The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-17 00:00:00

WEYAILOITIS COUNTY COURT.

SATIIIDAT. —ooiolll T. E. P. LII7IIOT. Egg., J wire.
Ewan!! v. Cour( way • claim for /I 4a. WI. for drapery. -
lkdendanem wife all the bill wee /:1 7. IM., and ahe paid fw. on
aave.Ulit, awl there was ta. more chaiyed ou the bill than ahe
i.• ed. Tho de. appeared to be for • .11111.110 M. -Mr. Ilivwell
wild that Mrs. Court am sumnv oied tor June. when her mother
came and ofterml to pay to. If he weld • ithdmw the Common,
The Judge imintod out that didentlant oral) &eroded a matter
4 2,, auflf threnue woo Marti, there Wax the of her
leaving ho pay re. for hearing fem.
Mr.. Court mlntithal the debt, and viettliCt by corment was

Os est for ho. a month.
W. W. Bunion • . Parteeli.--Claim for £3 Sa id . for gran
olpidied to defendant when the gan works Were to the hands of
Mr. 'lurelon.
Mr. 'toward appeared for Mr. 'lonian. and Mr. George of the
(Inn if Marti and (Immo:, for defetnlant.
Mr. Gm nue ,diJecte I to the plaintiff tmn name.
and tirxed that acconling to an Act if hviinunent ahirk vol
1.... en applied for in the gm rutina had been transferred to
a c.arliway.
Mr (hard wan antaninhod to hear Mr. (Marge make ,nich
an ollection. An Mr. George very well knew. when the Wry-
tie mil. Connumere (Inc Company purehaned tlfb gas workn, Mr.
Poinion remit cal 6:111.000 for the work.
Mr t;eorge wild that the arbitration al.. gave the elanliarly4Of..
Mr. 'toward continued that Mr. W. W. Bunion latilt the
.irks here and kept them for a great number of yearn.
The Judge : They were the work. of a private imlit 'dont.
Mr. 'lowan' : Proeiwely no. Ile continued that in InSl Mr.
Bunion got an Act of Parliament for the pinwale of trminferring
the 'irk. to a company ;Ind the power tof that Act id Perlis-
litent acre liner enereined, and Mr. 'lenient 4111 tarried on the
wort, ti,mte yearn aira there wan anile agitatbut in the town
al•mt the 6.-wo, anal an Act of l'arliament was nought to be
. . .

.:thtninotl.
Mr. Muni. oww•ed, am! ultintstelv the ranie canto to
term,. whereby
the prmnotent uf the new a...many were t..
porch .., the workh at A VAILIAtiOn ACC.AIIiAg V. the .10.44...4
en arbitrator. Mr. Bunion ufterwwl TteUee I ,C 21.1.00.1 for

the work,
Sir. Hormel propoged to call hk lerk to prove that there
oc.cr.seae aoy cotopen), and that Mr. Donlon wee the rtal

loroliricior.
Mr. Crocker. A clerk In Mr. Ilowanni office, Mid he collected
the gma amounts for a yaw and laid the mocha to gr. Burden,
Dot to any comßany whatever.
The Judge: rwm was nominally a Company.
Mr !toward. That company net er tame into exiMence.
Mr. Geonre referred to the Act of Parliament which mid that
Mr. Bunion "may." and " shall" 5..,11 the works.
The judge then pointed mat that Mr. George had to show that
the emmpany did complete the porch...
Mr. Howard Which they Timer did.
Mr. Crocker was reenlle.l. and said the year he collected the
aecounts in am the latter part of 10411 not the lint 'art of
vort. Ile win mked if he ...inlet ~wear there ea+ in pc, emu.
pany In lent, and answered that he was in the office,and the
moneys.. all Pent to La. Bunion.
The Judge It seems to me the Act was a very ingeniout
onstrivance toenable Mr. Bunion to get greater prollt• from
Ins works than Ina otha rts Ise could.
Mr. Howard admitted that this was the cam.
Mr. George centended that the mere fact of the KIM hieing
supplied in the Mina (4 a calumny proved t hat there Was
company.
The Judge : That is negatived by the evidence that there
no mpany in existence.
hieing by Mr. George, Mr. Crocker mid he could not
myesr there woo no company ; but every shilling of the money
War mat to Mr. W. W. Donlon.
' The Judge offered to amend the plaint, by making the
plaintiff's name read "W. W. Burdon, trading under the name
of the Weymouth Oar Company." Although Mr. Geoige
premed a further objection. he was mended.
Mr. ('rocker then pn doted Mr. Bunion's gas ledger, lie
mid that t 2. 4s. tot. tam entered toy mother clerk but he him-
Ira cold prose Ina Id., which he Mel from the ledger. It
Imo incurred In the December. March, and June quarters.
Mr. Howard produced the ledger, for his llonarues in-
spection.
Mr. Crocker deposed that he had demandoi 18.. Id. for the
December and March quarters, which defendant :pn.mised to

