The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-20 00:00:00

Longfiest, April 12th, 1880,
WIKHORNE.

Kin% a builier,
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reniond wit
icon chain and an iron peg, value 3i., tie prprt
Robert Maidment, at Cone Mullen, on the ICI d
November last. Mr. Howard appeared fue
pilioner.—P.C. Powell said he received informant
on the 20th of November that a chain, the propeet,
of Robert Maidment, had been stolen from 11.
Street's promisee, at Long Ham. He found the dude
produced on the prisoner s premises on March b,a
the prisoner was nut present at the time. The am!
was identified by the maker and by the pronely,.
On the 28th of March he obtained a warrant am
apprehended the prisoner. He charged him, and be
sad .4 My wife p eked the chain up in the roil it
Ling Hain about • m inth or nix weeks ago." dd
prisoner that if his wife picked it up he ought ti thee
made it known and tried to find out the owner -
Cross-examined by Mr. Howard : Both ',Hamer Ali
his wife told him that the latter found the chain.
There was no tradesman's mark or name on
Howard said he admitted that it was the pros., c.4'.
chain and that it was found in the prisoner's pip!,
don. The chain was found by the wife, and he
milted that she did not make it known that she had
found it. He raked the Bench to die!, .se of the CaM
sammarily and to inflict a penalty.— Ile magistrces
decided to fine the prisoner £5 and costa.

Pam Sessioxs, Friday.—Before the Rev. rarr .11%
Glyn and Lieut.-General Sir Edward HAM, i;

(teary Coalman, a chimney sweep, of Wimborne, try
summoned for being drunk at the George Inn, Wile6orte,
on the VI oil—Deputy Chief Constible Ilanimudsal
RC. Brooks proved the man't state, an,i th: Bet,l
inflicted a fine of Si and 9s costa

Mary Ann Gillingham, landlady of the puldirlpe.s
named, was charged with permitting drunkenne.s .e her
premises, and supplying intoxicating liquor to a drunk
person on the date in question. —Mr. Tanner defended—
Y.C. Brooks gave evidence.—Mr. Tanner said there ins
no knowledge or connivance on the part of Lis dint
whom he called to prove thaw—She said she vat in Me
kitchen about ten minutes before the policeman came I,
and Cookman was not there then. She dii not see or
hear the man enter the house. She did not supply hits
with any liquor, and did not know that he was an the
house. There were several casual lodger, in the kite's
for whom she had drawn two pints of ale, and that was
all the liquor she supplied—Elisabeth Mitchell, defeat
ant's sister, gave confirmatory evidence—Mr. Hammed
said Cookman had previously been Muse I liquor at tee
publichouses, but he got it somehow at the 1 kor‘e. Toe
defendant had already been convicted of • situilsroffeve
—Mr. Tanner called the man Cookinan, who said he wett
to the house to see William Clarke. Ile did not fee any.
one to order any beer, but one of the men in the kitchen
asked him to drink. —Mr. Tanner said defendant ess
about to leave the house, and the inagiAretes decided.
under those circumstances, to dismiss the we.
Walter Pounds and William Ingram, labourers, of 11011,
were summoned for using • lurcher dog for the purposed
searching for hares, at Hinton Martell, on the Dith
Mr. H. S. Dickenson WSW for the defence—Mr. Neer=
said he saw the defendants in one of his fields ~n
Friday afternoon with a lurcber dog. They were welt=
through the furze and long gram, beating it with thee
feet Ile watched them for three quarters of an
and 1111 M them go on lands occupied by three other
persons, and then return to his field. They did not start
anything. Crose-examined by Mr. Dickinson The
defendant, did leave the beaten footpath.—Mr. [Achim"'
said his clients had business with Mr. Friend's shepherd,
and they went to and returned from the farm through
Mr. Newman's field, but they did not leave the pte.he
footpath. They a ere accompanied by a sheep dog, which
was only about eight months old, and was incapable of
catching a hare.—The magistrates fined Pounds, who had
been previously convicted, .1:1 10e. and Bs. fid. costa, MI
Ingram was fined SA and costa, Bs.
CA47144 Legg, a blacksmith, of Lytchett Matravers, vs
summoned for being drunk whilst in charge of • horse
and cart, and furiously driving the same, at Cork Mullen.
on the 25th ult. —P.S. Hazzard proved the min.—need al
and Ils. mete.

COUNTY COURT. Tuesday.—Before Judge Lefroy.
James Kintsliury, of Ling Hata, p o!tiroe Kinobury,
of Winton. —A. clam of .4:6 nal 4IICtf due on rnone) lent.
Mr. Dailwri app,ared fr the defendant. —Plaintiffs cal
was Mat On the 119.1 of B..ptember, 1877, be let the
defendant, who is his nephew, £l6. or wirch £lO via
rep lid oath. 19th of October, leaving a balance of £6.V.:
due.—Delendant did not dispute tie loan, hot he alleged
that there wan le due to him from his uncle, which he
had set-off against the balance. lie mid be supported bu
mother—plaintiff's sister—in her last illness, Cud paid the
doctor's bill and funeral expenses, and the plaintiff, who
took all her property, promised to pay him £6, which bo
had deducted from the loan. In reify to Mr. Dibbet,
plaintiff admitted that he received £5O under his sishoi
will. Ile alai admitted that he did not support his wife
and two children, who ware living with the defendact,
but he alleged that his wife had ruined birch—The Judge
gave a verdict for defendant, with costa.