The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-06-03 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH COUNTY COURT.

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Smith v. Lasso.—This was a 'Adak hy a publican of
Portland, for CI ls. St. for drink said to be ordered
by defendant, and taken out of the boom Plaintiff
produeed his book, whende were the entries of the
beer oopied from a slate, which plaintiff said Its wrote
himself.
Kt:Howard for defendant, questioned plaintiff about
DOMO oonsidarable mitrias of beer fur one men. Seven
quits, plaintiff said, the defendant took in one day,
and two quarts before breakfast. lie curled it all
away, except one gallon taken t 3 another quarry. Wes
sure &Conduit fetched ail the beer himself. Defendant
pas eery free, and DODO away • lot of boor; be brc tight
two or three people sometiatte to drink with bun.
There woo some drink which he had indoors' • bet had
not "billed' him for that. By "billing" he meant
seeding a bill for him. Onset defendant told him he
was going to the bank, and was going to draw £3O, and
would pay him. Plaintiff cal ed his wife, who said
defrodast himself fewhed the drink from their house
In September of last year, all except ono gallon. Some-
times she herself, and sometim-s her husband drew it.
In one day he fetched at much aa 18 obits, and carried
it away in pint 6301a5, SOMOMDMO l pint, and miss-
times 5.11 pint,

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The Jadge remarked be must bee come pretty
Mon.

Th• witnue said that ones ha fetched four gnarls.
The quarry it appeared was about half-a-mlle or
three-quarters off
Mr. Howard said U this mu bad bun the man
fetching for the company, there would hare been reason
for it; bat the company's beer Ina obtained from
another This man was walking half-a-mile to
and fro each elms, and if he only fetched 1 pint each
day, he must hove Diu walking and Milking all day.
Defendant, called, said be and hi. company (three,
with a boy) were working as Tout, and the company's
beer woo supplied from Mr. Read, Primo of Wales.
Newer fetched any out of the house. His beer he bad
of plaintiff I. drank in the hams. He having had one
gallon and 19 pints, only for supper beer. It was false
that he constantly went to that house. Mead's house
was • mile and half away,
Mr. Howard explained tbst the reason the def ndant
went so far was because Read was conzested with
quarries. . .

A boy named Gibbs, who workod in the qaarry, said
tbe boor was fetebed tWioe • week from the Prizes of
Wales, al Mr. Read works in a quarry. Went in Read's
came or twice a week. The moo drank shoat sir 40a15s a
weak; they only had it twisty a week, mid sometime

Si!ward White, qnarryman working at Tout, with
Comben and Lute aad the boy. A company jso.rally
Baleen a house, and his °crawly oboes John Notthover
Riad'. house, where ilhe boy was mot Lane never
went for berm at all. If Immo had mimed so much time,
they would have knows it. The boy would go onoe or
twice • week. About twit* • w,ek they bad dinner in
the gamier, sad then they bad maul beer there, but
aot Whoa they go horns to dinner.
Oroas-examinad by plaintiff: Had been absent some-
times, but would bay* knows if Lane had been &lomat
1.. or six ties... day; be certainly wan not. Hod
known Latio nine years ; be drank • little ; sad he bad
wee hire the were. for liquor aNw h 0... Nye*, taw
him drank la the quarry.
The Judge: If you were giving him • character,
would you my be was • sober man?
Mr. Howard: I woeld oak you: honour not to press
that queetaoo ; Lan. takes • glan of beer sometime'.
Mr. Howard oontianed to urge that It would have been
to the advantags of the oompany had Lute been away
Ito often, and his dm* would hare been checked against
him.

Bartholomew Comber' denied that beer was sent for
from plaintiff.; but from John Northover Read. Had
had no beer fro. Smith as a company. Had known
Lano five or six yeers, but oonid not say if he was •
moo given to dna&
The Judge said plaiotili had sot made out his ease
sallafestorily. He would either nonsoit bits, or give
him judgment for what defendant admitted, about 91
pint.. If plaintiff thought he mild prove his ease
more fully, he would non-cult him, and give him an
opportunity of proving it.
Plaintiff said he did not know defeodant ; be said he
was • man of property, and scald pay £lO.. eery es he
oauld pay one. Defendant took hint to the Bask, with
• note of band, trying to borrow L'2o on his boom; bat
lir Eliot did not approve It.
Defendant said this wa• false; be promised to Ps/
plaintiff his honest bill; but not the bill be 'sot him.
Hr. Howard said no doubt defendant bed had some
beer in the hour., plaintiff had been told he wait not
mover, ago BO he had brought the bill as for beer out
of the bouts.

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By sinumant, Ivwlkt waa taken fur £2, to be
paid in • mouth, and El • month afterwards.
Carta v. Badifiejk fdr £2O, oompeosation
for it jury sustainad by the ncgligenoe of defendant's
servant.

Mr. George for plaintiff, and Mr. Hance for defend-
sat. This was • jury 0r.., Messrs. Bartlett, (builder),
and Bartlett (baker), Mr. P. Aping, Mr. Thomas
Anderson, and Capt. Barrett, compose.* the jury.
Ur. George stated that on the 19th Much, about
three o'olesk in the afternoon, plaintiff WM assisting
lissirs. Brown Bros., who bad the oontract for the
drain in Bing-street. He was shovelling reins* earth
late a wheelbarrow, and while doing so, a horse and
oast, loaded with iron, mute down through King-street,
nader the oars of iefendant's servant. A bar of iron,
projesting three or fear feet from the cart. struck
plaintiff on the head, infirting • semen. wound, and
from that time to the end of April plaintiff was laid op.
Within a week be had an opoortanity of a eitet•tion on
board • steam lettoeh, at 30e. • week, which he thus
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Leery (hater, plaintiff, living in Edward-street., and
by trade • carpratar, said on the lt/th March, be was
filing • barrow about three or four o'clock la the
afternoon. /le .aw • oat growing, and having • barrow
between him and the earl, he did cot rise up ; but •
jagged piece ol iron projceriag from the cart Mrsek
uha on the head, and classed • greet deal of blood.
Within the., days after this happened, he bad mimed
be work ter Mr. Salami, at Torquay, at 30• • week ;
bat he 'mid Dot go. Woo vitt' son did sot kora
Ike arbor sill out.