The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-28 00:00:00

WIRYNOUTTI.

Airman Orvicta voa The VoLurrratke.—T. A.
Hume Esq., solicitor, of Weymouth, has been
gazette:l second lieutenant of E. Company (Wey-
mouth), lit D.R.V.
ALEXANDRA GARDENII were the scene of a gratify-
ing assembly last 'Thursday. when large numbers of
ladies and gentlemen assembled to hear the admirable
performance of an excellent programme by the band
of the 14th regiment. The music wee charming, and
it is very pleasant to have experience of the fact that
so good a band is located among us, and that Colone
Barry Drew and the officers are so obliging as to allow
them to play every week in OM or other of the public
gardens.
Royal, Downer YAM CLlTlL—Arrivals—June 16th,
Titian*, cutter, Colonel hideout ; 17th, Caprice,
cutter, )dr. Percival ; 21at, Coriunde, yawl, Nis. J.
Richardson ; Otter Hound, yawl, Mr. J. L. Shrubb;
Sailing.. June 17th, Wreath, cotter Mr.
Farherhert 10:6, Titian's. Coptic.* 22nd, Corisande;
28rd, Otter Heund.—On thi station —Geoie,raitter,
Captain Downes; Puturia, cutter, Mr. W. Otway,
Cygnet (u.), Captain Phelips.
Damian° Houses TNTO A Drron.—On Friday last,
before H. C. Goodden, E.g., R. if E lot, Esq.,
and Captain Pretor, Mr. Emmanuel Knight was
summoned by the Rural Ssnitary Auth irity for a
, nuisance in allowing sewage matter to go into an
' agricultural dit-h.— Mr. Welsford appeared for the
authority, and Mr. Ronne for defendant.—Mr. John
Groves, Inspector of Nuisances for the Union, had
found an accumulation in a ditch adjoining the Old
Castle-road. The matter had found its way across
the rood from some houses ra the other aide of the
road. Served a notice on Mr. Knight, on June 100,
but at the expiration of the seven days allowed, the
nuisance was not abated.—By Mr. Marine: The
'nuisance has been in existence occasionally for two
years and six months ; but the ditch has been cleared
out occasionally. There were six houses opposite,
but he did not know how many drained into it. Mr.
I Knight has cut off the drain, some two years ago or
thereabout, so he was told.—Mr. flange's defence
was that Mae ditch did not belong to Mr. Knight, but
to the highway, and the occupiers of the houses cleared
it out. The remedy was against the occuolus of the
houses, who foreed the nuisance upon Mr. Knight
totally against his wilL—Mr. Eliot said the first
remedy was against Mr. Knight, who would have his
remedy against the parties who let the sewage go into
the ditch.—Mr. Hanna said it was very hard on Mr.
Knight to have to defend these proceeding., when he
had actually taken every possible means to abate the
nuisance. The Rural Sanitary Authority had been
very remiss in allowing the nuisance to go on for tw, )
years, and not aiding Mr. Knight in any way.—An
order was made f o. the abatement of the nuisance, and
Mr. Hanna then directed Mr. Knight to go and stop
up the drain at onca—ldr. Weldord asked for outs,
which were not granted.
A. LIVELY DEFE(DAlll..—Herbert Paul, who ex•
plaiined "I be from Portland," was summoned for
amisralting Chas. Morris, an elderly fisherman of Wylie,
Mr. Hanna appeared for the prosecutor, and defendant
presented himself with soch lively gestures and salient
remarks as suggested doubts tither of his sanity or
sobriety—Mr. Hanna explained that the quarrel was
about the money obtained for some mackerel, in the
catching of which both parties were engaged. De-
fendant went to plaintiff's house, and when he did not
pay declared he'd beat it out of him, and although the
pluntif is a man about 70 years oil, struck him a
heavy blow in the jaw.—Plaintiff said he was at his
house on May U. whit; defendant came to the side
door, and asked if he bad any money for him.
Plaintiff told him to go to Mr. Andrews's, where the
money was, when defendant challenged him to fight,
and struck him on the jaw. —Defendant had tried to
Interrupt plaintiff, and been cautioned by the police,
when he demanded " Baint I allowed to speak? I be
to keep my month shut, I epees.' —When asked if he
wfishe d to put a question to piabotiff, he began giving
the history of his case: but Dir. Haase explained that
three County Court summonses, bad been issued, one
mammoning_anotJur for 12.. 6d., and the civil suit was
leendhig•—lt was explained with some difficulty to
defendant that the magistrates had only to deal with
the assault, and not with the qivil owe, when in place
of cross-examining he turned and said as gravely as he
could—" Morris I you are a robber; that's all I can
tell yon."—lkirs. Ann Morris, plaintiff's wife, on
the day in question saw defendant come to the
door with TugwelL He asked if there was
any money for him, when her husband
told'her to go to Mr. AndreweS, on which Paul struck
him in the face.—Mr. Symonds: Was he sober then?
—ldes Morris: He was soberer than he is now.—
(Laughter.) —Defendant : I have Mr. Howard for my
caw, lie adjourned. you know, and I can nay him;
but 'twill cost me 211. You be quiet, Mr. Donne, for
I've got Mr. Howe -(1.—( r.)—Glsorge Tagwell
deposed that Paul went tltuell for a. share of the
mackerel ; Morris mut to push him out a the house,,
and pushed him down, Paul went to "reels himself,'
and struck plaintiff in the face, aocidentally.—Mr.
Manna: Aocidentally-dons-on purpose, I suppose?—
Witness: No, he did it by 'resisting hisself."—Ylse
Bench were going to decide • but defendant had more
witnesses, and George 1:=I was celled; bat he was
only "one of thaw was cheated out of the