The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

POOLE.

POOLE Yacirru—buit week the Aunt, W. H.
M. Ellis, Fag., • yacht recently launched from the
yard of Meson. Wanbill, of this port won the 100
guinea cup at the regatta in the Clyde. The Bijou
another yacht built by the same builders this
mason, won a second prise of 25 guineas on the same
day Lithe Aura won the 100 pines cup.
Acoretsr.—On Friday last as a young man named
Miles was walking on the edge of the quay, he saw
something lying ta the bottom of the water, and on
going down he found it to be a Bette boy named
itiar, lying flat on his back, and fife appeared to
be quite extinct; but on bruiging it on shore and
applications being used, it was brought to fife. It is
supposed the boy must have fallen overboard, and
after struggling in the water until exhausted sank
to the bottom. We hear the poor little fellow is
going on well.
QUARTER Sessioss.--The Midsummer Sessions for
this borough were held on Monday, before the Recorder,
William Major Cooke, Fag. There was only one
prisoner for trial. The usual formalities having been
observed, and the proclamation against vice pro-
faneness and immorality road, the Recorder delivered
his charge to the Grand Jury; after which Henry
ANgusfess Norris was placed at the bar, indicted for
embezzling El Is. the property of his employer Mr.
William Bound, jun., to which charge he pleaded not
guilty. Mr. Coeens prosecuted, and Mr. Beetham
defended the prisoner. The prisoner had formerly
been in the employ of the prosecutor, Mr. William
Bound, jun., corn merchant of this town, but on the 31st
of December was dismissed, and directed to famish Mr.
Bound with • statement of amounts between them. In the
month of April 1859, Mr. Bound was at Durcheetar
market, when he saw a Mr. Barnes who was indebted
to him in the nun of Li Is. Mr. Bound asked him far
' the amount, when Mr. Barnes said he had paid it, and
subsequently forwarded • receipted bill with the signa-
ture of the prisoner attached. The prisoner was then
given into custody on a charge of embezzlement. Mr.
Bounddeposed that the prisoner never made entriasin the
cash book as he kept it himself, and that it was the
prisoner's duty to pay over to him daily the cash he
received. The prosecutor swore positively he never
received the El Is. Mr. William Moores, clerk to the
prosecutor, was called to prove that prisoner never made
entries in the cash book, and had not paid him the
El ls. Mr. Beetham, for the defence, contended that
the prisoner paid over the money to the prosecutor the
day he received it, and that it WY an error on the part
of the prosecutor in not entering it in his cash book. 1
The learned gentleman asked whether it was probable
that for the sum of one guinea the prisoner would ruin
his character and reputation for ever; he reminded the
jury of the frequent occurrence of mistakes, and
observed that, if there had been two or three cases
against the prisoner, there would have been presump-
tive evidence against him, but on the oontrary, there
was hut one solitary instance of a small amount, which
strongly favoured the supposition that prosecutor had
omitted to enter the sum when he received it. The
learned Recorder summed up at length, and the jury,
after • brief deliberation, returned a verdict a not
guilty. This concluded the business of the sessions.
Perry Seasioss.—Appeal oyaittat Poor-Raies.—On
Thursday last the Magistrates decided in the appeal case
of the Poole Gas Company r. the Overseers of St.
James' that the appellants should pay the costs of the
Court only, the costs of the appeal to be borne by the
respective parties.
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BINDING A THRZATINING LETTIR.—On Thursday
last, helm a full bench of Magistrates, M. Gotily de
Marine, • French gentleman residing at Parkstone,
was summoned by Mr. Joseph Rickman for inciting him
to commit a breach of the peace. From the statements
of both parties we gleaned that some time since M. de
Chemins, received an anonymous letter reflecting disgrace-
ful charges upon himself, andother letters were sent todif -
forest persons. From some reason or other M. de
Chaville suspected Mr. Rickman as the author, but the
matter was explained and an apology made. Some time
after M. de Chaville altered his opinion and thought Mr.
Rickman sent the letters or knew something of them.
A great deal of correspondence ensued which was
brought to a climax by M. de Chaville sending a letter
to Mr. Rickman, in which he desired him to name a
friend, who, in conjunction with a friend named by
himself, were to settle the matter. The letter concluded
with an intimation that if this proposal was not accepted
Mr. Rickman must take the consequences. On these
grounds Mr. Rickman applied to the Court to have M.
de Chaville bound over to keep the peace as he feared
personal violence from him.—M. de C6rille, in defence,
denied that he intended to inflict injury on Mr. Rick-
man, and that he meant in his letter to request Mr.
Rickman to name a friend who would aid in mutually
settling the matter.—There was another summons
against M. de Charlie, arising out of the same affair,
for threatening a young man named Wiae, and the magis-
trates were of opinion that the caae would be met by
ordering M. de Chaville to be bound in his own meg-
nisuumes of MO to keep the peace towards John Wise
and all Her Majesty's subjects for six months.