The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-23 00:00:00

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WaIDIR BROOIII.-04 Alondey last, Williams PCll‘Olll.
• convict, was brought up at Portland Prison, before
Col. Steward. charged with ussulting assistant warder
Brooks, on the Wth Anent& The warder stated that he
wee in the quarries with the gang to whir& primmer
belongs, and was in charge of them. Prisoner kept
upsetting his bane wful of earth, and witness
remonstrated with him and told him be must do his
work better, when prisoner retorted that he wouldn't.
Brooks preceded to handcuff him, and the omelet fell
down in the straggle, and took up a large atone
(produed) with which in his hanA,he struck ths warder
over the left temple, sensing • severe wound. Brooks
has been in the infirmary over glum wider medical
treatment, and he 11101, appears to be deaf, end to
supper from a twitching of the eyes Dr. *Ahem
stated that in his °Obi-. the warder had leasived gush
• shook to his nerves and v,stent generally that it was
doubtless whether he would ever again be the man ii•
was is,fore.—The prisoner called in his defence a con-
vict of the same gang named Henry, who stated that
the wsrder struck Fenton first with his etnff, and that
the staff wan broken by the blow. Witness did OCA
the oonvict strike the blow with the done. —The staff
was troduced broken.—Fectos also rallied Fagan,
another convict of the same gsag ; but he only said
he s.w Fenton strike the wards, with the stone; he '
would not sty he saw the warder strike him with the
staff—Prison., was eoreasitted to take his trial at the
March Arius, and will be kept in the Condon
Betablishment till jast before.
Lout &MID 1111111710.—Therwisy finning: Present,
Mr. B. Collins (chairman), Mr. A. %riven, Mx. R. FM.,
Mr. H. Winter Otter, Mr. W. Attwooll, Mr. T. Gibbs,
Mr. G. Andrews, Mr. Charles White, M. R. Lazio, Mr.
R. Pearce, Kr. J. C. Limo, sod Mr. .1. P. ficrivem—Mr.
R. Flew moved the 'onside-Atka of the Chimedl water
supply. He had found there was scarcely suffiaient
water to sower the bottom of the Chimwell tank, and had
gone to the Wein, where he found there bad been a
landslip, and 11 seemed as if this haat out off some of
the pipes. At laut 150 people depended on these
speings.—A committee was appointed to examine the
springs no Friday afterooon.—Capt. &riven said the
footpath beside the old road from yestes was In a wane
state than he had before seen It. Hs proposed that
the large protruding atones should he cracked and
levelled.—Agreed to. -The next business was to moulder
whether the heaps now lying between the clerk's old
house and the new churchyard well should be removed,
• wall erected round Reforms pond, and a curb and
gutter stone placed outside the new ohurebyard wall.—
Cent Soriven said the sperm around the pond was in a
disreputable state, and the rubbish heaps ought to be
removed. He proposed that the men employed by the
Board level the liesps.—Sesonded by Mr. R. Lazo.—
Mr. J. P. Serino proposed that the matter be deferred
to the nest meeting, when the Clerk would be prompt
and &dries the Eddied se to their rights. Whim the
isonviots oornmenod the churchyard wall, they wheeled
the dirt into Weston-street, and pined It on the green.
It being a nuisance he sidled the Surveyor's
attention to it, and he said they were making
• rubble bank. The Board a year or two ago were
about to summon Mr. Otter for placing dirt theme VA
they took no notice) of this. Because he (Kr. Senna)
Mid the surveyor twines= Was allowed to pines rubbish
there, the surveyor had stated that he ordered the men
to be stopped. His (Mr. Retiveses) oheraoter had been
vWfied,and he had been told be wanted to interfere with
the work. But he maintained that if he sew •
annum he had a right to call the attention of the
Surveyor, and if the Board bat rights, they ought to
insiattil them; therefore he should like the clerk's
opinion. Mr. Attwooll seconded the amendment.
Mr. Pearce said no rubble bunk was formed; what had
been done wags greet improvement. After • disunion.
in which Mr. Andrews took the side of Mr. Swivels,
—Mr. Otter said his nephew bad been fined for deposit-
ing rubbish there, and Mr. Lino said that was at the
instance of the Court Lest, and not of this Board, Mr.
&riven withdrew his amendment, and it was Weed
that the rubbish heap' be removed. The other masters
were adjourned. -- Mr. Stone resigned the inspectorship
of nunansee, on sociount of are. The resignation was
sampled, the term of Mr. litone's ofilos expiring is
December aut.