The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

SUTTON POINTZ.

THE POLICE AT A BOSEIRE. —A CM* 11110HOOME
WILE heard at the Weymouth County Petty Sessions
on Friday. The dispotants were P.C. Thomas
Haynes, for whom Mr. Weirton appeared, and
William Kayos', on whose behalf Mr. Howard '
attended. The case was adjourned from the
previous Court. It appeared that on the night of
the 6th November last, some one made a "bonfire,"
such bonfire consisting of an old birch-broom, well .
tarred— in • field about 10 yards from & thatched
shed adjoining a cottage, and about 14 yards from
the *entre of the road. The evidence on the part of
the polls* constable WY that between sir and seven
o'clock on the sewing to question, as he was going
towards Sutton, he beheld • boofire in • field
belonging to Mr. Pope, and as be was approaching
it, he maw several boys round it with lighted sticks
and throwing them &boat. On his way through the
village, be saw Keynes and Fiank Goring, one of
whom whistled, and the boys ran away. The police-
man caught two of them and made them go back
and pot out the tire, as he considered that it was
very dangerous from its clues proximity to the
thatched building. When the constable ordered the
, boys to put out the fire. Keynote told them to do
nothing of the kind, that they were not to mind
what the policeman said to them, but to let the fire
burn out. Haynes upon this, told Keynes to mind
his own business, and not to interfere with him.
Keynes roll...red the policeman up to within a few
yards of him; sod after some more observations
passing between them, the constable told Keynes
again not to interfere with his duty. It was his
duty to use the thatched building was not
endangered. Upon this, Keynes struck him • blow
on the left cheek. it was a very dark night., and he
heard some people talking on the opposite side of
the mill-pond. Upon being struck, he collared
Keynes and said, "I am not going to put up with
this." A struggle ensued, when Keynes' foot
slipped, and they both fell. In the struggle
Keynes' kit fell off, and when upon the ground
Keynes kinked him on the left leg. Upon this, the
constable took the other into custody. Keynes
bliged to he released, and said be would go home,
and the polioeman'said be did not want to detain
him, he would summon him for assault The con-
stable assisted Keynes to find his hat; Keynes then
kept walking about in the road, and said be had es
much right there as the policeman had. Mr.
Short°, the young man's master omit up, and
Haynes told him what had occurred, and Mr. Shona
ordered Keynes hook into the mill, telling him that
he had no business away from it. On the part of
Keynes it was asserted that the policeman wee the
aggressor. It was said that Keynes and Goring
followed OM policeman up the road to see what was
the matter. They heard the policeman talking to
some boys, and Kayos' said it was • pity tozoot. the
ere out, a• it was doing no harm. The man
said "the Eire was doing no harm, but kicking it
about was." Upon which Keynes replied that be
did not wee any one kicking it about. The police-
man said "Yin did," and Keynes replied "I ,
didn't." The polieeman then called Keynes • liar.
and mid it was be that whistled to make the boys
run away. Keynes denied this, and the policemen
knocked him down, and when he got up, the other
knocked him down a second time, knelt upon him,
and swore he would put his fist through his bead.
It was a very light night, and several parties on the
opposite side of the pond witnessed all that panted.
The policeman had no •ituesses in support of his
evidence; Keynes had several witnesses in court.
The Bench said that the policeman bad gives his
evident). in • very plain, straightforward manner,
but the weight of evidence was against him. They
thought the best way to deal with the case was to
dismiss both tutumenee.