The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-27 00:00:00

WrIVIOBJEB.
COUNTY COURT.

TXI7IIDAT : Beton Kr. titaJuirt TtxDai-lircutiow.

Men Sophia Asderson v. Henry loam —le this nee
the pleallf, • domestic servant. of middle us aid the
defeat:sat, a chesiet sod druggiet, of Wimbores, to
recover the enla of £1 10.. 81. doe for true, on the MI
October. ani • farther eum of £4 13e. 81. for d
gumeeed by roam. of wr satin% dismiasal.—Mr. ;IV.
Dibben spy oared forth. pl debit, an t the defendant m 5.
duct et his own mat —Kr. Dibben having I rut, mooted
hia ear galled the plaintiff, who said that oho was hind
by the defendant on the WM September. MN. et lb.
@Mary of Ale a yeer. The hiring wee a I. a-ly one. She
bat to do the cooking and generol Mush id work except-
lag rough work, which the moo who wee employed than
had to do.—Kr. Jame, however. never gave her an
oPPortanlty to show how she could cook. as he Mean
gave her out so moth to cook .nd told her what Me
was to do. On the Ilk Oct her defendant 1,14 her she
was ao cook, and that she het lo at-r leen et the
'wi el the south. On the tit% of Cul cane month she
eitalden•ally broke • vegetabm dish cover. and defend-
ant told her Me would hue to p., Menem pence fur
It She objected, sad he told her to leen st once.
Mabsuneetly. however, she egreed to step till the 10th
November. After that his conduct towards her become
1 titabairable, mad she determined to knee the very next
tine he to her to do so. Mr. Jones used to follow
Am about and comp Sin of what he did. Oa one
mitleadra he followed bar into one of the tease and took
the Ire out after she had lighted It, end complaieed that
elm spoilt the carpet and the broom. Shortly afar that,
on the very Out day, to. 12th November, he gars her •
1 beds to make a podding In, but it one throe t tan too
' large for the materiels be gave her to mike the pudding
with. See took the beefsteak pudding and pot it into.
clothe but Kr. Janes took the pedant out of the cloth
' and pat tile. small belie, and add lt.r I, go upstain
sad stay till he told her to *ogee down. She we, railed
down Moot one n'elesk, and on going to take op tome
potatoes the &fen-4ot called hers "4 thing." sad
told her toles's and she did no. She tithed him wh.t h•
Ins lase to per ber before she went, and the defend eat
offend her • month sod two due salary, which, h ogever,
she defoliated to era mo. No money wits tendered to her.
She chained AS 4i. I. for expenses and loss sustained,
sod for tad mouth aid two den celery for the actual
time else nonskid in defendant's service—ln reply to the
3o4ge, plaintiff mad she had tried to get a sit lotion since
she lett Kr. Jones's home. but stie bed not let been abbe
to obtain one, hut she expeeted to hen one on the 6.1 t
Doember.—Defetidaet denied that he told the plaintiff
to lean his employ at • moment's notice, but said he
might ban sworn at her, as her coot no el negligence
exasperated him. He •dvertised In M. Sensing Pot
f.• • good plain nook, but the plaintiff cud not cook at
sll.—His lionour. after looking at the .4vertistmeent,
held that It wax a yeerly hiring. Defeatent contended
that he hired the plaintiff on the understending that •
month's no ice to leave tem to be given os either ride
but and tben was no mention mule of It at the time of
the toiring.—DOendant at led his manservut (Brown),
who gave endenat as to the meaner In which be Musa
amistad the plaintiff in cookine. and laying the cloth for
table ; and mid be •as now the defendant's housekeeper.
(lhughter.)—Af ter the Judge bad summed up, the Jury
retired tars few minutes, and, on returning lot. Co irt.
gave • verdict for Montle for the .mount amigos 1
11,5 n 0.... s.v. ja46,..• I« •••• 9.1.1.•••/ a•-• ritosiy.
Ada Vesper v. Bement Vesper-Thomas —Ttie piabotitr,
es grecoblx under the will of h. r late huab dad, flainnel
Vesper. Maimed the sum of £lO. the dismal vela. of •
parcel or bag of boots. taken and detained by and lamed to
have beta eginverted to the am of the said Simnel Tomer
1 Thienim—There was • casaiter-claim, In wit‘ch S. Torpor-
Thomas sued for the rem oary of kV. lent to the lets
Saunel Veep/eon • bill of exchaage given in conildera.
tam of mosey lent —Kr. Moore appeared toe the plaintiff,
mid Kr. Curtis for the defend net.
Kr. Moore, banns opined Me Seen tits placid( herself
wits gelled. She said that she remembered her huband
tieing nod in the County Court onto by • Bristol Oros—
Nicholson and Co Ater the service of the summon' Ms
sew • Mn. Worsham, who said, " I bear your husband is
In trouble." Some time alter that Mrs Wsrahage a
relative took • beg away from vitamin home, which she
kaew coetaleed two wars of boots. Witnese's imitated at
that time carried on Ms badman of shoot .e 4 shoemaker.
Two were taken away—a large woe aad • small one.
t
She eth
d s small bag with boots hermit, sod tat bag
g
was t hack, *ad the boots taken out anti nut into
stock. did not ksow whet became o' the or bag.
Kgs. Wareham told her that the bee of boots had been
taken I' Mr. Vorper-nomas
Sarah Wareham said that • bag of black hoot. ins left
et her home by Mr.. Tomer. There erre two bags. She
did not look inside the large bag, but Kra Tomer told
her they were boots. She herself °WWI • until bag front
Kr. Vomer's house as far se the *backyard. sold
Mrs. Vesper owned the large bag, which was • white one.
Al the ekorehyard they exchanged. sad the witness
earned the large bag to her own house. Afterwards Mr.
