The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-08-04 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

BANK HOLIDAY. —On Monday the shops were all closed.
304 there seemed to be very general holiday making.
&IaID Out the future tenants of Fordington field
A....llayuc, Mr. J. Topp, Mr. Damon. and
C 4.1.47 N'tcalltio 4.. a. wyt —The only local alterations
ne the trains Oa tbr Matti cstern Railway for the month
of August ere on the We 'mitt iu.d Portland line. A
new train hove. Weythoutli `sr Rilb a.n. ter Portland.
returning from there t.t t6O tw, lad the tuwes LI some
of the other tralris are altered.. - •
Tin Dosage Mttrri t.—This 1. militia.awineeut,
under Colonel Hall, returned le 10844 r " uP"lar' by special train, from Farnborough Station. Ms regiment
E LOS take mitt in the fight on Wednesday, but a 4
0t144y IS iii•W so well at Woolruer in concert with the
that Colonel Hall was highly complimented
onetl:iftatt yr discipline and efficiency shown by
the men under 'bit syn_aund.-344dryike's Military
Gamete. • ..„

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COMIOTTT.To TO Tan Dania COV VII Pr Unit - !lard
' Labour: James Geller, leader fahtiV -eh% fulls at
' Wareham. 3 calendar month.: Hannah Mockler,: steak*
. shawl at Code Castle, 6 weeks : Rlisabeth Gent. n -
' 'Recent conduct at Weymouth, I calendar month t Daniel
Halahlaga, drunkenness at Bradpole, James Hughes.
drunkenneasot Win:thorns, 14 days each: Linda Roach,
drunk and riotous at Weymouth, William Howlem,
stealing hone-shoes it if nytecuth, and James Brown,
vagranCy at Weth, 7 shoe 446; 1,,,p,i.„,,,„" .
60-0 te, b V=io contract- If mayve at Milbornn
Et. 4'ndrew, and William Cleat breach of 6.4 4,0;.:xe at
Breit, I calendar month. each.
iso SI TRH RIFLIt C.onrs. —About one ode& or
Bata the I.orchester corps entered the town on their
return from aim,. . 4.1.ty were accompanied by tha 8r44-
port corps, olio had SO brow, /heir tourney here and pro-
d.,
... bend pet Great Western.' i-ht two companies were
AR command or Limit. Hodges, nna_teyethey mad.
ha 4,4 play, both numerically 'nod Fes acldierly
as, 13omp ago very much sunbur&tut the me 04
rare only n few 4,4 ea darker when
eft: they have not bad 6.14. ginni anYt In the
t
ferreer netaeicam *hat. an a eam a
escellent bead tila Loutit in i under
nu.. Vsrolunteers Ake -Windhlf4rt of, PIO-
Mr. Cm. .f., end ereryr was
reiwt.47
ltut them M 1. '.l
-tiAitiloroundi in Ali etreet.
Ims
disPial
of
k:
,441i11e the riaport
Marc_hing irect to the • ' a...-c•. 4, meeting
the Doeeter men were u.. reit( tit!.l,? 19
=went to the drill-hall an..
Just before Aye, and precool.... Bridpert.
Tun WFATHES. —The following is our mataoroloa.
report:-

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Boum* Perry 8 Yeaday.—Batore the Mayor (Mr. G.
G. Gregory) end Mr. R. Doi.
An elderly Woman named Uannah A ndrer ',was brought up
n. attempted! ruleklo.

P.O Day said that that about 10.110 on the previous evening
he beard of a woman_ pitying she would drown herself, and,
going along the bank beside the stream at the bottom of the
town, he found prisoner sitting on the bank opposite (Hyde
Path-hill, the worse for drink She said she didn't know what
to do except Jump Into the water.; she had no friends here,
next she might as well be in hell He took her to the pollee
eistion. and afterwards she said that when again free she
soosid do It"
. The woman now denied having any such Intention as was
Imputed to her -she wasn't going to drown herself
This being the fourth time since September of her appear-
ance before the magistrates, she was seutenced to seven days'
bard labour.
A young wan named Th 011444 Olityr was charged with steal.
Mg two shirts and other articke, belonging to Charles Fool
Prosecutor, who Is • Somerset man, is it the Durant militia,
and WWI out the last trainimi. When in Dorchester he lodged
at Mrs. Gray's, Trinity-street, with prisoner, William Stockley,
Robert Ascott, Edward Abbott, and another young man. On
Saturday morning he made up the things he was not wearing
Into a bundle ; they consisted of two shirts, two pairs of socks,
and a pair of bootie.. Ile left it in the kitchen. Flee of them
slept in one room—three in one bed, and two In another. This
was about the !Name accommodation as at Aldershot After
going out for about two hours he found his bundle gone, and
that prisoner had taken IL Prosecutor informed the police,
and went off with P.C. Gould to Netherbury after prisoner.
They met" prisoner, and he said 'oh ! I khow what you have
come for, and took them to the house, where he gate up the
things. He was taken into custody.
Mrs. Gray, the landlady, spoke to prosecutor leaving his
bundle on • WO in the kitchen aheum he went out about
nine, and saying be would return for it in about an hour.
During his absence Oliver came in foe his own bundle,
looking about the kitchen, and not seeing it., gain somebody
had tenon it for he brought it down in the kitchen. She nald
nobody could have taken it Then prisoner look Foot's
bundle, and said if he could not find his own he must take
thnt, an 'ionic one ha-I taken his. She told him he mount not
hale that, all it belOagati to Chitties Foot. He said Charles
Fat Wril down the town. not gone yet, and he would 'axe it to
his. As he was going out witness said the should tell the
sergeant, and have him put in the guarit-room Prisoner had
been drinking, and was excited about missing his bundle.
Afterwards she went upetaln, and there saw prisoner's bundle
In the corner of the neon. It was at her house now; she didn't
think he took Fool's from dishonesty.
P.C. Gould depoeed to acoimpanying Foot t • Netherhury, and
reoehing the bundle from prisoner as Inscribed by Foot When
. charged prisoner saki —" I didn't steal it; I took it, and I
know it was not mine; I should not have done it ill hadn't
some drink."

