The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

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Nooses* out (tad hi bdfierea ft we Mr Berkeley% her in a eery unjustifiable manner; geed Provost**,
The
mth.yeorfactuheidrthweliemuni Hag to Sake hitt d'aghter beck
I:4=)hive put the hem iiito the trap. He then pro- no doubt hod been giv. n, but there au n° 0100" "4
EG deem ibe the pekoe in which he loved the his behaving in such • way as he had. Mr. trey said
ben k the trap with • view of confirming thin bill::
Qs tae land lie bad 11,000 plants whited he stated were to his home. Tlm giii, however, who w•e er,ing
eomplebely spoilt by Mr. Berkelay's pheasants, and that very much, deehird she wOoki not go home seam.
Awe were 11 there that inoroing.—Mr. Berkele7 iatrtm • v. ry mush crnsured the
be ermaid andertak• to swear that no birds ever sat on S aide told. fendent ;if the girl had oehamd wrmtr.
isi• Chrtstmas her in arid, a violent manner ; he o all I not h•v• hit
• decsadrinhad
be..Vekteddio. none
dThei,enredmiegrei.ing
himnear theist. He Its shoal have t.ied to calm her aith'tet striking
dinner on porpoise not to be annoyed with him, and battier if it had been tlie in «elf defence. They
Idnot was the way he was ssreel by bbe. Defendaht : considered it an ofteravaisul coot, •ntl lined him 10s. mod
Yee have; roe, ewe mate it • •ule ohms* me once fit. &I. meta He might all that if it lad nut been
• year.—The Henith °wandering the offence, ;roved, admitted by the girl that some provocatioti had been
ordered the defendant to pay CI, inelwiing costa—Thor given they would have ted d•readout with the
old man said be had oily threepeeee in hie p eket, and extreme penalty and sent him to prison.
washed token:or if be was not to hue Ids old trap spin,
cawing soma asnommeot by the quaintness of his
remark.. - 'titer consultation, and under priest
from Mr. B rkeley, the lienoh allowed him a week
to par.
STEALING STIIIIW.—Jseeph Rabbits, • labourer,
re.iding at Geese's All Saints was brought en in
custody charged with stealing 32ih. of strew, of the
value of is., the property of Mr. John Friend, farmer.
—PC. Dicker acid that on Sunday, Jsnuare 26th,
about bait-pact six ant., he raw the prisoner go to a
Sell in the occupation of Mr. Friend, where there was
• quantity of straw. Prieoner pulled out come from
the hap and made it into two bundles, sod proceeded
to carry it away. Witness folle.mul, and took him
into custody. He expreaed his sorrow and asked
witness not to my anything about it.. —Prisoner eleckd
to be tried be the Bench, and pleaded entity, exttressing
• hope that Mr. Friend would forgive him.—Sentenced
to one month's Imprieonment with hard labour.
Da a GEROII RIDING Georre Wicks was °barged
with riding in • waggon drawn by three horses end
having no oi'e to guide thion.—Hefendant pleeded
gnilty, hot stated that he was obliged to get up on the
shafts of his waggon as the water wt. out in the lane,
and he bed not gone more than 300 yards from the
piece when the polioemen met hitn.—The constable
stated that the horaes lure going at full trot, and the
rued was narrosr—Superintendent Boynton said he
meet ark the Bench to make an example In this ease.
The defendant was driving very fast in a narrow lane,
▪ d Ifmith'nit had been coming in an opposl'e
direction it would have been Limbed to pieces. A
aritten character for good undoct was handed in from
the defen.lant's employer, and Ur. Austen spoke in his
behalf, but the Bench basing given stri. t or fere to the
Police in such cases, said the" snail • gericare offence
could not be looked over, and fined defendent 10s. and
7a. costa.
PIM A LTT FOR "PICKING or" NALL —Charles
Beam et, of Holt Wood, was charged an& r the provisions
of the Poaching Prevention Act, Milt having gaol terfully
in his poseesinon • here.—P.O. Jimmie Hobbs said that
suspecting the defeodent of having been poaching, he
searched hint, and found • here in his pullet, which
wu warm.—He hard the report of • urn about 20
miont. a before—Defendant said that he picked up
the hare by the side of the path as be was .alking along.
and as he bed been net id work two menthe, did had
five little children, all unable to work, be thought it
was more right for him to put the hare in his pocket
than it was for the prilioensan to take it out. He con-
sidered that wan highway robbery I—Fined 20a. including
ousts; •Ilowed a week to FIIF.
WORTHY OF NOTICL —At the last court, a reppect.
able looking nian. named George Randall, a carpenter,
residing is Wimhorne, was summoned for neglecting to
contribute to support the illegitimate child of his wife.
The buy wee in a Reformatory, and the defendant dis-
puted his liability on the ground that the boy's mother
was dead.• The cue wan adjourned to have the opinion
of the anthotitiea, and the reply was that by the 4th
and sth Wm. IV., cap. 76 and 77, if a man married a
' woman having an illeirttitnete child Sr children he was
legally liable to contribute to sopport the seine till such
child or children striined the age of 16 youth or till the
death of the mother," sod if the defendant'. statement
' was mutest the magistrates had no alternative but to
I dismiss the mommons. Liemissed accordingly.