Tospernomea called at her boast snd sal 1 she would get
Into troubie if she did sot give tip the ho to, sod Ms gave
the. to Kr. Vosur-Thomas—Ths Judge: Did you not
think it strange that • beg of boot, should be taken from
• selling Mock to your private house, where they were not
likely to be sold I—Witness: Mrs. Tomer told me that
they were in trouble—The Judge: Como now, lotus
know all about it. Did you not kno• what the trouble
woe I—Whasee 1 Witness told me they were la trouble,
and was afraid some one was going to Put Is on 'buta—
ne Judge: If then had ben • ninkroptoy in this
ems, and proceedings had been tikm. I em afraid more
thaa one person would have been Implicated.—
Crossexamismi : filhe nev.r suggested that things should
be removed from 'fumes home. Mrs. Vesper told
witness tett her husband put the be I. into the bog, and
that she owed the bag up: and added that her hoshan4
mid the value ot the bull In the bag was £lO. Kr.
Topper was ill at the titaa and Med within • fortnight.
When she west to the dammed (Vower's) shop there wu
no on. then but Kr. Lockbant and his wife were to the
haek room. She first saw Mr. Tosper-Thognas in the
matter when he cents to elemaad the hoots. Mr. Toper.
Dumas might have said it was • very •rong or ivory
unfair thing to move the boob. The demand Tooter on
on. ocradoa said to where that he would not have say
mayrty removed from tile remises, at he might got into
trouble. That was not st the time the boots were removed.
Oman Better said that be went to the deludent's house
sed said he had moms to dein .nd a hag of lot. which he
kat unlawfully token poseseeiuo of. ant tendered him •
notice to deliver them no. Defend not refused to the the
notice ani said he Mould not give up the boots; there wee
• legal groom to go through to get them.
Mr. Canis said he was quite prepared to admit th.ll
the &Ogaden{ had taken possession of the bag oh boots
sad that he had them in his possession still
Mn, Vesper was then erom-examined. She ell 1 . bat
bet husband died on the nod &must lest; • stv rt time
before Ms death she removed one begot boots from tan
house sad Krs. Wareham another. Bhe removed o thing
else.
The 'wig* mid that from a legal point of view the
&fondant wee in erre, fa endeavouring to red o tkis
property. Whatever might hen been the migoondoct of
Mr.. Teepee and of Mrs. Wareham In eadeavouilng to
avoid the oomegussess of • judgment, still the pr..perty,
having loft the rightful owner, did not peas Into the
rightful posesession of Mr. Vorper-Tbornsa Tim fr eodelent
remove' of
In Kr. Cargoo&Mont. by other persons did not place pus nein
ties
Mr Curtis said he simply wanted to inquire in to why
thew goods had been out, ated and removed.
Tbe lodge: You have done sufficient now to show in.
that your Meat was, morally. at all meats, intitled In
taking poessesion of that property, but he is not latolly
'wail d in keeping it.
Mr. Curtis then called Mr. Samuel Vosperatiornee she
gen evidence as to his father's liabilities and diMeol.y.
He took peeseerion of the becti train Mr.. Wareham 's
simply and mainly for the purposed' seeing th - tcredi %Ore
of his father'. eaten might have the baud' of the whole
of such (instil. He had no wish to convert the toots to
his oen use When he took Use bag he offered it to the
ro c 4ver of the estate (Mr. &ann, who t old him 14a8
hie father lonise died he was no looter receiver. He lad
the boots in hie unmake now ; In fact he heel not °peeled
Me bog at &IL He bad no wish to Injure his father or his
lather'e widow. He hid simply send fairly sa far es in
kls power. He proved by bills acrepted aad slued br Mg
father and by the chapel which his father had ceshe&o
that Ms father was isdebted to him in the um of no at
Melbas of his deatla but said he had not premed f. r M-
ONA of this, nor should he have done so but for is dr.
eumetanme in which Its wee placed by the bodes of the
, endow and the statemeata sleeting his character which
bad been made. Hs nee wished to viedicate he father's
' eliagaiter. which was as deer to him as his own. Wheel
hie father was in diffiesilties he offered to share with the
other meditate if his father would wti, los. in Ms Pound,
which be was then very well able to do. He Maar t old
Mn. Baker that kis father wee not Indebted to thn, and
that he had sever gigged • hill to him.
The lodge: As I understand it, Mr. Tosper-Thognas is
a public warrant, and of mune chars:Me to him Is every-
thing. At the ant blush It would have appeared that
Mr. Tomer-Thomas, I'm defendant. haring moan owing
to him from his father's estate seised thevowlit:ity ot
getting Irsmeeloa of theme/axis sad eon them to
hI. own use ierespectlve mbar anankaa, boa .
enr, was not so ,
_• and sitting here as • Jen I may m
tbst has been satisfactorily reepeed to le& i "ma My
g.
it AM the boots be returned by Mr. Tosper-Thogass, so
that his half-dater. who shared in say estate of the
&owed Mr. Toner nailer his will, might hove the
manatee* of Maas. I would also suggeet that Mr. thew,
Thome' should forego his mon nabs on Us hal/-
sister's behalf. It would he • very maareng act on his
part and would keep him good eharsoteriEzd
Yr. Curti' sold hie client we. quite to do that ;
he had simply allowed this ease to be no that it
might he shows he had acted hometly and fairly In the
Interest of the estate.
The Jades I That bag beat most ocmshisively proved.
I shall ester e vodka la aseardeme with thee aqaiLo
agreed to by Kr. Togliegensmam and seek party Unit