The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-02-01 00:00:00

WISIBDINE.
PETTY SESSIONS. -FIUDAY.

(Before Rev. Carr J. Glyn, Rev. G. V. (arland, Colonel
Fuze.. and H. Brouncker. Req.)

PZRJUSY SOIIIIwHILItt —lsaac Light and Walter Burton,
horse dealer., of Newtown, /Limon, were summoned with
four others, who did not appear, tor trespassing in tour-
suit of game on lands in the occupa.ion of the Hon.
Grantley Berkeley, the Iproperty of Lord Wimborne,
and situate in the parish of Kinson.—Mr. F. A. Johns, ot
Ringwood, prosecuted, and told the Bench that this was
rather • serious cue, from the number of men engaged in
it—L3. The Act enacted that in cue, where more than
five were concerned the penalty inflicted could amount to
£5 —William Tomkinson. keePer, stated that on the 90th
January he wail, Mr. Grantley Berkeley's preserves, peer
Newtown, and he saw a large number of men (13) with
dogs and sticks beating the hedges. They were walking ip
file and beating as they would • cover for shooting. The
two defendants were amongst them. H. was personally
acquainted with them, and got within De yards of them
and called out to Light, who rolled over into the snow and
made off. It was from about bath:eat ten to eleven.—
Called upon for his defence, Light said he was with his
wife and son at the Bournemouth Pollee-Court that morn.
inc from eleven t 3 two o'clock, hie son being a witness
against • man named Crotchet who was committed for
trial. He could produce the sergeant of police and another
constable to prove this if necessary. He called Noah
Hughes, who .aid he lived at Newtown. He recollected
the day in question, and the defendant was In his company
from eleven to two, he and his wife aad eon, who was
there giving evidence against • man named Cruteher for
robbing him of • sovereign.—Bv Roy. Mr. Garland: He
walked into Bournemouth from Newtown with him. They
left between eight and nine, and were in Bournemouth
about ten o'clock.—Croesexamined : He knew defendant
I personally. He (witness) was a married man, and lived in
• van at Newtown. He married defendant's wife's
daughter. He was married at Salisbury, in Wiltshire. He
was married in a church, but he could not tell the cameo(
it, it was so long ago--six years. He had his certificate at
home, but all he had come there for was to tell about this,
and he had told the truth. —Tompkineon was re-called, and
said he was perfectly certain Light was the man. He
would have got hold of him, but he was YEA of breath.—
The Bench adjourned the case for a fortnight to enable
the defendant to call the Hants police. Barton,
called upon for his defence, said all he had to say
was that he wasn't there. He called John Burton,
his cousin, who said on the day in question the
defendant was cutting wood with him from nine in
the morning till nearly three in the efternoon. They then
went to a beerhottes and stayed there till livo and then
went home.—Groesexamined : Ale apt his living by horse-
dealing, and a retipeqtable way too._ Defendant was net
out or his eight MI the time. His daughter could prove
the same, but she could not none on account of the snow.
He had had to walk in ; they couldn't drive such weather
as that, Besides, he did not think they wanted 20
witnesses. His daughter was • respectable girl, and as
good • scholar MI he (tit Johns) was, perhaps, although
he was • lawyer. He was quits certain as to the day, but
he could not remember what he was doing on the Wednes.
day or the Thursday. There was a question to put to •
man I Could he (Kr. Johns) tell I—This case was alto
adjourned for the attendance of Miss Burton.
llitUag.—ltenry Cookman, a sweep, was summoned for
having been drunk and incapable in the streets of
Wimborna —At first he said he had been sweeping
chimneys, and getting hot and then coming out into the
cold, was seised with cramp, and, letting his tools fall,
could not pick them up again; but afterwards he said he
might as well plead guilty—Asked as to his circum-
stance., be said he was out of work, and to make the
better of it, both of their bedroom ceilings hid fallen
down during the night, —Under these circumsUmees, he
was let off with • fine of 5,, to include thing.
orgawilaggn.—Rdward Foyle, a lad of Blandford„ who
did not appear, was summoned by the police for haring
been asleep while in charge of a horse and waggon on
January 3rd.-Bergeant Canton stated heath. IVY on duty
in the pariah of Corte Mullen, and he saw • horse, drawing
• waggon load of straw, go Into the pariah Pond up to its
girths, and there it stuck. It appeared to be without a
driver, and he and some of the villagers were about half'
an-hour trying to get it Out; but the noise they made
woke up the defendant, who was lying en the top asleep
under the straw. Defendant stated be had come that
morning from Blandford, and was going to Christchurch.
He worked for Mr. Goatee—Mr. Superintendent Batty
said these boys were about • great many hours. To his
knowledge they were about more hours in a weak than
they got sleep in a month.—A gentleman In court remarked
they were asleep half their Urns on the road.—Defendant
was ordered to pay the costs, and the Superintendent was
asked to communicate to Mr. Coates that the magistrates
desired this kind of thing to be remedied.
Guts TRZIPABL —Mirk Beat, of Corfe Mallen, wee
summoned for a trespass in search of game on the 18th of
January, on lands in the occupation of Henry' Harris.—
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Barnes, arid John rsrely were summoned for • similar
Offence at Corte Mullen, op lands In the occupation es
Noah Goodchild. Pauly
not appear, being in London in a Government 'wawa.
The defendants were rabbiting on Mr. lime- 'lad. ',huh
idiots, that of General Lane. A iabhit got int he 'team,
which Mr. Barnes had himself repaired, ad he eent the
lad over the other side to put down the net in order to
prevent the rabbit escapiag.—The Bench dismissed the
cam.