The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-07 00:00:00

iIiZETTE, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1811

first offence, he did not press for a full, or even heavy,
penalty.—Mr. Moore said it was etyire • thoughtless
bet on the part of • young man. The apt *mance of
the inspector seemed to have caused about the same
terror as • policeman. (Laughter.) The boy was
fetched, so that no real harm was dons.—The Chair-
man said • nominal penalty would suffice, and it would
be and costs.
Samuel Sodden e. James Km:deg.—This was a
erose-eummons for assuilt.—Mr. 11 S. Dickinson was
for Budden.—Keepiog pleaded guilty, and said he was
• shoeing smith, and went into the stable of the
London Hotel, where Sudden Is employed as ostler.
A little dispute arose between them, relative to the
shooting of a horse that bad the megrims: he said he
should not dolt if he were Mr. Laing. as he had wen
heiress worse than that get over it. Upon that,
Sudden cilled him • fool, and continued to call
him it until he lost his temper, and struck him.—
Dickinson's vend in was that the dispute arose about
the .hoeing of a horse, which Sudden complained had
not been properly done, and upon that Keeping
polled off his coat, squared up at him, struck -him
twice in the chest, and once in the face, cutting his
lip.—No evidence was called to show this, but the
Bench accepted Mr. Dickinson's statement, and fined
Keeping 10s. and 15s. costs, dismiasing the came against
Sodden.
Freeland Selby, of Lytchett Minster, was summoned
for committing damage. Mr. H. S. Dickinson
defended—Joseph Bidden. of Higher Lytchett, stated
that on the 71st of May the defendant loosed his cow
from his own field and put it into hie, which was close
adjoining. It stayed there an hour, and be (witness)
then went and took un the chain, which was on tbe
cow; but the defen• ant pinned it away from him, and
the cow galloped off. He put the damage at is. 61.
In reply to Mr. DiAinson, he admitted there was not
much fence between the two fiel is. Ile wool I swear
he saw hinalputithe chain there. He was not in bed at
the time, nor did any ine tell him the cow was there
before he knew anything about it He was not very
good friends wi ii t e defcn ;ant. Mr. Dickinson
argued the offence had been neither committed wilfully
or maliciously as cha-gei in the summon. Toe cow
broke loose, but t say that the complaluatit saw
him lone it was untrue. Accordinx io his own state-
ment he allowed the cow to remain there, and therefore
that any d image which might have been done was
through the complainant's own fault, and cannon neatly
be was not deserving of any reoarapense.—Defendant
was fined 6d., Is. 6d. damage, and the costa.
I Ildwin Sudden, brother of the former complainant,
was summoned for assaulting Freeload &lady, at
Lytchett, on the day in question. This arose out of the
, last case.—The assault oomplrniied of was not a vary
serious one, consisting merely of • good shaking
administered by the defendant to the eomplsinsat
during the dispute about the cow.—Defendant was
fined Al. and Bs. et eta.
Willism Bewaring, of Fern Down, Elompraston,
market gardener, was charged with steeling •
couple of chicken, the property of Henry Read, on the
11th of Mey.—Between eight and pine of that evening
the complainant said he put his hen and chicken in •
coop, and under a beige in a field. The next morning
be found one dead near the coop and two more missing.
They were about three weeks old, and he valved
them at le. On the Sunday, three days after, he aw
the two miming chicken amongst those of the
defendant. He told the defendant they were his, awl
he denied that they were, and prevented him nom
taking them. Complainant offered to get his het to
see if the chicks would toll him; bat defendant refused
and carried them inside Ids homes. On the following
daylhe sent for the police, and they took posession cf
thens.—Defendaat declared they were his own chicken.
—Sarah Read, the wife of the last witn-se, said she
coold swear to the chicken. They were her ewe
particular bred.geme.—P.C. Mitchell, seetioned at
Longhana, prsvcd the " taking" of the hen to the
two chicken. They corrosponderl with the cotoplefo-
ont'schicken,butthedefrnelwithadnotsnythat 'routine
so. —The Bench said it wail doubtful one., and they
dismissed it. —The defendant took the chic Ivo,
somplainant having to pay Vs. for witnesses.
John Burden, Henry Bur ien, and Joseph Sherwood,
of Newtown, %Moon, were charged with having com-
mitted a trespass in search of game, on land belonging
to Lord o'imborne, on the 17th of Aptil.—John
Burden said he pleaded guilty to having been on the
land.—The Ma. istrates Clerk : But for the purpose of
taking game I—Burden : Well, I won't soy that if I
saw a rabbit come along I shouldn't a-tried to had
un.—Henry Samways, keeper to Lard Wimborne,
aid on last Good Friday afternoon he saw three men
with three lurcher dogs beating some heath land near
the Ringwood-road, and shortly after the three
defendants came into • copee in which hi was hid,
and when he poppe i out Harden Paid "that's my dogs."
and the other two defendants ran 'maw. Afterwards
Sherwood come hack and owned the clogs, but said be
had lent them to Burden, and he had c ime to tot+
taern.--John Burden, there being • previous conviction
against him, was fined LI and, 6.. ed. mete, and the
other two defendants £1 and 4.. 6d. costa each.
Thomas ltichmond, if L inglane, Holt, labourer,
pleaded guilty, through his mother, to having lacen
drank on the highway at Wirnhorne, on Sunday the
22nd.—P.C. Freeborn proved fluffing him lying in the
hedge helpless. Fined 5,. and costa
Frederick Lane, of Long Criohel, was chained with
istealitig pheasant's eggs from • nest. He pleaded
guilty. Mr. Dongwortlx, beryl-keeper to Lord
Alington, stated they had lost a great many eggs, and
the defendant hal been suspected and cautioned.
They were sold to ilealersin roes and bones. Defeo lent
worked for Mr. ()harlot Hell, upon whose farm the
Joist was pl oed.—The B-nch told him it was • very
serious offence They did not wish to send him to
prison, but he would be fined el and costa.
Possums ROYAL VISIT is stated that one of the
sponsors of the infant son of Capt.. and the Hon. Mrs.
Clark Kennedy, of Shoekgray, who is shortly to be
ehristened in the ancient Minster of Wimborne, will
be his Royal !Bernina the Prince Leopold. Duke of
Albany, duo whom the infant will be named. It is
not, however, certain whether His Royal Highness
will be able to honour Capt. and the Hon. Mrs.
Kennedy with the acceptance of the Invitation which
he hu 'received to visit Hepburn, for the occasion.
Should Prices Leopold honour Wimborne with a visit
we are sure he will receive as hearty • welcome as his
royal brother, the Duke of Conniaught, recently was
%worded.
Their Royal Hlahneerwie the Duke of Connaught and
Strathearn and Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany) have
been pleated to accept cornea from the author, Captain
Clark Kennedy, F. R.G.S., bate of the Coldstream
Guards (at presentrosidlng at Heibury), of his recently
published work of travel; " To the Arctic Regions and
Seek in Biz Weeks." W• understand that Captain
Kennedy has received letters from their royal high.
passes thanking him for the presentation copies.

