome for the intended legatee, end also con-
tribute to the Weston Hospital.
PA 1.7 LTON. —Titarr ar TRANIrs.— On Wednes-
day two tramps named Tarrant soul Cobeney were
charged before E. Soobell, Fag, of Hallatrow, with
stealing • sheet and • skirt from H. Barnes, lodging.
house keeper, of Poulton. They bad been lodglng
at the house some time, and on Wednesday morning
they left and earned off the things. P.S. Wiggett
overtook and apprehended them with the property
in their possession. They were remanded till the
following Tuesday.
FROME.—EITRAORDIM•RY C 11•8011 mane" •
CONINIZACI•L TiI•VIILLICIL —At the Frome police'
court on Wednesday, August 30th, Mr. Charles
Goodealk, a commercial traveller for Messrs. Brown,
W ilshaw, and Co., leather merchants, &a, of London,
wu charged with assaulting Mr. Francis Adams, •
leather seller, carrying on Manes in Paul-street.
The defendant had been apprehended on
Tuesday afternoon on • warrant, but had been bailed
out to appear the next morning. Mr. Dunn
appeared for the complainant, awl Mr. Mender for
defendant —Mr. Dunn, in opening the case, salted
the Bench to deal with it, not as one of common
assault, but as one of • more serious nature, It was
clear that the defendant cared not for a fine, aa he
had told the police-officer who apprehended him
that he had plenty of money.— Mr. F. Adams, the
complainant, waa then sworn. He said that he was
• currier, and kept a shop in Paul-street, Frome.
On Tuesday morning the deferidaat called on him,
and about one o'clock he called again. He then
showed his samples, and showed him (complainant)
two samples of web. Witness asked him to show
samples of white web, when be said, " I won't
serve you stall; I won't show you any ; you are a
humbug, and a scamp" Had said nothing
to provoke this, but afterwards said, "You
are a pretty fellow to use such language
to me, because I won't do Easiness with
jou, I'll put you and your goods out into
the street." The defendant held op his fiat, and
said, "I'll give you some of this. Complainant
said, " What I strike me in my own house?—you
dare not do it." The defendant then raised hie list,
and knocked him over a roll of leather. He struck
him in the mouth, which was filled with blood.
When be had got up the defendant struck him
twice more. Complainant did not strike him at all,
nor even strike at him. He did take bold of the
knife produoed (a currier's knife), and said, " I'll
hit your noes off if you bit me again," but did not
strike him at all, and was not near him. His wife
only was in the shop. Locked the defendant in fee
a minute or so, and sent for a policeman. Defeo.
dant said he hadn't paid for what was in the shop.
Never had any business transactions with him, nor
had ever seen him before. On finding his face
bleeding and swollen, be opened the door and tried
to put defendant out; but he was much the stronger,
and some pimple helped to eject him—Cross.
examined This took place about one o'clock.
Could not say the defendant was drunk, but ho was
greatly excited, and was so himself. Gave him no
provocation whatever. Did not my that his WWI •
swindling house, nor to that egoist Without any
cause whatever be struck witness. He hit him on
the mouth and made it bleed, there was little to be
seen now. When he declined to deal with defen-
dant, and said be would put him out of the shop, be
did not pat his flak to him, but alter defendant
knocked him down he took up the knife. Did not
bear anyone crying out at the window to put the
knife down. Kept the defendant's goods, end would
not lei them go, as he was advised not to do ao till
he obtained his name. The complainant's wife
corroborated her husband's evidence In every par-
ticular, and in addition swore that defendant
struck her, intentionally she thought. Mr. Edmund
Whiting, • foreman mason, said as was going to bis
dinner on Tuesday morning, and in pining Mr.
Adams's be heard wangling inside, and stopped.
