The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-01 00:00:00

POZTLAND.

ASSAULTING INS Pomo& —At the Comty Petty
Sessions, on /friday, before IL C. Goodden, Rol ,
Colonel tiwaffield, and littior Wood, • marine from
MILS. Hercules, named William McGans, was
charged with &insulting • constable in the execution
of his duty.—P.O. Walla= Polon said on the Utli
be received • description of defendant with others, as
stragglers from H.M.S. Hercules, at Portland, and
went to Castietown in company with P.O. Abram.
Cit coming baok, he saw defendant coming up the
Castle Road with another man, touched him on the
arm, and inked his name, when defendant replied
'II.' no beano& of yours, and if you want to
know my nuns, you must lind it out." Witmer then
took bold of his oat sleeve and told him he must
come with him, on which he turned and dealt witness
• severe blow in the mouth.—Oroes-examlned : P.C.
Abram arrested the other man, and Constable Stone
was with them.—P.O. Abram saw the constable and
defendant on the ground, aid blood coming from
Polten's mouth ,• but he did not see the blow.—Cross-
examined P .C. Stone wee in private clothes.
Defendant said he bed not the loot ounce of strik-
ing the palkeman, aa they bore him ti the ground and
handcuffed him.—An officer said the man had been In
the ship • month, and bore • very good character.—
Fined 10s. and costa, or 14 days imprisonment with

Daum= Canae.—William Moore, for being drunk
at Portland, on October Bth, was summoned; but he
could not say whether it was true or not. He was one
of the chartered members of the Sun Lodge, had
violated his obligation, and the heir had got over him;
but he "waned he wouldn't oome here again; he'd go
back to his own lodge, or else to another."—Mr.
Symonds: Perhaps they won't have you.—Fined half.
aecrows, costa remitted.— -Joseph Hardy, drunk and
disorderly at Portland on October let, was fined 2.5. 6d.
and warned.—William Boatswain, similarly sum-
moned, did not appear.—P.C. Strode, on Friday night,
October 70, maw defendant chunk at Fortune's-Well
with his jacket and waistcoat off, and fighting with
another man. When apsken to, he said he'd leave off
when be liked, but afterwards considered the matter,
and went home.—Fined Ss. and costs.—Robert
Peters, summoned for a similar offence, on the same
date, cheerfully pleaded guilty, and was let off with
half-a-crown fine.

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PILOTAOII CAAJL —Hugh Williams, master marines,
was summoned by Francis Carter for refusing the
services of • pilot, an unlicensed pilot being on board '
at the time.—Mr. Arden appeared for plaintiff.
Defendant had telegraphed that he had just received
the summons, and wished an adjournment. —lt
appeared to bars been served two days previously At
his home in North Wales, but the defendant at the
time had gone to another plea" near Bangor.—Under
these circumstances the magi.trates were disposed to
grant an adjoarnment ; but Mr. Arden pleaded that
his wittier.' were all reedy, and would lose work by
having to appear again.— the case was adjourned for
a week, on payment of the outs of the day.
How FAIL/IMS ASS RUBBED. —At the County Patty
Ses.l in, on Friday. James Smith, • boy, and William
Truitt, an elderly man, were ctis.r.scd, the former with
stealing, and the latter With receiving, three nosebags
and • quantity of chaff, value 55., at Portland, the
property of Mr. Robert Hodder, of the Crown Farm,
on October 22nd.—Another boy, named William
Fowler' was put forward to give evidence, and from
hie statsment it appeared that frevitt had asked them
for some chaff, which Smith brought and laid down fur
Trevitt, and the latter took it, giving or promising a
penny and some fruit. The nosebags, it seemed, were
returned.—P.O. Strode, on Saturday night, October
22nd, about half-past eight, received information of the
lou of three nosebags and fodder from the suable of
Mr. Robert Hodder, and, having obtained a sample,
went to the Mermaid Inn, at Wakeham, and in an
outhouse found some fodder. Smith confessed having
taken the fodder, and said he had a nay, and was
promised loath apples.—The carter, William Cutler,
said last Soturday he filled some nosebags with fodder
and chaff for the horses, and was going to take it to the
quarry where he WM at work, but did not go, and put
them on the corn bin in his stables because it rained.
The fodder wee of the same description ae that in the
Llproduced; the chaff was of the same sort,
the value was about 2s. Smith works
for Mr. fodder;_ but witness knew nothing
about Trevith. Mr. Robert Hodder also gave
midsize') about the nosebags and chaff. Tre vitt said
he had been there 20 years, and been all over the
country, and never took a bit of anything. He never
wished the boy to do this; but he uufortunately did
take up the bags, and he hoped they'd look it over.
' Asked whether he'd be tried there or at the tieeliOUS,
"supposed it would be better for him to go to the
Sessions," but afterwards said he'd rather have it settled
there.—Roth pleaded guilty.—Trevitt had never been
tried for felony, but for assault.—Mr. if udder said he
did not wish to peso the coke against the boy; but as
to Trevitt, be had asked for ‘heff from four or five
people, and they °mild be brought here.—The
crates could not go into thot.—Smith was discharged
with a worning. As to Truitt, Mr. Gooddes salt be
could be fined 1220 or sent to gaol for three month; for
thls was every serious case indeed.—Prisoner assented.
—He wan gent foe one month's hard labour._

APTlLl&nog.—Elnms Sagoway. ~ Eli flaw was a
case from the Tillage of Fleet.—Mr. Jolliffe appeared
for the applicant, and Mr. Hams for defen mut.
Alter a protracted hearing, the case was adjourned.