Guest has said, you tusks this presentation he me 'as
• mark of your esteem and regard, and as an
expression of your sincere and earnest wishes for my
happiness in my marriage.' Connected as I was for
such a long period of my life with the B.V. Troop,
which for si many years I had onoe the pleasure and
honour of commanding, it gives me carnal kuippiness
to receive from the troop this expression of kind and
friendly feeling. On any other subject I could have
spoken at greater length. but on one so immediately
connected with myself I cannot dilate further. I shall
ever Vailld and treasure your present, and I, And let
me add my wife also, thank you for it sincerely and
withell the deep emotions of our hesrts."—The
Yeomanry were after card, entertained at a splendid
cold luncheon, with wine, &c., ad lib;tarst, In the
dining-mom of Stock House, where they were faced
with the word "Welcome." Major Yeatman was in
the chair, .upported on the right by Captain Merthyr
Gaeta and on the left by Q tarter:nester-Sergeant
English. The company having been supplied with
punch from • handsome direr bowl presented to the
major by his brother magistrates of the Sturmirister
Newton division, the health of the Queen was drank
with three times three.--Captain Guest proposed the
health of Mrs. Yeatman, a lady universally respected
in the comity, and the toast was heartily receive
The Chairman Chairman retu ned thanks, saying he was perfectly
convinced it would be a source of gratifi ation to his
mother to hear of the kind way in which her health
had been drank.—Claptain Guest proposed "The
health of Major and aim Marcood Yeatman," •
toast which was received with enthusiasm. He said
it was • theme he need not enlar..e much on. They
all knew at,d greatly liked and respected the major.
They always found him • staunch friend, and long
migot it be before they ft.und him a b tter en my.
Long mig t Mrs. hlarwood Yeatman live te enjoy the
happiness she was justly entitled to, and which, with
such • man by her side, they might expect she would
have. Major Marwood Yeatmau, in response,
thanked the Yeomanry warmly and sincerely for the
very high honsur they had paid him and his wife by
escorting them home fr im their wrdding tour, a e tm•
pliment which anyone in Eng a .(1 might be proud ttf.
—The presentation cup was then " chridened " with
punch and ha .ded round the room, the Chairman
wishingthe company long life, prosperity. and happi-
meas.—The health of Captain Guest WM proposed by
the Chairman, and Quartermaster -Sergeant English
returned thanks on behalf of the captain, who had
left —Trooper Searle (Sherborne) proposed the health
of Quartermaster-Sergean, English and the members of
the Vale Troop, and the Quartermaster and others
responded.—" The health of the Sherborne Troop."
proposed from the chair, was acknowledged by
Troo en Searle and Jackson. " the Ladies,"
proposed by the Chairman, and spoken to by Trooper
Searle, MN the conclud ng toast. Somo good songs
helped to pass a most pleaasnt afternoon, and the
company s pirated wit'a many good wishes for the
happiness of the nearly-wedded couple.