The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-02-02 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

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Omer). Csilisnel Cambridge, O. C. Farrel., Ker., awl
W. AI. Caletaft, Bei.
Luke Cokes. of Itloxworth, was minintinesl by
Henry 1 hirriant for a game trestrui• on lassl in this
eeenpott• .l Mr. Bartlett, at Blietworth, on the l'.th
.1 inuary.— I lefetelant pleaded not guilty. --
li.
Durrant, on oath. said lie Wall watching defendant
on the nth January, and saw him g.. 11111
Ca IllOtt Mandate in the occupation .1
a 'I r. YiolflX. lie maw him go rimed till
field and gel hedge. MI to I tftrt
lamb and set a wire ; he seatelte.l hint g.• hack t., is.
work, and then went and took lip the wire and tall
hint of it ; he then sai.ll he di.l not net it. Ceer.
examined : I will swear I saw you put the wire in
the hedge.--Defendant he hail a witness to pro.e
he did not set the wire, awl called William Webber.
who, on oath, said he wa.i working with defendant
on the clay in question, and during their dinner-hit
er,e
,t
over the style and went shout eighteen or twenty
purls into :dr. Bartlett's field to are if he could se.,
one of Mr. rtartlett's men, as he wanted to speak t.)
him. Defendant did not go over the style or hiel,rs
at all, and did not net iir have a wire. Ti.,.y
both saw one in the hedge, but did not touch it.
The magistrates decided to hear the next case befle
deciding this one.
William Webber and Luke Cokes, both of Ilhc•
worth, were then charged with a gun.. trespas•
land Iv-longing to Ur. Young on the name date.— Roth
pleaded not guilty.—Henry Durrant, on oath, nail ho
was concealed in the hedge and saw the defendant.
Luke Cokes, set a wire in a hare's ran in thus ni,sl
field belonging to George Young. Ile watched them
back to their work, aid then wept and took the wire,
awl charged them with hat ing mq. it. --The tr1.14,',.
tritrAl dismissed the fint case, there rpo being sufficient
evidence to convict, but they consider's' the 'lmo.'
cane prored, and, there being previous convictr.or
against both defendants. they were each fined 10.. awl
Ms. oat..

James Puckett, urn., Jamie. Puckett, jun.. mid
Richard lturge, were s 1111111 l oiled for gains treeila.. at
Winfrith, on land belonging to /f. J. Weld, Eel.. ii
20th January—Mr. Dickinson appeared for defend-
ant.., and pleaded wit guilty.— Frank Timmer, in the.
employ of Mr. Radcliffe on oath, wid : I ww /Surge
and the younger Puckett digging at a rablat'. burrew
on Winfrith mon 111111 l , la-longing to Mr. Weld, ever
which Mr. Radcliffe ha the right of ',hooting. Wiwi'
I got to them I found they had • dug lying at the
mouth of the hole, hut no ferret or net. -I remained
there with them about an hour and a-half, but while
I MIA there they did not work the hole They hail A
ralibit in their posse...ion, but when they aaw me thoy
Pot it o.iit aight. I iaw the younger Puckett tvkii
a rabbit out if hi. pocket and put it in another rabbit
hole. After a time Puckett, urn., came up. I laie
moitional both of the Pucketta befory.—Cee."'
examined by Mr. Dickimein : Everyone has aright on
11,.' common ; bid people do not go- there for the le:r•
pee- of digging sand. The dog they had we' a
fii. terrier. I ca t nay where Puckett got
the rabbit from. Puckett, *en. did mit Com.'
till after I was there.—Mr, here re.kel
the magistrates whether it was at all reasonable
that Puckett, yen., should wine on the common aWI
poach in the presence of the keeper.—The Bench cow
sidered there was no CAM &galena Puckett, the elder,
and dim:mimed further
witaesu admitted that defendante told him they seta
digging for nasal, awl (hen, we... taint there.—Mr.
Dickienem, in defence, .aiil li,, WVI inxtructed tle•
tail 4 were out on the ("minion digging ~and. 111,14
they were so doing, tiny ww a rabbit run iiito a h.!".
and what wan more natural than for the lad. td
and dig it .'lit. He iwkeil the Reach to the.
cane u.n Payment if cunt., as defendants ware I.qt
youths' and did ii 't wish to have a convicteo
reiri.tered again.t them.—The caw. was dirmismed .'n
payment of code, amounting to xii. each.
James Bailey was auiniiionod by Frank Hardy.
platelayer, in the employ of the L. and S.W.R..
game trainman on land belonging to Mr. White' 't
Wool.—The case being proved-, defendant was finel
1.. and 94. co.-tic,
Henry Spear, of Here Regis, who did not apr.4::
was momiiiiined by P.C. thigh,' for Iwing dronk
disorderly in the Itoy.l Oak no, at Here Ifeif• 'l2
the lith of January, and was fined 2e. rid. and
coida