The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-02-09 00:00:00

coUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

BATI'RDIT. —Before Ur. H. B. Middletoe fin the
char Mr. U. W. Player, Mr. Darreen•Damer,
mad sir. E. R. Pearce Eunsbe.

wILYEL nslatna.
.%Ifred Wollaston, Thomas Cosh, George Mears.
Charles Thud. and Frank Northover, were
summoned for damaging the framework of a well
on January 21th, at Dewlish, to the extent of 05.1.
W..lla.ton did not appear—Mr. M. C. Weston
peeecuted. and !qr. K. N. Howard defended Cosh,
Mears, and Tisard. —Henry Marsh, shoemaker, of
Dowlish, said he rented a field of Sir John Michel,
and in that &hi W4l a well. It was an enclosed well,
&lona three yard. from the road. There WA. • frame
awl a door to the well. Alsnn half poet sever on the
evening .4 the 'aril he saw the well, and the frame
wao then in it. usual state. On the next day he
(wind it turned over, and entirely destroyed. Cow
. selerable free must have been soot He estimated
the dainage at a s..—Crosgesantined by Mr.
Howani : It W. an rld cosering and he repaired it
' himself alsurt 12 month. ago. The well was by the
sole of the public road from Iboirl.h to Purldletown,
on which there were many people nameintr•—By Mr:
Waiton : He had had the damage assessed by •
carpenter, and he pm it at £2 s..—An iild man named
Bartlett. groom hi Major 2lichel, said on the night of
the 23,d. •••••4 10 he was in his bedrcmrn, and
heard a tapping st the door. He went downstairs,
and found the defendant Cosh at the door. He asked
for a few Nyder*, which witness gave him. While
ash Wa, in the him. his door was knocked at several
times by per.ons .miside, and witness iequested them
,to leave olf Defendants were there witti others.
; They threw snowballs, which broke three panes of
glass, ;mil when witness looked out, one of the irnow•
j fialls hit hien in the forehead. —Mary Cooper, landlady
..f the Royal Oak Inn, lawliah, said on the night in
, soesti.m defendants were in her house. They left at
10 o'clock. -John Brown, carter in the employ of Sir
John Nlichel, said he knew the well in question. On
the evening in que.tion his and the defendants left
the public together, and went down the road wham
the well is situated. Two of the defendant., whom he
belimed wets. Wollaston and Cosh, got over the fence
that separated the field from the road. (Mr. Weston
treated Brown as an adverse witness, be giving his
evidence in • hesitating manner.) Tne two men who
got over pushed the well.frame over. (Mr. Weston
prodisced a document signed by the witness, hat Mr.
Howard objected.)—P.S. Bodden, masticated at
Ifilhorne St Andrew, said he was at larlish on the
24th. From information received as to damage toe well,
be made enquiries. He examined the well, and found
the framework broke. The drum and the wink were
under a hedge several yards away. He went and saw
Wollaston, and told him he was charged with breaking
the well in company with the others. He said " All
right, sergeant. I know nothing about it." Witness
. then ILIV/ Nlesrs, Tizard, and Cosh, and charged thorn,
and the latter said "Who seed us do it?" Witness
toll him lie bad evidence of it, and they would be
summoned. Alseit all hour after, at Dewlish, Wollaston
aaid to hint "Well. sergeant, what do gun think we
shall get for this job ?" Witness told him he did not
know. He then said "I am afraid I shall lose my
I bade." Fis is He added "I did help
the others t,i break the well. but I would •41: have
been mixed up with it for a couple of "quid."—P.C.
North...pr. stati ed at Puddletown, awrolarated.—
: Mr. Howard was pareeding to address the Bench for
the &Jaw, when the Chairman said they had decided
I as dismiss the case against Cosh, Mears, and Tirorl.
—Wollaston was Reed 10s., CI damage, and costs.

