The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

TOTIDAT.-13efore R. if. BS* yeci-
Symttriro CLoritmi nom fro Runous.—Williem
Kern Frederlek Wright, and Mary Carr, wars &mew
oith idealist sari 01wade. of IPM6IIII acrirrel, hong
Out on the hedges to dry, Om prommly of Mrs. Kai"
Ward, of W)k Regil. Tho Pruned/ wuMlOlll/1•41 by
the proamintris.—P.B. Brine gave *chimee as to the
noose,' of the thine, -...geprrintendent Usderwood
depoeed to arresting the prisoners at Wareham Union,
on Saturday last. Tim two male primmer, mkt WI

had been drawn iota the matter Innocently sticsall•
They bad met the womao, bat did dot know whet she
had with hirr. Th, woman admitted taking ths
but *shish* should not have dons so had it not bred
' foe the trimmer Wright. The prisoners mem committed
fee tria
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Fittrmr.-13efore R. IL Semi&ld and Spencer Meade,
Burt
James Mabb and Henry Jacob were oammoned for
,tealing cabbage* front the garden of Mrs. Pitman, ta
Little Fields. Neither defendants
appea Wor
Gillingham deposed that he can going to his garden in
rod. n*
I Little Fields, in the parish of Wyk., Regis, when 111 saw
both defendanto—liooba on hia own ground and blab
on Mrs. Pteneue• crnood. All at ones Mabb polled up
a cabbage front Mrs. Pitenienlc ground arid threw item..
to Juubc Witteo then saw Mabb ran off the gro•net,
and on going thee e 111.1' could not see any stumpc left.
The value of the a•bbazee would be • penny—Fined
20s. each or one month's imprisonment.
Stephen Middleton adieu Hedger, of Portland, was
summoned under the Poaching Act, 1862. Mr. Gibe.
icy:monde smeared for the prosecution. and Mr. 'leeward
hFereneiltaf fdethP"; 7dth tihnlittheCoweemionag
down the Omni road be saw defendant. fle found on
dfiuerside!
him three net., a rabbit, and • ferret with bells De-
te defendant
ltan—dPol t
fondant had also a dog with him. —lllr. Howard said the
fonts of the cue would be admitted, and contended that
dereede,nt had perutiasion to go rabbiting. He called
It,. Willism Gibbs., who denoted that he an the owner
of lead in Portl•nd, some of which he let to farmert
He had given the defendant permission to kill rabbits net
his land. and he believed defendant had permisaion front
other parties to go rabbiting on their lanc's alao.—By
Ur. Sy mond. : Hie laud waa situate on the south side of
the Grove read. He let the whole of hie lande but did
not know there was any game. He let him land by a
yearly tenancy. There wito no reservation to him of
the right of killing rabbits—At this point of the eau
the questiee arose as to whether Mr. Gibbs heed the
right to give permission. —P.B. Freeman re-examined
said : On being searched the elefendont said he thought
It mu so hum to take rabbit. peovided he had not a
gun with leint.-111r. Sync:each observed that Mr. Jaatioe
Hele bad laid down that • pendia being token on the
high toad with mune in hie poesesion must give a recoil,
able amount how be acne by it, and the defendant gave
no aeconnt whatever.—Mr. Howard It 'prepared, if the
nuoictratea would adjourn the ease, to bring forwent
eioht or ten persons who could prove tb•t defendant had
perrnisbion to go ralibiting.—Wendant said, thnuch
peehaie not in the hearing of the magistrates. that
"nob dy knew where tbe rabbit came from." Under
the circemiet•neee of the wee, the defendant haying
the
I"arr pelirmbrasamTeito"idgoininr"mipurou'initgafrorambbthitite telelmt;lrerlc did
not think the magistroten onuld sonviet, ad the Bench
being divided in opinion, the summons was dismissed.