The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

SHIREHALL, DORCHESTER, July 13.--Before Herbert
Williams, Emt., and Captain Kindersley.
EdWardElle was charged with being drunk and
disorderly at Broadmayne.— Fined ha and costs.
Emma Bushrod and &find liumre were summoned
for steeling fruit from the garden of G. OSIIIOII,I. Esl.,
of Knights-bottom. The ease was proved by P.C.
Maidinent.—tinium Bushrod, who had been previously
convicted for a similar offence, wee committed for one
month's imprisonment, and Selina House was fined.
including costs, Its. Bd.

CAaras Fra.kei4 was summoned by Edward pawes
for an assault. Complainant said on Saturday week,
the defendant and he were working together in the
same field at Cluarininster, together with two others,
named Greening and Satehell. Defendant said Greening
was to go and fetch the tail.boatd of the cart.
Greening raid he could not go, and told witness to go.
Witness went and got it, 011,1 placed it on defendant's
harrows, when defendant took it up and threw it at
him and threatened to strike him. Witness told him
he haul bettu r do it, and he did strike him and pull
his hair. Defendant also knocked him down and
stininvul hiin. About five minutes after the foreman
came there, and told complainant to get away or
defendant would kill him. Defendant said he did not
know the consequence of killing a boy.—Defendant
said the complainant aggravated him by throwing the
taibboard on the hariows several times, and also with
thrising stones at him, and mating his h•nd. Ile
also threatened to cut his head open with the plough
aull. He then did slap him, but he denied much
that the complainant had stated.—John Satchell said
he went down to see what defendant was doing with
the boy, and saw Inin slap him. He did not see the
beginning of it.—The case was dismissed.
Mary Ann Beale was summoned for assaulting leer
husband at Wyke Regis, on the 3rd July. The
defendant was not present. - - Sergeant Hitch said
lie served the summons personally on defendant
on Tuesday. and she then said she should not attend,
As she had no niimey to take her up to Dorchester.
Complainant said his wife was in the habit of getting
filmy, and on the lat July she went into a shop which
he keeps and robbed the till. She spent the money in
drink and got tipsy, and when he reproved her for it
she said what was his was here, and she should do
what she thought proper. Finding she was indecent
lie took • bed into his workshop and slept on it. She
threatened to break open the door. Next day be had
I occasion to go to Weymouth, and when he returned he
: found her quite tipsy. Re said, " You've been at it
again to day then." About 8 o'clock on the evening of
the same day she went down to • farm house for some
egg., which lie did not want, and smile sailors brought
her back. He was afterwards told of her riding in
a fly to the passage road with a drunken sailor. When
she returned he told her to go back to the niati-of -war's
I man, for lie would not have such a disreputable
character to live with him. He was going to shut her
out, and she got hold of him, when he knocked her
down to release hinotelf from her. On the next day,
Thursday, she threatened to go and get asuinunonu from
I Capt. Manning against him, but instead of going there
I she went to Viakehaan, got tipsy, and was dancing all
day with sonic parties there. On Friday and Saturday
she got drunk also, and behaved very badly, anfl he
obtained the present summonu against her.—Sergeant
Hitch on being asked by the Bench what he knew of
the case, raid froui what lie could learn, there were six
of one and half-a-dozen of the other. He believed that
she had now left till place.—The Bench ordered that
she find sureties to keep the peace for 6 months.
1 Charles Rovers, Swan Inn, Broadwey, was charged
I with having two earthen quart jugs and two pinta,
under the standard measure.—Mr. Rogers said they
were what he had taken of his predecessor, and was not
aware they were not compet.—The Chairman stated that
laws sometimes changed, and what was law yesterday
was not always law to day. A few umuuimitlia since, bad
defendant been summoned there for these cups the
Bench would have dismissed the case, hut in consequence
of • recent decision in one of the superior courts, it
I appeared that innkeepers and others were liable to a
penalty for all incorrect weights and measures found
in their premises, whether they were used or not.
I The Bench' in this ease, would inflict only a nominal
I penalty of is. and 001t11.