Pe),
Cr...examined : Them account, were taken front the rent-
hook, kept by Mr. Church'. clerk.
Mr. lieidge admitted that ISm. Id. Wee It.. ; but the meter
rent could not be demanded. It could only be chancel muter
the Act, which Mr. Howard hail said was not tarried littai
effect.
Mr. ll.4tarl mid lie would rather pa) it himself, than waste
his time.
Thome.. Iledley, who took the meter, account., depose,' to
the isimstnes. id Farwell', hill., which were in Mr. tiouirli's
aso: '<attained : Were these accounts computed? Did the
meter re-,,'biter
: AA me a certain date.
Mr. Geonre: I can't ; have not got your Anoka
The .1100 mired Mr. George why he did not, If he had a
meal .glower. go at it at,,flee. instead of waiting time.
Mr. George replied that lie was entitled to have the plaintiff's
Claim proted
Tat Judge: You are entitled ; but it Will Ile a usage if
time.
Mr. George 'lnfernal to have the plaintir, claim proved.
en...etannnation sit 1111 l od:llvtt,ulil 1..4 nr
that lie went to. definilant'•heu.e and niok the meter on
i.cemion. Sone time., the flirter del not rei.,,i.tmr. and then
they computed the accountm by the cornwpondiltiC 11111tner iii
the Wet in. 3:enr. In Dissenter, 1566, the meter did not
register. ar he haunt from the book, :end the aws 1111 l t• were
computed. In the quarter ...ling lleptenilier, there hail
been I:iiso feet charged. of aideli vO feet were regidered, and
wal feet roniyalte.i. WWl, went on to depose to various
item. Iniln the book.. such at tile cities of wane iiiiinterestil4;
ey Menet:, lie wla. 1.1110 length, but nothiim
material was elicited.
Defendant was then examimal by Mr. George. and .tateil
that lie had not eiiioittesl the quaittit) of gm. for which he
vharitWl, laaallae lit certain quarter. he hail lodger. and
in other. none, and he hail only buttii alautt one-third if the
mtantit he sas tharged. alai in one quarter,when the account
as. computed. he hail loontt tame whatever.
la tv ww. cawobvav i 111 l be old he had oomplalned to the
collector when he earn, banal. Anil stated that be ithould net
iv' in consuming gas. However, he did a., and actually paid
for witiw quarters.
Mr. Grorte pill in • enfilp.witi..n tiled doe& pall to haVe been
eseinted by Fara ell. and then proiliteeil a .11eilitle if ere.titor'i.
aldeli came from Mr. tkorwe's etliee, ti libi 1, Mr. llowani
objected. aW stated lii• surpriw that Mr. Gtorge attempted to
when i,tly lag l'ourt he had ~lifeete.t tit Mr. Ilowani
doing the tense, and had put Mr. floward to the ermine of
getting an ropy.
Ilia Ilmieur held the .14oction wood.
Mr. George pleaded the im.serty if him client as him reason for
liltbo doing.
IlialnUr ...UM nit entertain tin pica, am defimbnt hail
dimputel all the item. in thin tram account, send hail thrown
every legal difficult) and obatruetion In the way 14 plaintiff
firming hi. Mae. Ilk Ilimmur uil,a, exiinaaed him todonishment
that defendant %honk' lie at :melt expena: in deft:ming a paltry
actimi for three l i 11111 l lie esetiAcred that the system of
.eiollin;lt, ommuted account+ Wile • very 'mac one. and that
thin was a ilull it. to whether all the was char:ell for was
burnt by defendant. The juobillaollt Ws. for plaintiff for two
calm. ; but the e.ntOil the aitneems were allowed. It
appeared that Mr. Howard hail horn at the expense id hating
the witnem. hfe.llev Inim Chichmter. arid the Judge retuarked
that Fara-ell, after fighting the &lin in the way he had clime,
ought to he able to ley all the ers.tit.
The ..ettlement of the amount he should pay wait, however.
ileferred, as Farwell', owe we.. nut the only one to prove witieh
the witness had been sent fir.
The next came .al..' a R. ILMOUIIt.
Bunion v. Rolprra.- Clain, £2 like. Id.
Mr. Crocker amid that he hail made a demand of the account
from Mr, itogerm. She aol she thought vile WWI overcharged
but site would try and pay it. liefemlant diii not minicar.
Mr. Medley, vi)., had eonle from Chielineer 1.. give et Maar,
deposed that he himwlf took the muter, and the samettet was
correeL
Judgment rm. a month.
Ifefenilant had to pay a tbarc Of the wannest'. expellees with
1411er ilu'(euelatstu. lint rarsell, a former ddendstst,
adiuth„,...l to ey 11 an hi. share.
She,prard v. Goterr. --Claim for LI 136.11 d. for Inhume of
CU due for sort.
Defendant mid the cart. though nrilered by 11111M11, wan
built for Mr It-lien. if Jersey, and the money that hail leen
paid always tame through Mr. tuckwood, and not through

