The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-13 00:00:00

QUARTER SRSSIONB.

The quarter sessions for the borough and county of
Poole were I e 1 at the Town•hall on Wedneaday. Shortly
after ten o'clock. Christopher Rasalin..on, Esq., barrister
of the Western Circuit, In the aba,nro of Mr. Goldney,
recorder, accompanied by J. J. Norton, Ergs, sheriff, and
George Curtis, E q , Mayor, took hia seat on the Bench.
The following were sworn on the Grand Jury t—Messre.
John Haynom ff. woman), John Goff, George Gallop, W.
J. Hill. A J. Hodges. K Howell, G. Harrison, Thomas
Ings, T. W. Lacy, J. D. Lackyar, W. Meadus, D. E.
Guersdon, and Cscal Rowans.
The clerk, Mr. G. B. Aldridge,having read the Royal pro-
clamation, the acting Recorder proceeded to deliver
bit charge. Re said Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of
the town and county of Poole, in the unavoidable &bosoms
of the recorder of this borough, it becomes my duty to
address a few word, to rota on the occasion of being pr,.
sent here to. lay as the Grand Jury of this borough. It is
with great satisfaction, looking at the population of this
place and immediate neighbourhood within the bounds.
des of this bormih. to find that there are no persons at all
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nacre serious demi of crime in this b orough, and which
will, we think, compare very favourably with what
we and elsewhere, and with what I find, for instance,
in other parts of the Western Circuit. Well, gentlemen,
we hope for tho reason I have said, that it is owing to
the absence of crime, and especially of serious crimes.
I need hardly remind you by • recent Act—the Summary
Jurisdiction Act—the magistrates in Petty Sessions have
greater power, by disposing of oases summarily, instead
of se them to Quarter Sessions. Well, gentlemen,
your duty
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would been clear enough had there been
any prisoners for trial, you would have had to return or
not return true bills against them, according to what in
your judgment you thought proper. Sometimes it has
been said—Why, if there are no prisoners for trial at all,
should you be summoned away from your busbies@ to hear
remarks from one sitting in My phice Well, gentlemen.
I ern not going to enter into that question, because j
admit there is a good deal to he said on the popular
view of the subject; but, on the other hand, there are
ni.etere requiring the attendance of the Grand Jury some-
times quite apart from criminals, and that leads me to
question to which I desire to call your attention to-day.
ft seems at the last quarter gessionegoittheirasbesosriotions.ghtti:
then Grand Jury made • presentment to the effect that •
road teyond the causeway between Longficet Church bad
the reservoir is dangerous to the Queen's subjeoto I
believe that is the effect of the presentment Of
I do not wish to state to you anything from heareamurn
ment of the Grand Jury at the last
I ment would appear to be the Proper mode' of p*roceed ng, i has taken SUN to lay the in otter before the public
prosecutor, who will doubtless take such proceedings as
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moment I have a formal enquiry to make of the Clerk of
(lie Clerk of the Peace: I have received • letter from
Mr. Paterson, steward to the Lord of the Manor who pro-
misee to look into the matter of this road, and in the
cosine of a few days we shall hear something further in
nasal to Lt.