The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-04 00:00:00

WAREILA Z..

WE are pleased to find amongst the list of candidates
who successfully paased the last preliminary (or educa-
tional) exatuination of the Pharmaceutical Society, the
name of Master W. J. Randall, of this town, ehleAt son of
the ex-Mayor, Mr. T. Randall. The number .4 candidates
presenting themselves for examination was Pe4. of whom
lin failed._ . .

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BOARD Or GC kaOl.o.ll.—The first meeting of the new
Board took place on the tilitli. April, when Mr. Calera' t
consented again to act as chairman until the lath May,
when he requested the Board to elect a succeseor. 11r.
W. C. 1...c0y also agreed to art_provisionally sta t ice-
Chairman until the eame day. The Nl:owing meru'hers
of the Board wero elected u the now assessment INIOMOttee
for the:current yaw :—/ilesers. J. R. Calcraft.ll. Frampton.
I- Bond, and the Earl of Eldon, rx.olki,e, and Mes..rs.
T. K Imwden, W. Salway, .1. J. Ilatee, VV. Spirer, W. I'.
Kent, J. T. B. Scutt, J. 11. raid, and W. J. Whittle,
elected guardians.
COUNTY PETIT tikasioss.—Tumelay : Before Lieut.-
Colonel Mansel, Mr. klikei Rodgett, the Earl of Eldon,
Mr. G. 11. Bond, and Mr. N. Bond. —John lliicerr. mid.
ing in Grange-road, in the out-pariah of Holy Trinity, was
charged with allowing a cow to stray on the turnpike.
road on the 14th in.t. P.C. Sharp stated lie watclica the
..ow for ahout half-an-hour. There was 110 one with it.
Fined ii,L and costa,
AmdArr.Nov. the keeper of the Railway Hotel,
, near the railway- station, wee charged with opening his
house for the sale of beer on Sunday. the 18th Inst. PC
Butler stated he was on duty at about a quarter to eleven
at night Dew the Ma, and aeveral persona came from the

mail train and went into the house. Re then saw four or
five Wareham young men go into the house, and they
were served with a quart of beer. Mrs. Bootherstone
stated she did not know but what they were travellers,
the saute as the persons who came into thc house first;
she was not =spa:tinted with the parties. The IIIA;i11-
trates, believing this statement, imposed a tine of 61. and
costa.
Ge"sge &Mei also residing in the Orange-road, was
charged with allowing an aol t, htray on the Granitisroad
on the 15th inst.—P.C. Moore proved the ease, stating he
took the donkey to the pound and defendant claimed it.—
Fined 6d. and costa.
Cheek. Stickland, of Steeple. was charged with allowing
two asses to stray at the isame tune and plate.—The
evidence was the same o, in the previous case.--Fined Is.
arid routs.
Robert Baker, a labourer, of Winfrith Newburgh, was
charged with coming from land in the parish of Moreton
where he had unlawfully been in search of game, and
having in his possession three rabbits on the 13th inst.—
P.C. Battrick stated that about a quarter to five in the
morning he heard a ileg bark and saw the defendant on
the top of a bank with a retriever awl a lurcher. About
halfipast five he saw the defendant come off the laud, and
witness went after him. Ile asked what the defendant
had in his basket, to which he replied a rabbit the dog had
caught; in the basket there were three rabbite.— Defen-
dant said he bought the rabbits of a man and gave hint SM.
for theta.- -Fined 6a. and costs.
Robert Turner, Wiltiam4 Snutrans, and John &noway.,
I throe labourers of Upton, were charged by Mr. J. D. Paul,
I a farmer of Moreton, with neglecting to enter into his
service according to their contract on the lith of April.—
'Mr. Weston appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Atkin.
son for the defendants.—At the outaet Mr. Atkinson
! objected to the informations and summonses on the ground
that they did not set out the amount of compensation
claimed for, or other remedy as required by the Act ; but
this the Bench ovemileil.—Mr. Paul stated en the sth of
February be enterel into an agreement with the defeni
dents, which agreement he producesl.—ln cross-examines
tion by Mr. Atkinson Mr. Paul stated he did not sign the
contract. Mr. Atkinson then took the objection that the
original agreement was not signed by Mr. Paul ; but this
was also overruled by the Bench. Mr. Paul also stated
that nothing was said by the defendant William Satoways
of his wanting three bedrooms at the time he entdreil into
the agreement. It also appeared that Mr. Paul gave the
defendanta Is. each, which they sent back to slr. Paul
and which he did not return.—Mr. Atkinson argued that
Mr. Paul waived the contract when he received and kept
the la—The Bench retired to consider, and on returning
into court stated they had given the ease their very care-
ful consideration, :mil hail resolved to tine each of the
defendants LI and coats; the contract shoot., be annulled.
—Mr. Atkinson stated he should appeal against the
decision.
1...51 Turner, a labourer, of Hoke Fenn, Here Regis. was
charged by Mr. Paul with a similar offence. 3lr. Paul
stakal be entered into the contract with defendant on the
13th of February. Ile also gave defendant Is., which was
returnesl in postage stained, and defendaut said be should
stay with los old tuaster. Mr. A.tkin.son objected that
pie agreement was not signed by both partie., and that
it *AA conditional on ma:dying a good character. The
Bench tined defendant 151. and costs.