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Ilaintift, however. •abl that he airreol with I:tAver. sko4 re-
f tonxi to take flatten for • paymaster, but Gower aimed to see
It it,..,,,,,tenet.actroodually raid 111r.h IMtbutisnwif.
ogrood
to
my
the
mono,

through him.
A hill which GOINGT had given to plaintiff for gg was put in ;
but defendant mid it had nothing to do with the urt ; he lent
it to plaintiff to ambe him in trade.
Judgment for plalnuff So. per month.
tannin!, v. Igneffend.—Claini for £3 On. bd. for two month.;
runt of a howe for Out. and Nov. Infin
The Judge asked plaintiff why he had let it goon so loin; 7
Mr. Limning : Oh ! I did not want to pri.-n them I'm a
onenow sort id a fellow. I let them oon • long time hut
eudd net stand it any longer, and woo obliged to bring them
to court.
It appurol that defendant had offered to ley gl, but
plaintiff refustd to take it ; he wanted it all.
The Judge add plaintiff was very foolish not to take w hat he
I could get.
Ylr. Looming: l'ro • little obstinate your Honour. I want
it all.
The Judo mu shout to make an order for 10a. a month;
I.ut Mr. laming said he on led It forthwith.
The delenibuit'+ wile on the other hand maid ohe ouuld not lay
so much its she had wren] children.
Judgment for inlaintiff Oa • month.
Basset-rt.. -J. T. ITaM, chemist, of roreand, came up for
hat examination an I dischanm
Mr. Bowenl supported the bankrupt, and stated that hank-
rut *lie cry respectable man, and had held a good situation
to London ; hut he married. tool came clown to Portia.' to net
op lor•inrm, and there had been • gradual low of everything.
Bankrupt wax examined, and, there being no opp.wit on,
passuL Ills debt. aniountsd to about illth and the amet,
uloiot,. however, lave been in great part paid for rent, about
. .

loxler .1 di.kbar.,,c was mntob
The s hln Inbar of Lase+ st this court was 151: but of
(Noir., the nisi, port were disposed before the Registrar,
(1. Aioirew.., Esti.

