The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-09 00:00:00

POOLE.

SINGULAR CHARGZ.—At the Borough Police-court
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on satorday, before the Mayor (Mr. G. Curtis), and
Mr. G. Gott*, two respectable-looking married women,
named Sarah Brown and Marie Hasbro*, were brought
up under • warrant, charged with stealing • flock bed,
bolster, two pillows, two sheet.' • box of clothing, a
blanket, and other article., this property of John
Hughes and William Saundere.—Mr. Budge defended.
—lt may briefly be stated that the man John Hugh"
has just been meat to prison for 10 weeks for assaults
on his wife and another woman, and drunkenness in
Court. On his committal he told the tiefendante, who
were relate Ito htm, in take his g 'ode in order that his
wife should not have them. Thi, the defendants pro.
gelded to do, and hence the present charge.—Harriet
Hughes, the wife of the imprisoned man, said yester-
day the defendants came into her house and took away
a box of her hurband's clothirg. She asked
them who gave them authority to do this,
and they held tip • paper, and said they had a
wa-rant fr nn Mr. Reeks (the police-conetable) t.t do
It. She went to the police station to find out if this
were true, and she fonn4 It was not. When she got
back she found the other thimrs bed been removed.—
Mr. Bulge, at this point. paid he did not a lmit the
women were there at all, but even I' they were, Mrs.
mashie cull not bring these provedings without the
consent of her hush md. These gent, did not belong
to Mrs. Huithe., they were her hutband'a personal
property. What was a woman's wan her husband's,
and what he had was his own. (Much laughter from
• court crowded with the fair sex).—Elizabeth
Saun iers proved seeing the defendsnta removing the
g eods, in the absence of Mrs. Hoghee. —Mar y Ann
Rocky anti Harriet Turner also gave evidence to the
same effect, and Henry S•mways, a lad, stated that he
helped the &fondants take sway the things, in con-
sideration of 3d.—The Bench adjourned the Mlle
tint I Monday Teak.

ODDFKLLOW' Fcrit—lt is about six or seven years
since the Oddiellows of Poole gave a felt. and the
morality of ties bnrongh will not loss anything it they
don't g've another for six or seven years to come.
The affair on Manday proved simply a drunken °ride.
In the first place the Oeldfellows had snubbed the
other friendly seriatim, and in the second they had
given a roll icel aionring to the affair by &eking Mr.
Schreiber, MP., to preiide, initead of merely b-jag
preeent am a guest. There wee not, however, much
ooportunity be • diepl ty of the hon. gentleman's
ejolueoce, its shortly after the poet-primula' orating
began to be inflicted, the rain came down nod drove
everyone into the tent, and although Mr. Schreiber
made galient attempts to °Stain a hearing, he was
unsuccessful, being met with laughter and and polite
recommendations to get back with the rest of the 14
(.f,. Schreiber voted in the minority of 14 againat the
sezonding reading of the Irish Lend Bill). Previous
to adjourning to the field, • processional parade of
the mt Weer' round the town took place. The
emblem and two or three banners that there were, were
very good. Three bawls were eneased for the occasion
—the Wimbore, the Corte Mullen. and Wareham
Volnnteer Bend. The dignity of thin feature in the
day's proceeelinge was not enhanced iy the gentleman
who plays I the big drum in the Code Mullen Rand
i,ejeaseloning wi h a short clay stuck in hie month.
trivia* service was attended at St. JllolBll's Church,
the sermon being Preached by the Rev. J. A. Lemon,
M.A., the rector of Poole, among t hose who

present being Mr. Western, J.P., Dr. Philpota, Mr.
Luff Mr. Trevanioo, Mr. Badge, Rev. Mr. Bennett,
and Rev. J. A. Lawson. Host Curtis, of the Antelope.
catered, and about 100 sat down. In the course of
the ususl alter-dinner toasts Mr. Schreiber referred to
the recent review at Windsor, and sell it seemed to
him, as their representative in Parliament, thet the
occasion of that review was one of high national
Interest and importance, and one in which both Houses
would naturally wish to associate themselves in
honour to the movement: After some little difficulty
that view of his prevailed, on I he would odmit that
be had found no one more enzious to give effect to it
than F1.R.11. Prince Christian, who had been most
unjustly blamed in the matter. The thanks of the
Howe. of the House, of the Volunteers, and of the
general public were due to H.R.11. for his admirable
arrangements, which made the review the sowers it
was.— rhe toast of "The Manchester Unity" then
followed, and, after Mr. Warton had returned thanks,
the rain came down, and the rest of the proceedings
were simply an illustration of Lever's description of
Donnybrook fair. Fighting went on all over the
place, and the police had no sooner suceeeded in sup-
pressing one row than another broke forth. There
was • Canpany of niggers engaged, but their per-
formances were by no means startling. All the people
having any claim to respectability left early, "the
residuum" remained, and she conaequence was that
when the field was cleared the road was rendered
almost Impassable with drunken men and women.
Altogether the affair was simply disgraceful.