The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

WI MBORNE.

Ow Wednesday lest, before the Blendford Boroagh
Magietrates, Henry Lambert, baker end eonfeetioorr,
of Wimborne, pleaded goilty to leaving his bona and
Cart on the highway. in Weet-streek Blandford. In eo.
tenoation he denied having any knowledge of doing
wrong, and stated that he put his east in the same place
last year, when he went into the flower show field to
sell his cakes.— Fined 10a. including meta

Perri( Sessioas,_Auf. M.—Present:C. J. Parke, Req.
(chairman), Sir B. Greathead, Bart, Rev. Our J.
Glyn, J. T. Racket, Rah and Colonel Paget.
This was the annual licensing day, and the whole of
the licenses in the dist ice were granted. The follow-
ing applications for new licenses were presented. Mrs.
Caroline Easter, for a public house to be called "The
Sea View" in the parish of Kinson, at a place called
"Constitution FEB/ - The legal notices required by
the Act haring been proved,and there being no
objections iu.sed, the application was granted.—
Mr. John Ellie, of Wiroborne, applied for
a license for a new hotel in course of erection near
the Wimborne railway station, to be called "The
Railway Hotel." Application granted. Mr. John
Byers applied for a spirit license for the "Cricketer',
Arms," Wimborne. Mr. Racket, one of the Bench,
opposed this application, on the ground that the bowie
in question, now used as a beerhouae, was not suitable,
it being in a private place, and therefore would not
answer the intention of the legislature, who allowed
such houses ter the accommodation of travellers. The
rest of the magistrates were of opinion that as licensed
house, came under stricter surveillance, it would be
better to grant the application, at the seine time
strictly cantioaing Mr. Byers to be very carefuL

ALS-CUING • HORNS AND ABALULTING 'He POLICL—
II Goobey, of Leigh common, was charged with
illegally rescuing a horse from the custody of the police,
an also with assaulting the constable whilst in the
execution of his duty. —Mr. Tanner appeared for the
defendant. —P.C. Hobbs stated that on 18th August he
saw the horse feeding beside the road; he waited about
ten minutes, and then went forward to pound ih
Goobey came out of him house, and on his telling him
he should pound the horse, Goobey stepped forward,
thrust his fist within an inch of his face, and threatened
to knock his brain, out if he touched the horse; and
then drove the horse away.—Mr. Tanner said he had
two answers to the charge of illegal rescue, first, that
the land on which the horse was found by the police-
man was • part of his client's own freehold, and that as
all water had to be brought through the house, and the
defendant's stable vraa situated a distanos off,the defen-
dant's son watered the bores at the wicket gate, and on
the day in question was about to do so, when the
constable came up; and further that it could not be
Illegally seizing, inasmuch as the policeman did not
take hold of the horse at all. He called as witness
for the defence Alfred Ooobey, son of the defendant,
who stated that the horse was within a short distance
of his father's gate, and that he was with it all the time;
that his father did not strike, or offer to strike the
policeman, and that be did not make use of abusive
Linguae. —He was corroborated by Mary Allen, who
stated that she stood at defendant's door all the time.
—After a patient investigati,,n of the case, the magi,-
*rake oonsidsring both charges proved, fined the defen-
dant Is., and costs 10. for the first offence, and is. fine
and Is, costs in the second.

Dam LIM RIOTOUS. —Henry Goobey, an elder son
of the defendant is the previoas owe, wan charged on
the information of P.C. Spicier with being drunk and
riotous on the previous Saturday. The constable stated
that about half-put 10 his attention was called tea row
In the street flier the Greyhound nubile-house, Wile.
borne. He went, and saw the defendant 'tending oa
the pavement in front of the bowie. He was very
drunk, and mini abusive language to the landlord.
bemuse he would not 1.1 him have any more beer.
Them were a great maim people there, and the defend-
ant was annoying the whole neighbnurhood.—This not
being the ant offense the Beech inflicted a lee of 40..
and Sm. outs, and in default Goobey was 'committed for
one mouth's hazd labour.