The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-29 00:00:00

At the B ,roegh P.dceCourt es Meaday, bolero Mr.
17'."2”. (if Mr. Aldermen Bowls, and F.

Lock, K.q.,
Iteury Eked mbar, drepar, ige., was summoned under
the unlOny Work•bops -set for aliorwiai too
lull ,wing women and y ,ung pandas to work after the
nrewrilbed time ou Satnr day elternoon. July 5 h :
Saab Gill, Klisabrth Path Heiseiti Morgan. Eden
A silo Mary Wake. Liam., Cellisr.l,
:Susan Oruro, K bte llarleud. ELM& Welsh, Edtsbein
Suseu Hick,
M.j.r liadun, H. 51. lesqoactor, said he wee exceed,
ugly aorry Irate to ap,rear again iro •00.1 before them,
but. In cousequence uS ounipl.inta he hod received. he
eleiles dir. 11.50 niabee prowl." Oa theday in question
—a Saturday—and unf etuuwely f .nod the hao
haw -d at ark. It wee thou b. tweeu • quarter Ii tire
Cu live o'clock, wbeiew the limited tune under the
Act was fur. To these charges Mr. Idoecambe had
vaty proper., tdeadedgo.l.y ; out, ot count, he •41111.1
nut do otherwiec. Tee Icepactor explained to ibis
Botch the provision* .4 ilk, Act, remarking Sir.
Bc•couthe kr.ew perf.ctly well Use requireuseut., ,o
that there wa• no pretence at Ignoraucie. He explained
tue prow,. under toe .Ict. .ere ellooMl I. work over__
tins. by o;iving • certaio not c' to the Inspector to the
extent of 48 times in .very 12 months, but this over-
time could not be ma I, vu the Saturday. Twits was
p mi..l is given to cattalo t ado.. in order to orate
me Act as little inc ,avenilut as possible, that the
haute should have thnit eeekly h.lf.holiday on
ano.her day in the week, where they found Saturday
t be inounvenient. fhb: perumwton 11. r. Bascdmbe
b never availed Dialect of, though be fawned be had
now 8"" LI.. of ikons a. Tue tine mentioned by
toe AM, be need hardly day, was meatit to bean OflClee
al the time meant under tne Lir-liming Act In which
to chair bokis and ntber place., for it was of
liii
highest intrortanee that strict punctuality Avail I be
ooreorved, not only bacon.' It was the Lbw ~f the land,
but because it had been one of the leading
principles of toe Factory Act that there *bolsi 1 At this
tielf-troliday, and, it it was to ba of any @attic!,
it eel &bear:Rely necessary that ptlevie at work
should know, as • cartatoty, the; they would
have it. It we. neceesary lb tuey ehould how
Lb y W. 4114 lelVi it • stated oor prec.coy, ii r•h•C
that they tuigi,t make arroi.t/oiente is tit.V.llog the
half hurl lay to any purloec ineo pleseed—recreation,
sad-Miter...it rot, Of who ever It mislit be. It wow,
he had raid, abwarstely rieceoary, arid required by law,
that Use, ehould know for cc flaunty they woul thaw.
it, fur Cosy might have • attain uoin to taxis, in
order or go an I iu the c /WAIT, it a nun-
sited different ibinge. It :Me woe not carried out
strictly the 'tie, was shorn of more than half of its
advantages. lie oat a 1..), received the greatoat
politanare ant kindness from 11r. Baaortube, but he
was sorry to say he had givers t.ouble. V./A.lolld com-
plaints had from time to taws been made, an lon the
day in (Iceman when he t.,1 I him what he had found
Lipstein, be irniuntarity sal .—'' Tee, It was the same
last Saturday.' He (the Inspector) was afraid it had
been the same some little truss, from the comp.ainte
bad received. is mentioned toe pensaty for each case
WY not exceeding Li, but the amount of
the fine below that rested entirely with
the B• 11013. This Inc fled now been in
force 14 or 15 yoaro, so that cue time be manly
nominal peaMtios for the purpom of acting as •
warning had goue by. S:111 he did hope that any
penalty that might be iutlbned, or the mere f .ct of
pe.,caadiege b,,i,rg taken, •ouil ba • sufficient werniag
to others.
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Mr. Al i(11M412 *leeway: Have you cautioned Mr.
klaacouthe bailors !__ _ .

