The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

lIOROUG II PETTY SESSIONS.

GUILDHALL, Tuesday, March 19.—Before the Mayor
and Alderman Ayling.
Joan Willie,- was charged with being drunk and
making use of bad language, also with wilful damage
in breaking • jug.—Samuel Wareham said he lived at
the Castle Inn, lionford-street. The pi boner came to
his house drunk at 20 minutes past 5. When he went
in he said, "you are fine. but I am a man as well as
you," and afterwards challenged him to fight. Ile
swore at Inuit • hundred oaths, sang part of two songs,
and broke • jug because prosecutor would not draw bun
any beer. Nu person could behave worse than defendant
behaved on this occasion, and his conduct was most
profane.--Maria Shepjard, sister•in•law to complainant,
mid she saw defendant come into the Castle at a quarter
past son Sunday afternoon. lie was drunk, and broke
a jug while hammering it on the tabli, because they
would not supply him with beer.--IMfendant said he
and his uate went to the house • little before 4. Ho
admitted that be was drunk and that he broke the jug,
—Defendant was ordered to pay Gil. the value of the
jug. • fine of Ss. for drunkenness, and 42. court fee..
Thomas Beals was charged with detaining Nome
clothes belonging to a young woman who had
formerly been in his service, but who had left,
before the expiration of • mouth, on account of
cruel usage. The defendant said he had to go
to Dorchniter on business by the next train, and his
application to adjourn the case for a week was granted.
Matthew Beaded!, a boatman, was charged by his
daughter, Mary Randall, with an assault. Complainant
said she hail been living with her father, but had left
him. On Thursday he came to her aunt's, where she
was staying, and she then went to a friend's house on
the Chapelry. He abused her very much, and struck
her in the eye. fie aimed a second blow, but her aunt
pushed him back. The first time he came to her he
was sober, the second time lie was drank. Her father
had detained some portion of her clothes, worth
for 12s. rent she owed him.—Defendant said his daugh-
ter was • very bad character.—The Mayor raked her if
she cionsidered herself safe in walking the streets. If
she considered her life endangered by her father',
violence, the Bench would hind him over to keep the
peace.—Complainant said she did not wish to act more
severely than was necessary.--Eliza Beale, the com-
plainant's cousin, corroborated her evidence.—Fined
10e. and sa. 104. coat., and in default 14 day's impri.
sent:Vent.

JoA Peckham was charged by a lad, named Edward
Cox, with furious driving.- .t'omplainant said that
between 9 and 10 o'clock on Friday evening he was in
King Street playing with the other boys in the (trent
and life band, when a horse knocked him down and a
carriage passed over his heed and arm, and injured
them very much. He had not been able to use
his arm since. The carriage was going very fast.
They did not hear the carriage coming along.
The lalllpS were lighted, and defendant could
have seen them as well as hear them playing on the
drums and fifes.—.tnother lad, named Davis, air.
rolontted the evidence of the complainant. The lamps
were lit, and even if defendant could not see them he
must have heard them. There was plenty of room for
the carriage to pass without separating them. One of
the instruments was broken by the carriage wheel
passing over it, and another boy was also knocked
down. He heard no one call out for them to get out of
the way.— Willoughby Bills said lie was with the band
o boys n the night in oiuestion. He was also knocked
down, and the carriage wheels passed over his foot. lie
had only just time to me it was a grey horse as the car-
riage passed the corner. Flo believed no one was on
the lox with the driver. The carriage did out stop.
He did not hear anyone call out.- -I'.C. Apse), said he
was on duty at 10 10 p.m. on Thursday, and saw the
defeadant drive a house Mill carriage from the railway
station down King-street. He drove full gallop till he
canto to the boys when lie pulled up and called out and
without giving them time to get out of the way he drove
galloping over theni. Ile saw two boys knocked down.
Ile afterwards saw defendant and asked him his name.
HO told hint he might expect to hear further f the
matter. Defendant said he did'nt care ab for him
our the magistrates either. The boys ought to get
out of the way.—The defendant called Joseph
Ktrley to speak for him, but lie did not
mend the matter much. Ile said it was Mr.
Flardy's win, on the box, and who called out to the boys.
--buperintendent Lidbury said the 'bus and fly drivers
hail gut hold of an idea that in going to or Doming from
the railway station they might go as fast as they chose.
He had cautioned them again and again, but it was of
no use, and he determined to bring up every ease he saw
in future. -The Mayor said a very short time ago lie
had himself occasion to go to three of Um oinnthua pr','
proton to ask them not I. allow their servants a,,
drive so fast, more especially to and from the last
trains, as the lives of the public were endangered in
consequence of the furious driving. The defendant bad
been before cautioned, but cautions seemed to be useless.
He would be tined El for furiiitm driving ; 4s. Csl. the
price of the flute that was broken, and costs, making
in Lk. 54., and in default of distraint, one months
hard labour.

Charles Thorwer wu brought up in custody, charged
with obtaining a pair of tnmsers, a woollen shirt, anti
• collar, under false pretences, of Lewis Phillips, on the
2nd March.—Complainant said the prisoner rains to
his shop on the 2nd March, and said that Mrs. llitchell
of the Three Tuns, had sent him, as he lived there as
ostler, for a pair of trousers, a shirt, and a collar. He
said Mrs. Mitchell was a relative of his, and would
pay for the things if she approved of them. He looked,
out the things, and prisoner said, " They'll do, I'll take
them up to Mrs. Mitchell, and if she approves of them
I'll bring the money back in • few minutes." If pri-
soner had not represented himself as being an ostler at
the 'rhree Tuns, and beinc sent by Mrs. Mitchell, he
would not have allowed him to take away the things.
The article, in question were worth El Is. Od.—Hamet,
wife of John Mitchell, said her husband kept the Three
Tuns Inn, Weymouth. She did not know the prisoner.
He had never been ostler at their ion. She had never
sent him to Mr. Phillips's shop to get anything.—P.C.
McMahon said, that on Saturday last William Moss and
Mr. Phillips brought the clothes to him. He 'ppm-
handed the prisoner on Monday.—Prisoner was own-
milted for trial at the Sessions,