The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-05-05 00:00:00

Cowin, PETTY BEllBlO#ll.
- Mr. H. B. sliddletmi (iii th,
dinirl. Mr. W. A. Make,

APPLICATION.

Mr. Pily Ilia,per made applicatiiin fiir the eMet•
nut 4 liarthidianew Him! Iran certain property in
Piwthand. Mr. Hooper 'Laid he appeared fiir the
PN,clittorri 141111 legatees under the will if the late Mr.
.k, ti, % 11.411 the property wai conveyed
in I aal by ilie defendant Hind. Mr. Szsiiiik at the
time ailuwuni defendant to remain in a wrt eon ,1 the
preperty, Ina he at,. 11.1. 11.•ali, they
tp,w exiled 'ii defendant tiii dip I.l...perty.
Mr. Hover, wit being in a ltluun to yr. .11. the
tenancy, tim Bench refinged the *Nair:Mon on 'hu.
allowi they hail jurimlict

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Aen.ll IT.
I korge Spicer "AA one.i for ,o•mmoltilig a lel.
named .1.1111 Crow!, at l'reston. oil =hal
'lowan' llowesi appeared for the conildaittant, and
Jr. .t. 11. for tint detente. Mr. Howell,
hat ing explained the ciremustances of the rare. called
aimplainant: who said Wiedin.lay week he went 1.7
51efenilant's house. Ile was going to is-h..il with his
brother. I h.fenilant wlinitted making use of an
iiffensit e tit pressiini anil rimning away. Spicer cause
iiut of his hid,. and ran after iuiiuu. Ile unight him,
"drams, the stick ace. him,- and citrus, him. /le
threats towards his (ix implaittant's) neither.
-Cr ea-examined by Mr. Hut table Ile had never
used similar language before. lie w. a pro.' boy
-11aught5•11 -bid he admitted Ina mother hall often
had iota/Min to thrash him. -Mr. if,, %table whuitted
his client .5 rock the I. y, but only after the grossest
provocation. -Mr. Col-Fedi. Agrippa culluer saud so
the Zed .tpril complainant came to hint Anil witness
found several linnses on Ilitu -one as large as a hen's
egg on his right arni. There were elm litrilinea on the
loin and the left shoulder. They were flunks that
might have been canard by such A stick a. that pro-
l'he boy still retained the marks of the
bruises.•-lilimbeth Sarah Crawl, mother of the
complainant, said it was quite in month fur.
last Saturday that she beat the boy, mint
there was mit a mark then left ''ii him.
She had never marked the boy. -- Crosis•
examined : The 'wish said the blows were caused hy
Iter, but alle denied it.-Mr. Iliattalile, for the
defence, said Spicer wm a weak harmless man and an
insalisl. On the day in qinution he was ill in his
house when the boy used the oturobiiiiis epithet. He
struck hiln sunder the greatest priviication. lle
shimlal show the boy bad a very lied character, and
1,.. should call the clergyman of the parish to prey,
this. The defendant might have been vir,.ng in strik•
ing the boy, but a simple warning would uncut the
caus.--Ret . Arthur Hill, rector iif Preston, maid he
knew the defendant, alisi Mn.. t'niad and the boy.
He nigariled the defendant as a newt inoffensive nun',
and incapable id ill-using anybody excepting uilsler
great .n.Ssk-atloui. Csniiplanunt was eXceaaively
sr i .11 ery in 5.115, and nspi i ring constant
ci writ-test lit. hineielf had hail occasion to correct
him in for g foul and offeimite langnage
In. lota often had to reprimand him by wont.- -Crow,
examined by Mr. IJAIWen : He had lawn troublesome
,luring a verb i-xtending over six years. He Iglu' not
been in i.e. school during the last year. It had lieen
reported to him the boy had pelted the, defendant.-
Mr. Bowen saiil he could bring the boy's school.
owner to prOVe his present good character. (He
put in a written dicument, hut Mr. Hinitable
objected.)-The Chairman said it was quite clear in a
legal way and technically defendant had cointuitted
an assault, Ind they considered he had been very much
;in/yoked, and what he did was not very excessive
punishment to the boy who had ...toyed him. They
should not convict. but defendant would have to pay
56. toward. the owls as a catitem.