The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

BOROUGH PEfTY BEWONS.

Towuttatd., Tuesday, June 2.1.-11efore the Mayor,
and J. Ayl.ng, Esq.
Juan HoeLins, baker, was charged by Lsuncelott
Durnman, umeeator of weights and measures. with
having with him no tinnier weight' and scales in his
rounds for delivering bread to his customers in the
borough.-- Fined 10s. and costs.
&enema Procter'!, Joshua Burch, William Royal, Ind
Henry Si of Portillaani, were all similarly
charged, and severally fiued in the penalty of 10e. and
Costa.
Eli:a Holland Wll, charged with 'smutting Serail
Stone on the 19.11 Jitne.—lflie complainant sail he wan
• pupil teacher at the Infant School. at the Chapelry.
She was in the schoolroom on Saturday, and defeudint
Mune in and charged her with striking her child. Com.
plainant denied it, and defendant called her many
, very alausive amine+, and threatened to dealt her brainat
I through the window, and her heed through the gallery,
, awl aftereards shook her fists in her face. Subse-
quently elle dragged her germs the room, pushed her
againsNltae table on the way, into the large school, and
n , thece I to the garden. The inintrem then manse along,
I and defendant let go her hold. She tore her dresa
• little.—Mary Ann Boyd corroborated the complain-
a. ea evidence. -The Mayor asked if defendant me*
drunk or sober at the time l—Complainaut aid ate had
been driukims.—Superintendent Lislbnry said defendant
was ons of the tiuival dissipated women in Weymouth.
She was always drunk and creating • disturbance in the
neighbourhood. Indeed she was scarcely fit to be at
large. A few days since, daring one of her drunken
fits, she broks every pane of glue in the bowie, while
all her children were screaming niurder.—Committed
fo• • niouth's hard labour.
Charles knitehl was charged with assaulting Walter
Gilluighain on Sunday night in King-stroet.—Defendaut
called coinplainant sonic opprobrious names and after-
wants struck him two or V ree blows in the facie and
gave him a black eye. Comploinant gave defendant no
provocation whatever. Complainant. who is a Volunteer
Rifle, was in uniform at this time. and defendant da-
inaged his feather—John Venn, who was with coni-
I pleinant on Senility night, said that Knight knocked
Gillijigleuc ,town twice. Oilliughani gave Knight no
ero•ocation, nor did lie offer to fight.—l)efendeet said
Gilinghion challenged him to fight, and that he sparred
at him. HO then called John Brewer, who said he was
with Knight. Brewer name up &nil sl'arresl at Knighs,
and altar awhile Knight struck him and knocked him
down.—The Mayor said he IVRS very Homy to see defen-
dant brought up the emend time within the last month.
If he were brought liii again he would feel it his ditty to
take his license- from him as • wheel-chairman. Ile had
no sionht the defendant had committed the asssull
entirely unprevoked, end lie would be therefore fined
10a. for the assault, 2s for the feather, and costs 4s. ado
or be committed for 14 days' hard labour.
Jol. a AI eerily wan charged by Richard Baker with
endeavouring to provoke a breach of the peace. Both
the men were watermen, and it appeared that defend-
ant called the coatiphainant very opprobrious epitheta,
and abused him very much, calling loin a foreigner, and
to go home In, his own parish. The water•
moo gener tbv ha -I an againit the complainant
an ho hail a license to set es a waternian. and not being
a native or the pmee.—iterennans newest sue charge,
and called .14.111.11 Lye, a retired painted and glazier.
who said lie was present, and that the language used
by the it, (meta t was note quarter an hail as had been
reprisented.—The ease was dismiased ou defendant's
pay Mg the costs Of the Court.
'nee was charged with tieing drunk and
ale soitiiig PI. McMahen in the discharge of his
duty, and tuarieg his clothes, end also with meaultiug
Charles Willie's' Williams. Defendant ;deeded guilty,
oil Ow a.k.a.:, a Mr. 'fixard, who appeared ler him. and
Mr. Vilhienuiidid nes wish to prose the clisr2.•. Fiueil
rat. for drusikenneas, gl for the itaissir IA the clothes,
. and coil, ti I.' paid within 14 days.
Edward Wave., a respectably deemed young man. I
was charged with picking sta....ekes of saeati
at the Weyneeith Railway Station, en Monday Istat.
Prosecutrix said she lived at Mr. Diuliel
Jones'a, Hr.' foral, Wilts. She came by the
excursion tea is to Weymouth on Monday, and im-
mediately she got out of the train on the platform, she
felt some mie uncomfortably prem ageiiuet her. She
looked round and I.llw the prisoner stand there. She
felt some one press against her agent, and on looking
round, saw the primmer walking mows the platform.
She put her haat I to her pocket, and found tier puree
was gone, end immediately on ascertaining that fact she
law she prisoner ruiii,iui. and Ale crawl out " stop
thief—Stop that man." She had in her purse half-a-
crown only, h. railway tisket, and • piece of paper.
I A. the prison r wan running. she saw him putting her
puree, which was a leather oue with a Merl top, into
his coat pocket The purse Iroducesl was her property,
with the paper and addrem on it.—James Knight said
that on Mondsy morning he sew prisoner r •gto ,
wards the Royal Hotel yard just as the eacursion train
cone in. WItItIVI ran down, and some one stopped
him. A policeinse came up, as did also the
proseentrix, and she gave prisoner into custody. Almost
immediately afterwards he saw the purse drop (ruin Isis
coat sieve. Witness hold them prisoner Mel dropped
• purse, and a toy picked it up, and gave it to the pro-
tiecutrix.—William Henry Brown mid he was its the
Royal Hotel yard on Monslay moruilig. Psi-oiler was
there too. He saw a purse on the ground, sll.l as lie
wan giving it to the woman. some man 'matched it from
his hand.—Snperintendent Lidbury produced the purse
containing the half.crown, the rsilway ticket. and
piece of paper containing an address. He re-
, calved it from the trosecutrix. Prisoner had been
gearei:ed, and in his locket were three half-crowns, and
• pocket book. He said he was R tailor, but had no
settled home.—Job Curtain, • railway guard, said lie
stopped the primmer at the back of the Royal Hotel.
After be had hzin given into custody, lie mw a purse
ois ground. The boy Brown tanked it up, and
witness took it fern", him, awl gave it to the prosectitrix.
—Tb• prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, antibe
Binh adtteeteed hire to 6 atoethe' hard labour.