The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-28 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

The Weymouth Town Hand, failing to obtain
adegnate remuneration for their is:Tykes, after svory
effort had been used in the way of canvassing for sub.
soriptions, left the town on Thursday last.

We understand that the works on the Backwater
Bridge, ars to be commenced forthwith, Mr. T.
Dodson of Wareham, has taken the oontract, and
Mr. Piano Arthur, C.d., will superintend the under.
taking,
LITCRARY AND SCINNTINIC INNTITUTION.—The
annual general meeting of the members of this inati.
tution wee held on Thursday evening. About
twenty members were present. W. Thompson,
Egg., was called to the chair. Mr. R. N. Howard,
the treasurer, read a summary of the aocounte,
which had been audited, and from which it appeared
that the year's reocipts had amounted to £ldB 16.. 3d.,
and the expenditure to £207 Is., leaving a balance of
£lB lie. due to the treaeuret.

POLICII, Monday. (Before John Henning, J. A.,
Devenish, G. C. Welshed, Joseph Ayling, William
fiymonds,William Talbott sqrs., and Capt. Prowse.)
Exuma PIIOIIICOUTIONII, —Me. rhernall LllO4, of the
Royal Hotel, was charged on the information of James
Ord, an Inland Revenue officer, with having, on many
different occasions, exceeded the number of journeys for
which his omnibus was licensed, and thereby rendered
himself liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O for each
offence. Mr. Weston appeared to conduct the prosecu-
tion on behalf of the Crown. Mr. F. C. Steggall defended.
James Bennyworth proved that on the 28th of June last
he saw an omnibus numbered 4788, and bearing the
name of Thomas Lime, which performed 16 journeys to
and from the railway station. On July 3rd the eame
omnibus performed 22 journeys, and on 16th July, 24
journeys. On mom-examination the witness said that
he did not observe whether there were any passengers
or not. His instructions were not to look out for paasen-
gen. The license was then put in, which showed that
the omnibus was licensed to perform four journeys per
diem. The defendant had therefore exceeded this num.
ber by 12 journeys on the 29th June; by 18 on the 3rd
July ; and by 20 on the 16th July. Mr. Steggall ad
dressed the Court for the defence, and admitted that the
number of journeys performed exceeded the licensed ,
number, but alleged that it was done in ignorance of the I
law, and not with any intention to evade it. Mr.
Weston stated that the Excise authorities had no wish
to press for the extreme penalty, but would be satisfied
if it were mitigated to one-fourth of the whole amount. 1
The defendant was therefore fined £5 for each of the
three offences, and the costs—Mr. Joseph Drew, the '
proprietor of the "Victoria Hotel," was summoned
upon a similar information. Mr. Weston appeared for
the Crown, and Mr. Cornelius defended. The witness
Bennyworth deposed that on 28th June last the omnibus
numbered 4803 made 34 journeys to and from the sta-
tion; on 3rd July it made 16 journeys; and on 6th July
omnibus No. 4805 made 20 journeys. The licenses were
produced, and showed that 4803 was licensed for four
journeys, and 4802 for 12 journeys. Mr. Cornelius made
an able speech for the defence, and contended that on
some of the omissions the omnibus was rot used as a
stage carriage. He proposed to call Mr. Drew as a wit-
ness, but Mr. Weston objected, and the Bench decided
that he could not be called. He then called the driver
and conductor of the omnibus, and it appeared that they
could not distinctly remember the dates. The Bench
fined the defendant £5 for each of the three offences,
and costs, as in the preceding case.

PORTLAND.

THE FERRY BRIDGE. —The tolls of this bridge and
the Victoria Inn, have been let to Mr. Mason, of
Dorchester, for £458 per annum, for three years,
from October 6th. This is an increase of £B3.