The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

SOMERSET EPIPHANY SESSIONS.

These sessions were held at Taunton on Thell4t,
Sir W. Milt", addreming the grand Jur), olgrened that
WOlre hl cam. for tnal semiena 22 1111.1. c .r •
flooding quarter Mat year, and the total number Ir tr
131144+40t 117. The cam of a keeper eh. had .I.ot • •
who wm running any, he wlahed had Imen writ i.
he need hardly way, a good number of nragistrate• •
Kammer. of IrSlll6. A halfpenny county rate flae order,
a farthh g p•Mce rate. It Mated that the charge for ir.
patientn in the County Lunatic warm somd he I.
and their treatment the Name ea other patient.. T,,e . •

Indueirial sets,ol, even with the tb,serninentr,it •1 •••
child, does not pay its we. atsl Major Alko •
• 'notion fur next seadon for paynsent by ti. e rush!. • f
head.
On Wednesday and Thwrsday the pr....se r. -A..' • -
A draimr's assistant at Tauston, twined get,
indicted for atealin4 a Lime qusidity •• .

lag to Mr. Cannon. hi, wader. It a. h..
to go Into the vi au m OM lle Wiibuttrivoal
ordure from the mJI hopkeeper., and• to take a ,th
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goods fur We. He suirctod his own good. from the ,ii•o•
they were enteral against him by Mr. Strutt, an
Prveellt.ue, 'wing been armsed, it Ili. foo 4•
Look away a large quantity of goo-1s unknown to Mi. mr
and without accounting fee them. On the got ••,.

Jury acquitted him, end th srJlct ww. recci‘ ad with
I. *me Itm,ll. in court (7) The pri.Juer men then ch..r. I
with sterling anothw lug .4 ip.xls oil the 2n4 N. ern., r •
ras urged ageing the prisoner that he Moo 111 ho,‘ 114.,..,1: • .1
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for three *hen brierttled up on the sth N., cutia.r '
bad not intended tr, ste•l them. The Jury, Weer delller.z
for • U0)0, Were I..ekeil up. At the expiration 4 atrunt
an-I ttttt r they nturned iota) court, %with • ‘crdict 10.1

accompanied by • rot unnuendetton to ntercy on account oi
prisoner. s youth and his preti....l good cliarseter. ~•
sentenced to use months' imprisonment with hard !alio .t
Two lads, who with a turd that turned informer, for bressi.
Into • house at Stoke-sub.klambdun, while the occupier w.i•
chapel, and stealing lras. - and a cake, which they dis :!1. !
amongst them, sere sentemasl to a inotith'. inoprietiam•
itch. —George itrainegatnekeeper (on hail),ploadol guilty.to
Indictment charging him with maliciously wounding Willis...
Dix.-11r. Hooper appeared for the tines:cotton ; Mr. T. W
Saunders for the demure. Mr. Saunders mid the mow asot
must pandul one. The prisoner had been gam.. keeper on tic
estate of Mr. Francis Popham, at Chi:lwo-I, for • periW
of years, and be held In Its helot testitoottials of tt•
highest character as to the prisoner'. humanity and gener.
good conduct from clergymen, gentry, and others, .
his honesty had never for • moment been impogi
tau the tot December the prisoner WU watching •
matter's prescrt es, alien he saw the prissocut••r Sr .
four other persons poaching. The prosecutor lad sucic,.'.
in getting a couple of rabbits, and ho had with him a rot a• I
• f . Seeing the keeper, he ran off. The prisoner ti l
upon him to stop, and told hint that if he did not he w
shoot him, lie did not stop, and the prisoner fired, lodging
the contents of his gun In the prosecutor's thigh. The Kiwi:at
Monte regretted what he had done, and so far front the prose-
cutor thinking the prisoner had coy malicious intent, he •rit
beck and said that if the rabbits were given up t•i ho
nothing would be heard of the shisaing. There were friends
of the prisoner, who were prepared to make the prosecute tie
most ample pecuniary °italicisation ; and he (the learned
counsel) teutured to suggest that the prisoner should be d.
charged, and come up for judgment when tolled upon, •I. titg
a fine only should be imposed. The prisoner received • moat
exemplary character for humanity from the following gent:e.
men ills master; Melte*. Mr. Langford, clentioman of the
VI:; Mr. Simmons, usagietrates' clerk for the -division ;
outing, steward to Mr. Popham. Mr. Sal dlord retirel
to consult Sir William Miles, and on his return said that taking
Into consideration the good character the prisoner had rcceistd
the sentence would be a comparatively light ••tie ; but im-
prisonment mud follow, and the sentence would be •ix
hard labour in Taunton gaol. The prisoner seemed great a
surprised at the sentence, and felt his position acutel.--ilt
seems very probable that if Ursine had gone to the Avdp.., to
would have been treated far is.. harshly, and that be bas hcen
punished exceesively that no hard words may be mid &haat
•dgame-preeerting inagi•trateLl