Tbe Inspector : Yet, I am terry to say I have, and
I have receive I promi•es both written and verbally
that the tel •hould be observed.
Mr. Alderman Grego:y : i see the summon/ Is for
working after four o'clock on Saturday. It does II St
state the Lim • they workld after.
The Inepector replied meth he called it was about
a quarter to fire. nay were at work then. and he
did not know when they left. lie bedewed they left
room after. If, expected they die not stay long after
he was there. (Laughter.)
Mr. Baec .mbe, who bad Idea 'eel guilty to the
offence. expressed his regr..t that this had
«marred. When the I rep ector v.sited his es-
tablishment laet time he gavo strict orders
that work ah uld always nese, A lour o'clock. IL bat
been hie wish, and be uid ap iken of it over and over
again. Owing t the great pre'llUrd of work, ant in
order that cu 4 turn•e +build n the •11...ppointed, they
had stayed a Ii: tl• lat T. OU this very Sathr.lay after-
noon there were two or three drews all but finished,
and they were wantol vary particularly indeed. It
seemed to hien the dreumakbeg b./Bailee! was a very
difficult ono. tie theueht it w add be . goed plan t
alter the day of the keliday, and have it on another
day in the we-k.
the beep rotor wished it to be tuidendoed that
tareote of all women un let li years of age were
equally Babb, Ii prosecution if they allowed their
children to break the Factory Act.
Mr. Bs.° imb remarked none of the girls were under
16 years of age.
The lusp..ctor said I was the age defined for a
"young persoi.."
Mr. Al !amen Gregory said the Bench hail
fully c.insidere I the cage. The tiine they hal workoil
over was a •t very much, an I it was a et like working
the whole f the night. 3lq ir Bea ben bait them
Mr. Baer dubs ha I been c iced bef •re, they
were inclusd to take a laoiont view of the cue, sod
w add lidliet a due of 75.6 J. for enob under age. and
55. for each over, excludee of nimbi. Me Bench
truated he would be caroful in the Intim., net to be
the eubject of any further c an,el did'. Of c curse if
any further cave, of this kin I awn, before tin m it
would be their duty to inflict a very substantial
fine.

Tim total penalty &moult id to 1.13.. I.
Sarah Pll4eon, dte.inialtio no I milliner, of
Tilnity-itreet, was sumiu fir keepUng the lillow-
iou girls aft-r time on the main. day, Saturday, sth
!diary ton Kilt., Triphon, Hardy, Ellen
Tompkinii. Kllc Palllol., vol Alice Will/.
Itlsj ir B-ed in glebe It-, with, rw tne charge in the
gage id Alice Will., nit had hem explained that
although iilte an. sere I the d or tA) him and was in
the house, she had really left work, and wag preparing
tar for the oth, re.
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Mr. 11. A. ll.irtab'e appeared f .r Lb. defence.
The lovir.ctor paid he vi ioid the workshops
on the .1,7 in q testi .0, sal unfortunately
found at five minute.; p iet fire a number of
hand. unlawful), at work. Mrs. Pi Igen° had broken
the law with her era. ',pea arid knowingly. Ile
impereeed on ail Bench the neceaaity of enforcing the
half bond.), re.:tilarly, at c..rtern day add hour.
With regar It pth. ennity there wtr a relish amount
.4 diacriininati or all ,w-ti t.. be •vochied. There were
off .ndere aol offend... Mts. Pol.:eon was a peroon
whom be hal Vueted, end us hal &pi r,as in to eup;iose
she had been to any extent • sari or lawbreaker. If.
ha I had no complaint whatever ag oiast her bet la.
It. tboti.ilit • n.u.insl pinwity in one Care and the
oaite in the other would meet the judice of the cue.
3.1 r. Ilustehl.., who.e ditty to h.. client had been
consi.lerably lighten. I by the rem eik•of the Inspector,
hi i•dly eeldre.el the B•u.ch for the defeat*. He men.
tinned Mr.. Pid.ieon had never been guilty of working
her band. laln at night. aol ho h• t Ann the trouble
t find out that she bad never employed them up to
time allowod hy the Act. They hal never been later
then aloe. erh,reae I. the year employers
were allowed to work them up till 10. If. pat in
ota••ur nt, hr 'on t t.o ..f rho von:ut giro., showing the
h 'Lida).* they bed lately been allowed—Wm weeks
at Christmas, Eaeter.Nlioday, Whit-Monday, and
variou• other dere, an I Mr.. Pidgeon always pad
them the same a ii they were at work. Ile hoped
the Bench w .ul.l carry out the euggestion of the
Inventor—dismiss the case virith• caution, or inflict •
n..ndurtl

The Bench inflicted a fine of 2.. 61. in the case of
Ann Elli., mi in the others the costs only,
Alterman Ilresory war ,crl Mfrs. PoLoon to be oar..
fil not to Infringe the law on the futon.
Nix linstabln wished to say if there was a pressure
of w rk Mrs. Pidgeon did not rusk. her baud, work
late in the night, but she always ob.aioed extra hands.
So of di•i110 q.) luring the 1.,t wet.
ij r 84140.1 hop I sitcr this little campaign, all
to &swim ik.l4 and th-r employers would see they
w..r• determiuot to put d say attempt to evade or
infringe the law.
w 'man hainel i older, who had failed
to spii-ar het week. M4ll ou 'Monday fiaed ss. and
o sAs for being f mod drunk in the Greyhound•yard.