The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.
DiuwicirAt ELICTION.—The retiring councillor'
wore melsoted without opposition.

COVirrlt NW's, Friday.—flefore W. Homo*lit
Sm.—James iltaplee was charged with stealing ears o
wheat, oat., ke., from Kr. Kendall, klon-ombelake.
Robert Kendall. farmer, of Meraombelake, in the
perish of Whlichurch said that yesterday morning
homy some Nursery sans of wheat lying about the road,
and traeed them to the prisoner's garden gate from hit
riek barlyn. Ile had mimed wheat and unthreelled oat.,
trek* htilnin, and some trefolium, some of each of which
were found In e pigsty at prisoner's house. Prosernitor
said he had mimed good many thine also during last
winter. He eimononioated with the pollee and they
examined lotisoner'e premises together, and found the
artleles whloh he believed were what were stolen from
him they were the mob porta, but he could not swear
they were his property. C. Abram said that yester-
day nooning he received information from Mr. Kendall
that mute one had carried away noise of bin straw
daring the night. Ile went with him to his rink barton,
and ssw the strew had been disturbed, and found tram'
of it along the footpath leading to the primmer's hones.
The latter part of the path wee agrees • keld leading
only to primmer' house. In. pigsty there be found some
oats onthraebed, some old Umtata, Nursery wheat ears,
VOWS haulm, and trefoluto. There wen three pigs there
lying On them. Mr. Randall said they belonged to him,
and dtsdred Imo 4elie pshriner into cnstoiy.
Witness said that prisoner told him be had not stolen
the artkias, belied bought them and had them a long
tint*. Prisoner was a moon and warn onl of employ at ,
li, present tkort—'llie prisoner Aid he bid not taken
the artistes', be went to hei early and was in bed all
night. In answer to a ipieetien he said he had five
ehildren.-111r. Ilioassell mud it was a very maspielons
WIG, but the emdeams was not sufficient to bang the
charge home to the prisioner ; he would therefore die.
chore, him ;It wu • fortunate mumps for him ; if there
1 bad been a little more evidence he should have mot
Mtn to the house of correction. He must remember
that If be was brought op there again this cam would
not be forgotten.

BriltOotin Poxicn, Tburaday.—Before F. Good,
Esq.—Mr. Francis was charged wiih leaving his wife
eberproable to the parish.—Mr. Bettis, the relieving
°Mier, said the wife had applied the previous dey for
relief, and said her husband bad refused to maintain
her; he, there!ors, relieved bar to the amount of 2461.
—Defendant said he had never objeeted tot maintain hie
wife so long aa she kept hempen respeetabla lie bad
allowed her money weekly till about two months ago,
but u he found that she was regularly usociating with
proatitutes, be refused to pay her any more money,
haying Previously given her notion through &friend that
he should atop the payment If the continued sesociatiog
with those persona He said he WIL/ living seleuetelY
from his wife. She threw something ethic head, which
was the alUa, of ha( going. She left bite voluntarily,
after having nut him 1:50 In debt.—Mr. °owl told de-
fendant that be most not let his wife be ehugesble to
the parish win. He did not think Its very erediteble
thing fore person In his position, In nualeaof P"ft"
ment payee be knew he we., to he. brought there 013
each a eherp. lie did not know before that detest/sat
WS/ living separate from hie wife. 11. •hould not have
allowed her to beeome cheat/sable, wed so twine upon
tamest( this eapleasant esp.eure. If be was
reedy to pay the 2s. 6,1.. and de rote, the &large
would be withdrawn. The defeadmit nieordlngly
agreed to prithe &menet—Feiner. —Before
W bothatz, . —Benjamin Larownhe was 'barged witn
leaving his • and family chargeable to•the punch.—
Mr. Bettis, relieving officer, said the wife of defendant
came to the Union yesterday and said that she was
destitute and had no MOMS of ;naintelning hie children,
he therefore relieved her to the extent of 6s. The wife
told him that her husband was in the habit of going
about drinking, instead of attending to his work.—
Defendant said be paid his wife 10.. last Saturday out of
Ils, be reeeived for his west'. wages, end therefore
thought therefore she had enough to keep her end
fay up to that time. The wife however said she had
' only resolved 14s. during the Let mouth to keep boreal(
sad five eltildrea.—Mr. Bettie in answer to Mr.
Weithani, said the parish did not want to pram the
*huge
_against defendant if he would pay the 6s. This
the defendant speed to pay, and the sods Ss. 6d. on