The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-09 00:00:00

THE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS.

The "County bwriness" aa it is called was transacted
on Tueeday, at the Shirehall. before a small attendance
of magietrates over whom Mr. Tunic sr., presided.
As usual at the sessions for this quarter, the business
was very light and unimportant
Mr. Hallllllo brought up the report of the Bridges
sad Beadily' Committ which mated £250 was
wanted for the ensiling quarter, and we. agreed to.
In the matter of the Comely LAIMIIIe daplenu, Mr.
11. B. 31 miter in read the report. It staged among
other things
"The balance in band last quarter was .C 1.145 17. Id.;
lb. amount AU, front unions at the rata of Is. 14. per day
will be .CI 861 firi. 31. ; the amount to be !raid from the
non-oempvr sad out-county patient. account £661 13. ed.;
three mein% £3 3a.: from charity account for the.. idiot
girl., 31.—C3 51113 14s. 54. The expenditure this
quarter is £2,611 5. 111 balance in hand, L 3528.. 64.
The rate we. ordered at ls. Id. per day, being a penny less
than the previous quarter. The balance Is the non-
Pauper and out-county patient.' account. /LIS 19a. 61:
In the building account, .C 53 17a. 31.; in the charity
account, 1:393 sa. 3.1. Tbe total number of palpate ou the
hooks are— Melee, 661; and females, III"
=

—The— %Pin; see-- (70-n;Difie«7 whose report wee pew-
mooted by Mr.,FAIKIONARSON...I4

" The .00rtimittee -haring ;strained the treasurer's
accounts for th. last quarter find the *spondee to bare
amounted to C 2.517 its 3d., whilst the receipts bare been
.C 4,754 12‘., and there remsins • Wane* of .C 1237 Ss Ai
arailehla for the purpose* of the coming limner. The
committee recommend • rota of one farthing in the A
amounting to £11417. , to be oTdared to be paid one
week before the next sessions."
_ _ _

—Major Famirrox read the report of the Cm.ay
Constabulary. It was somewhat more lengthy than
WOit previous reports, and the following is the gist
of :

--"-The Chief Grantable ban raportedlthat at present there
is no sot. Axed to be paid to the police for their attend,
an,,, at the request of private person. and other parties-
rac., tiqes, Lo , and recommends that the sums
which he should be authorised to charge he se fon...—
via., 2.. 61. per day or night : Ss. for both day and night.
The expenditure for the ensuing quarter ha. been esti-
mated at £1.501 Ta. 11 The Huperannuation Fund
...au to Agog 13.,. 41 (sterling). Invested on mortgage
at 44 per cent., and £1,791 13t. 81. (stock), to whiclitlTM
be added (subject to the payment of torrent allowances)
.ClOB 1611, received from the men in the last quarter and
.ClB lc from the Chief Constable for old clothfnr amount-
ing together to glll7 18.. At the instance of the Chief
Constable poor committee recommend that a pension of
if. a week be granted out of the Superannuation Fund.
under the Arts, to tint-class I' C. Georg* Steckler, who
is repotted m«lically unfit for duty after a terrine of
upwerds of 16 years. Also that a gratuity of C 36 be
emitted out of the same fund to the widow of Sergeant
Abort, who died in April last after a service of upwards of
18 years in the forer. Your committee recommend that
• rata of 11. in the amounting to £1,041 12t. 34., be
ordered at these neesiona, to be paid one week before the
next eessiona to be applied to the genera purposes of the
police forc,". . . . .

'-''-is-fg-firrights sad —The cost of Inspecting
weight• and measures dunns the past qnartar has been
.CI7 the amount received for stampior weights
and memo,. for the put quarter has been LS6.. ltd.,
and One anlety of the amount received for Pelf&kill
during the •aggre qimet-r ho. been .C 2 7. 3,11 —CI 14, I.;
cost to the con,, 4:1:1 :11. The number •.1. perms.
convicted before justices during the nest quarter hue been
sine, the amount received for penalties being LI 1411. al.,
a amity of which will be pald over to the tinperannuation
Fund, and the other moiety (a. above named) to the clerks
of Aimsiona, to he paid over by them to the County
Treseun-r."
The report we. c.rreed to.

The Ciief Constable, in accordance with • mums.
tire from Mr. fiecrilary Cnini. has ordered that the
,ine man .4 his f..rce who Is now on service with the
Army Rewrite .hall on hi* return he re-instate-land
Ina former slerrice counted.

—The Rey. C.. 1 GLYN was MRTY LO state the mheme
for aB.ea Industrial &kw, was making but very
little prowess.
Arcoraing to a letter read by the CLERK of the
PEACE the Caowing are the salaries, al setqed by the
Horne I re, to be paid in future to the Mega go the
Jaaliers : -

ord
Brid pot t
C•rne
Doreheder
tihattesbury
Rborhorne
Starmi biter
NWar.biins
WI m 1.Nr0.•

4116
.. Xll6
AR
. X 156
. Lll6
Ll-4
. £147
. CZI2

Captain Masan. wowed a resolution concerning
Ow door time trout ; but after a short discussion, in
which Mr. fissaso especially distinguished himself,
tit* matter dropped.
. _ . .

