The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

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.—Mzeirlarre's brerrimet.— On
the members and friends of this
favoured by the Rev. W. Barnes,
with a lecture and reading
. There was a fair attendance,
, of the gentler sex who, by their happy
eountenancee and oft-repeated plaudits, showed
bow heartily they appreciated the instructive enter-
tainment provided for them. Mr. Barnes commenced
his lecture by showing how admirably adapted the
Dorset dialect was suited to express the full meaning
which the speaker desired to convey; and by which,
like all other languages, not rendered feeble by the
admixture of modern terms, it -claimed a pre-
eminence above the usual modes of expressing ideas
in other parts of England. In thisit resembled the
purest forms of other languages, several of whieb
As, (Mr. Barnes) gave illustrations. For instance,
the personal pronoun he was used for everything
whole or complete in itself—he was used for • man,
- &house, or anything formed and complete; bit for
enly • part the word a was used. in this respect
the same difference was observable in the French and
bpanish, and this was also the way the Transyl-
vanians made use of these wolds. Again, another
superiority of the Dorset dialect was, that whereas
words proopuneed the lame with different meanings
• were found in the bight& language, in pure Dorset
they were both spelt and pronounced differently—as
• for instanoe--" He was brought before the Mayor" I
—pronounced as Mare in English, was in Dorset.
pronounced Maire ; and the letter e, which when
used by a number of Englishmen, sounded like the
hissing of so many serpents,, was pronounced as z,
Making a difference between ain sabbath, and sin
:sun. The long a was also used in the Dorset
-' dialect in the some manner as in the Spanish and
French. After several very interesting illustrations,
' • as showing the superimity of the Dorset dialect, Mr.
Barnes proceeded to the more amusing part of his
subject, viz., Selections from his Poems, which he
• • gave with that peculiar drollery and characteristic
truthfulness for which he is remarkable. The first
piece selected was "The Bachelor," wherein is
depicted some of the miseries which that unhappy
individual suffers, or at any rate is supposed to
suffer. This , excited the risible features of
the audience, and was deservedly cheered.
• —"The §clio," and "the Diseipeited Husband"
*glowed; and to these succeeded "The husband, to
• be wrife,'sa heart-stirring narrative of wedded life.
Itatellog Joe," his sister, cousin, and an old dog"
'was a true- picture of many a home-scene in more
places than Doreet, Mr. Barnes then proceeded to
- show that from the Dorset • dialect any metre or
Manse might btoomposed, and read "The Husband
. ridding his house at Lady-daiy," as an instance that
:, even with the Persian language the Dorset might
worthily take its stand. "The fall through the
r• Tun," which the speaker informed his hearers
meant that part of the chimney close to the roof,
• was then given, and heartily applauded. —Mr. Barnes
here said that if any one would like to bear any
.m.-re pieces he should most happy to read them, and
"A Bit o' Courting," Ehroton Fair" and "Easter
Sunday,", were successively called for, and elicited,
the hearty appoval of the company. The whole was
concluded by a very, humourous sketch of a Dorset
countryman on his way to the Great Exhibition of
'lB5l, entitled "John Broom, the miller in Leedom,"
At the close • vote of thanks war proposed to Mr.
Barnes, and carried by acclamation.
We record, in oar obituary of to-day, the demise
of Mr. Mark Baker, auctioneer. The lamented
deceased was held in great esteem, having practised
as an auctioneer for the last fifty years, and had
earned a wide-spread popularity for his uniform
integrity in business matters, in which he had been
more than ordinarily successful. He leaves a widow
to lament his loss.

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Aonnstrr.—On Monday Henry Hine, clad in the
eniplOy of Mr. OfockfOrd, millwright, of this town,
: met with a very severe accident. Mr. T. Gale, of
• Grove Buildings, with a wagon and two horses,
„. • . (accompanied by Hine) had been to Yellowham
WoOd for a load of fir timber, and in descending the
blfl"(the driver having incautiously omitted ta put
ev• on the drag), the harness of the shaft horse, in
attempting to check the impetus of the wagon, got
• broken. The boy, who was at the time holding the
- • leader, was thrown down, and the wheels of the
• wagon passed over his right leg, breaking it in two
He was removed to the Dorset County
" • hteplial, where every attention was paid him.
