The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-02-08 00:00:00

BRIDPOBT.

ELECTED BIOLOGY AND VENTRILOQUIAL—A varied
and capital programme was carried out by Mr. H.
Adams, at the Templar Hall, on Wednesday last, before
• good audience. The representations of various
characters caused much amusement, and the ventrilo-
quism was exceptionally good and laughter provoking.
The magical wonders, including many rleight of hand
deceptions, were well carried out, but the comicalities
zills.rmed by a number of lads under mesmeric in.
were provocative of much laughter and fun.
=aeit 01/ ANOTHER PUBLICAN.— r. Isaac Conway,
landlord of the White Bull Inn, East-read, expired
somewhat suddenly early on Saturday morning.
Deceased, who was 47 years of age, was about the
town much as usual during the week, but the result of
a bronchial attack, accompanied by inflammation of
the lungs, resulted in death. It is believed the
deceased took a severe chill whilst clearing away the
snow from his premises a few weeks since. Deceased
leaves a widow, but no children ; he was a member of
the "Cross Keys" Society.
ADHLADIUL CAEIL—Our readers will remember an
account which appeared in these columns a fortnight
ego, relative to the condition of a shoemaker of this
town, named Bishop who was taken to the Union
Hospital, suffering from effects of the freed. It was
them stated that Dr. Hay feared an amputation would
become necessary. On Saturday afternoon both feet
were amputated, the operation being successfully
performed by Dr .Hay, MD. Dr. W. A. E. Hay, Dr.
Le Gros Denzi lee, and Dr.G. MI Evans. The patient bore
up manfully, and as yet remains in a most satisfactory
state, considering the critical operation he has under-
gone. It is hoped that the hands may be saved,
although they are yet in a dreadful state ;it is more
than likely, however that the unfortunate man will
have to lose some of his fingers. Since the poor
fellow's admittance to the Union, the diseased limbs
have shown little if any signs of life, and the operation
was delayed until it became absolutely necessary.
BOROUGH Perry SessioNe, Friday, before the Mayor
(C. Edmunds, Esq.), and by. Hay, M.D.—William
Guppy, who was remanded onbail on Tuesday,appeared
to answer the charge of stealing four ducks, the
property of Mr. A. Hawker, of Folly Mills, on the
night of the 26th ult.—Mr. C. G. Nantes now appeared
for the prosecution and Mr. Day vain defended.—The
preeecutor Mr. Hawker deposed having, for some
time past;kept ten duclen, in the inner part of a sty,
the court of which was enclosed by a wall, and no
public path leading to the entrance. The ducks wore
there safe at 8 p.m. on Saturday, the 26th January, and
they could not crawl out. On Sunday morning there
were bet live left living and one dead, the dead one
appeared to have struggled to the place where it was
found, but its windpipe was broken. He found no trace
of the other fowl. Re saw signs where some one had
got over from Mr. Weeks' garden, and there
were fresh signs of mud where someone had
got upon the roof of the sty. Ile saw prisoner
In the lane on the afternoou of Saturday, with
someone else firing off • gun. The ducks where
then in the river, and prisoner fired over them,
and stopped to look at them. Prosecutor slept at the
Mill House that night, and heard two persons go by
just in front of the house, he looked out of the
window and saw two figures, but could not tell who
they were. The five (lucks be had lost were worth
14s. Prisoner had been in the habit of working in
Mr. Week's garden.—Alf red Dawe, in the employ of
Mr. Hawker, saw prisoner in the public footpath near
the mill on Saturday afternoon in company with a
man named Charles Fooks. He fired a gun, and was
there watching the ducks. Witness was
_present
when the constable fitted the boots to the tracks, and
they suited them exactly. The tracks over the wall
were about two inches deep, and had the appearance
of a person having gone to the place where the clucks
were kept. The tip was gone from one boot, and
part of the tip from the other, and those signs, with
the nail marks, corresponded with the tracks exactly.
He did not see any mark of feathers or blood in the
tracks.—P.C. Pearce said he had examined the place
where the ducks had been, explaining that the wall
was 10 feet high en one side, and 14 on the other • an
ordinary man could climb it. Some of them indicated
• person having gone in opposite directions. The
dirt on the boots corresponded with that of the tracks,
as did the boots with the footmarks.—. Mr. Hawker,
re-called, said no one could have got at the ducks
withouts Che wall, as the outsiole doors remained
locked. Fooks was called by Mr. Day, and
said he lodged at house, sleeping in an under
s=r
room. On y was indoors at 5.30 p,in., and
did not go out after. Prisoner could not love gone
out without his knowledge.—p.s. Hazzard,however,
stated that the last witness had told him prisoner
could have left the house without his knowing it.
This was now denied by Fooka.—The magistrates
felt that a deal of suspicion surrounded the case, but
for want of sufficient evidence they would discharge ,
the 'ldiom'. Scolo 80044488 grestad the decision, I
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