The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-06-11 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.

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His Honor, E. Everett, Esq., held life evert here for
the preseot month, on Thursday last. There Were
about 80 calks on the cause list. A Lep numberl as
usual, were settled without coming into court. •
sußpla.laierdaton eth.
[lie defendant,
liwliwoewe a ciasashubotiuorboaCit f owrobeerinan
10 the ohne of war, when lying in the Portland roads.
The judge ordered that Ed be paid forthwith, and the
remailider in a month.
YealICX r. WALDEN.—This was a claim for £2 2s. 4.1.
for grooeriew —Mr. Howard appeared for be plaintiff.
The defendant formerly resided at Portland, hut left
•oildenly Ile WAS SlatmegUelitly found to be living at
Kingstoem-upon-Thaines, fullowiug the uccupation of can
OINISV wade fur the µapricot of 10.. monthly.
Foal. r. CoLLINGS.—Thia was a ebbe of fur
rent. To defendant's wife claimed • setmff for nursing,
and a cask of beer olitaieed for the christening. The
plaintiff dolled having engaged Mrs. Collings aa mirk,
nod maid she lied paid her 21. 01. tor what eh' did, and
that the beer warn partly drunk by Mrs Collings, who
previoincy weed to pay lore portion of it. Slit:engaged
her VALI 'biter ma nurk. Mrs. Wimp said MCA. FUSI'd
sister was with I.er only about an hour. Mrs. Foal said
her sister was there ell through the week. lire. Cul-
ling.% said Mrs. Foals sister never touched her all
through her outifinetnent.—Coinplainaut : yes, elm did,
and +he'e here to prove it. I wined her.—The sister,
on being called, a .id she WAS with the plaintiff • week, ,
f ruin morning till ni.:lst.—Defendant : I can contradiet
that. It ie no such thing.— Witnoa : I can bring
soother person to prove I was there. Witness sail de•
(outwit swathed the child once, and that wits cliche did.
—Defendant : You know nothing about it,
for you was out at cooking all the weea
your stater was confined. Witueas deniesl she had
been out cookiug since idie hail been married.—Defen•
taut: Ohl oh! Mrs. Fiche. There wiaut a soul there
but me. I scrubbed out the room before Dr. Couelier !
came.—Plaiiitiff : When defendant left she prouiked to !
pay me half • eovereign.—Defendant : It WAS no Such
thing. I raid, you make out your bill and I'll wake out
mien, and we'll settle.—Plaititiff : The defendant told
ine the Guset could'ot do anything to her, ae else had
paid the last week's rent, and I had allowed her to take '
easy the gouda. A Dien named Beak, a shoemaker,
e lio lived in the plaintill'a bowie, sail that defendant
enlisted the plaintiff just as auy other person would do, !,
living there. She beer,' def. 'admit tell plaiutiff she I
would p.iy her if elm would allow tier to take her things
sway from the house, as she Lad in view a good Loose.
She said she euuld pay Is. a week till it cc.. all paid.
lie heard defeudant tell plaintiff that they would have
• cask of beer and pay for it between them.— A *Titers.
wag then called for the defence, who said that she sew
delendent in plaintiff's bedroom several successive days
alter the confinement, such saw plaintiff'., sister there
truly on the 4t1.1 mid defendant never
said auy thing about icr bill elle threatened to sum-
mon her--His limier gave a verdkt fur 104. 3d., allow..
Mg Ga. od. for the cask of beer, and Is. for waking a
dress, to be paid by two monthly instalments.
KELI.XT r. Cui.—This was an application for eject•
molt from • tenement. Plaintiff said lie had offered
to give the defendant the whole amount of the rent lie
owed him. aleich Wad tl IC.. DM. if be WOOLi leave
quietly.— His Honort . Well this was exceedingly
liberal, why did not defendant go? Defendant'a wife
said she could'ot get a house to suit her.—Hi. Hutnir :
But you must go.— Plaintiff said he would give defen-
dant till Monday week to leave.—Hie Honor made an
order to that effect.