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Prisoner said he could not find his own bundle, awl took up
that.

In reply to the Mayor, Mns Gray raid she believed Oliser's
bundle vaintained Just the $2lllO articles as Foot
The sergeant of priannces company mid he was a recruit of
this year, and WU a very well conducted ina.n.
The Mayor said the 'owl/trams did not think he had any
felonious intention. and discharged him with a warning
against taking anything that did not belong to him for the
future.

---11-;.-Oray wished to explains' to the sleeping acoommodation.
The six militiamen occupied the two largest rooma in the
house. four sleeping In one room and two In another. lint
on the Friday night, as the other room was occupied, fire slept
in one room. Ile wishod to mention this to show them was no
orercroarding.
Joseph Thorne was brought up on remand charged with
stealing three ducks, the property of Mr. basic Parsons, of the
Dorchester barracks. Mr. Weston for prisoner.
It seemed that on Friday nening Inns, the man who is the
now of Mr. Parsons's poultry, mimed three docks from the
yard, and found one dead. The yard was not locked up.
Mrs. Fone, of the Compasses, odd prisoner offered her the
duck for wile, but she would not buy It.
P.B. Mitchell spoke to getting the duck from the Compasses,
and apprehending prisoner, who mid he took it from amongst
some rushes new F riary mill.
. . .

Mr. Weston said by way of defence he was able to repeat the
statement made by the prieoner, Os, that on going home from
visiting some comrades at the tra.. Own, going by the
riverside, he picked up the duck f deed near Friary mill,
and took it to the Compasses inn shout 10 o'clock. At 10110
prisoner had to go on duty, so that he had no opportunity c.f
communicating with the police. Mr. Weston further urged
that the mere taking up of the duck was no offence. unless
at the moment he had a guilty intention of appropriating it.
Under the circumstances he hoped they would dismiss the

The Mayor said the magistrates thought he had a ghilty
Intention when he picked op the &la, nod eememed hiul to
seven days*.ttard labour.

°purrs Parrs demon, liaturday.—Belore Mr. Williams
(chairman), and Mr. ti. Warry.
Matthew Vincent and Henry &Melt were summoned for
being drunk and disorderly et Abbotsbury, on July lg. Dclen•
dude pleaded they had had a " fairing." Fined Se. each and the
costs.

The license of the null Inn, Stratton, was transferred from
Ocorige Short to Joseph Pope
A petroleum liceuse was granted to John Treslever, of Wyke
The license of the Greyhound, Piddletown, was transferred
from Louisa Toms to Charles Riggs.
There was no other business.

been SO well managed that they got everything passed ised
delivered up in a few hours, and were able to arrive Imam
smut four hours after the battalion. It is generally
thought that the work of this camp was not nearly wf
severe 118 in 11472, indeed Afoudiy Waol the only thoroughly
hard day ; but the Dorset battalion WM specially workec.
for, although Tuesday was Icy brigade orders a lay of
entire rest, our inen hal three parades for drill fecal: a
" they like it." Tilt commissariat olepartineut was
excellently managed, and there was plenty for everylo
The Australian mutt ',stied on .ine day was .renerally
much approveol. So far as equl.l he, t:ie Intt.ali.el were
put to the hardest work, and they 111,H...rued all their
duties with alacrity ant efficiency. At the sanie time, it
may be a question how far another year the men will rum
to join the regulars at matueuvres : they have been "on
the column" three times, and "enough 14 es waxt as a
feast.-