• Bonooort Pirrry SeassioN, Tuesday, Feb. 25th.—
Before the Mayor, and K. Davis, Esq.
Foirr-Orrica ROBBICRY.—Robert Keats was brought
up en remand, charged with robbing the Post-office.—
H. Lock again appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Weston for the defence.—Gideon Croaker said—l
am • police-officer in the employ of the General Post-
office. About eight o'clock on the evening of the 18th
I taw the L.st witness. I received a letter addressed to
Miss Hardy. dressmaker, Piddletown, Dorset, with cer-
tain instructions. That letter was securely sealed and
fastened, and appears Ito contain coin. On the follow-
.. ing day I was at Bristol, and at one o'clock I went to
•. the post-office. I saw Mr. Sampson, the chief clerk
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• • • there; and handed the letter to him, with instructions.
That letter was in the same state as when I received it
frlttn-Mr. Howeon.—Edward Chaddock Sampson said—
, eta elle( elerk et the Brtetot Post-office, On Wednes-
?.....skiM.Allel9ll4,abOWLentte'slock. Gideon Crocker brought
VA, lettel, addressed as before described. Abent three
°week I handed it to the sorter, William James Cox,
.with instructions. —William James Cox deposed—l am
a sorter in the Bristol Post-office. On Wednesday, the
. • 19th inst., the last witness gave me a letter for Miss
Hardy, Piddletown. It was safely sealed, and inside I
was a hard substance resembling coin. I tied it up
with the letters for Dorchester on Thursday morning,
the 20th. I kept it in my possession from the time I
received it till I tied it an the bundle and put in the
• Derchetter bag, which I tied and saw sealed end
delivered into the hands of the guard of the mail cart.—
Francis Lock examined, said—l am the postmaster at
Dorchester I was in tha.offloe on Thursday morning,
the 20th inst, on the arrival of the North mail bags.
• The Bristol bag was -one of them. It arrived about 1
twenty minutes to one o'clock. I saw the letter taken I
out of the Bristol bag: I took the two bandies into my I
own possession, and after looking them through I ob-
served in one of the bundles a letter addressed to Miss
Hardy, Piddletown. I did not take particular notice
of it. flaying done this I put them across to the
damping board to be stamped. As they were stamped
• by Mendell, hb handed them across to the sorter to be
sorted. • At that time there were in the office myself,
• • Mendell, C. Parsons, and Keats., After the letters were
• sorted by Parsons,the letterearriers,itendall and Keats,
• were dispatched for their delivery. After they had gone
I looked through the Piddletown letters to see whether
that addressed to Miss Hardy was there, but I could net
find it —Charles Parsons deposed—l ant clerk in the
• Dorchester 'Post-office. I was on duty on Thursday
- morning, the Math met, when the North mail bag
• arrived, After the letters were stamped they were
. banded over to the sorting board, and I sorted them, as
-• was my duty. Keats, one of the letter carrion, looked
. some of them over and divi,ed them. I supposed him
. to be dividing the Dorchester ones from tbose for the
.neighbourhood. This was while I was giving a post-
offiee onlerto • person who came to the office. After I
had given the post-office order I went back and finished
sorting. After I bad done, the letter carriers took
"those in the Dorchester box.—Elizabeth Hardy said—l
reside at Piddletown, and am a dreannaker. I did not
receive any letter, either on the 20th, 21st, or 220 inst.
containing money.—Superietendent Underwood deposed
•• —I an. Superintendent of the County Police at Dor-
chester. On Thursday, the 20th inst., in consequence
of information I received, I went to Weymouth in
search of prisoner. I Met him at Weymouth in the
street leading to the railway station, about half-past 7
In the evening. He was going towards the. station. I
told him there had been a letter 'stolen from the Dor-
chester Post-office that morning, containing two-half
sovereigns. and I should search him on suspicion. I
- took him into a public-house close by, and just as I got
to the door I observed him put his hand into his trousers
pocket. I told him to keep his hands out, and I laid
hold of them and called for assistance. One of the
railway porters held his hands while I marched his
pockets. In his right-hand trousers pocket I found the
pnrse containg • half-sovereign, 2s. 6d. in silver, and
some postage stamps. There were some coppers and
poetage stamps loose in his pockets. I told him I should
take hint into custody for stealing two half-sovereigns,
some postage stamps, and a letter, the property of the
Postmaster-General. He said lie lied the postage stamp,'
. front a traveller he did not know. I brought him bask
to Dorchester, and was present at the interview at the
police-slatioty Satirise& Howson, the poet-office instroo•
• tor. to whom I produced the half-sovereign and postage
stamps. Howson identified it as the half.
sovereign which had been stolen from Miss HErdy's
letter—Williain Edwin Howson, on being called to
Identify the hall-sovereign, refused .to state to Mr.
