The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-02 00:00:00

HILTON.
VII RSV. A lITSITI Jszas BOWL!, 8.A., his bale
App oia led musts of this plus*.

BROADWEY.

AnnIVII•AIT CF • FontsTons' 130131 re —The and.
emery of Cc urt "Star of the Order" of Foreder. wee
celebrated on the evening of Friday In this parish
artordroons. lb. use of which bad bees kindly lent by
the Rev. E. Headland. The school was very nicely
drcer,ted, there being flags and evergreen dodoes,
vad,st on the walls were two very neatly •••onned
mottoes composed 0i15...., one being 'Cow. and join
oe," and the other " Welcome." A cold supper w.s
provided by Mr. Rogers, of the Ewan lan, to whiok
about 60 eat down—st larger nember than ce any pre-
vious ooradon. The shalt vas takes by Da abwoßd,
who was supported by the Rev. L liendlend, Rev. J.
B. blanghaa, Dr. Priebe's. and Mr, T. Ossira Kern.
Jones' qua4rille head wan prone" and played at
latarrils daring taa maw.

BLANDFORD.
Dill Btri..—Lod Wolverton'. Hounds met on
Tureday at Tarrant Hinton gate to bunt deer at 12
o'clock. Th. Ace dowse in this neighbourhood afforded
• hesv.iful clew of the sport. There will be a meet at
Hnoyle on the 29th, and at Kingston Lsry Demuth's.
3rd, each day at 12
A rartig.f. Maui wee pissed on Hungry Down, as
Wednesda,. between the t'P.nthers" and Milton
Abb.. School, the teem of the former befog one man
abort. After • well emstested pme of one hour and
a-half time mu eddied without either olds hieing gained
any decided edventsge. Of the "Panthers" C. O.
Pato:pharisee, Rev C. E. K..nnisrey, H. Mussel Pleydeli,
and S. C.ve chit fir distlnfaished themselves. On the
aide of the school May be mentioned H. fineren, I.
Morse, F. Wass, and D. Miller.

POOLB.
TIIITUANCI linTutas. —An open itessims of lb.
L4f.boat Lodge of Good Tomplars, was bold at tho
T,mperanco HalL Hill•street, on Saturday night, wiles
an address on Good T‘inplary was delivered by Bro. R.
Coed. On Handay efternooo Mr. Goad a'eo ore•eisod a
itortnqnln oonneotion with that lodge. TO. mooed
anniversary tea of the Lighthott.• Lode* took place on
Monday evening, at the Temporanse Hall, and a wooded
mooting followed. Bro. B. L B.kar, W O.T. of It.
prvaliod, and Bros. W. Torr.'', of Weymouth.
D A.., G. Curtis, W. Mate, and It Coed, delivered
addreows. Ou the previous Thursday a now lodgo of
Good Towniars, called the Lifeboat Ledge, was WU-
tut,d by Mr. Mate