The defendant and Adams were alone in the
shop, and the Initer was ordering defen-
dant off. Be said he would not leave,
and Adams said he would put Ms things off the
counter, and did put them off. Both looked veep
excited. When Adams put the things off the wattles
defendant streak at him with his fist. Adams then
Tubed round the counter and struck at deft:edam&
(Defendant It was • slight blow.) This was the
first witness had seen of it. Afterwards the wither
said be did not see Adams strike defendant, but put
him out —ln crossexamination, Mr. Whiting said
that Adams came round the ocisinter in the attitude
of pushing the defendant out. At that time be had
no marks on his face, but on ejecting the defendant,
the latter struck him and made his mouth bleed.
The defendant called the oomplainaot • pretty
monkey, and that "waged him, and made him push
out the defendant —Chula White, baker, who
helped to eject the defendant, gave sane corrobora-
tive evidenos.—For the defence, Mr. Messiter con-
tended that the defendant had received considerable
provocation, the complainant having characterised
himself and his house as swindle". The defendant
was well known in the town for ten years, and in
the face of such provocation it Was not surprising
that he had resented it. Having adverted toTe=
minor contradictions in the evidence, Mr. Meader
appealed to the Bench to deal with the matter
leniently, since it was clear that provocation had
been used, and that the assault was of a slight
nature.—Tbe Bench retired, and on returning, mid
they had resolved on committing the defendant to
twenty-one days' hard labour. —The defendant and
Mr. Manta expostulated, and Mr. Dunn ultimate!),
urged mitigation , whereupon the Bench again
retired, and agreed they would fine the defendant
dit end all costa.
WINCANTON. —Re J. Fearer, brewer.—At the
Bristol Bankruptcy Court, on Monday, before Mr.
Conionseioner Hill, this bankrupt cams up on his
last examination.—Mr. Abbot appeared for the
assignee; Mr. Press supported the bankrupt. —The
bankrupt was examined at some length by Mr.
Abbot respecting. the disposal of certain property.
The creditors assignee, it appeared, had valued the
property in £5OO, and the bankrupt now stated his
opinion that it was worth £4OO, and yet on the 31st
of liarob—the data of filing the petition being 29th
April—the bankrupt transferred it to his son in con-
sideration of an antecedent debt of f.3s.—Mr.
Abbot applied to the Court to direct a prosecution
against the bankrupt, under the 221st section of the
Act, for misdemeanor in thus disposing of his pro-
perty.—Mr. Press contended that the applicatioo
should be made— if mails at all—on the order of dis-
charge, and that if it was persisted in the bankrupt
was entitled to pass his last examination.—Some dis-
cussion ensued on this matter, and, on his Honor ex-
pressing an opinion that the better course would be
Wallow the bankrupt to pose, Mr. Abbot consented
to his passing, and thenfprocieeded with the order of
discharge. He reviewed the evidence which the
bankrupt bad given—particularly referring to the
fact that the property was transferred to the sou
within one "deader month of his filing his
petition, and to the bankrupt's admission that
he was insolvent, and unable to meet cis engage-
ments at the time. It was for his Honor to
judge of the intent, but he (Mr. Abbot) submitted
that the only intent could have been to defraud
his (the bankrupt's) creditors.—Alr. Press read a
letter which had been sent to the snipes@ by the
son, in which be offered to give op the property on
their repeying him £35. Mr. Prue said no doubt
the bankrupt was of opinion that if Mr. William
Harding, the creditors' assignee, could bare got his
• partner be should ultimately, the Minoan being •
good one, pay his creditors 204. in the pound. The
property bad been estimated attfsoo, in considera-
tion of the bankrupt being able to obtainia,lioense
in connection with the isrewery, and math of the
property upon which a good valuellutds/beetillact
might be considered worthless to the assigneena Mr.
Prue submitted that the banknip intestine
of had no antics
of defrauding the general body of' his crediton, even
If be intended to affect anybody by the trander it
was Hard iog, whom he believed to be persecuting
him, and who brought actions against him which
were ill.(egaded, 'Moe was no evidence to show
that what was done was to defraud, or diminish the