The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-13 00:00:00

WAIST STA/FORD.

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SCHOOL INSPECTION. —The Rev. W. F. Tregarthen,
Her Majwity's Inspector of Schools flr this district,
examined the pupils' at the village school, sad made
the following entry as to the manner in which it is
conducted :—"MLss Reynold continues to do her
school work In • creditable and satisfactory manner."

POOL&
PETTY SESSION.y.7TAURSRDA F.

Before the Mayor (It. Aldridge, Es.), W. D. Dug-
dale. C. J. Stone, O. Curtis, W. N. Western, and H.
MMus, Esq.
Thomas Ball and Edward Brown, fishermen, who ware
defended by Mr. H. S. Dickinson, were charged with
having stolen gl Oa. 9d. from Thomas Bailey, fish
hawker, on the 2nd inat.—Accordinr to the complain-
ant's statement, he owed the defendant. 16s. 6d. for
sprata. On the day in question he want into the Bell
and Crown pnblichouse, and there he saw the defend-
ants. They asked him for the money, and he said he
would_ pity them when became beck from Bournemouth.
This did not satisfy them, and Brown said that won't
do, "upend" him. The two men then took him by him
lage and stood him on his heed, and took the money
out of him pocket. When they said "up-end " him he
did not know what they meant, in fact, hi was as
quiets. a lamb.—ln r)ply to Mr. Dugdale ths com-
plainant admitted that on this morning he had had
three pints .4 beer sni "three pennorth " before break-
fast —Mary Hodges, • servant at the public-house,
prove I seeing Ball with money in his P.WheniOno
which hi stoked her to coon'. It amounted to 15s. 93.
He said they hal it from Bailey. Bailey did not
threaten them that they should "suffer for it," in her
presence—in fact, she hissed nothing.—Mr. Curtis
rsrnarked he did not believe • word of her evidence.
—ln reply to Mr. Dickinson, the witness maid when
Bailey cone in he looked as if he had been drinking.
Bailey asked her if she had not been toll to say that
at Mr. Dickinson's office, but witness did not answer.
—Mr. Diokinson'a contention was that the complain-
ant actually handed over the money of his own free
will, when the defendants told him they would not
leave him until they hat it—The Bench held no
felonious intent had been proved, and dismissed the
csse...The defendants were aloo charged wi,h sn assault.
—The circumstances were the same.—This was also
dismissed, the bench stating as their opinion that the
evidence of Boiley was so ora:gerated and contradio-
tory that it could not be relied on.
Samuel Whittle, Charlcv, George, and Luise Sweet.
apple, and William Lacey were summoned for drinking
during prohibited hours on licensed premises.—P.C.
Horn proved seeing the defendants on Sunday morn.
lug, about seven, go into the New Inn. He after-
wards followed them, and found the defendants in an
Inner room. They had sundry cups of beer before
them, and the landlnd. Mr. Nicholas, repeatedly
asked him to say nothing about it, offering hint to drink
what he liked. He refused these offers, ant said he
should r3poit it to his Superiote,.dent.— Whittle told
the Bench he had been • teetotaller for four months,
and went in about • tell he rented of Mr. Nicholas.—
Lacey:amid he went in, and hadn't been there five
minutes, when the policeman followed him—The
defendants were lined ss. and costa, or seven dart.
John Tomkino, the temporary landlord of the inn,
was summoned for allowing drinking on his p emises
during prohibited houro.—Thrmigh Mr. Trevanion,
he pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s. and costs

WIKBORNS.
ACCIDE.VT To at, EIPIIII4B TRON. —On Thursday
afternoon an accident happened I. the Bath end
Bournemouth express train, due at Wimborne station,
rio the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, at 2 58
p.m. The train had, as usual, whistled before combog
round the curve to the junction with the London and
B"uth•We'teml iiLdwaY, but as two or three mlnu'as
after the line being 'Limner, "line clear" it did not
appear in sight, some anxiety began to be felt by the
officials. In the meantime something wrong had been
noticed by the people in the Po slerroai, and from the
platform of the station. and on Dome of the railway
officials proceeding to the spot it wee found that the
train was off the line and that the guard's van WM
overturned. Junta. the train WM rounding the sharp
curer after passing over the abort viaduct opposite
Mr. Whittle's farm, in Merley.laue, four of the car.
riages and the guard's van left the rails, the van imme-
diately afterwards capsizing over an embankment and
the other carriages which had got off the line being
dragged along a distance of some hundred and fifty
yards before the train could be brought to a standstill,
as it was g ing at • good speed at the time. Toe
guard (Clarke) was thrown amongst hi luggage when
his van overturned, awl he was cut about the head and
severely shaken, but did not appear t ) be sedously
toured The passengen, none of whom were injured,
were taken on to %nal orne station in the tarmigit
carrisg, and a short train was made up and inn up to
th,, scene of the aoodent f w the purpdae of conveying
the passengers from the 4.35 express and a subsequent
train which could not be g through to the station.
The four carrizaes were got on to the rails and the line
made auflicienuy safe lye trains to pan over at • slow
rate by wen o'clock the sew evening.