The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-25 00:00:00

JUDGMENT CLSI3.

Charles Coats, Blaniford, v. Roger 1111 out, bay
trusser, of the ssme place.—Clsim for rent of cottage.
—Defendant, a single mac, did cot apptar, and as
order for committal for 14 days WM made.
Samuel Go.ar, bAker, f Cbselt it Marshall, v.
Leonard Log, labourer, of the same place.—Claim
for bread supplied.—Defendaot had sent 4s. 61. int,
aiurt that morning, and his Honour made an order
for 20 d.ys, not to limas if arrangements prop oed by
def•adant were carried out.

A. Crew, Okefort, v. Samuel Rogers, labourer, of
Lb. rams plitee.—Clalen for bread and groceries sop-
plied.—Defendant's wife appeared, sad pleaded her
haeband note bad 10e. per week, aod there were six
little children. She offs:4d Is. per month, which, at
his liottour's suggestion, plaintUf accepted.

OIDIELIT CURS.
Eu 2117 Trowbride, • widow, of Okeford Pitman*,
sired Fredrick Ridout, hay dealer, etc., for £9 15e.,
balance for lodging, mikado*, stc., during the years
1879, 1880, end 1881 —Defendant had pad 24 19e.
into Court, sad denied owing any more.—Mr. H. C.
Dashwood foe defendant, and Mr. Brimmed deleodiel.
—Two amounts ware handed to the judge, which, on
beiag shown to pleintlf, sbs denial writing, but on
his Honour comparing this with her admitted account,
he oonclud-d it was the *erne writing, and gars •
vimclickfor defendant..
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.-Clirris-se—C-oZT-CaTitod corn merchant, BI
v. J. G. Fowler, yeoman, of Torrent fluoride.
Claim £5 for straw.—Mr. Breenand defended.
—Plaintiff deposed that on the 23rd February, 11183,
he bought a sick of straw of defendant for £3O, and
gave hint a cheque for that amount at the time. The
straw was reckoned to be about 15 tons, the produce
of 15 scree, and at the price was suppo•ed to be of
first quality. The rick was not thatched at the time,
and Mr. Fowler agreed to thatch it at mum, but it was
thatched so badly that the wet penetrated. At the
bottom of the rick there was about two tons of worth-
less barley stuff. The rick was sold as oat straw.
1 The rick stood on about 10 roods of land, and
remained there eight months, fur which he was
to pay 10... the ordinary price for &mediae
prepared to
the enstomary time. Altar plaintiff had
removed the good straw defendant used the Utter at
the bottom for his own purposes, and It was for this
Utter at the bottom he .--Cross-exernined
The bargain was made In front of the Corn Exchange.
He had seen the rick of straw before buying it. His
attention we not called to any barley straw around
the rick. He did see that Reveal ricks had been
thrashed near this rick. He finished moving the rick
on the 191.11 of November. He we mired to take the
straw sway between March and September for
the convenience of Mr. fowler. Defendant told
him the top of the risk was spoiling, but he
did not sue for that. He met bft. Fowler
on the 19th November and when he ha I pointed out
the had bargain Mr. Fowler said he would give him
a load of straw for the litter. This o invenation took
place
con the road to Gunwale, both being on borea-
lis then told Mr. Fowl. r that he had
disposed of the rough straw, when defendant said one
petty bad been for a hoed, and if the other &bad
come he should not have mot them sir ‘y empty. It
was fit for litter only, and that we worth El per ton
to him—Frederick Carter, • trusser, in the employ
of Mr. C 0•44, deposed to help getting the rood straw
away. There was about 18 inches d:_pth of rough
stuff at the bottom, not fit as straw. He should say
there were four or fire woe there.—The defence woe
a dental of having to thatch the rick, and that
before time litter wee used by defendant the plaintiff
had abandoned it as worthless.—Mr. Brennand called
Mr. J. G. Fowler, who deposed be had repeat cily
waked plaintiff to remove the rick, as he wanted the
use of the land. The straw was bought on the under.
'tending that it should be removed almost imme-
diately. Plaintiff never asked him to thatch it.
Alter the bulk of the straw had been removed in
September and October, he saw the plaintiff about
the litter remaining, asking him if he Wa4 going to
remove any more of the " muck" that was there,
caused by exposure to the wet after the balk bad
been removed. By this exposure it had got rotten.
PlaMtiff told him he shout I not take any more away.
There were three or four loads left. Plaintiff said he
owed two:men • turn, and he sell if they liked to
come for it they could have a loa.i each. One man
did pow, but complained of the litter, aa Coate ha
said it wee good draw. In November he made •
heap of mangold, an I used the litter to cover them
up, to clear the ground.
Frank Pester v. Geor(4l Hall.—Plaintiff, • 11•0•11
=won, sued the defendant, • chimney sweep, for
£4 11... 64. for lose of three week,' work in consequence
of an assault on him by the defendant in Jesuitry let
and for medical attendance. Judgment was given for
plaintiff for ES 100., to be paid in 10i. monthly Metal
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mauls.

Bona BO 1111. —On Friday the annual vestry
meeting was held in the mall Tao Hall, for the
election of Kalmar. of the Burial Board in the place
of the three members retiring, and f..r the passing of
the accounts. The accoacta.howed that the balaos
In the treasuries hands at the beginning of the past
yam was 85i 14.. 8 I. ; whilst £125 bad been received
from tam overseers, £453 4.. for fess, and 10.. from
the Commissioners for root of the mortuary. Altar
doducitlag the expenditure for the year there remained
a balance of VA 4 44. due to the treasurer—the
deficit being accounted for by the fact that the amount
received in fees &via the year was £l5O lass than
last year. The accounts ware adootel, sod the three
retiring mombors—Mears. T. J. Hankies,.., J.
and W. lioara—wer• re—leoted. The
Chairman of the Board, Mr. H. W. Rabbet*, said
that the members of the Burial Bar I bad worked
, very amicably and pleasantly together during the past
I year. The meeting chewed with a vote of thanks to the
Chairman.