The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-03-04 00:00:00

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Quarier•Misiter.Sergesok 1 Dtllll *Or, 1 Payminter-
B•111111Ut. 1 Annonrer-Bergemst, 1 Orderly Room Clerk.
1 Sergeant lestruenor of ,Musketry, A Goiour-4orremte,
36 Seressets, 16 Drumming.. 10 Oorporels, 90 PAestes
—total 182. The Der Coo of the 4 reginsecte allnestef to
Dorehester (In addition be the above staff) will be as
follows: - Group 1.-39th Regraggent,7sth Itegireent,both
*ewe regiments being at pretest on foreign Gerrie..
The Joint depot at Derobeiner om.i.t, of 9 °Marrs,
16 noo•eommindoned °Moor., end 200 ',ink and lige
Total 225 Group 2 —6sth Regiment, St Ii Regimeet.
owe of these regiments being abroad, on i the other at
home. The joint do; fit will is•osht if 10 °Seen., 16
nowoommienoned oat mre, and 100 rank owl fi •
—total 126. The 1101113, Regiment (81 h) Is 605 strong,
but would in all probability be stationed In 110611. other
part of the United Kingdom, although from Mr. Gard-
well's etatement on Introducing the army animates it
would seem that the bomb battalion would be
stationed at the Derot Contr.. It is intended
as soon as the arrangement ma be carried out,
that where two battalions are pooped, oce should be
o• foreign mrvies. and the other at home. It it also
decided to abolish (by gradual ab.orption in the
estoblishmeet of the brigade depots) all the permanent
staff of the Militia Regimen* as appears by a vote at
the foot of the details of the Mill Is vote. 0 donel
Mackey, equerry to 11a. M. the Duke of liellubergh,
hag base appointed to lib* command of the Dorchester
brigade. Sane years ago he was with a regiment
stationed all Weymouth.
Boarmoiff PM"! finetwes, Thursday. —Before the
Motor (Mr. G. J. G. Gregory), and Mr. R. Davis.
Janus Barran, labourer, of 9ibiteoberoh, was charged
with being drunk whilg la charge of fire horses and a
waggon' in Trinity-street, on Wednesday afternoon.
Fla was also charged with essaulUng the policy. P.C.
Gould found the prisoner drunk, and when he lin the
horee's head go, he fell down. Told him le should
take him up for being incapable, upon which prleoner
Amok him, and dreams so obstreperous that it wad
seosseary to handcuff him and have assistance to get
hire to the statios.honan Flood 10., for being drunk.
RI for aseselting the pollee. Money paid.
MoirritY.—Before Ur. G. Carina, and Dr. Aldridge.
The following Ilimeses were transferred—R.lllw
Tavern. South-street, from William Groves to Robert
Pores; the Swan, Fordlngtou, from Isaac Pitfisld to
WILLI George Meader, and the Sus boathouse from
David Roberts toCarolioe 01.1 pin.
Mr. Jot.. Rickard Taylor, landlord of tho Plume of
Feathers Inc, was summoned for keeping open his
house after 11 p.m., on February 17th.
Befog 'eked by the Town Clerk whether he was
guilty or not guilty,
It,. Taylor said-1 ain't say guilty and [met say the
door was not open, but my bar was *beet
Mr. Symonds • Will that is " not guilty."
Deferadeat : Not guilty.
P. S. Mitchell s :On the night of Monday, 17th
February, I was on duty in Printer-street, near the
meme of peahen Dir, kept by defendant. All 25
minutes to 121 s•w th• front g!oor of defen hot'. hoots
ogee, sad heard loud talking. I weal in and opened
the bra•parlour door. and saw five gentlemen sitting
down—Mr. Mayo. of Frame, Mr. Bogor. of Dorchester,
Mr. Atkins, of Grove Bandies.. M gjor Smut of
Dorchester, and augother I did not know. There were
glasses no the table. The landlord wad present. I
asked biro if he knew the front door wee opee,fteg ',Bad
"no." I then left the house. Mies Taylor came to the
front door, and asked 111 would have something to
drink. .

--Kr. Taylor said no, she never left tho bar.
Wittiest : Mr. Alkies also mate out aol ...lid me to
tem* both.
Mr. Taylor said belied that night ham at th• Antelope
Hotel, with the oommitteek of Owertooigne Conning
Club. The arrangements were nand* that night for the
meeting on the morrow, the "draw" taking plant after
the dinner. H• left tb• Antelope and went home at
balflthat tan, and about • qaarter to eleven the soot-
mina. and the judge, mai several other gentlemen came
In to contilitclo the trrongemeath as • portion had beo•
forgotten, for the following day't proceeding. They
ell htd something to drink, and stood or eat talking.
The bar was closed at 11 o'clock —rathor before lima
after. The front door was left open for them gentlemth
to go oot. There were 3 or 4 sitting and 2 standing
In readiness to go: that was why the front door wet
open, itod that was the way io which he amounted for
It. There was nothing drawn alter 11 o'clock, They
steed talking. It we, a party of gentlemen who omit
there on busies.. It was not a drinking party: in fact
it was TAM the reverie: they all wonted to keep the...
salves niois and light" for the morrow's proceedings,
having • "heavy" day before thorn- And that we
the sue with himself also: he wim aa quiet, and com-
fortable, and sober as at this moment, and so were the
(Altars. He had kept the bouts for 20 years, and was
the senior hotel and inkeomr in Dorthestor. lie had
always modnoted it properly, honestly, and straight.
forwardly, and had done everything to keep
It respectable as for aa in him as an Innkeeper
lay; and he wanted to ask the conththlea from
the superintendent to the rem:meet policeman
whether his house was not closed 90 nights of out 100 at
10 SO or 10.40. Under these circumstance,., as nothing
was served after 11 o'olock, thom, gentlemen merely
acting there settling business. and not for boozing par-
mots, as it was oommonly termed, under the Loomed
Victualling Act, and everything being fair and above-
board, no lam op, nothing ciandestithe,butall legitimate
as possible, he Momently trusted that the magistrates
would me the dmoretionaw power loft in their hands
by the Government, and dismiss the summons, takings
into musiderstion the good eharaoter of the home awl
the many years he had kept it.
Mr. Symonds said it was • geniis)* not of "gentle-
men," but of law. lvoryboly was alike before th•
law ; and if Mr. Taylor happened to read the Deily
reirgraph in the popor of Imt Thursday or Friday he
could rood a very interesting artioie showing bow some
gentlemen wore found in • public house under certain
eireumstances at Batley, and there got treated as
rogues and vagabonds,
Mr. Taylor : Lb 1 they were playing earth.
Mr. Symonds : Yee, bat there waa no oonsidention
about their bring " geatJunen."
Mr. Tay:or : There was no playing at my booms.
Mr. Symonda : I only mention it to thew " gentle-
men " are as llable ss other people.
Mr. Taylor: I dare say gentlemen play earth in their
own homes.

