The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

District itcbms.

COMM COURT, Thursdo.—Before Jades Limy.—
Barratt V. Olark.—This wan • Maim for Li to. wages for
390 days. - Mr. B. N. Howard for plaintiff and Mr. J.
Tisard for defendant.—Th• plaintiff deposed that
defendant's wile, who was reontly deceased, ma as
invalicL She was hired by defendant to wait on his
wife. Her serviros were retained on the lit JOO4,
1955, and she minion them op to the time of Kra
Clark's denim She named 44. per day for work
done. During that period she received no wags& bat
Is. were paid by Mrs. Clark's son atter his mother's
death.—Mr. Titan Mated on the ground of defence
that plaintiff was sot 'Misled to any wages. —Mrs.
Bogen deposed that plaintiff laden at bar house;
ben that abs; waited on Mrs. Clark, who was an
invalid. If Mea. Barrett did not go to Mrs. Clark's
about eise o'elook in the morning Mrs. Clark would
some and fetch bor.—The defendaat admitted that
plaintiff attended his Lb wife during the night ; and
sometimes she cum in the daLtime and offend bar
salines to her '4w aunt.* Than W 44 DO WSagr
min made to gin her 44. • day for atiosoilsoos. Mrs.
Barrett did not MUM upon his wife at regular hours
during abs daytimes.—By orow-examinatko : His wife
might have gone out with Mrs. Hem* or "tether
wool out with M." Did not mein any bill from
plaintiff for sinless readered. Did sot &Morin any
on to pay Mrs. Barrett 5. • the skim was a swindle.
His onOsr soggested that defendant should pay
*anal CI as • t ; but defendant refused to
make Me voluntarily.—Case dismissed...—
Cox Panl.—This me • Malin for £1 Os. 94. for iota
and barby meal. Plaintiff is a milks aid &Anima •
small shopkeeper. _ Then had hem running mount.
Called as Kr. Taal whoa he saw defendant's wife, who
said she had given the mosey owing to hee husband to
pay. plaintiff, and that she would not pay the mossy
again—Mrs. Cox (plaintiff's wife) stated that abs
took Um cosh peld at the mill, and that die
Lad sr:lot noshed my norm ties Paul for two lob of
flour ani some barbymeal whisk were now owing for.—
Peter Paul, the defendant, deposed that his wife kept
a mall shop, aid dash with plaintiff for tour. Used
to pay tor onla-hall beg ^before ordering another.
R•m•mb, P 9714 An. Om in abs ea of IM year for
the lon quart* oisk of fear. Coo die act aak for ties
money tine soma az weeks movingly, wins bo
him (defeadast) shill for el Vs. 9d. Told Yr. Cox bo
did not believe any many warn owingfor tour. —Mrs.
Paul admitted Meng me Mahal of boarkgmw from
Mr. Cox at the end of last year; but stated that she
=aid for it, Oox did not give bar • reosipt.—Mon.

BOROUGH PRITY SESSIONS.
TO3IDAY.-1300r. J. Timid, B. Cotton'', J. A 71114.
and W. Talbot, limfre.
Frederick Carter was summoned for damaging a
applies on the Dorchester road, on the 27th January,
the property of the Local Board of Ilealth.—The de-
fondest% pleaded guilty to bemiring the tappling, but
disci d doing it eriliony.—Johis Gillingham mid on
Monday aitersoon, about half-past three o'clock, he saw
the delendast coming along the Dorchester road. The
r was rather drunk, and fell anst the tree and
tlrt.—The defendant said he had been to a wedding
party on 27th January, and was rather Intoxicated; he
fell agailut the tree and accidentally broke • breasts of
it. He was for what he bad dons.--Ssicerintendent
Lidbury deposed
that the sappling and the planting it
was worth —The Bench said they were determined
to put a stop to the practice of breaking the newly
planted trees.—Plted £2 10a., the valve of the Dappling,
and sorts.
Elisabeth Tigard was summoned for smelting Edward
Reeks.--Cemplainast dimmed that on Saturday evening
last be was in St. Haryetreet, waiting for • f dead,
when defendant came up to him and mid, "Mayon Dot
ashamed of yourself, keeping my poor skier and that
pour boy over the water stervingr Complainant told
her to go on, but she would not, and continued abusing
him. —Tie smelt not being proved, the case was de-
misted.
Sarah Rem% who has been to Dorehester gaol about
20 times previously, was charged with sleeping in an
out-house.- P.C. McMahon proved the sharp.—
Prisoner said she was very unhappy in the workhouse,
and that if proper and oomfortable arrangements for her
sere made she would stay in the ucion.—fienteneed to
three months' imprisonment. —Primmer: I would rather
have ai months, that would be better than the union,
and I hope soother poor rate will never be paid—
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te TY.
FIIIDAY. —Before J. 'Mardi and 8.. Ootterell, Emma
Benjamin Champion was charged with having •
watch, without being able to gives sotiefsetory easount
of bow it °sole into his ; also with emoulting
P.S. Brine and P.C. ID.lsnsont in the execution of their
duty.—P.C. Assay deposed that oboist 12 o'clock the
previous night he iew called in at the Portland Anna,
where the prisoner vu drunk ;saw him offering • swan
for side for 4,1. Prisoner refused to tell of whom he
had porelissed it, and how much he pre for it. Took
prisoner into custody, but on his way to the polioe
station he made • deaperste reeisiones. Had sines
earwtained that the prisoner had purchased the watch
for fie.—Prisonsr pleaded drunkennees and espressal
contrition.- -Fused El including costa, or 14 day's i.s.
prisonment in default.
John Me. Pherson. private 13th Regiment, wasoharged
with being drunk and incapable the previous night.—
P.C. Apse, proved the obsess. The prim:pow having
previously borne • good character in the regiment, be
was discharged.

