The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-14 00:00:00

HANTS SUMMER ASSIZES.

The eommission for boldnig thins argon Iran a=
Is Winobastor. on Tharoday ationooon, by Mr.
Channel', who afterwards attended divine rinks la Mie
cathedral, where the sermon was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Martin, the chaplain to the High BberifL Mr.
Jetties Mellor arrived in the coursed the evening. On
Friday morning, at ten o'clock, the Coerts were opened,
and the business of the assizes commenced, Mr. Justiee
Mellor presiding in the Crown Court, and Ur. Baron
Channel sitting at Nisi Pries. The basin's' was very
light, there being only 35 primmer' for trial, and the
mum list contained only seven cesse, most uf which
were of no interest.

A LAIli" AT LTIDEMIT RACMI. •
George Green and George Bull were indicted for
stealing six quarts of whiskey and a jar, the property of
Arthur Barnes, at Sling, on the 30th Joss. It
appeared that Barnes kept the Lyndhurst Station hotel.
About three o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th of
JAW, there was • jar of whisky in • cupboard; • few
minutes afterwards the jar was missing, but Bell had
It and poured sorsa of the whiskey into • cop which
was bel4 by Green. Mrs. Barnes interfered, and
Inquired by what right they had the jar. Bull said it
was not here, but be then asked her to forgive him, and
be would make her amends.—The prisoners said the
house was full of drunken peopli, and was kept eTm
all night, and they found the far on the steps. Bull
said he regretted it very mush; be had been to the
rams, and was on the loose; he had • wife and small
children. —The learned jmdg• said if this was • felony It
would appear to have been committed openly before
several jaereoci. It beamed very much like • drunken
bout.— • jury acquitted the prieoners.—The judge
recommended the prisoners to be more cantinas ha
future, and not to indulge in drinking. It was a ease
which ought not to have been brought there, but should
have been dealt with summarily by the magietrates. There
were some other very small roams arising out al the
Lyndhurst mess.

zesszsuorstrr BY • stun's NAIL
Charles Flemington was indicted for having embezzled
several some of mooey, the property of his muter, John
Aylward, a baker, at East Deen.-Ifr. Warry prose-
oursdL —The prisoner was in the habit of taking loreed
In a van to the studomers. He melted wiled sums of
mousy for which he did not amount for. The playmate
were made in the month of Apra-11m prieoaer said
he bad omitted to eater the mane, but be had not dose
so with any faionicsui intent. Mr. Aylward had not
asked him to explain the matter, but at owe seat for a
polios officer. —The jury retarada verdict of aot guilty.
—The prisoner was Om tried upon an Indietmeat,
charging him with having on the nib and rd of April
and sth of May, satbssaled CI 10e, El, and El 111.,
which he had rewired on amount of hi. master. Mr.
Aylward. —Mr. Warry promented.—ln the gret 'maws
It wee thorn that he hod receivid £2 10a., and had only
amounted for £2; be had givea receipts for the other
two sums of El and el 10s., but those suss were sot
entered in his book. The primate, had left the mercies
when the °middens were ellseovered.—The primmer
having been found guilty, was seateneed to 15 swathe
imprisonment with hard labour.

• POBLIO.ROUBB PO•1111L.
Henry Seaway was Indicted for malignantly wounding
John Wahies& at Bondman, with latent to de his.
grievous bodily harm or the fifth Joan—Mr. Bowen
nroesouted.—lt ap=that the... parties had been
drinking at • mbl . gm
prosecutor pos the prisoner Into ITCVede.pon which
the latter drew his knife sad aims* the prosecutor with
it in the face, and did so much iajury that the prose.
cutor was still coofined to his bed, and was not able to
dome to the court, and his deposition was read. The
prisoner, after stabbing Walstead, left the knife in his
face, and it was with great dculty It was withdrawn.
—The jury found the prisoner guilty. —The Judge, in
=hig sentence on the prisoner, stated that he had
found guilty ole very serious edam He (lb*
Judge) warn determined to pus a heavy sentence on all
prisoners found guilty of using the knife. There was
something so un-&glimb in using the knife ia amok cease
that the P ratios moat ho pot down by the
' the law. In this use the prosseutor had d w
gorloonly injured that it was uncertain whether he
would erne mover or not. The sautenee of the Court
' wee that the prisoner be kept in penal servitude for live
MIL

Oullooll LOTION MIAMI? A NUM
Howud v. Hunt.—Tile melon wee tried in the NW
Prins court, on Beturdi7, before Mr. Judge Mellor sad
a special jury. It wee brought by the Sialiff, who le
• corn and seed mershant Smithson aphid the
defendant, as tadrychlio officer of the Elam ireßenking
Company, cm business at filoutharaon, to
recover damages, 6008Sgu'rakc'e bask having
dialsommred two cheques, the (es wee alleged by
the plaintiff) having safilelent funds in their Innis
at the time to hare met the apnea. The
defence wee that the plaintiff's amount was
overdrawn, and that there were no funds in the
bulk to pay the cheque. The great purlieu erase
regarding a bill which had been accepted by the plaiatiff
for £lOO for the firm of Holten and Pilditce. Accord-
ing to the evidenee of plaintiff and Pilditeh this wee an
ameelmodeileu nemPtinee it was taken to Wet:Ll
Pilditeh to meet • cheque of theirs. but it was r
by the bank, as the manager said it wee not worth I&
bet Pilditch left it on the table inadvertently and
supposed there was an end of It; it remained there
eight months, and when the plaiatire cheque were
brought to the bank he wee sent fee and was
told that they held his overdue seeeptance for
£lOO and therefore the cheques oeuM not be mat.
On tise part of the beak it was said that this was not
an accommodation soceptense, beelines the plaintiff at
the time owed Molten and PRIM& £lO5, and tbat the
bank held the bill as a collaterel security for general
balances. After a whole day's trial, the jury found a
verdict for the defendant.
In the Crown Court, on Saturday, Mr. Justice Mellor
was occupied in trying oases unlit for publication.

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