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

POOLE.

THE FOURTH DORSIT RlFLES.—Lieutonant Aldridge
swore in fifteen recruits for the 4th Dor.et Hid •
Company, on Toesel•y, and in addressing the ooipe
expressed his gratification that it numbered more
members and wade • betWr position pecuniarily than
tier il had beep at any previous period.

STIALING Mist —On Thursday, at the petty sestions,
Edward Casty tem charged with stealing MM. a beef,
vale* 2a. 61.. of Mr. Soul, betaiter, on the previous
Saturday night. The prisoner ple olecf guilty, and the
magistrates, taking Into oonsiderstion hie pest good
elisrecter, sentenced bun to seven days' hard labour in
Poole gaol.

Tax Taoism CIUICH•ILLTL—On Wednesday, a
weary meeting was held In St. Janie Church, to
commie* and audit the semen,' of the Moslem, when it
appeared that the principal paid off 10 MMsr,. udiud
last 'oar amounted to 11331 13a. 4d., which with
£54 10a. At interest, moires total of £3BB 3e.
The Its,. A. 'Wilkinson icl.i that £9OO only was DOW
owing, slvon he anticipated would be covered by Mao
collection of two mote ,Mai.

A NOM LOTXML—fiaperiatemdent Gifford brought
up • young man, unused Frederick Longman, before our
borough magistretet, last week, ebarging bun with
hawing obtained food, lodging, and money, of varioun
parties under taloa representations, some of whom
having innocently allowrd him to take them in, beineas
he seemed such a very Pose young man." He corn-
merioei his deceptive practises about Ave weeks ago,
sinew when he bat been living on his assumed piety and
she simplicity of lodaieg-boearibeepers, to all of whom
he pretended to have a situation at the Hinson Pottery.
Saab proceedings, however, cannot be carried on very
bOg to one place. sod this enterprising youth did not
change hit nelghbourboed quite quick enough, for on
Saturday our petite alloweintenderst of polies discovered
the true character of out hero, and it then turned out
that the situation at Hinson pinery icre• a myth. The
Mayor ientenced him se • rogue End vagabond to cese
month's Isar labour in Dorchester gaol.
OanUNDLIMI CO PPP AG•11111T POLICE
ScirgalleTlNDMlT —At the eonclo•ion of the magisterial
Wainer, on Thursday, Mr. John Ormie, boot and shoe
umber, in an excited tone, addressed the Bench, and
said he had • grave complaint to make of having been
sesstad with sleet oont-mpt by the Superintendent of
Police. On being denired to explain, be said, "The
other evening there was • meeting at the Temperance-
hall. and the bona made a great noise on the stain,
and I fold Mt. Gifford of it, bat he never answered
me." The Sciperitrteudent, in reply to the magistrates,
s.ia it w. Mr. Om'. own fault that be received 00
answer, but he insnsedlidely gave instructions to •
constable to watch the outside of the building. He
did not nand one inside, alit was private property, and
he thought 11c. Cuis would be one of the first to ques-
tion the right of the police to remove the boys of
tender yews from the Temperance Hall. As a matter
of courtesy be warn always ready to render machines to
all who applied to him. Mr. Mate corroborated this,
and said, being applied be, he was boand to whet that
Mr. Offord bed ever been fumed willing to respond
whenever hie aid wee required. Th• magistrates eon-
sickened the police were in the right, as the Temperance
Hall wee not • public beading, and those who held
meetings therein should employ a person tbenseelves LO
preserve order on the otoiro, it being no part of the
duty of the pollee to do so. On hearing thin domain..
Mr. Cue abruptly reared apparently much disappointed.
Being a ratepayer. 'NNW be wag gnarled to protexition.