Weston the particular mark by which lie kinsw it, and
along argument ensued between the learned gentlemen,
Mr. Weston arguing that it would be by far the better
way, and more fair towards the prisoner, if the peculi-
• stray of the mark by which he knew it were stated by
the witness. The Bench ruled that it was not necessary
se this was a preliminary inquiry. The witness then
sad the halipovereign now produced by Superinten-
dent Underwnod I identify as being one of the half.
• sovereigns I put into the letter and addressed to Miss
Hardy, and pee to the witness Crocker. Previous to
• - placing them in the letter I made a memorandum of
the marks, made on the coin. Cross-examined—l pro-
, duce the memorandum. The mark is on the half-sove-
reign. but the postage stamps: are not those
, placed in the letter. I was not present when Keate•
• -house was searched. Mr. Weston applied for the
posw.ge stamps to be given up as they had not been
- owned.. It Shad been distinctly stated that the stamps
, were not the stolen ones, and indeed they could not he
• esthete were 4s. worth and untorn. Mr. Lock opposed the
• 'tieing ,up of the stnums„.es there was is probability
they had been purchased at Portland with part of the
kall-ievereign.—The prisoner was cenunittaffor trial at
II the 'Aisizes. Mr. Weston applied for bail. Mr. Lock
-said the Post-office authorities never in any mute con-
stinted for hail to be taken. Mr. Weston said it was
not for the Post-office authorities, bat for the magistrates
to accept bail. He was prepared with good substantial
• kaki. Lime Mayor said this was a, very important ease,
dhd lieidid not think that under the circumstances, and
...moldering the Assizes were so slow at band, the
•trileb was inflicting any hardship in refusing bail.
T prisoner was then ,min,nitted.
ASSAULT. -,.Wmiliaui Curtis, from Poole, was charged ,
before the Borough Magistrates on Tuesday, with
assault. Thomas Asoott said, that on the previous
evening he was in Star-lane, when defendant dime
along and pushed his brother. He told him to keep his
hands to himself, and defendant then knocked him
down • and struck him while he was down. He wealth°
worse for drink. Defendant said that drink for once
him, and he could recollect nothing shoat it.
Charming..r to live. The defendant
with breaking a window, and corn-
this amount of 2s. According to hia
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chamber door. He paid the cost the window, and
the charge was withdrawn. For the ...unit he was
fined 10s. and ss, sorts, to be paid in a week. Defen-
dant said he was a Coast-guard Volunteer, and hi was
going * his training ship at Portland.
WEYMOUTH—The 13th annual meeting of the
Sailor's Society was held at the Townhall, on Monday,
evening, Feb. 24. The hall was crowded to excess,
and the meetieg was presided over by J. Goode,
Esq. After prayer, the report was read by Captain
Roberts, the secretary, from which it appeared that
during the past year the services at the bethel had
been numerously attended by the sailors in port,
both native and foreign. The object of this society
is to provide a reading-room for sailors, and a 'place
of worship, the religious cervices being conducted
in rotation by ministers of the various religious
denominations in the town and also the distribution
of Bibles and religious books among seamen. The
Committee had to mention no partioular instanoes
of good being done during the past year k but from
the outward demearonr among the men, and relying '
on the promise of God that His word should not '
return void, but should accomplish the purpose for
which it was sent, they were encouraged to go
forward. The receipts and disbursements of the
year had been £33 odd, leaving ss. lid. in the hands
of the Treasurer. The claims of the society were
submonently urged upon the meeting by several
speakers, the Rev. Mr. Smith, who evidently
has the temporal and spiritual welfare of the sailor
at heart, Mr. Anderson, Rev. Mr. Cheney, of Port-
land, and Captain Harlimal, whose whole soul seems
• to be set upon the promotion of religious services on
board ship, establishing bethels, and in short using
every effort to secure the conversion of sailors. The
Rev. \V. Lewis, the Rev. R. Cooke, the Rev. I.
