The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

COUNTY parry SIMMONS.

filenntueT : More Lieutenant Colonel Steward,
Ed ward Pewee, Esq., E. L. Xinderaley, Esq., and George
Worry, Sage
The vault constables appointed for the several
parishes in this division were sworn to well and truly
serve nor Sovereign Lady the Queen in that office for
the ensuing year.
Mixon Potartuo.—John Hibbs and Thomas Burt,
two young men, of Winfrith, were summoned for
poaching at Warmwell.-11r. Weston propitiated, and
Mr. Howard defended. Henry Peens, labourer, said
that on the 19th Mayon he was working for Yr. H,
Saunders, of Wateroombe, stopping fenoes near
Warmwell arose. He saw a man going amuse a whilst
Sold, occupied by Mr. &enders, and belonging to Capt.
Faster. and then he heard a gun fired. Looking in that
direction he saw a hare tern up, and the young mac who
tired go and pick it up, and carry it toe Dart standing
ila the road, into which he got, and he and the other
young man in it drove on towards Pox well He saw
them neerly as far as the Bret cottages, when they
stopped. Be went along under the hedge towards the
tort, and saw one of the young men with a gun go into
Mr. Mayo's wheat field and then get up In the cart again.
He said to them " Young men' you are doing wrong, you
hive no business to carry that gun. You have shot a
hare in the other field." They made no answer, but
drove on. The two defendants were the young men he ,
referred to.—Croorexamined : There were two hedges
between him and the man who shot the hare. Deland-
ant's side was towards him, and he was about a quarter
of a mils away. There was one waggon there, but
' whether or tot there were two torts he could not say.
The cart to which the man went with the hare was a
quarter of a mile off him. The waggon was with the ewe
when he am* to defendant'. A woman was in the
waggon, and a loan with the horses. Hibbs sub-
irequeildlne to him, and said "Do you know me r
He "I've sees you before now." Didn't try
he ' 't ow defendant. Hibbs told him he waa
summoned, and "Maw replied be should have nothing
to say about it till be gee to the ball. He believed the
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Rid Ito reason for thinking when the day was.-114-
examined : The defendents were in • small eart, drawn
by "Mali pony.—P.C. Hunt, of &oedema", laid that
It' the 10th of litareh be sae the last adieus near
Warmwell Cross. A few [cliental before he mat • pony
"et Hibbs was driving it. and On other defend.
&sit was running five yard behind. There was a cart
"4 • .14gon about ten yards below. In the cart was
• girl, and in the yearn • man. They drove on as
Put as they could when they sew him, and kept locking
baelt—Mr. Howard ocinteilded that the sass Wu onft of
the weakest ever brought before the Court. But one of
the roes must be acquitted according to the law, for the
evidence •ent to show that only one man left his cart,
one man went on to Capt. Poster's laud, one man shot
the hare, picked it up, and returned to the cart with
it. There were two earls, the defendants each driving
one, and one of them to,ilt Up • Man for a short distance
on the road, and if there was • hare shot at all that
man meet have done It. He called William
Burden, woodman, residing at Knighton, who said that
on the 19th March be went to Weymouth, and left it
between three and four in the afternoon. Mhbs and
'he " put up" at the Rear inn, Weymouth. Hibbs left
Weymouth shortly before him with one horse and a
, little waggon, the same as witness. He overtook Hibbs
; at Preston, who was alone, and drove on close after him.
' Witness had • young woman and a little girl in his
waggon. About halt-way between Poiwell and Warm'
well Croft he saw Bert on ahead loft cart He heard
• gun go off in • piece of wheat. Hibbs was still in hie
cart, and Bert kept going on. Saw a UMIII conic out of
the ground where he beard the gun—Mr. Mayo's wheat
—and got up ihto Burt's out, and after riding a a bit
he got out: Henry Pearce spoke to Bert but not to
Hibbs, who never went out of the road between Preston
and Winfrith. Last Monday morning he went with
Hibbs to Pearce, when Pearce said he didn't know him,
but when Hibbs told him he was • pretty sort of a
fellow to take a false oath to summon him. Pearce said
"I shall know whether I can swear to you at the hall."
—Coss-examined: When Pestee spoke to Burt he wan
• fee yards from them. The man he taw gel into
Burt's cart was Thomas Look, of Winfrlth. He mimed
Lock horn the cart just as they passed Warmwell Cross.
Bart west ahead of them on the road. The witness was
peeved a good deal as to whether be saw Burt after
they peesed Warmwell Cron, and at length he said he
die, but be gained on him and Hibbs, and he supposed
got borne first. —The Court, alter consultation, reeelled
Herne Puma He lost sight of the out after be saw
the Mae get into it, and saw it again after about 80
pea The cart and the men in it were the same —The
Ocrult considered there was 'efficient doubt about the
cue to warrant them In dismiming it, though the Char.
man nitid he bag no moral doubt but that the defendants
did whir the witness Pearce stated.
A (lomat. Lan.— Job Clarke, a youth, was urn.
MOM) d for being drunk and riotous at Peneknewle, 11th
April. P.C. Cleary fount defendant drunk and
threatening to Injure another young man. He
endeavoured to get him home, when he stripped and
wanted t fight. Defendant said he was very sorry.
The unstable said he had cautioned him before. Fined

DEBIIIO7IIIO • HIDGIL —Jo eph Davy, of Over
Hingcombe, was semmoned for damavog a fence,
belonging to Mr. .1. Mellish, fanner. Defendant did
not appear. P.C. Cantle found defendant cutting the
hedge n Good Friday. He had got • faggot weighing
55114. Defendant was a very old man, and bib
cautioned him before. Mr. MAMA estimated the
damage at la. He had bad his lenses out a good deal,
and it was believed this old man did it, but he hoped
the Bench would not deal severely with him. In
answer to the Bench the constable paid defeedent was a
pauper, and he added that the old man was very abusive
to him.—Fieed Ms., including costs, or 7 days' hard
labour.

THWT AT Pi:minnows. —James Shepherd, of Peddles
town, thatcher, a respectably-dressed man, was charged
with stealing pert of • cupbosril, belonging to Captain
Brymer. Mr. Weston prosecuted, and said Mr. Brymer
was pulling down some old cottages at Puddletown, and
had lost a greet deal of wood and materials from time
to time. The prisoner was employed in taking down
those cottages, and serried off a piece of wood.—P.C.
Bishop said that or Monday, from information received,
be went into a cart shed and toned the (rain. of an okl
cupboard concealed. He marked it, and kept watch.
About balf.put eight at night he saw Shepherd leave
the place with the frame In his hand. When he was
106 yards oaths road to his home witness stopped him,
and tusked him how he Male by that, when he replied.
'lt's my own, I've been to my father's after it.n
Witness said, "Don't say that; I've just seen you bring
It from the cart shed; it belongs to Captain Brymer—
you know that." He said, " Well, I did bring it out ;
as we were milling down the houses, Sticklant t e
carpenter, said, ' here's a useful thing, if it's any use to
you take it away,' upon which I did take it away."
Be took hiin into custody on the charge of stealing it.
—Defendant did not wish to ask ase constable any
question, saying, "He's given very good evidence
!against use." - John Stickland,carpentsr, working for Mr.
Brymer, said defendant was employed in pulling down
the cottages on Monday. He never gave him per:Manion
take the wood proinced. Auto its value he said he
di bit suppose anybody would like to give anything for
it. At last he said it might be worth 64. or Ad.—
Ddendant pleaded guilty, saying he had never done
anything of the kind beicre, and he handed in
testimonials from various persona—ln consequence of
defendant bearing • good character, he was only
sentenced to 14 days hard labours