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

DOROZEITBZ.

Bap CoNottor.—James Read, of Winfrith Eagle,
me brought up In custody charged with being drunk
and incapable whilst in charge of • waggon and two
horses; also with obscene oonduct. —P.B. Hitch said on
the previous afternoon, about two o'clock, he saw the
prwner sitting In the front part of • waggon OD the
public highway at Malden Newton. He was acting
in a very indecent manner. He asked him to desist,
and, as he refuted, and being very drank, he took
him in custody and brought him to Dorchester.—
Defendant pleaded drunkenness as an excuse. He
knew nothing what of had happened.—The Bench gave
him • severe reprimanding, and tined him El and costa.
Loewe Ann SOUTH- WISTKAN Randy/ST.—A special
general meeting of the proprietor+ of toe London and
otn • Western Ro II way Company was held at Waterloo
Station on Thursday af tern on, the chairman, the
Lion. Ralph H. Dutton, presiding, at which resolutions
were passed approving and confirming the arrange-
menta made and proceedings taken by the directors
in respect of the proposed new railways between the
Metropolitan District Railway at Fulham, and cool-
psny's railway at Surbiton, and the company's rail-
way near Hampton Court Junction and Guildford
ana Lestherbned ; and the arrangements for the
working by the company of the railway about t be made
oat of the comp eny's Southampton and Dorchester
Ruhr y at of near Wareham, by the Swanage Rail-
way Company.
As IFOORIUOIIIL/L—A soldier, named John Kebb,
a/ea/John Thomas Kibble, alias Atkins. who formerly
belonged to the 39th Brigade Won, wee brought up
at the Borough Police-oourt on Tuesday, before Mr.
Alderman Gregory, on • charge of stealing a brown
suit of clothes, four silver studs, and other articles
from John 'Marley, also of the 39th Brigade Dept*,
and *avant to Major Clarkson.—Mr. Supt. Coward
applied for a remand till Monday, which was granted.
The man's career has been • most discreditable one.
lie euliated in the 39th, and came to Dorchester in
Auguet. After remaining here about a month, he
committed the crime for which he is now in charge.
He mansg-d to escape and elude the vigilance of the
police, woo made every enquiry ae to his whereabouts.
Once more he entered Her Majesty's service, and
joined the Royal Artillery, in uh,ch regiment, how-
ever, he was not destined long t remain, for he was
shortly afterwards sent to gaol for six months' for
fraudulent enlistment, and he was apprehended at
Stroud on Tuesday at the instance of Mr. Supt.
O..ward, who had been informed of the man's stay in
that town. He has six previous convictions against
him, on the last occasion he having been sent to peoal
servitude for seven years.
tiOrmen Bexcit, Tuesday.—Hasel v. Middleton and
others (Juaticee of Doreetshire).—This was a case
stated by jostle s for the opinion of this Court.—Mr.
Poland appeared for the appellant, for whom, at the
general licensing meeting, the magistrates had
renewed • beerhouse licence for one year from October
10, 1880. Her name was then Ann Pearce, and •
few months later she had married one Hazel, to
whom she ha I applied at special sessions held in
February last to transfer her lima* ; but owing to his
having felled to serve the proper notices, the transfer
was not allowed. The real question was whether •
licence granted to • single woman became void on her
marriage. The magistrates had been of opinion that
hire. Hazell wee not at the date of her application to
transfer her licence to her husband, "the reel resident
bolder and occupier of the premises," and had decided
that they had, therefore, no jurisdiction to transfer
the licence to her husband.—The Court held that this
&demi was erroneous, and that the licence in the
hands of the wife was perfectly good until the date
—October 10, 1881—to which it had been granted to
her.
TRE Gazer VOLOITTITEI REVIZIT.—We are glad the
Dorset Battalion will be represented at the forthcoming
review at Windsor. We believe about 560 are expected
to attend from Dorset. The number of volunteers
who will take part in the review is understood to be
51,000—more than double as many as were reviewed in
Hyde Part in 1860; and applications from about 12,000
others have been refused by the authorities, because
the railway companies will not undertake to convey
more than the number at first .tated. The review Is
fixed to commence at five o'clock, and is expected to
occupy three hours. The Queen, accompanied by
Princess Beatrice and Prince*** Victoria and Else-
beth of Here, and attended by the lords and ladles el
the Court, arrived at Windsor Castle on Wedneday
morning, on her return from Scotland for the purples
of reviewing the Volunteer Corps. The spectacle will
probably be witnessed by the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince
and Princess Christian, the Duke of Albany, the Duke
and Duchess of Tick, and other members of the Royal
family. The following are some of the corps which,
subject to some slight alterations, are likely to attend
the review :-Ist Dorset ides— 29 officers, 657 men.
let Hampshire Engineers-3 officer., 150 men. let
Haute Rifles-26 officers, 600 men, 2nd Hants Rifles
—23 officers, 538 men, 3rd Hants Rifise--22 offiows,
495 men. Ist Isle of Wight Rifiee-18 officers, 470
men. let Wilt, Itifies—n officers, 497 men. 2nd Wilts
Rifles-28 officers, 665 men.