The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

STURMINSTER NEWTON,

Di Vile 0 e L FIERSIONTI, Monday.—Before
J. Hussey, Eel., M. Williams, Esq., Captain Heroism,
a.N., Colonel Glossop, Rev. H. T. Flower, sal H. 5,
Bowes, R.q.— William Spencer, of Sturminster Newton, I
acting as boots it the Green Man, Isydlinch, wutrught
up on remand, cheesed with steatite 6-. from the person
of William Lyne, of Pelham, a labouring man, on the
11th thinker. Complainant said :On the (ley in ques-
tion I was in the kitchen of the Green Men lon, shoot 9
o'clock in the evening, and fell asleep. Before I went to
'deep my parse, containing 6, 214., was safe in my
poeket. I was awoke by the landlord, and on elmais.
ing my pocket mioted my personal money. I reunited
in the kitchen all night, and on the following morning,
on searchiegmy pockets. found my parse with 214. only
in it.—the six shillings being edemas. Caroline Penton.
soul lam • servant at the Green Men Inn. The
misoner is also a servant there. About eleven O'clock,
whilst I was sitting by the ire, I saw the prisoner take
from the prosecutor's pocket his purse. He put it Into
his pocket and sent out of doors. As soon as he went
out I told my mistress what I had seen. On my return
to the kitchen, the prisoner had returned and laid on
the settle.—Prisoner, in his defence, first said he was
drank and did not know whether he had the money or
not, but afterwards pleaded guilty, end was sentenced
to one mooth'm imprisonment and bard labour. —Gram
T.yne and William Osborne were charged with assault-
ing Thomas, Parsons, of Stalbridge Weston, on
the Ist of October, at I.2tourton Caundle.—From the
evidence of complainant, it appeared that after service
on Sunday evening he was walking down the street,
when Osborne came and caught him by the ear, pulling
him nick. The other defendant then came up and
jumped on his beck and struck him. Both the defend-
ants denied the charge, and celled witnesses, and one of
them seid he did not bear the evidence of the previous
',it.... though he stood immediately behind him in the
court.hoine.—The Bench considered their evidence as
worthless, and as occurrences of this kind had happened
before, they were determined to put • stop to it, and
fined Osborne 38s. 9d. and Lynn 18s., 91. including
costa—Phillip Goddard was charged with violently
smelting Maria Sieeetman, landlady of the Red Lion
Inn, Sternsinster Newton.—Mr. Dulswood appeared for
the defendant. —Complainant stated that Goddard
challenged any man in the house to fight. 1 told him I
would not allow any fighting in my house, and I asked
my father to put him cue De tried to do so. My
father got him in the direction of the door, when the
prisoner gave him a dreadful blow in the eye. He
then seined Ma by the heir of my heed, and
pulled it violently. Prisoner swore he would kill me,
nsing most violent lenginge. I celled out "murder."
He then struck me • violent blew on the back of my
heitd.-11y Mr. Dashwood : The reason why I ordered
Goddard out was because he challeitee4 to fight. Could
not Rey whet was thematic( his challenging to fight.
My father put him out and, I we, with him. I was
at the door when the defendant struck my fs the r. —Robert
Percy, father of the eetnploinset, corroborated her
evidence, and added that be did not hear anyone chal-
lenge Goddard to fight. He did not hear anyone speak
,to °Aden, about his wife. Goddard was stripped to
astir. There was dancing in the house before Goddard
was ordered out. He and his daughter and Goddard
wore all down together. —John Adesue Mated that he
was in the Rail Lion on the 29th Septeniber. Go 'deed
took hold of the complainant by tbe hair of hie bead.
All terse, Goddard, Piney, and Mrs. Sweetman, were
rolling about the road together. The row began b_y the
armies betting that Goddinel'e wife was outside. There
was no more violence used than wan necessary to put
Goddard out. Mrs. Sweeties's could not get up
until released, as Goddord had her hair twisted
round his hand.—Mr. Dashwood, for the defence,
called John Fox, who stated that a quarrel
took place between Goddard and Rose. Rose
took nff his out to fight. He was much provoked.—
Mr. Dash wood then addressed the Beach, and un-
tended Mist Poe:null was proved, inasmuch as though
Goddard ought to hue gone out when requested, the
ajar), Mrs. Sweatman sustained wag by undue It
unseated that they were all three down together, and
there was no moo( that his cheat wilfully took hold of
her heir, but ought at the filet thing he could to pre-
vent him from Bench said that had the
prisoner been charged with an siqrraysaed assault they
should bare sent him to prison without the option of •
line. They oonsidered the *barge folly proved, and
lined him C 3 10s. 6d., including poste—George Teener,
cif libroten, was summoned at the instance of Mr. Lance,
inspector of nines...cm for not providing sufficient
seeinamodetion to eight tenements in which 41 persons
resided. From the statement of tbe inspector it
peered, tat only one privy was provided, and that this
was 280 feet frote some of the homes, but there beieg
some informality in the way the order was made, the
sue was adjourned. Mr. Dub wood for Use defeedent --
An order was made, on the appliestioe of Deputy Chief-
Constable Hammond, to compel the overseers of the
Perish of Okeford Fitspeine to cleanse and repair
certain premises iii th t parish. —John Adams.
lintelser, was charged on the information of Mary Ann
Young. of Sherhorne, with an assault on Shroton fair
dae• There was a croft-gam mops against the complain-
ant and her husband for an sinault.—The evidence was