The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

BNIDPORT COUNTY COURT, PImAT.
Wore T. K. P. LinoT, Jodp.)

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There were 255 new plaint', 213 judgement summonses,
16 plaints na served last Court, and two adjourned
mass. together 301, the heaviest number it this Coart
for • long time, no doubt owing to it being two months
sines the last Court was bold. Most of the cams, as
usual, were settled out of wart, and nearly tbe whole
of the others ware petty disputes of no interest eacept
to the parties immediately camerae&
Li COTIIM.-Mr. T. Fry v. Mr. B. B. Hae.—This
was an action for Osetmant from a sottarl,3rLarden
and premises Litton Chessy.—Mr. foe
plaintiff, Mr. Howard, of Weymouth, for indent.
An intricate legal argument took place between the
learned gentlemen as to the rightful owner of the
ri:=Lwhich ended in his Honour giving •
adplaintilL
Jain Thorn.,,. Greenieg.—Clains el £1 is. 2d. for
Omega to a salt—Mr. Day for defendant. Pinkert
said be ens driving a cart containing cider down • hill,
when be was ran into by defendant who broke the
shafts and barna, and the eider went into the road.
Mr. Day for defeadaut said they didn't dispute the
damage bring done but it was by pure accident throurb
defendant's bone running away. The defendant said
K. offered 10a, to plaintiff alter the "ardent out of
kindness; be did everything be ooald to prevent the
asoident Hr. CI. Dunn said he had jar pared by on
• bores, when defendant's hone auto& and defendant
had no metro' over the bone whatever. Mr. Leigh
was here instructed to appear for plaintiff. Mr. Dunn
said defendant's hone went at a wild trot but not at •
gallo Defendant's wife mid she was in bis cart on
this coomion the 16th July, and the horse stated and
broke into a hard gallop and went as fast as it possibly
ociuld,her husband did all he road to avoid the
accident. His Honour thought though this was
partly an accident defendant was liable, as, though he
amid not stop the bores, be might, be thought, have
Mewed It. Verdict therefore for plaintiff.
Hallett s. Tsylor.—Olaim of 3a, 6d. for reeovery of
• amtbe.--11r. Leigh for plaintiff.—This *eyrie was
left at Mr. Born Bryant's end plaintiff found afterwards
that defendant bed mold it. A witness was sailed who
said that he gave la 64. to defendant for the myth*
which be had now—Defendant denied selling the scythe
at all, or receiving any money for it, and Samuel
Hanford was the ran who sold it, and Hanford said he
did and nerved ls 64. for it. The witness who bought
the myth" declared however be bought it of defendant.
Mr. Bea Bryant said he provided the scythe and the
agreement was for the plaintiff to have Um scythe on
cutting the whae of his gram, but he did not finish
cutting the gnats, so that the scythe did not belong to
plantar. Verdict for defendant.

SINGULAR STORIL—The death of Mr. F. H. Wiser],
proprietor of tbe Northumberland Arms, Bermoodsey,
took pine ou Thursday morning, the Bth inst. Mr.
Winin retired to bed tin previous night in his usual
health and spirits, but at 5 o'clock in the morning he
ruptured • blood vowel, and in air boors he expired
from exhaustioo. It mons a remarkable presentiment
of his death was made known to him two months
previously, when, to .muse his children, he drew upon
• slate, a coffin, and wrote an inscription, a verbatim
eopy of whin was inscribed on his coffin pine, on his
Interment, as follows :—" Frederick ft Wiggin. died
October Bth, 1868, aged 40." This sketch and ioserip.
tics he showed to his wife, and others wbo happened to
be premed. Tho remains of tin deceased, who wad
meob reopened, were, on Mooney, tan from London
to Haim, for interment by the aide of his tathar's
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