The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-20 00:00:00

SUNDAY AMUSEMENT.

Prove C.terty and ('Mirka Sco..etapple, of Pools, were
summimed for committing a game trespass on land in the
occupation of Dr. Robert Golf, on the 4th inst., at Crl.
Mullen.—Defendanta were monest.—Tbotnan Davis, keeper
to Dr. Goff, of Upton Douse, stated that he saw two ruin
beating a common in the occupation of his muter with
three doer! on Sunday, the 4th net. Not knowing the
men he went for Charles Bunion, and when they got hock
they found defendants' very busy chasing a rabbit with
the dogs. Defendants ran away on being spoken to.—
Charles Minion, also in the employ of Dr. GMT, corrobor•
etc.( and proved the identity of the defentlanta.—The
magistrates inipued a penalty of 15, on each defendant,
and the r0uta,..1.4.154. re

Wolfer Pmend+ and Willie,,, ingram. Ishouren. of Moll
Wood, were summoned for committing • Blinder offence
on the Iltb instant. at Wiinhorne, on land in the OCCUR/.
tion of Mr. .tohn Itogers.—Theme defendants, slot, were
conspicuous ler their absence.—Jesse Hoare under-keeper
to Mr. W. It. It itikes, stated that be was in Holt Wood
Shout half-past II ,o 1 Sunday morning, the 11th inst. and
saw defendants heating the furzo in a field near. They
went from that field into an adjoining one, and them
Ingrain searchtd th• higher fence and Pounds went to the
middle of the tiehl and knelt at a hole. Pounds pot 'lowa
a net, and both defendante heat the furze till they saw
him, and then they ran away. Pounds pirked up the net
and took it with —The defendants are no strangers
to the Bench, and they were fined 20s. each and 54. dd.
costa.

A HELP TIPPLER.

Grow flabgno.l. of i olehtll, who was represented by his
maternal parent, Iva. ennimoned for being drunk on the
111th instant, at Wirnieorne.-1' C. Stone proved that about
half-pant 10 on Saturday night he found defendant drunk
in Hugh-street, lying across the pavement with hie heed
against Mr. Clarke's door, and his feet in the rowl.—Thig
being defendant's iwcond offence within the orth,glng
twelve month., the Bench fined him £1 and 10. costa•
and allowed hum till Saturday night to pay.
Joseph "(refry, hawker, of Vererood, was fined 2s. and
10.. emits for allowing a collide asofw to stray, at Eut•
worth, on the 7th imit—P.C. King proved the offenee.
which wee not denial by defendant'. an, who appeared
for his father.

George Smith, of Broomhill, was fined la. and &win, Ss.,
for permitting his row to atray on the 12th Inst. at Holt
—Defendant did not appear, and the CARO was proved by
P.C. Pope.
Walter Stanley, a hrickmaker. f Newtown, consented
to an order being made on him to rontrihote L. a week
towards the maintenance of tlie iikgitiniato thin of
Maria Palmer. of Kinwin.

GITZ A nou • RAP NAY. AND RANO SIN."
William Haskell. of Verwood, • convicted thief under
police supervision. was charged in custody under the
Prevention of Crime Act with damaging underwosl, the
property of the Right /too the Earl of Nermenten,
the extent of a Alining, with the intention of stealing
the same, on the sth net, at Verwood.—John Bailey
stated that on the sth of March be saw the prisoner in
Pnttenin Cover cutting the young birch 1.(111 with a
knife. Ile went to prisoner, who took the twigs he had
Cut from tinder his arm and put them on the ground, and
shut up his knife and put it in his pocket.—(A small
bundle of twigs mu produced in Court.)—The prisoner,
who seemed to be in wretched health, said he had not
hail much work to do, and he wag roaring the twigs to
make broome. —Deputy-Chief l'onstable lianiniond [proved
that prisoner had been convicted of felony four timee,
and was still under the supervisiot of the police. The
sentence, he had had passed upon bile wet. three months'
imprisonment in 1854. three month,' iiiiiiri.eminent again
afterwards, and seven years' penal o•rvitode and 13
months' imprisonment since.—Under the Prevention of
Crime Act the nimifstrates have power to pass sentence of
12 months' hard labour, and the Bench sentenced prisoner
to six months' hard labour.