Birt, and other gentlemen also ably addressed the
meeting, setting forth the claims of the society to
the .support of every professing Christian in the
land. The proceedings, which were of a very
pleasing character, were brought to a conclusion by
the singing of the doxology. A liberal collection
VIM made at the doors in aid of the society's funds.

WIITMOUTE COUNTY PETTY 81113810N8, Friday.—
Before Captain Manning, It. F. Swafileld, H. C.
Geodden, and S. Meade, &qrs.
PORTLAND.—Job Ha!son was charged with leaving
his wife and family chargeable to the parish.-- Mr.
R. N. Howard appeared for the defendant.—
John Lee, relieving officer, deposed that the de.
fendant's wife went into the :Union on the let of.
February, but remained only .e. day or two. She had
received relief from the 10th of February. The defen-
dant hadqold him he was billing to pay for his wife's
mainteNswoe in the house, but he would not live with
her again, nor allow her anything out of the house.—
The ease was adjourned till next sitting that a witness
might be produced to state how the woman became
destitute--Richard Lovell was summoned for driving
on • footpath at Portland on the 6th of February.
The eased was proved by P.C. Fripp, who saw him
driving on the day in question near the house of the
the Rev. Mr. Hogarth. The defendant said "I told
the horse to come near me, but he wouldn't." Pined
le,—Thomas Taylor was charged by P.C. Fripp with
riding without reins, on the 6th Febrdary.—Fined ss.
including coats.—A woman named Bourke charged a
lad named Malcombe Weston with stealing a wedding
ring. She said that on Wednesday, the 21st of January,
she was washing, and defendant came in and took
down a gold ring that was hanging on • small nail over
the fire-place. This was about one or two o'clock. The
next morning, about 9 o'clock, when she went to look for
it, it was gone. She saw the boy and asked him
about it, and be denied it. He afterwards acknowledged
taking it and eried.- —The Bench asked what the boy
said when he acknowledged taking it. Witness said
he acknowledged taking it down, but said he put it
back,--The boy's father was present, and asked to speak.
He said that the complainant was an Irish IVOMMI, to
whom the warders gave work in washing, As. On the
20th January he came home and found his boy, 14
years of age, in complainant's apartments. He told
him he would not allow him to go there, and that if he
did, he would Bog him. It appeared, however, that he
went in next day. On the day following that, the
22nd of January, when he (tame home he heard the
boy's voice in complainant's apartments, and he called
him out, and boxed his ears for disobeying his orders.
The complainant had been in and out of his house with
washing, but he had never heard anything of this
affair till last Monday, when the summons was served.
He then asked his son what had occurred, and he told
him that he went into complainant's apartments on the
21st January, and seeing • ring be took it off the
nail, and said "Hero's • jolly ring, Mrs. Bourke,
is it brass or gold?" She said it was gold, and he put it
on the nail again. The next day she celled him, and
charged him with stealing it. He denied it ;he said he
saw nothing of it after he again hung it on the nail, and
he was going to tell his father, but his father at that
moment came home and called him out, and boxed his
ears, which prevented his speaking to him about it, He
skid the complainant's husband said, if he Thad the ring
be might place it somewhere for him to find it, and no
one should be any wiser for it; but the boy said he
mild not do this, for he did not know where it was.—
Mr. Weston added that be had • witness in court who
could prove that oomplainant first of ell accused an
Irish girl of staling the ring, and that when she found
she could get nothing out of her, she accused the boy.
After the summons had been served, she bad said she
never told the magistrate that the boy had stole the ring.
and if such was in the summons it was wrong. She had
also offered to compromise the matter, and added that
if he would pay for the summons she would say no more
about it ; but lie said no, if theboy was wrong, heshould
be punished, and if he was not, he ought not to lay
under the scandid.— Captain Manning said that when
complainant came to him for the summons she dis-
tinctly charged the boy with stealing the ring.—Mr.
Ooodden asked complablawkif *here were any person*
in her rooms that day beside* the defendant. Com-
plainant said her husband was there some times, when
she was not, and there were her own two children, but
they did not take 11.—Mr. Weston said there was no
mantle-piece over the fireplace, and the ring hanging on
the small nail it was Bair' to have hung, might have
jarred off, or been brushed off into the ashes.—The
Bench said there were great doubts in the case and
dismissed the summons.