GALS V. Let.—This was also an application for an
order of ejectment from • cottage at Portland. A long
discussion, arose respecting the hiring, the defendant
claiming to be a yearly tenant. If such was the case,
110111,V6f, that plea woul.l avail nothing as • half year's
notice had been given, expiring on the day of hiring.
Defendant then stated that after notice was served, the
plaintiff had agreed for them to hold on. Plaintiff
denied thin, but defendaitt's wife gave • detailed version
of the conversation that took place between them.
There were, Is r discrepancies in her statement
iii what took place alterwards between defendant and
plaintiff, and pleietiff put iii • very saucy letter which
defendant's wife said her lo Iger had written for her.
She aanctioned his writing to her landlord the words
" Fools are generally rewarded for their folly."—His
Honor ultimately said lie was of opinion that no agree-
ment had teen made foremitinuing in the bouse,after the
notice to quit had been served.— Mr. Howard kid that
• considerable time since he drew up • lease in which
these premiers were let to soother party who was to
take the house in May, at the termination of the
defendant's hiring.— His Honor gave judgment fur
defendant to quit in A week.
CADVSD AND 80D v. DlNS.—This was an action to
recover Ell 14e. for the hire of poles an•l punks for
seaffolibug.—Mr. Howard appeared for the plaMtiff.and
Mr. Cornelius for the defendant.—Compleisient eahl lie
was a MAW/Saud i nblican. lii October last defendant
liiied acme kaffolding of him for wine beau'e he was
building on Chickerell Road. He Raid he would give •
fair price for the use of thein. Henry Francis Carter
'kid he was in partnership with his fattier. The poles
end planks were tired of him on the 11th of October.
On the 11th of January he took him in • bill charging
him a halfpenny a day lor each article. Tins was a fair
price. Wlom lie delivered the bill he told defendant
ha wished to have the scaffolding hack, . nil he arid lie
would return it es soon AA he could. He went for it,
lie daresay, mote than ten times before he could get it
heck. It was returned on the 16th of March. SUMO of
the poles were sawn off at the end and all were not
returned. He spoke to the defendant about the !
damage done to the planks, end defendant replied be
meat expect wear and tear for a halfpenny a day. He
pointed to one broken plenk, an.l to those which had
teen cot, and asked it that was wear snil tear? and de-
feiadit said " No, In should he having dome new planks
shortly, and then lie would send lain three or fear."
E. Seamen said he had bee-u a balkier all Ilia life, and
as for sonny years foreman to ilia late Mnt D 011•00.
He lied never lent or hired scaffolding, but considered
that about 3.1. orb. per dozen per week would be a fair
price. He would not like to lend scaffolding under
that price. The j.riCe of new plank wan 4d. per foot.—
Thoniss Dodson said lie had cairied on the beeines* of
builder many years. He had frequently lent
'scaffolding. both hale and at Wereliaw. The
lowest price lie had ever charged was 2a.
per dozen Fee week, hut lie had charged
6.. per dozen. He thought 3a. per doses a week be.ow
the • ge priee.—Mr. Cornelius addreseeil the Court
for the defence. U 3 10s. 9.1, had been paid into Court.
being In. per week for the use of Ow scaffolding. This
was the extreme price for good acaffuldingl whereas this
was very inferior se• dfolding.and all the planks and poles
very abort, AVMS 01 the planka tout being more than Gft.
in length. The lost ',banks charges' for be held could
nut be included in tine charge as it came under the
denomination of tort aiid iii,u,t he charged for separately.
—His Honor said that all that RSA nireowary was to
amend the AUMMODA, which lie would do now, and
dispose of the whole case at once.—Mr. Cornelius then
called defendant, who said be hail been • builder in
London and elsewhere for the last 32 yeses. lie did
not look at the bill when Mr. Certer gave it him, but
told 1 • lie would return the scaffolding as moon as
possible end pay him a fair price for it. lie had built
111.111 y large Lougee in London and hired the scaffolding.
