The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-11 00:00:00

DORCH ESTER.

CORN MARE?, Saturday. —lnspector's Rata= :
Wheat, We tosBe, average Me 110.

MIDICAL —Mr. .1. R. A. Taylor, of 'hie town, hes
scooessiolly passed his lisaniisatlos, and reoeiesd the
degree of lamellas of the Apothecaries Society.

Toe New Ruiteeze.—The lists of voters now on the
church and ehspel doors, give the following numbers:
—Holy Trinity, 152, St. Peter's 142, All Hants IU7,
and Fordingtnn 249, making • total of 610. On the old
teguter there were 456 voters.
DORCHINTIIR SCHOOL OF A ICF—n. onoivoro.ry of
this ',moot will he held this (Tuesday) evening, for the
distribution of prise., ka, when J. Floyer, Esq., IL)'.,
bee kindly consent 4 to preside. The next mission will
commence on the following day.

BOROUGH PLITT SsastOPS, Wooday.—B•fom this
Mayor (G. Carom, Esq.), J. F. liodLes, J. Bishop, Bag.,
M. Dampish, Esq., sod Dr. J. P. Aldridga.—Thomas
Oberry„ horse-breaker, Princes-street, summoned for
keeping a dog without a Wrenn, was toed Ms.

DORCH coon FAlL—This fair was bud on
Theriglay last, and the day will be gratefully remem-
bered theist:won, as having brought with it • glorious
fall of rain. There sag • large number of eibeett Penned,
and there was • fair attendance, but trade waa exoeed-
!ugly dull, and not more than a fourth part of the sheep
on offer were disposed of. Prices were about 20a. •
head lower than at this fair last year. Ewes made from
25e. to Ms., and lambs from 13e. to 225. each. 11r. J.
T. Reser let by suction in the Frir•field some superior
Busses down rams Doan the dock of Mr. H. Fookes, of
Whitechurch, and, though the prices were lower.than
last year, they mart be considered good for the season.
A very beautiful cnintal was let to Mr. Lucas, our
Yennineter, for 17iga, another was secured by Mr.
&Inertia nee Bridgwater, for 15115., while Kr. Wyatt,
from the Taunton district, obtained • very nice ram for
1150.; the avenge prise was 10p. Mr. J. C. Fuchs,
of Larne
.Abbes, sent 60 rain lambs and three rams to
the Repository, where they were offered by Mr. &neer,
at three o'clock. These were also in very good stock
eoutlttwo, Lad the lowest pries obtained was 34g5.,
while others ran up to lOgs., 111$., 12p., and e won 13ga,
making on the nonage shout 6p, each. The horns
wen very too. and nothing el note *warred in this fair.
cretterri POLICE, Moltdoß.—Botore CAM Sykes Ben.
—A man named James Beasley, of Chricinster, who
has long been notorious in the punkt as • drunken
na,ar.da,ool, was brought up for aristalting his wife.
It Mauls that she is an industrious respectable woman,
and nag to work to keep their four &Indian end her
husband, for if he does any work—and he la •
skilful labourer—be spends all he earns In drink.
On &nudity morning he ease Into Donthaster
to pay some rent, and having taken ltoo
to hillastlked devoted the day to SWUM dnikabint

wife wee out all day Kling iv the A°ld at "shesAng,"
and +ben she returned home about nine o'clotk, she
found her lord and master trine on the bench, which
terve, them for • bed, in a drunken state. He said
"Why don't you li bt • firer and shoreli s ed "Because
there is nothing to t a fee with." "Why," he then
asked. "don't you ye the children their supper?' ani
the answer wu "Became there is no victuals in the
house." Then he sworeat her, and said, "Why don't
you go to Burton to get the sovereign there is ooming
Upon? you shan't hove any of my money." He got
up, and, striking her in the stomach, felled her to the
floor. She screamed "murder," and the neighbours
went in and he was prevented doing her further injury.
P.C. Head now append, attracted by her eries,end took
him into custody. Ann Bulger, a neighbour, spoke to
there being a greet row at the house, and she said that
prisoner Iris oonsnually ill using his wife. P.S. Vickery
said Beasley had been up before fora similar offence,also
for attempting lis own life. The prisoner implored his wife
to forgive hire this time, and vowed that he would
touch her nee. He would work hard and take her
home the menu. He hoped she'd please not be bard
upon him. They had several little children, and he was
food of thim. He knew he'd had • drop of drink, so
be could sot help it then, but he'd never do it again if
they'd Is him go.—The wife said she was in feu of
her life—He was committed for two months' hard
labour.