COMIT'T 1704.1610MMT. —Polon Mr. T. P. lefroy, Judge
There wes ouly cue 'disputed ease— Written sr Xsam. A
jury were summoned and *worn, but their services were not
required.—Mr J. Harker smeared tor the plaintiff end Mr. K.
N Howard for the slele,olsnt. Mr. Harker mid it was an
action brought by Jane Rotors Watton, hie client, against Wm
Mary Ann Kemp, executrix of Mies Bophia Kemp, who lived at
Parkelone, and died. short Una ago. The plaintiff MY for
rather over 10 mars servant and hotawkoeper to Mir Sophia
Kemp, the lanarls, and wee thing with her at the 4mo of her
dieth. The taletrix, he believed, wax very Infirm and
required • great deal of atentkin, which she received Iran the
plaintiff, for in her will she .polce of her ae her " faithful
servxm." The wi11... very short, and he would read meth
portions es would be part of the came. The tort-lout mad by
Mr. Harker were to the effect that the tart...trio gam to Ism
faithful servant. Jane Roberti, Wagon, • legacy of £lOO, sloo
my ensuing apparel and everything that may be found in my
drawers," and a number of other items including, the awn 01
dowers, work haekets, • looking glom, blankets, sisseta
fellows, bat bedstead, mattress. Sic., the mete to be delivered,
free of legacy duty, within three months after her deems,.
The nsklue of the property was bequeathed to Mary Ann
Kemp, excepting an oil panting, whieh the deceasal left to her
brother, Jame. Kemp. The V4iioUl goods which leers in the
drawers were delivered to the plaintiff, and she wee expecting
to receive her levacy of £lOO at the end of throe month. It
was not paid at the enil of that period, and after the plaintiff
had welted mine little tirne longer, Mr. Kemp-Welch wrote to
her. The sill was prepared by Mr. Dickinson, but from mune
came or other, Mr. W.ioh had the settlenwat of the site.,
Mr. Harker read the letter, which was dated Use 13th May,
1473. In it Mr. Welch offered the plaintiff the sum of
£76 4.. ed in disilurged of the lapel, having deducted
CO lac 4.1. from the £lOO. Ile (Mr. Harker) wee instruoted
that open the receipt of that letter the plaintiff went to Mr.
Welch, and told him she should not be Waded with the
£74 fla, tal., became there cos more due to her. She had
received paid C. 3 1. Al. for jswpni connected with
the funeral among other things, was In the drawer,
and she woo entitled to it.. being ,given to her under them
trods, "end everything that may Ise found in my drawera"
She Immediately mw Mr. Welch, and mid the fin belonged to
her, and die did memo. why It shooki be deducted from her
legacr. Then, for the Orst time, she had read to her by Mr.
Welch a portion of the will. Mr. Welds told her he would
consult Miws genii.. Mr. Harker then read • sconnal letter to
his client from Mr Welch, dated the 24th of May, in which he
mid he had mbniitted to the executrix the claim made by the
plaintiff, and enclave:l a otatement of what she demanded and
Inuit he was authorised to pay. This statement showed a
balance of elid 1 tal., taking credit for lb. 1.10 and £3 In the
plaintlre pocket, and some other payments were credited to
her, • debit of ett being put aminst her. The letter concluded
by stating that Mies Kemp hoisted upon her right to the
, money in the house, wherever It sena —Mr. Howard ski he
bad et idenee to show that Use money was not found in the
drawer., but, in order that the Judge might decide the I.qa
point, he admitted that It was found there—After • lengthy
argument, the Judge held that the articles found In the
drawers, as belonging to the 14414iiii. Weft to be oracles
ejo.ds'o. peereis. His Impression Inte that the words of the
will indicated a specific sum of money -.that the pecuniary
benefit, the devisee should take was to be limited to £lOO, and
that the thine. to be found in the drawer were ejorleto gentrk.
wearing apparel and thing. id that eirt, and did not apply to
any coin found in the drawer.. -Judgment 411. even for the
defendant, but the Judge allowed the plaintiff to take a nue If
she thought at
Norton y. 11.rmoory,—Wr. Harker appeared for the plaintiff,
an ironmonger, who
;clamed 4.1 10. damage arising from
the non-delivery of a tcomber cif lamps. The plaintiff woo
odors contract to provide pnblic hunps for Parkstone.road
and the vlllyee. He ordered 211 lamps for CPO tb., being at
the rate of 14e. per lamp, but he only received 101 Defendant
wrote to my that the lamps were ready to be delivery!, and
on the receipt of a cheque he would send them. Plaintiff
: wrote, saying that on receiving the lampc he trout! send •
, cheque. He sent • cheque for the whole anoint, being
I anxious to get the Lampe Said. He had not hum side to one.
Mete the contract to the present time. Plaintiff went into
• particulars closely ertabllshing that he had !instance! the
Mune:, he alleged, and Judgment was given for the amount
claimed to by paid forthwith.
. .

R. If. Spezer.--The bankrupt. • trrnoer and baker. of Wore.
ham, appeared for his public examination. Mr. I Trarcra
anpearM on behalf elf the truetee, Mr. Wise, and mid the
mate would realise throe times the amount that was at erst
expected. The bankrupt had rendered every mohdanoe to the
tnedee and the committee for inspection. lie then mused hie
astunination.

rum Swot., Tneritay.—Rofore the Mayor, Alderman F.
T. Room. and Mr. M Keinp-Wcinh.
A All PreArtnil WIN charred with bring drunk and
Incapithie lam eveninz in Illghwtroet P C Strideick proved
tho char," and the prisoner was ordered to iwy Ss. and
enact.

Ifenry mown, Ineetee, • sailor, eras charged under •
warrant with areanlthm P.C. Hrklle. who stated that no
tiaturday nreld. about tO minutes put eleven, he heard •
dh.torhanee Strand-street. He fouls' the inisoner mei
oth, plum men congregated. and onlered them to go away,
but they refueed. Witness put hit hand on the prianner who
at once struck him • severe blow on the eye, knocking him
down The prlsnurr then ran of. —The magistrates ordered
the prisoner to pay a fine of 90e. and Owns, or • month's herd


THE 71011308NR TRIAL
TIM MI DIDIDILID AND TWENTY-11M DAY.

The Court re-aseembled on Thanday pursuant to
adjourement, and witnessem were relied on the pert of
the prosecution tnooutralict the witness Lain, who bad
sworn that In 18601 he mil d from Staten I.lend in the
oeprey. of New York, end formerly the Ilelvetia, of
New Orleans, owned by one ralkenburg, sod loaded by
one Thompeoe, of New York, and which bad picked up
the defendant at sea, 200 or 300 miles from }CM. Mr.
Permit, the bsrrbter who west out to NOW York on
the part of the prosecution, was first galled, and gave
the result of his levities sot, the ship at New York,
where the owners and agents were said to have been,
and also Washington, where tes)rds are kept of all the
resistors granted to merohant vessels ; and he stated
that he had been unable to find any triers of sash an
o.prety ea tad been described, to which may one had
belonged. One of the revenue callers of the State of
New York was Gelled ts prove that vill•Mi/
loaded at Staten Island ea stated by Le* of the Osprey,
end that no sash retool had been known there.
Another epitome who had been In the °Noe of the stave.
dose at New York said to have loaded the ship, was
reallwl to negative that statement, and to show that the
filleted owners hod
dotes:rive from Chicago, where Imie esid be hod a piece
of bestows, was sailed to prove that be had made
legairies there and at other pieces where Lute said he
bad been, sal (mold find no traces of him. Late was
In "curt during the latter part of the day, and wag son-
fronted with one of the witnemee, who sell he had
a lohlsknowl.dgsieeshles before.