The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SEf3BIONS.

SIIIIIIMALL, Saturday, May 15—Before H. Williams,
H. N. Middleton, H. C. Goodden, &qrs., and Major-
General Michel.
__

Cautvrr TO A Hones—Frederick Churchill was
charged by John Chick, fanner at Compton Valence,
with cruelty to • horse.-11r. Weston appeared for the
defendant.—Complainant said Churchill worked for him
and was put with four horse. for the day harrowing :
land. On coining from work hesaid the horse "fferjeant"
had his mouth bleeding. He enquired how it was
done. He replied "Brown", another hone bit him
in turning, and made him run • stick in his mouth.
He went and looked at "Sergeant" and found him
down—a poet was knocked out of its pace as though
be had fallen against it. Drove up the horse, and led
him out,and opened his mouth which he found Weeding.
One of the arteries in the roof of the mouth having been
cut open apparently by the pointed stick. The hone
quite reeled. He asked Churchill next morning why
he used the horse in that way, and told him he must
be • pretty reseal. Defendant said be just touched the
horse with a stick in the mouth. Ho had • hurdle
stick sharpened at one end. No ether person was
present with the horses hut • boy.—Cremsezamined.
Had • good character with the defendant. Told
the defendant to go and get the stick to steady himself
with as he had to steed on the drags to keep them down.
tt illiam Lear, a lad, aged 13, stated he
Inc Mr. Chick, and was at work
with defendant on the day in question. Saw him
poke the horse with a stick to keep it off him. Did
not poke the horse very hard. The animal bled very
mush. —The Bench said it did not appear that defendant
struck the horse in the mouth wilfully and therefore he
email he ellsehArrel. tle most bo careful how Ise
handled pointed 'ticks in driving horses in future
STLALING WOOD.—rAOIII4aS Leffp WU charged by Mr.
Wood, farmer at Athelampton, with stealing a piece of
timber. The caws was proved by P.C. „Filmes, who
caught the prisoner going home with the wood.-111r.
Wood said the prisoner worked for him. He believed
that prisoner really took the wood, as he said, to born,
and his only object in bringing the case forward was
to teach hiir workmen that they must not do these
things. He did not want to press the cam farther, as
defendant bore a very good character,and he had nothing
else to bring against hun.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and
be was sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment.

_
DIIUNIL INNEN& AND A 88AULT. —William Taylor and
Cliaprom, two privates belonging to the 49th
regiment, were charged by 1.. C. Smith with being
drunk and assaulting him about 1 o'clock on the
morning of Wednesday, the 15th instant. Comp/ain•
ant said that lie was on duty at Chiswell, when be saw
the defendants there drunk. He told thee: to go home
to the barracks, and they both struck Lim with their
belts. Both prisoners said they were very sorry for
what had happened. It was the first time they had
ever had a crime against them, and Taylor had been
4 years and Chapton 6i years in the regiment—The
Bench told the prisoners that the belts were very
dangerous things, and the magistrates were bound to
set their face against soldiers using them in CASS/ of
&moult. They would be fined 10e. each and code, or 7
days' imprisonment, to be paid on Monday last.
Daum I INNlLBB.—Willian Grade, was charted with
being drunk at Toiler, on the 21st alt. The cue wan
proved by P.C. Tun. Defendant said he " was'ot
what ye ma' call drunk." He could walk very well, and
" a feller be'an't never drunk all time he can goo."—
Fined fie.

_
Mary Norris was charged by P.C. Bridle, with being
drunk at Puncknowle on Thursday night. She was
very violent and had to be turned out of the public-
house there.—Committed to gaol for seven days.
VAGRANCT.—JoAn Wallis was clamed by P.C. Dalin
with sleeping in a dilapidated buddies in Portland at
night.. Defendant said be had never been warned out of
the place, and complainant said Imbed received Metros-
tions from the proprietor to take defendant into esuitody
whenever be saw bins sleeping there.—Complaistasit, in
reply to a question from the Bench, said that defen-
dant was a very idle fellow, and defendant said it was
because he could'ot get work. No one worked more
willingly than he did when be got a job. —The mairts-
trate' gave him a month's employment on treadwbeel.
Was'nt he glad.