Jo=nu R0113•111.—A disagreeably artful case of
robkry by • boy occurred on Sunday week, at the Con-
gregatioual School-room, South-street. About the
thin of the assembling of the school in the morning,
en
alarm was raised by leveret of the lade that " • man,
wearing a long brown cost," bad got in at the vestry
eiodow. The open casement, and the etstement of five
or six boys that they had seen a man there in such
attire, led to an inspection being made. No one, how-
ever, was discovered, but a missionary box we. found
to Ike* been broken open, and a portion of its tiontents
—believed to be five or six shillings--shetruted. The
Indies were a ,mmunicated with, and inquiries were
made. Servant Cousens, observing the character of
the robbery, concluded it had been done by the school-
boys, and, no finding who were the lads that discovered
the" man' in the room, immediately suspected • youth
named Pater. On being questioned, he admitted that
he got into the vestry by the window, but said he did
It to dnd out who was the man there. At length, how-
ever, it came out that it was this boy Potter who broke
open the box and stole the money—though he said he
only had eightpence—and he concocted the story shout
"the man with the long brown coat" to screen himself.
Then, showing how true it is that "one bad sheep will
infect • filar." five or six other boys were induced to say
with hiss—they had men • man get in at the window,
through hie sharing with them • packet of " pops"
which he purchased with part of the stol.m money. To
• sister—a girl of 12—Potter gave • few upper., and
she slso appears to have been particepo crlminis, for,
when inquiries were made, she told a tale about spend-
ing something in "pops" and hiding the rest under a
omega wurixel in Pordingtoe field, but when taken to
, point oat the root, there was no mossy there, and the
, state of the soil showed there never had been. The
principal delinquents were taken before 11. Devenish,
i Fag., on Monday, when they received suitable and
kind', admonition, and it into be hoped they will henon
forth" keep their fingers from picking and stealing."
Cotitt Comm, Thursday—Before T. B. P. Lefroy,
• Judge.—There were 64 plaints entered at this
stoma, but the only thing left for his Honour's decision
was an application for costs by the plaintif in the ems
of John Orchard, labourer, of Weymouth, v. William
Davis, gentleman, of Dorchester. The claim was 84.6 d.
for work done, sod defendant paid the debt end Guts
Into court shortly before :he commencement of businese.
Of wane, notice could not be given to the plaintiff, and
he attended to prove his case. He now asked for ex-
penses, and his lionou allowed him fin—An application
was made by Mr. W. If. Atkinson, of Blandford, in the
case of Payne v. &noway', which, with cross action;
has been before the court several times. At the May
court, Payne, who is • horse dealer and publican at
Britoombe, sued Sanwa's, formerly • miller at Nether
Cerne, but now landlord of the Coach and Horses inn,
Dorchester, for CI 13s. 10d. for beer and ales had is
1866. Santways did not appear, and an order was made
for payment on the 12th June. At the same court,
&always sued Payno for • balance of account, but in
consequence of plaintiff not appearing, the case was
struck out. An application was made by Samways, at
, the June court, for to new trial, in the use in which he
be had been ordered to pay CI 13r. 10d. It wes allowed,
on Ssmwsys paying debt and cost into court, but the
order as to outs was lrft for further consideration. At
the .1517 court the ane was re-heard, and Samways
claimed that £2 ff.. 61. was doe to him. The case
tuned on the question whether Payne bed pail • £2
for which he had not been credited. lividentcc was pro-
duced to show that two nailed been paid, and Samwaya
admitted it. but, ba said, the second E 2 was paid to
defray • debt due to his father, and was io appropriated.
His Honour was satisfied this was the ease, and gave
judgment for Pairways forthwith, but directed that the
amount should mot be raid out till the day alter the
present court. Mr. Atkinson, who knew nothing al
the previous proceedings, and had only been instructed
on Monday, appeared with witnesses to prove the pay.
muot of the two £2s, but Samways offered the men
simple explanation of his apparent failure to give
Payne credit for the second CI The judge destined to
re-open the cue, and allowed idamways Be for M.
attendance to-day. Then the matter rested with Payne
to be paid El 13s. 10d., and &always tin, 6d., but as
to Payne it was said there had been execution issued
against his goods, and Ii turned out • bill of sale had
been given, so the sum be was entitled to would be
appropriated to meet that claim.