WEYMOUTH BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS:
TuMania. - Before the Mayor (J. Thant, Esq.), J. Aylinfr,
Es 0.. li. Rept.,his. Esq., and 11. Haggett, Esq.
'Martian (nixes. Klizabra Meaden, of East.atreet. w-as
summoner' by Martha Chaoblock. for using abed, e
and Inciting her to commit a branch of the peace, on August
Mb. Defendant incontinently offered to Justify what she had
mid —lilaiutiff mid that Wednesday, shout 12 or one she wait
standing at her door, when she heard the stamp of a foot. and
defendant canoe up and called her • nasty stinking fag,rot.
plaintiff in return called her trash, which she could prove, and
on thi, &dilatant called her a—. For this she had brought
her to court. Iklendant repeatedly offered to prove what she
had mid, and mid rho hail seen it with her own rpm. -The
May. 4 told her she had no right to call plaintiff such name.,
et en if atm....odd prove all who mill. —Round over to keep the
peace f.or I month, in the sum of £lO.
Jam. Bryant and Th 011660 Talbot. were sunnnoned Iny the
pollee, for fighting on the North t,May, on August 3,and thereby
obstructing the thoirottuhfare. last Tuesday evening be-
tween eight sand nine, Sergeant Harvey heard there was a fight
on the North quay. anal going there t0..1.1 about hat people
assembled. Defendants were there with their shirt Mertes
tucked up, nand their faeos cot ered with lobsal. They hail born
flgl tt itt 4 anal Talbot want assiidend by w ruse one 111. anw,ad. nltly
wa.a crowd oof people there. Anil if a vehicle load come. it
could not hate riasimud. Talbot mid that Bryant was alutit to
take away his boat with • lot of mants4mies-ment in it. Ile
did not alb. nand Bryant thruMenedto knock hislovad .11, lie
answered l'you intsl butter come up., the gnat anal do it." lie
wend and hail a glarft .4 hoer, anti a row annw, al Which ho
(Talloot)••Catelnal him One in the face, elm he might hate had
one Ant." Bryant mid two man-oll.war's mmo wanted to wat oli
in the host. and lie awl 1;01..4 to take them, when Talbot came,
and ordered bin...int. Ile come at ttttt ; lout one word brought
on another anal they heal A r I. l'ilred FAL Mal; 'Della hag
outs. and alloaed a week t.• pay. Talliut's mune, was "slit.
flea Pitman, 'shunter, wan suinin•oneil In Supt. Vitae," •
at a I..rki without a burner, int the Slat Ult. It
Will he rennentherul that at the find deletihnit pleaded
that he hail been hired in the plat, of a sal', to wheel -"lne
eh.), and this did nod render hint lialde tio pay tor a license. -
Defendant now did not appear. F. C. itteinnal.
riot, now appeared for the prosecution. and ..nrl
that
tlefeinlauutn being hired did not .sonuitute 007 has...to eaempl,
hint from the nterresoity of taking out a licence, tserin he was 11.,
sternal euilany by the-week, month, or ismr. 1110 believed P.c.
McMahon bad duns everything he issnld to Induce these men to
take ont licences; loot oindensbutt gave him an Impudent reply.
—P.C. McMahon mid the answer defendant gave him aim that
Inc hstd • wmode .4 1.0.M0 to and he WOO not going hi
takeout the ilemwe. Pined (A., and a/lowed • week to pay. In
ileLtult smell 41.1) •