NOTTINGTON.—Henry Murray was °bellied by Supt.
Underwood with riding fast asleep in a wagon, drawn
by three horses, there being no one to guide them.
These were reins tied to the wagon.— The defendant
hawing been fined three months ago, he was now Seed
fie., and costs. _ . _

-*TVS REGIS. —Prudence Rawlings, Elizabeth Mary
Paul, Elisabeth Jane Green. and Sarah Seeley, were
charged P.C. Daniels with sleeping in an old lime-kiln,
and having no visible means of subsistenee.—They had
all before been convicted, and the Bench on the present
occasion sentenced them to three months hard
labour.

LCUIDENT. On Tuesday evening an accident
occurrbd whereby Mr. Talbot, baker, lost a horse,
and his son, a lad about 14 years of age, had a narrow
escape of his life. It appeared that the lad was
driving the horse in a four-wheel bread van along
the North !Quay, from the Boot Inn, towards
the bridge, and that when opposite the house of
Mr. Bartlett, carpenter, the animal commenced
kicking, and getting one bind leg over the shaft of
the vehicle, was unable to extricate itself. In this
state it made a desperate plunge into the harbour,
diagging with it the van and the boy, who was
seated in it. A large number of persons LAW the
accident, and rescued the lad, who had received a
severe blow on the forehead. The horse was
drowned. Fortunately there was not much water
in the harbour at the time, or the case might have
been more serious for the youth.

STEALING A GUERNSEY FROCK. A woman
named Rayner, from Jersey, was apprehended by the
polme on Ttiesday, for stealing a Guernsey frock that
wastangllig up in one of the back streets to dry. She
WWI brought before the magistrates on the following
day, and remanded till Friday, to be dealt with
summarily.

BOROUCIH PISTTY Szestomi, Tuesday.— Before
Aldermen Bower and Prowse.—Elizabeth Chick was
summoned by Elizabeth Cashin for using language
calculated to create a breach of the peace. The de-
, fendant is under hail for good behaviour. It appeared
that the complainant has a child two years old,
who disagreed with defendant's child, which is four
years old, in consequence of which Mrs. Chick went
to Mrs. Cashin's house to make complaint. Some
words ensued, each mother taking her own child's
part, and defendant called the other names one as
no chaste woman could tolerate. The same remarks,
it seemed, had also been used on other occasions,
and hence this summons. —The Bends reprimanded
the defendant f‘r her conduct, and dismissed the
summons.--John Masters appeared to an adjourned
eammont for tblilarti-pi4tueut of' rates. Two rates
. were due awl defendant disputed the last rate, as
be said tilat, although he had a lodger in the house,
he resided there only during the day.—Mr. Fmk'
istid the collector had called several times for the
amount, and the plea of non-occupation was never
before urged.—Mr. Bower thought the collector must
be in a position to prove defendant did occupy the
halm—Mr. Fooks said he could not do that. All
be knew was the door was always opened when he
called.—Mr. Arden said the rate-book was sufficient
proof, and that if the defendant was illegally rated,
he should have appealed against the rata at the
proper time and place. We are not aware whether
magistrates ars like Majesty, who can nev. r do
wrong, but in this instance the Weymouth Bench
refused to receive the law as it was laid down in
the Act of Parliament, and dismissed the case as
against the last rate.—A man named Beverton
was brought up for remand.—Superintendent
Lidbury said that on Monday afternoon, between
three and four o'clock, be received a telegraphic
message, stating that a person had come off by the
Channel Islands steamer, with a watch sad money
he bad stolen from Mr. McKenzie, residing at No.
10, Stonth, Jersey. Witness sent Sergeant Brine
to watch the boat on its arrival, and the prisoner
was apprehended with the watch in his possession.—
Prisoner, who had acknowledged that the watch be-
longed to McKenzie, was remanded till Friday.
hie-rammer Vass CHURCH. —On Sunday, the
23rd inst., sermons were preached at the chapel
beronging to this society by the Rev. T. D. Alford;
and on Monday evening a public meeting was held
On behalf of the funds of the Methodist Free Church
Missionary Society. There was a tolerable attend-
ance, but it would no doubt have been much better
had not the Sailors' Society meeting been held at the
Townhall on the same evening. The Rev. J. D
Alford presided, and some stirring addresses were
delivered by the friends of the society. Collections
were made after the sermons on Sunday, and at the
close of the public meeting on behalf of the mission,
which, we are happy to hear, is in a promising state.