Tbe rtgait of the PIACI presented the report of
Captain Amyatt (Chief Constable of the county).
It :
_ . .

"I bare the honour of laving before you, in accorisece
with the regulations of the Secretary of State, the return.
of crime for the peat quarter, by erhich,it appears that 167
peen
weltreave been apprehended by the coostsbularr.
dealt with as follows —Discharged, 41
sememutrily disposed of, 117 ; committed for trial, 9 These
returns show • slight decruse—ms.. 11--in the number of
apprehensions se mattered with the corresponding
quarter of last year. I regret to have to report the death,
on the b April, at Carle Mallen., of Sergeant haw'
Short, and, in consideration of his etcellent character
durum & 'aryl,' of upwards of 18 years, 1 beg to rem.-
mend that &gratuity of .CDho &muted to his widow from
the Supersauuation Fond. First clam Conetable George
Stockier baring been found medically unfit for further
duty, I beg to recontamad Mat, in considaratim of his
having served in this force for upwards of 16
'
P•naloo a 9, per week be granted to bite fro: na
.apersomustim2 Fund. During the pad quarter there
has been one outbreak of tleuropneummia in the titer-
asheeter Division. The outbreak did not spread, and the
comity is now entirely free front cattle disease."
The Court then adjourned.

TRIALS OF PRISONZItS.
YESTIILDAT (Wtoesmer).
Before the Deputy Cheirman, Yr. nOTIZ. NP., &misted
by the Rev. RM. Bingham, Colonel Stewart, mad other
mffigiMrstoe.
Mr. H. rooks. of Whitechurch, was foreman of the
Grand Jury.
la the delivery of his charge the honourable gentleman
said he was glad to inform them the calendar. m compared
with previme ems at this time of the year, cootained but
feet serum of prisoners. Lam year there were IA and the
year before M. There was also a diminution in the
onniberof peroms apprehended. although not
ately ibminutive. Still he wee happy to inr7vatem
their labours would be light this Seedcase, and that further
the dada the Court had to diacharge in the course of the
present year would also be light The Attorney General
bad brought in a Bill dealing with a lante clam of crime
which be said (quoting froto • letter) would do awl with
"slim of legal decisions." and in his own belied me' a very
bayed les
that let.thiL7l.4:irthEidkiwogprodtui:
bEinip4.7
Chairmen thea referred to a cou;le of i the cal. dar,
after Mitch the Grand Jury was =dam "Sad l"
or
"throw out " the Sills.
The award of Mr Charles, q c., was road by the Clerk
of the Peace in the wool of the Linden and South-
Western Solway against the rotates of tho Wareham and
Purbeck Union upon their property in different jambes
In the Union. Hr. Charles's award was that it should be
reduced from CIA to CM Kr. Bone now applied that
the order Mould be confirmed and the coats of the mummy
allowed. —Mr. Castls, who appeared for the Anneeseent
Commissioners of the Wareham Union, wigged to.
an hoar against this. Mr. Dollen mateaded that it was
rely • fair rule that people who were compelled te no to
law and were sueeessful eels this should Mire their
meta The Cola. often the olg• sad tea.s.d arOlmonle
of the two be.grigSed ralltilinal, felt compelled to retire.
In about 10 minutes the Court returned sad asked if In
any of the periebee (seven) the amount of the
he been retained Mr. Sullen said one, and that was by
consent The Chainnin then stated the Cart wee of
wielon that casts should follow the declaim—in favour
of the Console.
Illisebeth White, on Mil, • young eirl of about l 4 wee
charged with, sad pleaded not guilty to, baring oe the
MI of Jime last, at Cbardslock, broken into the of
Daniel Newberry, and stolen She ass also charged
with receiving the money. knowing it to have been
Moles.
Kr. Templer for the promcutiom and Mr. Lech for the
defence.
The precentor, Daniel So-berry, stated In hi. evidence
that he as. a !Monroe living at and on the
moraine is question lift for his work at Ni in the mora-
fwirisig hie door locket In the till-box on the drisomr
there wee holt a err...Telco. When he male bonne at Or
ho the evening Lim door as. "tamed open," sad the
grin low had been broken. He then hod a ~eh, sad
hand his moe, was VOL Ooteldis be foetid the tracks
of s woman's foot He communicated with the pollee,
sad ho afterwards saw the prisoner, who lived about 118
garde from his place, in cu.toily She thee sokod hiss to
r but he mid No, I can't, ea ips lathe
oes a 'sada"
In mid! to Kr. Lock, the prosecutor said he knew her
and h.", 'at"' by rig" but had "gtgO to say *bout
thing There were two policemen there when be saw her
In custody.
P.C. mush PO) charged her with the robbery. ehii
then nnd ohe;Sid riper the boom and steal the we".
innd nhi woo yeti ikst.y for It: bat she wee pito( to ...on.
shin:
„riff hi
bought
ge
ahwi , par. veober. b.mehe
with wield pen mien Melte, go.
beaded him bar perm
118.4bral Ss. at kvidad.r. ribis she sabils. It was
aind f 4d. in it. end o.
&gage oat of the half severeige.
In traseezatelhetlal the essabahle athflii"d lift"