Mr, Smarm& : Vary likely they do.
Mr. Chums : You kept your:Abeam open alter hours;
we have never heard soy somplaint of it before,
but it would not do for no to past you by. There was
drinking going on at the time—
Mr. Taylor: No, nothing. I have not brought any
papery, feeling that the fiefdoms was all in my favour,
inumnoh as there was nothing improper in it—no
secrecy in any shape or form. A magistrate in London
hes stated that a reaeonable time le allowed under the
Lot for people to drink their hqaor after 11 • but I do
not uk for that: those who were them zoi;rely 'had
something cold —cold brandy and water or soda and
brandy: they did not want • reasonable time to swallow
hot grog for they didn't have any They were there
to talk over Um business of the motvow, and sot for
drinking purposes. I mast give your policeman ~edit
for the way in which he ham 10021 Ida evidenee; he's
rather over the time that's all.
Mitchell: Not one minute over the time.
Mr. Symonds said it had been held by the Court of
Q NINKVI Beech that • " reasonable time was allowed
lor liquors to be drunk; but that wee • very &Moult
point to oonstrue, bertausie • man might supply him-
self with two bottles of wine and say be was permitted
to stop • rassouble time to drink it. If the doer were
ales opened he didn't see where it was to stop.
Dr. Aldridge naked the sergeant If Ito saw anything
reed after 11.
Mitebell said no.
Mr. Taylor asked if they thought it was the Wan
-
Da Of the legislature to affect him in his house.
Mr. Cosine; You sac's keep your bowie open after

Yr. Taylor: The objeet of the legislature and the
esot of Parliament was to prevent the serving of liquor;
and we were not clang that.
lir. Symonds : I wish gm legislature would tell no
what they wished.
.

Yr. Taylor mid he rather liked the Lot, alit enabled
him to close his house early. But thin woe • spooled
ormeidon, and he asked thAr Indulgence.
Mr. Came : You ahmild hare asked before.
Mr. Taylor: It is left in the bands of Ike magistrates
—there is a dbionstionary power.
Mr. Symonds: As roger& the mount of alio flee,
that's all.
Mr. Taylor: I ow:00W 20 minutes In • " reasonable
time."

Mr. Symonds : But it was more than that; you have
not disputed the wltstem's statement.
Mr. Taylor: Oh, Do; ouly ha's • little over the
mark a. to the time.

was mid by wilmaga lie. Ihwisad mid Franklin mime
thorn to nettle • bill. Wltnem went out. and tarnanng
out• Lin tiT the parties laft at qs•rter to 12.
mid Franklin WY the sleek fic
L"Nitimo. coal merohact, and he wria arranging With
him for anoplfing some °Jai, which is eery Mum now,
and ^Med him to ham a gltss of grog, on amount of
hia otopplrig to ta,lt .but it, It was the ball night,
and they were rather late.
Burt. C 'ward mid the man was generally at the home
•Tery night.
Mr. Cumine said it was clear defendant had committed
• b•enoli of the law, and be won lined 51. and coat&
The Town Clerk mid he was liable to ham his Nemo
endoreed, ad throe endorsements would diequalify him
drum boiling • gam&
. .

_
Henry Rowrany, a little width' of Fordhurton, woe
summoned for damsging is straw rick, on Feb. 90th,
the property of Om Misses Lou.
The offence was admitted, hut lit was laid ha woe
with forty more.
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Mr. Fic;nt rid he summoned the boy on seeount c 4
the adrift of the insestratee when the Kisses Leu
were °barged with wasting Inter, and he believed It
was all owing to the lads getting lute the barton. Os
this waning stoat 40 boys were on a rich polling It
to pleas,, and they shoo broke down the hedges, and
did no end of inleehlet.

His mother was present, and said she did not
eneourage the boy to do wrong.
There was no suspicion that she did, and l(r. Hunt
only brought forward the cam to be a warning.
Th. Isd was told he was liable to two mouths' im-
prisonmont and warned.
The summ,es was withdrawn on tho boy's mother
paying coats 2i.
Yr. Hunt oompltined of the manna* to which he
was subjected at Fordington mill, by the boo languor,
of persons congregating there in the arming, It
**mod the polio, hare tried to oatoh the offenders, but
Ine ffeetually,
The Town Clerk told Yr. Rant he Paul I lay in
information, and ths putiee would be !salt with.