THU " THIS/I," SIR J. ELPHINSTOI/11, AND LORD, 0.
Pao:arr.—ln the Honest of Commons on Monday alb.,
Sir J. Elphinaten• drew attention to a report wheels
appeared in the Times of that warning, respecting the
Wets en board the Brits/miss kie add QM cominaleo
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of Council on Education required, as • condition of aid
to the schools, that the rooms in which the children
were educated should be 15 feet high; but on board
those ships the youth of this country were educated in
apartments which were not 6 feet under the beams, and
were mbject to every description of discomfort. The
Britannia which, while at Portsmouth, had at all events
the advantage of a good playground, had been removed
to Portland, where they had none, and, as be
had seen by that day's papers, disease was very
prevalent, and where it was impossible for the boys to
get on chore oftener than twice a week. Was it possible
to suppose that with 254 boys studying on board a ship
• proper state of ventilation could be maintained? If
the noblelord would submitithe acoommodation provided
for the education of those boys to the inspectors of
the Privy Council Committee, he had no doubt
it would be condemned. To these remarks
Lord C. Paget replied: Before proceeding to answer the
questions on the paper, I should like to congratulate my
hon, friend the member for Portsmouth on the feet,
that the reports be has beard of the bad health of the
cadets on board the Britannia at Portland, an quite
unfounded. I am sure he will be happy to hear that
their health is very satisfactory. There was a report in
one of the journals to-day that the cadets were
auffering very mach ; we sent • telegram down, and we
found that the whole number of cadets on the sick
list was 14—at this thee of the year not an unusual
number.—lt is quite evident that the paragraph in the
rimer was written by some one • distaneo from
Portland, and whose object is to try and get the
Britannia back to Portsmouth, and it is equally evident
that Sir J Elphinstone has never visited this island, or
be could not have talked so ridiculously as he is reported
to have done. If the object is to erect naval colleges
for the young cadets, all who know anything of the
respective merits of Portsmouth and Portland for the
salubrity of its air must admit that the, latter place in
far the preferable of the two.

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to take him in custody for s
some postage stamps, and a
Postmaater-Cleneral. He sal
Dorchester, and was press
, ~. . polica-slatioSu.Setiviaett Hmes
-, • , .
• - tor, to whom I produced the
, stamps. Howson identi
a. sovereign which had been
. letter.—William Edwin How
identify the half-sovereign,
Weston the particular mark k
a long argument ensued betwee
Mr. Wanton arguing that it wen
way, and more fair towards the
i arity of the mark by which he k
,
the witness. The Bench ruled ti
ea this was a preliminary inquir3
said the halhpovereign now pros
dent Underwood I identify as la
• . - Sovereigns I put into the letter as
Hardy, and gave to the witness C,
• .pLacing them in the letter I made
the marks, made on the coin. Cro
. duce the meinorandutn. The mark
reign.... but the postage stamps
placed in the letter. I was not pre
' -house was searched. Mr. Weston
. passage stamps to be given up as t
.. own., It !Mad been distinctly stated
, were not the stolen ones, and Indeed I
. esthete were 4s. worth and unborn. Mr.
• ' • ViVing ,up of the stomps...es there ws
they had been purchased at Portland
hall-i Overeig n . —The prisons; was COMM
II the Witslses. Mr. Weston applied for
-- - -said the Post-office authorities never it
•. i minted for hail to be taken. Mr. West,
not for the Post-office authorities, but for t,
to scoop* bail. He was prepared with go
kaki. ine Mayor said this was a very in
' dhd heidid not think that under the circun
. eonsideeins the Assizes were so close ,
•` trieb was inflicting any hardship in z
T ,u prisoner wan then ,coninitted.
ASSAULT.., Wdliaol Curtis, from Poole, 1
' before the Borough Magistrates on Tees
assault. Thomas Aariott said, that on th
evening he was in Star-lane, when defend
along and pushed his brother. He told him ti
hands to himself, and defendant then kilo
down, and struck him while he was down, H,
worse for drink, Defendant said that drink
him, and he could recollect nothing s
Charuainsiter to live. The de
'.4th breaking a window, as
amount of 2s. Accordin
be wee at his own hou
Oki wiwtows to re in Mb
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