PORTLAND.
Inquest was bald at the convict
establishment on Monday last, before R. N. Howard,
Itsq„ coroner. on view of the body of Frederick James
Kirby, aged V. who wadi described as a shopkeeper, and
wee undergoing a term of five years imprisonment.
From the =NSW evidence it appeared that deceased
went into the hoepitil on the lot of January last,
suffering from diseased kidneys, and gradually nank
until be expired on Saturry last Tie inquiry erupted
• very short spar of time, and the jury returned •
verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
PILINGS OFFICRIS TRAFFICKING WITH WeITICTIL
During the pest week two warders at the revisit
establishment have been convicted of trafficking with
primers, and have been sentenced to hard labour at
the county gaol. Tobeeeo seems to be the article which
the convicts chiefly desire, and to obtain even the
smallest quantity of the "weed' they will resort to any
and every conceivable device. The value prisoners at
Portlind set upon tobacco may be gathered from ,
the rate of exchange which we are assured prevails
amonpt them, vie., ono ounce of tobacco is equivalent
to twolundred-and.fifty ounces of bread! For
the sue of a lithe • cud" of the "weed." for
they have no opportunity of smoking it, the convict
will forego his allowance of breed for many days.
The first ease in that of Thomas de Young, a wartier,
who was charged before R. H. Swafileld, Foq., and R.
• Eliot, Bog., with trefficking with prisoner. and 'con-
veying letters out of the prison. The authorities Sr.
very reticent as to the particulars of offences of this
character, hut es fez as we can rather from various
mums, it appease that Young trafficked with a convict
named Eugene Mitkiewica under the following circom-
stances:On • miserably doll and wet day laid 8, camber
Young entered into conversation with the convict at his
cell door. The prisoner, who seems to be a urn above
the common stamp, poured into his sari a tale
wondrously pith uL depicting the mental and
physical suffering he endured, se he remembered
his former high social poetic:ill and his worthy
relatives, and then regarded the theme and
degradation of his present unhappy condition. This
earnest eloquence infatuated Young, and he forgot the
warder in the man. Hhi sympathies were excited, and
when the Meyer convict told bow that • friendly act
would be' awarded a hundred-fold by his relatives, he
fell a hapless violins to his flattering promisee, for be had
often thought he should like to leave the prison
merrier, and now by the influence of this man's friends it
seemed within his reach to get other and better
employment. Yielding to the prisoner's proposala,
Young drpetebed two letters of his one to
his brother in Brumels, acid the other to •
wealthy relative at Barnstaple. In these they were
besought to send money to the warder, and it was
arronged that Young should keep any funds forwarded
to supply him with tobacco. Young asserts that no
replies were rewired to these letters, and then as it
seamed his relatives had departed him, the officer
chivalrously promised to cling to him to the end. Air
oordingly, from time to time, he rye the convict
terra about 2lbs. in all, for which be said he
could get bread in exchange, end he occasionally
gave him some of his own breed or cake. But
the prisoner's demands for tobacco became so
extravagent that the warder could not comply with
them, lie also repeatedly pressed him to write letters
for money to his friends, and now to the relatives of
other convicts. Clearly the end was approaching. But ,
the warder resolutely refused to write on behalf of
other prisoners, and he began to feel that be bad been
duped by Ititkiewies. Filled with indignation, be
tithed the convict with perfidy, and refused to have any
further communication with him. For nearly three
months the warder kept hie Ma", hut one
night the convict desired to reverse with him,
sad he weakly renewed the hood he had before severed.
Enowieg that suspicion had fallen upon himself, be
wrote to the @envie that he dare not speak to him
for be was watched, and desiring him to write what he
wooed. About a fortnight ego Mitkiewies forwarded
go the dim • note seem opts • bit of cloth, by a
/tourist countryman, threatening disclosure of their
&awl's, miler his present demands wen complied
with. The warder threatened to report the
prisoner who brought it, yet took the note.
Bet duty ones more asserted itself, end he refused to
head the threats of his correspondent. Shortly alter •
mooed note was mint to Young by the
sass. prlsoo.r
who "mod the previous one, and while he was
attempting to deliver It one of the chief warders
observed what was beiuudone, and it wee made known
to the authorities. The ,seder. in estentiation,
pleaded the temptation to 'Web he bad been eubjested,
and rid he bed suffered the bitterest remorse for his
Infraction of the prison regulations. —He wisp
seateseed to throe months' hard labour. In the
mead see, an &Ararat warder, named Peter
AlderMey, who bad recently left the army, was charged
with a similar dream before B. H. Swansid, Eq., and
5.0. P. Steward, Esq. The officer was proved to have
glees tobacco to a revile named Goshawk, and he also
forwarded letters for bin to his Meads, arrant tr.
reeve parcel for him in a feigned name at er
mouth, did so ressive it, and when carrying it sway
was apprehended by Superintendent Underwood. In
the parer there was found a plum @she,
a letter, and a sovereign. In this instant's the
dimovery seems to have been mule, by Information
given by other erinviele, whose demaads Addereley
would net meet.—He piesdad his excellent °barrier u
• soldier he ezteimation of his offence. The isigistrasse
„stowed him to foes mouths' hard lamer.