The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-07 00:00:00

BE&MINSTER.

COUNTY Parry Simms% Monday—Magistrates
present: W. C. Lambert, Esq. (chairman), S. ft Noddle,
Esq., B. P. Gundry, Esq., and W. T. Cox, Esq.—
Samuel Diswe was charged with assaulting Elizabeth
Whittey on the 30th Juno—Elisabeth Whittey maid
defendant lived in Bearninster. She sent a note to him
to come to her father's to explain why be had defamed
her character. He came in the evening of the 30th of
Jane. She met him at the door and saw him alone.
He cursed her and abused her and was very violent.
Afterwards her father come, and he pulled off his coat
to light him. He put his list in her face, and held it
there ; be did not strike bor.—George Whitley, father
of the complainant, corroborated her evidence and
said he thought defendant wss drunk at the time.
Dawe had formerly worked for hint, and he was lorry
Ito see him in the position he now or led.—The ens-
' seoutrix did not wish to press the case hardly, and he
was fined 3s. and 9e. costa.—Charles Rossiter was
charged with assaulting John Saunders, at Halstook, on
the 10tis of July.—Jolin Saunders, a boy, said be was
sent by his father to Squire Phillips's about a horse.
The defendeat "ran down '• the horse, and mid it was
only worth EA when it was worth £25. (ha eons.-
queue was that be (complainant) called him a liar, and
the defendant struck him. The father of complainant
oorroborated.—The parties lift the court to try to settle
theme but weld not. —Defendant then called Charles
Clark, who said he saw what passed but did not know
whether defendant struck him or not. —Esau Chick
made a similar statement —Mr. Lambert mid the Bench
had recommended the ease to be withdrawn, bet the
defendant had refused, and as an assault had been
proved, for which in law there wax not sufficient prove-1
cation, be would ho fiutd Is. and lie. costa-16m.,
Hallett, was summoned by Mr. Hobert Hussey, of'
Strode Farm, Netberbory, for Miming his work, he be-
ing shepherd for him.—The prosecutor sent his win to
ask that the case might be adjourned as he was not able
to attend, having to be away on business.—The defen-
dant said lately he had been working near Bath, and I
be had been suramoted to come from there for this case I
all through sploon.—The magistrates dismissed thecae*,
as complainant bed not attended, and ordered hint to
pay defendant's oasts, 17s. 8.1.--Mr. G. Piameraui,
f
Loden, was summoned for infringing the Cattle
Orders, by removing between sunset and sunrise, on the
30th of June, one cow, one heifer, and one can, from
Allington to Ld 'ers.—Mr. B. Gundry said he be.
hem',! it happened through the defendant's not being
able to get a permit 'tidier, as he himself returned
home by train that evening and shortly after klr. Sam.
ways soot to him for a permit, sad ha believed be was
the riely magistrate in the town that he could get *one
from. The magistrates therefore dismissed the case,
and remitted the costa—Stephen Ackerman, of the
Blue Ball lon, was also summoned for a similar offence,
committed through not being able to get a permit iu
time. He removed one cow from Whitt:hared to his
borne. Defendant went to Ceideoek to get a permit
from Mr. Weld, and had to wait there nearly all day
before be got it —Mr. Lambert said the Bench had de-
cided also to dismiss this case and remit the costs, but
the polio* bad doe* quite right and only their duty in
aummouing the parties, as they wore sitting contrary to
the law. The magistrates recommended them to be
careful in future, and if they could not got a permit
earlier to wait until the next day before removing any