11gnash MaratelLetty, who hen been eons-toted Wive before,
thin year, was brought tip for obtaining by fain pretence. a
botar of wine from Mr. Orimmett, grocer, ol
William Williams segment In Mr. Grininsett's eitop, esid
miwiner mem to the ehroton the 27th ult., and had a bottle of
of nine, She asked for a bottle of port wine, at Is. fid. and
told him to hook It to Mn.. Free. She had born to the
litre f-r thing- for Mm. Force, who was a customer of Mr.
irininiet t's ; but this w .4 the find time the had heen there for
wine. Mary Fora:mid that HatinahMershallsay had been living
as a tenant at her house, and left on Monday. When she left,
wines. :annul a black thawl,four pairs et ehlldren'sdrawen,and
an apron. She kept the key of witneeit bednwnn during the
day, and It was from that room the things were idokei. The
teenier had love seen wearing the dual, and the was arrested
on • anwrant applied far by lien. Force. lire. Fon., nei er
authorised prieoner to fetch any Delantotte appre-
hended the prisoner, who acknowledged haring bad the tine
and made use of it.—ltemasided for • week, in order that fur-
ther ci olenee linty he produced.
TiIUKSUAT.—BoIo,e J. Tizsrd, Esq. (Mayor), J.
Linen, boq.. and Dr. Titan!.
llardtallony wae brought up for atemling a shawl
and WNW chlkirett's drewers, the whole worth about 17a, and
the property of Mr. Forte, her master, at the Greyhound Inn,
St. Nieholas.slreek It appeared that pris iner had Wen Ili' hag
with Mn.. Form its servant, and left iin the 27th when her
undresses soon MK she left mined a shawl, heir pairs.' drawen,
and an apron. The prisoner during the daY had slwaYs
session of the key of the bedroom where the thetas went held.
and It wee always locked when any OM W• 11 in the house. PG.
Merrily found the shawl le the posseodon of Mn.. Rogers, who
beeper ...seal-band clothes der U High West-street, lair-
Prisoner had wild the shawl to her for Is. ed. about
t▪
he early tart of the previous week. There were marks id
Inlet shout it, and lo Gnaw, anal by her own work, Mrs. Foree
runernistal it, although it hail horn washed, and looked very
different from what it did when it was taken away. Prisoner
iilimiled guilty .if 14.1i11% the ,hlVii : but protest.' the knew
nothing of the drawers. She was committud he trial to the

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next Session+.
HAIIIWAY AT A DRAM. —Sarah Whiffle, charwoman, was
brought up for stealing 1.31 Mr. W. If. 141.4.13,rr04.her,
11.131 Baths. toe pairs stockings, tee. night dm..., two
ehemisive, a quantity of phobrgrapive, Photoirraphie frame+, and
.dher article+. value at lamot 11a. Mr. Foes wife died on the
lit inst., and on the 2nd he tubs.] • quantity of
things, amongst them two pairs of lace at.skingv, one
of WWI Mn' 1".. 34.4 W../1.1r4 hel.trw her death. Ilte
prisoner 1.1 been employed Si an oviandonal eharsvonnut.
for tirelvg "r thirteen inenth. !mat. and on Weshnsalay Sena.
Brine went to her Imltrlngv at No. 10, Ilathortnet, with • search
warrant- l'risombr 1e.1.1 hint she had nothing belonging b. Mr.
Fox In the house; but he fond 13.34 44 the plaawraptiie
Utirles In the balroont, and one frame and • trair at 343,1•111yru
in the sitting-roam Mr. Fox identified the articles, and stated
that some ..I them wen, I.ept in 3 ark oft to which nine
hut lihiptelf 2.114 the prism, had Merv., like VaIUO put utstu
tine whole. 1t,.. was very I.ew 1131.4. Priumer te1e014.41
guilty
anti asked for the a.: 1.. Ia .4143......1 .4 summarily, but begged
the Botch to IS leniently an Ismail& with her. -The Mayor
said tht• isensidered times. a very 1.1 one, ..1711: .4 the things
hating lawn stolen within a few haunt of Mra. Fox's--
To., umenth's hard labour.
FRIDAY. --WIG.* ths Mayor (I. Tinned. EN.)
Frederick liollway, lalsourer, and his wife, llca,mch Hallway,
121111.1r.3, were brought up for stealing from the Notite. Wey-
mouth, a quantity .4 linen article., the prof arty Mary r 0.4.
and °there. The woman apptart.l with a ehlkl he her arms.--
&meant Ilarrey ileiee•ed that the pri.merm live In Ilorsford•
vtniet, and yraenlay 1343.ev1i twelve ainl one 1131 searched their
premises, and found a child's ix:li., et wi,ito In-c, and •
pinafore, which lead laben iilentaksl as the property .4 Mi.
3rticl.l3.l.3lTillyt I,,other partie• bad hom d,
but he was tensible to 4-onet dote the cr.s., and 31.1211.1 1, •
rentand till to-morrow.- Itentaraled until Tuesday 111.orliing at
cluven.—The prisenerstnewle am, App11.141.31 to he allowed out
me bail, which w. perutittett •

