The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

eiII!NTT HALL, Saturday, January 214.—(Before H.
Williams, Esq., chairman, and W. L. Henning Eel.
Itoi.crt Bishop. of Portland, was summoned on the
information of P.C. Symonds for being drunk and inca-
pable. Fined its., including cots.

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Robert Ertmnsond and Ge,,ryr Mrale were aummoned
for trespaa,ing, on the 17th mt., on lan& belonging to
K. It. Sheridan, Esq., at Frampton. A gamekeeper
proved the charge, and the defendants were fined be.
each and coats.

IL Slirlis was charged with receiving Is. from Ser.
geant•Major ('ollins, of the Dorset Militia, knowing lie
had been previously rejected as incapable of service.—
Coition said that he had enlisted the man on Thum-lay
night at Wareham for the Royal Artillery. He asked
him if he was "free, willing, and able," and the defend-
ant told bins he was. He leollins) asked him to st.ite,
before he gave him the shilling, whether he had been
previously rejected, and the defendant answered "No."
He then gave him the shilling. Mr. Curme, surgeon,
said that on the 27th the defendant came to him for
examination, lie soon perceived that defendant was
disqualified. and that he hail been previously before him
for examination. when the surgeon told him lie was not
fit for the serviee.—Defendant was committed to gaol
tor three months with hard labour. - -

In the cave of the information. directed by the Local
Board of Health, against HerLert Crocker, in the employ
of Mr. Wellspring, builder, for connecting • drain—
running from Mr. Tarlacll's premises with the inaM
sewer without authority,-- which hail been adjourned
from last setalions.—Mr. Symonds, in addressing the
Magistrates, mid that the sewer hail since been discon-
nected, and he was instructed, on behalf of the Council,
to state that they did not wish to press for a conviction,
and asked to be allowed to withdraw the complaint,
upon defendant paying such coxes as the Magistrates
thonght proper.—The Bench consented to a withdrawal
of the complaint against defendant, and ordered Lim to
pay VI 7s. costs.
H, sri Fwd, an old offender' was summoned for tres-
passinj. on land, belonging to Mr. C. Kent, of Dewlish, '
and killing game without a game certificate, on Saturday
~,,, ruing. the 2lst inst Mr. Andrews prosecuted. and
Mr. Weston appeared for the defendant. George Dawe,
bailiff to Mr. Kent, at Dewlish. ssiil that on the day in
question he SAW the defendant in a field called " Home
I. low," which belongs to Mr. Kent. The defendant hail
! a gun in his hand when he firat TAW him, and he soon
afterwards held it up ; and he (complainant) heard the
report of a gun, which came from the direction where
the defendant WAS, he being at that time behind a hedge.
As soon as defendant had fired off the gun he got over
the hedge, leaving his gun behind, and ran up into afield
about seventeen yards, and mrin his returning over the
hedge he saw a partridge in Ina hand, which he put into
his pocket. Witness then walked towards him and said,
" You are at y.ur old tricks again, then :" to which the
defendant said it was only a blackbird he had shot. Wit-
ness then went to the spot where he saw the defendant
in the field, at which place he SAW some Id I and par-
tridge's feathers. He picked up some of the feathers.
Witness then went to Foot's house, and defendant
came out, and he (complainant) said he should inform
against him, to which defendant said " Don't say it was
I a partridge, say it was a blackbitd."—Defendant was
fined 44),. and costs for trespaas, and a penalty and
costa, for shooting game without • certificate ; in default
of payment to be tent to gaol for 2 months, with hard
labour.

Trerett was brought up on the information of
P.C. Hill, for cruelty to a donkey.— Hill said that on
Wednesday the 11th inst. he tnet the defendant with a
donkey and cart; the donkey appeared to be very weak.
He found a sore on each of its shoulders, and also• bruise
on the back, which appeared as if it had been struck with
a stick. He pointed out the bruise to defendant, who
said, "Well, I niiast do something to get him along."—
Fined 10s., including the expenses.
.Vu.aan Co.r v. Cornick.—This was an affiliation case,
which was dismissed for want of sufficient evidence.
COMMITTKI) Ti DOltellEsTEß (Lot..—Hard labour:
James Collins and John Allen, deserting H.M.S. Edgar,
3 calendar months William Collaghan, deserting
H.M.S. Donegal, 6 months; John Lewis, stealing jacket
on board 11. M.S. ship Donegal, 2S days; William
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Wood, insolence, on boa-rd Donegal,
days; Mary Juice. vagrancy at Portland, 14 days: Wil-
liam Clarke, assault on police at Weymouth. 104 days ;
James Warren, enlisting into 11. M. service after being
discharged an unfit, 3 calendar months; Robert
Sturmey, enlisting into H. M. service concealing a certain
infirmity, calendar months ; John Willinott, leaving
family chargeable at Nlosterton. 1 calendar month ;
Thomas Williams, poaching at Ilaniprcston, 1 calendar
inuilth ; Matthew Slade, stealing stockings, &c., at Dor-
chester, 7 lays; A maziali Paine. stealing watch, Ac.. at
Holwell, 3 calendar months ; John Wilkins, stealing
leather at Wcy th, 2 calendar months ; TI ~,,,, as
Moghigon, stealing trousers at Weymouth, 2 calendar
months. imprisonment: Alfred Gale, breach of the
peace at Beaminster, 2 calendar months ; Richard
Flanti, breach of the peace at Portland, 1 calendar
month.