The prices charged ranged from Gd. per week per
dozen for the short to 9d. and Is. per dozen for thoec
of greater lengths. He StVVI paid more than Is. per
dozen. This was always considered the extreme price,
and waii what lie had paid at Norwood, Wiiiihorne, and
Southampton.— Henry Hells said lie bail lent out
scaffolding in Weymouth for the kat 15 year.. He heel
lied 94 tier dozen for the short lengths, and is. per
dozen for the long lengths. Had never eharged
inure. —Charles Petty amid he lied acted as
foreman 'lver t.,e buildings to his father
and other parties. Had often hired scaffolding, and the
prices hail ranged both in Loni1)11 and Southampton at
from 1.1 to le. per down pieces per week. Benjowin
Binge gave instiller evidence. He had been employed
in London, Chatham, Dover, Canterbury, and South-
ampton. Ilea hired scaffolding at all these planes and
the prices paid were from 6J. to Is. per dozen per week.
On one occasion only lie gave Is. 6d.—James
Gregory, plasterer, formerly in the employ of his uncle
at Dorchester, seal I.e had bad the letting of scaffolding
for his uncle on similar terms; and Ezra Newport said
the planks received of the plaintiff were very bad, soil
souk of them had never been tked.—H is Honor gave
judgment for le. per dozen per week for the hire of
seaffol ling, being the amount paid into court, and
El 2a. for the portion of scaffolding not returned.

answer the justice of the case, namely, that Mr. I
He-sot should express lint regret for his elmllstion et
feeling and usake an apology fur the asault, and gibe
a coutribution to the poor box or sieetile charity.—Mr.
Howard said he was inetructed to admit the salaseldw
but that it was committed under provocation. Per-
aonelly it was with regret that he appeared ila a Cast
in which such respectable then were toueerned who
ought to be friends. He would do what he could
to effect the stttleuient. The blow was struck in Wu-
sequence of "liar" bemx used, which was an oppro-
brious word to an Eel:Liebman. He thought that an
rpoluge should he made for using that word.—Mr. Hill
remarked that the evidence would show that the word
sease used on eaeli side. lie thought that
the is srty who went front the word to the
blow should make the apology. Mr.
Howard said his client would apologise for the blow, if
Mr. Cozens would apologise:, for the word.—Mr. Hill
sail the blow was too great.—The Mayor recouswended
an amiceble arrangement and the parties retired, when,
it was ahreed that Mr. &aslant, should pay I:1 to the
Poor box.
OBtiTKLICTIONS ne Tar ST RKETS.—William Manning
Jag waa summoned by Mr. W. Lowman, town surveyor,
for leaving a truck ausl wagon in sone' Bond-street.
He said that on the 21st last month one of his men came
to him and told him that the sower in the middle of
tlso rued was broken through opposite Mr. Simmonds'e
house in lower Bond-street. Ile went there and all
the men had all left won, he got a cart and placed over.
the hole, soil as two trucks weid a na,;on were *aiming
beside the roul, lie took them such pl...ced them in a
line with the cs r:, to let vc bi..es htfeisil
ant then eons* out and removed them back so when
they formerly stood, and acid they should not be
latul.'ti r.• CAS DRIVEttS. —.lrofter Saws", Themes
Feuenel,, smut John PerlAare were suessimonel b :outer-
intendent 'Asbury for refusing to give up their badges
as cab drivers, after leaehig their employissent. He did
not ask fur a penalty, his object being simply to show
drivers of lisoeused vehicles that they could not keep
the badges after they had ceased to drive the carriages
for which they were lisetwed.—The Bench ordered the
maturate/a of the badge*, the defendauts laving to pey
the custs--titiorey, 4a. 104., Farwell, 3a. 104., and
Peckluusa, 2s. 10,1.