The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-17 00:00:00

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COUNTY COURT.

SATURDAY: Beton Yr. °Malaita. banister.
There were several mass on the list, and in mos of
thorn Yr. Howard and Mr. Hanna appeared; but the
majority were settled.
TAR LANDLORD OF TR' WitITZ
Vaughan o. Robins was • judgment summons, in which
Mr. Hanna appeared for plainUl„ but the defendant, who
is landlord of the White Hart, Si. Nicholas-street, and is
also engaged on board the steamers, did not cow.; his
wife, however. pot in an appeaninco.-Mr. Hanna said
that judgment in this cies wasobtalned on the 17th April,
the amount being £lO for damages, while the costs were
somethingconsiderebla The cage again rune on in May.
when his Honour reduced the order to 1:3 a month, but
not a halfpenny had been paid, and the people boasted
that they would not pay, go he (Mr. Hoare) asked his
Honour for a committal for nos-psynonat of one instil-
ment, .4:3.-Mr. Oppenheim asking what the man was,
Mr. Hanna said the defendant was a stoker on board the
Jersey boatel, and earne Vs. or Ili, a week; he also keeps
a Mensal beerhouse and spirit house. The man was not
here, but his wife was, and doubtless she could tell the
Court a long story.-Mr. Oppenheirn asked how Mr.
Hann* proposed to prove he could pay if the man WM not
there t-Mr. Harms replied the wife was, end he would
ask that she be sworn, when she doubtless would make •
statement -Mrs. Robins was Vain sworn, and asked
why her husband was not there. She replied
that he was on board the Jeney steamer,
although he was not • stoker, and they were now running
Pleasure triPs, so that he could not come. He earned
23a a week on board the ousel -Mr. Oppenheim : D ors
he not keeps beerhouset-Mre. Robins: lii. me that
keeps that. -Mr. Oppenhelm : But it is his, although von
manage it.-Mrs R 'bins : I auppose It is lils.-Q -You
leave a license ?-A..-Yes-'Q -And you .all slot of hter
and spirits I What profit do you make on It 1-A.-
Nothing, I teink ; not enough to pay the rates end taxes.
-Q.-Then why do you kreo it open 1-A.-We have
held on, hoping to get up a trade. Times expenses ought
not to have been brought upon MP. -Mr. Oppenheim : We
cannot try that: it has been settle'. I do not see why
your husband cannot pay Ll • month.-Mr. Benne stated
there was a 61U of gall cn part of the goods, and he
believed it was a family arraagement.-Yr• H 'bins
(flarcedo : beg your pardon. air, the property belongs to
my son.-Mr. Owenbeim : Have you any lodgers t-k--
We have goinc---4 -And you charge them for their food
and they pay for their lodgings t-A.-Yes.-Mr. °peen-
helm : I think there is quit* sufficient evidence of ability
to pay-Bee. Robins; My husband says be considers he
does not owe the money, and would rather go to prison
than pay.-Mr. Oppeoholui : num he had better go.-An
order was thereon made for committal for 40 days, unless
Al were paid within • fortnight, and 30s. • month after-
wards, and 11r. Oppenheim explained to the wife that if
the payments were made the order for committal would
not be enforced-Mrs. Robins: We can't help that; we
can'tP.lla Mr. nn• then appeared against Robins, the same
party, in another ewe, wherein he had recovered £lO
against the defendant, to be paid by instalments of £3
each. In this case the defendant brought a party from
Cornwall, but there was judgment for cs Dsfend-
ant and his wife made • claim of £1 10.. on the other side,
which, to gave trouble, Mr. Hanna admitted. and gave
them credit for £1 10.. out of the £58.. 64.-Mr. °peen.
heim : She says she cannot pay the other order. Hadn't
you better let this stand over 1-Itr. Beane If they
cannot pay now in the height of summer, when visitors
are coming in, it I. quits certain they =mot pay it in the
winter-Mrs. Robins: I:to you think we are doing a good
business in that honest-This case was adjoui nod until
Use October Court.
Hawkers and Freeman,, Robins for £1112.. 101., was
also adjourned till next Omit.