4 BAD

Alfred Hallett. .4 ST:rt. 11-Olts Everehot. was mom
monsoi, under Section 10.4 the Public Health Art of
11.175, for having • polluted well on his premises at
Everohot.-144endant pleaded guilty.—Mr. Leigh
Mid be hail written to the agent .4 Lard 'Mustier,
the owner. twice, jolt he had not had the courtesy to
reply to either liater.—Charlm Hann. In.pector of
the flamin.ter Rural Sanitary Aishiwitv proved
taking a aunple .4 water fron, the well. and tailing it to
the County Andy.' at Sturmissater Newton.—Dr.
John Comyn. leach. C. y .‘nalyst„ said no
Febrimary I.t ho ressiived a muiple .4 water itnnn Mr.
Hann. If.. lately...l it, and gave it an hi. pinion the
water wa. 11,6 i... unfit for drinking, iir for any purpire.4
asnomiption by min or bract. -Mr. Leigh, who
.1.1.-sroil for the .tighigity, asked that the well be
uuu,ntly;lo.esl. - The Bench made the necessary

1.1111(1.1T. TO. A HON.

sliaseph Stickland and Harr- y Lewia were charged
with cruelly treating a horse, the property of Mr.
Morrie, iron founder, of Nlaiden Newton.--Proseentor
asisl he lived at Evershot, and the Imre., on the 3rd
wee in • field at Froine Vauchurch. Front
information received a few slay. after, he looked at
the horse, and found it had been staked in each hind
leg. The wountbi were an inch and • half deep. Witnem•
gave information to the polioe. The horme had nos
te+no it IMO twin cinee t the time be maw it it
%VA. in great ptin. —Mirth.. Roberta. maid mho lived
at the Foundry. From.. Vancliiinh, and ,UIW the berme
turned suit into the field .11 .rannery 3rd. On the
following Saturday Stirkland came to her and maid he
W,“ in the field, bait Ise slid not ...take the Imre.. lie
admitted lie isele the Mee. ...set the h«lite He maid
he wa. very 'sorry. Ind asks.' to he forgiven. Lewis
at s .aisl he was. in the field, awl maw Stickland risl.
it over tlie hedge. lie denied that he ill•iirrsl it. and
maid he wea very morry. —Sergeant Spraelaing,
mationed at 3f 4islen Ne.ton, .61 on Friday, January
ink he receiv.-sl information sli.it the Imlay had been
He went to the mtaisle and was therrs.hown
the animal. H. found it very .tiff and there was
matter 4,-charging from the wo ~,,, I*. The hope.
appeared to have been atakeil. Stickland afterward*
admitted to him lie nobs the h•we• 'Wey the hedge,
but maid he we.. not aware Is. %takes' it. —lmspector
111 °die repro eent.4l the H.S.P.O .1. —Thu Bench dim.
iniosed the (past nunitheiency of evidence.