with any acty, It was Charles who histitnlsel thee
humane provision of enacting that half of the
exacted from the quarry ',reprinter, should be pait rytri.
a trust fund for the benefit of the islanders. Tin pee.
vision, it is said. was Intended by the king as • compel'•
nation to the Wanders for the loss of their
intend
pastures. If fruitful pastures over 'misted on Portland
rook they are no longer visible. Portland stone is much
used at the present hour, and it I. well adapted to
building purprees from the facility with which it can be
worked. But there is • very interim desseiption of it
which often goes into the market.
Sir Christopher Wren gave the use of Portland e'one
• great impulse in London by using it in the erection of
St. Paul's. The most of the Qceen Anne churches in
the City are of this moterial. Several recent public
stitutions isi the metropolis are also built with Portland
stone. In Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and several
large towns through the three kingdoms, Portland
stone Lao been used catensively.
The convict prison of Portland Island, which is
rendered soinewhet historic of late from the fact of the
detention of many of the Feuilin convicts there for the
last three yenta, was erected in ISIS.
It is c.pable of aceemmodatiog upwards of 1,500
convicts. 'flie Fenian eoevicta at present coufined
Portland are employed in working the quarries. They
work together, and not in conjunction with the ordinary
oonvicts. Among their number at present are two
editors of Irish riewspaPers. • couple of American
office's who served in the late American Wnr, some
clerks, and several skilled mechanics. A short time
Waco some of the Fenian prisoners confined here were
amnestied unconditionally. The political convicts have
to emrk the same and to go through the like discipline
as the ordinary one. Governor Clifton is rigid in carry.
int; out the 'Decipher, laid down for observance in the

prison.
On the score of health, the convicts amid not have a
better place. lofringement of the rules, pie refusal to
obey a warder, is at once reported, and the offending
convict - political or otherwite—is brought before the
Governor, who, on bearing the charge, orders bun coo.
&gement to his cell fore certain nanaber of hears, and
• reduction of his diet: probably bread and water for
forty-eight hours.
We passed through several gangs of ordinary convict
during our visit to Portland Prison, and we certainly •
witneased types of human nature, to whim Laveter
would refuse • certificate of character if ha took the (ace
as an index of the niind.
The convict Neaten, however, seems to hasa e brute-
lisiog effect. We have seen ltosideat counts, some of
them noblemen who but five short years age were -
honoured with the friendship of the noble sad the -
grand ; youths who were made member. of Wostand
sad who, in their wild career of fast life, were
tempted to do wroug, and fell. We have sew ex.
bankers and members of Parliament In their isonviet
garb, who hese, since they entered Portland prison,
" ceitried to do evil and learned to do well ;" we have
seen many whose social life was ones above reproach,
and we shudder to think how fallen humanity grows
debased in contact with criminal intercourse, and the
p. 'Wiles they have to bear for outraging society. Wo
are not, however, going to write a history of the convict
ayatem. We merely look at it as we find it—thiuk a
little more than we write, and musingly pass on.
Comprised within Portland Prison are a chapel, a
hospital, a soldiers' barracks, and a number of warders'
houses. Gam is manufactured within the prison. The
risen is ruled over by • governor, a deputy-governor,
and, in addition to tboae, are a chaplain, schoolmaster,
and a host of warders. The yearly coat of • oonvict is
put down at £33 10a.
The Portland breakwater was mostly constructed by
convict Labour; the first stone of it was laid by Priori
Albert in 11341.1. A squadron can now be stationed at
. Portland, and • man-of-war and gunboat may be seen
riling in the harbour.