The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-01-08 00:00:00

TRIALS OF PRISONERS.

FIRST COU RT. —WinniaDAT.
( Raton Kr. Jo na Florna. M. P., Chairman. )

Mr. R. thugs, of Waterson, was sworn foreman of the
Grand Jury:—

After the usual preliminaries were one through, amid
cousWeralas whispering on the Benda. in spite of the
awful threat of the "pain of imprisonment" tot non-
illionth,
The CIAJILMAII delivered his charge. The calendar
containsi the names of • larger number of prisonere for
trial thaa at the corresponding sessions beat year. but
I•eking at the character of the crime., it waa not •
heavy calendar. Referring to the increase of 37 in the
number if prisoner. committed for trial at the Christaith
Quarter Dessions in 77, as against the comnpunding one
in 7A he said this include. times sent front the different
home 'ha of the county. There was another feature
to elan he invited their attention, which was
especially remarkable in the present calendar, that
out of all the prisoners en the adonis:, • very
large prmortion were persona who did not belong
to the county, there being only two out of eight
whom residences are given who belong to Donets/tire.
Referring to the extraordinary increase of vagrancy during
the 1•4 lour or five months, he said he found that in the
Dorchester union, of which he wee Chairman, where
previonsty they had only five or six coming for shelter.
they had had of late ma many as 2D or 3V-end one night a.
many ma 40. That wee much to le regretted, for vagrancy
was, no kalif, intimately connected with crime. Upon
enquiry of the Chief Constable, and th other quarters, ho
found there was no reason to suppose the measures which
they had taken at the tllgire4loll of Captain Brown bad
failed, for the greater number who had availed them-
selves. of the shelter of the house were heed Ads working
men in search of work, and not professional imagers. No
doubt when trade became better this increase would
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-11; bu.siness in this court consisted of two appeals.
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Leaddr. end SoutA.lnsters &Wray (appelbutta), v.
tile 4 rommeta Cormainie e/ Ike VersAmas gad Prriofek
Union lrespondentel. Mr. Bullets and Mr. Templer (In
structed by Mr. Hall, Me company's solicitor) ealumrsd
for the eiteelbante ; and Mr. Castle end Mr. Lock (ie-
structed by Mr. R N. Howani, of Weymouth) appeared
for the respondents. The meal was against an assess-
ment made by the restiondeeta• union upon the Loudon
and Siutb.Western Railway Company, whose system
romp Med • line which runs through wren respective
Eros. The 12..azin4 of this promise.' to be of 111131.121/0
r —in fact Mr. Castle told the learned cham iraa that
hiy they might get far enough ti allow of bra going
up to the opening of Parliament, and then A. could
return and conclude it flowerer, after some hours dad
been spent over it, it was decided the appeal should be
further adjourned until next maim& sending the report
of Lhe Court of Mr. Arthur Charles, QC., to whom Hie
matter should be referred

IThe other wag a sporting appeal
Charles flosselero v. The ClisreAsetuvlsas and Orman of
Ben Regis and LA. Asousttotot Ceottakittoo of tAs Wareham
' sod Poriosk Union.. Mx. B. Y. Luck, itatructed by
Wien. Johns and Trail, of Blaniford. appeared tor the
appellant ; Mr. Csstle, with whore was Mr. Templer.
I instroled by Mr. K. N. Howard, of Weymouth, ap-
pears' for the respondents. The appellant had for some
' time rented the right of ',hooting over lands belonging to
Mrs Breeden. At the October, 1876, Sessiolui the Court
mad., order, with the consent of all pater reducing
, the amassment from .C37:ito £3013. Immediately after
' the Bestow the Assessment Committee met WWI dad
Iput up the assessment on Mr. Hamlin; to £375.. before,
whereupon he gave notice of appeal, but unfortunately
I ea omission was merle in the notice, whereby the &Mal'
hat was prevented from urging as an objection to the
rate the fact of the reduction made at the October
Surdena, 1876. The came was now heard upon it. merits,
' with the result that the iproes ratea'.le value was nadurad
I from £360 to 1:310, and the rateable value front £346 to
11306. And tas after bear', two years' lighting !!