The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-10 00:00:00

BRIDPOILT.

BOROUGH PoLICR COURT. Saturday.—Before J. T.
Stephens, Esq. (Ex-mayor). th. Hay, M.D. and T.
Edmunds, Ewa. —J amen Farnham Granter, watch and
clock maker. East-street, was charged with un-
lawfully assaulting and beating .\ mba, his wife, on the
28th of April. Mr. C. G. Nantes appeared for the
complainant, saying the treatment was of an
aggravated character; the parties had been married
13 years. and defendant had kept up a course of bully-
ing. threat., and ill-usagc. He kicked his wife on the
21-th ult., and turned her, and the three children out
of doors. If they convicted defendant for the as mutt,
he (Mr. Nanteei) would apply for an order of judicial
separation.—Mrs. Grinter, who appeared in a very
exhausted condition, said she was married at
Dorchester, and they now had three children. On
the 13th of April she was in the workshop at the back
of the premises, and defendant was swearing at her
I because she trod on some beans in the garden, and he
cut down the clothes-line. ordered her to take the
clothes off the line, and when she did so, stooping
down to take the things up, he kicked her in the hip.
She was enceinte. He swore fearfully, using in-
famous language saying he would kill and d for her.
She crawled as best as she could to bed, and stayed there
tillYriday afternoon. Noons was preeent at that assault.
, She could not tell if decadent was drimk,
he WA violent on all occasions. She should think
defendant's profits out of his business amounted to
£lOO per annum. —ln answer to the charge, defenviant
said he was aggravated. He had just finished a clock,
and she brushed some brick-dust into it.—Mr.
Nantes said this evidence would support the charge of
assault, and he would now call evidence to prove that
complainant was in need of separation from her
husband.—Defendant demurred, and wished for an
adjournment; but ultimately expressed his wish that
it proceeded.—Mrs. Grinter was again called, and
said her husband had ill-used her every day. Had
thrown buckets of water over her, and had threatened
to throw hot water from the fountain, had used had
language, and beat her shamefully, so that she had
to seek refuge elsewhere. On Wednesday lad he
threw water over the children and herself, and
ordered her to leave the house. She did on, and went
to his mother's, and when they came back the doors
were fastened against them. Afterwards she had his
dinner waiting for him, but he had water for her, and
was going to kill her, so she sent for the police.—
P.C. Chaffey said he was called on the previous day
about 2 p.in , anti Mrs. irinter, who was at the deer,
asked ham coins in. Grinter said to his wife, "Yes.
you —, I have threatened ye, and will de it again."
She (complainant) said she wanted her clothes to leave
the house, but defendant refused. He had locked up
the clothes, and said he allowed his wife ten minutes
to get out of the house. Witness stopped there until
she went out. Dofendant continued to use disgracefial
and abusive language.—The Bench fined defendant
Ts. and Os. lA. cats in the assault case. They
considered the assault a most brutal one, especially
considering the state of the wife. The fine was
nominal. AA he would have to pay the whole of costs
to the wife. In the case of judicial sep emtion
complainant would have the custody of the ten'
younger children, and defendant to make his wife an
allowance of 14s. per week, defendant to take the
eldest child. Defendant's fine and costs, with the
costs of his wife, amounted to I:2 Is., which he paid
before leaving the Court.

BOURN BUM:ITH.
Ix Bournemouth the p .pnlation is 13.092—m0re than
double what it was it the last census. In B ocombe
and Springbourne the increase is *till more remarkable,
the numbers now being :—Boscombe, 1,310; Spring-
bourne, 2,086 ;whilst Winton and Ildoordciwn, taken
together, have a population of 1,751.
EARLY CLo9ll,lo.—lt is tintler,t iod that with one or
two exceptions the whole of the drapers in Bourne-
mouth have agreed to close early each Thursday even-
intiifrom the let of Jane to 15th September,
Psorosso CH 4.14Cf.L OF r• T. MICRARL'S CHURCH.
—ln the came of bir Germ oi on Tuesday morning,
the vicar, the Rev. E, Wantlin. read a letter from
the Bishop urging the cornoletimi of the church and
promising a donation of £25 to the bull Bag fund. The
vicar then made a statement on the subject, from
which it appeared that £3 000 is required for the
work, of which £1,350 has been received, and it is
proposed to commence the 131114111 Z as soon an the
receipts reach £2,000. He further animated that all
who were able oho *I I at once incite such • donation as
the Bishop's, rennarking that it twenty-five similar
amounts were received the work might be nut in hind
at once. The offertoriei amounted to £57 Cs. 4a., and
various cams have been promise i since.

METHODISM AT BOOHNEMOOTH.—The present Wal-
ley= Church has for some time peat been inadequate
for the town, and it is now proposed t. 4. erect a very
elegant and anbitan id but ling on the site now occu•
pied by the Tregonwall Arms Inn, and adjoining the
present church. A meetinz in aid of the funds
required was held on Monday evening, Mr. T. F. C.
May, of Bristol, presiding. It was stated the cost of
the site and the building was estimated at £6,655,
£4,500 of which would be expended in the building
itself. It was proposed to leave a debt on the church
of £1,500, as sufficient money could not be obtained to
pay for the whole work at pr +sent, but a scheme had
been drawn up by the Rev. J Ingram, the pastor, for
clearing off the debt by coons of promisee of certain
sums yearly in three veers by those interested in the
work. A number of sums were promised annually
during the evening, and various small donations were
also promised.