The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-12 00:00:00

COUgTIC PEI"CY sE-,4102.45.

SGIREHALL. DORCIIS4TER, Saturday, Feb. 9. '
More IL Wiliam., Esq., (chairman), Ilajor-O•nera.
Ilichei, and Capt. Kindendey.
ILLEGAL FISHING AT AUBOTEBUIIT.—Juisti Virian.
Jussp Whittle, Mamma Varian, and ramie* Leong. ,
ail of Langton Herring were charged with attempting
to take or destroy with eel spean, four eels of the vein,
Of is. in the backwater calkd the Fh et, the privetc.
pr terry of the Eirl of Ileliester.—Mr. Haaket *lowered
to prosecute, and ,Kr. Huward for the defendants.—
Itobert Pitman, an under keeper to Lord 'Wielder, et
thbut..bury, &Wetted more partivelsrly to fishing mei
the swims. On the 23rd January he maw a number of
inen fishing. He and another keeper got into a boat
coil went after them and overtook the defendants.
Time were off South Sleight point, and were halting with
eelispears.—Crossicaainitied.—He kn w a large stone
wits plaued on the Chisel beach, it woe above that, to
the Weetward. The tide ehbs and tlowethere some-
times when the ninon is right. Men ad often
there, A/ or 40 At the time, day atter day, and above
when these men were, but they were not allowad.
Dili haul gone on a lung time. Had seen them •
twelve mouth ago. He sad others list warned them off
hut they &init mein to take touch notice of it. He
kiiew a brook itivdling Herring Mellor and Alibut.bury.
They were on the west side of that brook. • quarter of
iiiile—he was • quertrr of a mile off when they were
there. An long as he could ream:whet% he had known
men fishing in the backwater at Loigton.—}tubert
Poplar euid,lie wes with the last witness on the Tird Jan.,
mid saw the defendants and others fishing in the Abbots.
bury water. Some of those higlieat Up were fully a
quarter of • mile to the west of the hounitiry line.
Flom where he stood lie could Nee the boundary Mone—
llo would not say lie amid see the brook. Had been
in Lord Ilchester's employ about 7 years. Ever since
lie hail been there the dthermen had gone above the
boundary, but they did not trouble theimelves to inuch
about the men till they went up to the .wannery. Hail
never heard the men claim • right to fish there. Had
not been out to order the men away above four or five
tines.- • Mr. Illowaid, in his defence, maintained that
the fleet, as far up at it ebbed mei flowed, wits • part
and parcel of the ocean, and that if Lord Ileliester were
Die proprietor, it must have been his by either gift or
charter, and that if it was his by either gift or charter,
Ice we. hound to produce documents of mash being the
Net, It was not for Aim to ',rove the Fleet
did Oct belong to Lufl Ileheater—it was for
his Lotalsktp to prove the positive. Wihilacuc
blowlain said lie was 77 yearn of age &nil had
alwaym lived at Littleton Herriag. Went to !Wittig in
the Fleet 00 yeiin, ago, end even before he was able tic
liend:e a spear. They did not gu tic the decoy pond by
within lialfm•mile or a toile, but they went much higher
Dom the ileididents were Ned to have on the lird
January. All the iorish went there and he did not
ktiow but they had • right to 55h there. Never heard of
idly IlitelriiiitioU to 'onions llcliiliit there till now.
Nrarly all the iiilialiitatits are &Lemma. The beach
•epitatea the ocean freui the Fleet, mid this tide ebbe
and flows on loth side. of the beeeli.— Jacob Davis .aid
wa• 60 and tome, and hail Intel at chiekereti all hi.
life, Ile was a hlshiercci.c ii most times, and lied been so
for 40 years. He km w the Fleet end Smith Sleigh point.
Ilad very freqUelitly gime above Month Weigh 'obit with
prelim,. 20 ot loot*, tool steyed there all ilay. 'fliey eery
never interrupted there. The tide ebbs and flows there
the aline me is the Wenn. 111111 they used to go as far SP
Pitman's hotter without leave or liceme. It might be a '
twelve iiiii nth ago alien be oho. heard Pitman tell a 111111$
•.e must not gu Do re. Pitman hail Peen them alcove
there tint is cud times during the 40 years he hail Mil ed.'
that iinderitood . parties went into the decoy pond
which was the reason why Lord Ilche.ter now wanted
to keep people Irick.—The Beneli convicted the Melia-
slits in 20.. caeliomel costa, or in default et payment, to
Ice imprisoned for a umiak.
TRIMPARA.—Five boya, named Charles Pitman, Fre*.
rock Palma'', Daniel Jub licmper, end ileorqe
Pitman, acre chergeil ley Mr. Laver, of Weymouth.
lute her with tremieasieg on Lie land at I ;hick, rell, in
search of game, on Friday, the 211th if Jativary. They
e, re heating • furze hedge with hticke tied lied • ith
them five dogs. Ituri were often there fer the name
uuriacee on Similays..— Cherie. Pitman and Daniel
Oribble, bring the two client, were fined 10A each,
including costs. or 14 days' imprisonment ; Frederick
Pitman, Unmet Pitman, and Jol• Ilmiper, were fined
1., each, or to be imprisoned fur two days.—Tlitemuney
was paid.
STF:ALING TIMBER AT P"RTLAND. Charles Cox,
engineer, and Martha, his wife. appeared to their bail
eh irged with stealing font Mecca of heel board which
had been eat out for dour panne*, belonging to Yr.
Mr. Howard appeared ter the deform'.
Tile evitteuce • similar to that given before the
, Comity Hem hi Weymiiiith on NO. The
iiiagotratee soil tfigre was 110 1:11111: against the lieeb.nd.
and he was itiseloNteil. The (entitle epee/eel I willed
not guilty of taking Ice timber with • feluneoua intent,
and Mr. Howard laid it was simply Ail *Roses of the

liberty irsi,,terl locr of baring what shavings and small
wood she plew.e.l.--The Bench eapies,ed their regret at
..ming a w ~,,, an moving on the reapeldable !where she
bad hitherto don,. 1,1a0...1 in the position aloe was, by
taking timber r:, n .Ide f..r building purposem to light
her lire with, when sLy might hare had c hat .hoolop,
awl small maid ate pleats d from the moue prowitet.—
Sentenced to 14 days' hard labour.