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Alfred Dean Wan charged with wi stealing cement,
the property .4 thr.rge 'Newell, builder. of Wry'
' mouth. -Mr. Bowen peercuted. and Mr. Howard
' defended - Walter George Dowell, eon cif the prom-
: rusted he was war working for his father upon
h.ores he WWI loading at the lack of Argylle.teprams,
'Men lent end Ilia uncle were engarrl in doing the
• laiuklaying part of the work. He. had mimed
• materials from the Kenn... On Nfondar, the lit
'list., there was wen.. cement iu one of the unfur•
• Mahe.' home.. It was in is barrel. There war nitric .4
' it miming. mad he mentionol the fact to hi, father.
la consequence .4 direction. given him by his father,
' he ex I ...me article., in the home, and on the
Tuesday found • hag amtaining cement. He com-
• pared it with the cement in the barrel, and
; they torn-spied...l in every respect. At dinner-time
he heard defendant nay to • man named Chick
•' Fetch the bag." He afterwards RIW Dean carry.
• • tug the hag which Chick gave him. Witnese
I foll..wed him and esk.l him what was in the hug, and
he ref tierl to tell him. After some preming he
I admitted it WA+ cement, and ultimately took the bag
and put it in the mine plam. in the building, The
. bag was Imerled over to the police.— P.M. Chaffey,
I Mat ed at ft...dip-le, said .m Feb. Ist Mr. Dowell
Caine to his station and made a complaint, and after.
• wards proem:up w's oin ti him. In consequence
of what he sail witness went h. the boildings. He
' wri• shown a low ,of cement, and smile cooks of the
From oneof the mak., he stated 10. had het
' eon-. Fronk thet cask witness took is mmple (pro-
!mii ."11 and compered it with that in the bag.—Mr.
' I ; mi.l defendant had the contract to do
th brickllying and he liscl nothing to do with
' monent.—Thir WM the case for the prommitiono—
Fri...seer pleaded not guilty, and elected that the
I rune Amid lo dealt witl, vinimarily. —Mr. Howard
' • addressed the Bench for the defame, and mid he had
perfect lnireer to the change.—He called ()roma
lEdward Dean, who. raid he Warn a bricklayer,
and had entered into s contract to do the
• • bricklaying for Mr. Dowell. The min, Dean
' worked fur him. Wan,. also did work for Mr.
' Penny, who owned Hanover Lodge. He had a
' quantity of cement stored. In a job for witness
' ,riemer had full authority to go there and rret cement.
I Prisoner did some work for wane., at Mr. l'enny'a
Ihmise on the treirnin question. In that hdi he
had to use cement. The cement in the ling (pro-
, I &iced) was aimilar to what lie had in stork. --Sara's
• hurt, cook at Hanover Lodge, mid on the Nl•npley
' pris iner MIMI there to do the chimney, •nd he was
sioken to abont the grate. He came and looked at
it. He said he could not du anything while the fire
' IVAN lighted, and said he mmld do it next mornin
' Prisoner had • beg of cement and mime Pols with
' him, and he asked to be allowed tOD leave them them
which he did. On the following morning he came and
did the job, using the cement. When he left he took
' the bag of cement with him. -Mr. James Fenny,
owner of Hanover Lodge, AAA on the hit Felyntry •
new chimney jot we., required there. Witnem
ordered it to be done. Witness went with the
' prisoner to Mr. Dean's store to get some elate and '
cement. It was oarried in it lag der to the one
produced. Prisoner left the bag of cement and took,
thervtillthefollowingmorning.•Nle Inties.Weyilionth.
*M.' he had known prisoner for six or seven yearn
if,. was a well-condiscted young Olan.—Heftjainin
t' .'ly, apprentice to Jr. 1/ean, said he went to the
StA WV, aiell got mine cement with Om prianner. He
I went to Hanover-1.1.re, on the Dorchester-road. am'
prisoner at tip, work, tin the following day
prnoner brought tip. hag !,t cement to the hour. near 1
Argylloterrace, end pot it doyen quite openly in one
of the ro.enn.—.l.lwm G 1,111114111 proved WWW/g priWWWr
come up the road with the leg .4 cement towards the
house" they were at work on. When 'towel' took the
bag from prisoner witness told him he had wen Demi
bring the bag of monont Pi OP. loom— rip. 'tench
did not think it tieciemary t.i oall any further sividnotay
and distuirmel the case. •

WEYMOUTH.
entortaintnent on behalf Of
the Mission Hall and the choir Nflds was held in
St. Mary's schtmlnetm no Thnnulay evening, and warn
well attended. The programme it... Mani "f
humorous, miinical, vocal, and imarumentai
and warn entitely sustained by Mr. and tbs. eludes
Hickman. The Rev. .1. If. Scott, rector. prefticled.
TRICAT TO THIC !truants or THIC -
women and children at the rnion had a treat on tin-
es-ening of February :ird in the form ~f a tea and
entertaintnent, which ia annually provided for them.
"wing to arrangements treneronaly made by N(r.
Dickeream and a son of Captain East. The company
preaent for the occasion included Oaptain, Mrs.. and
the Min..' Ea..t, Mrs. Me'Oluaeland, the Nliaace
Payne and Smith. Mr. G., Mr.., anl Miss .tndrewe,
&c. The male initiate, were present at tine enter.
tainment, which wad Iv/lowed by a distribution of
tobacco, snuff, oranges, and sweets.