The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-04 00:00:00

COMCZBA AND NON OONNIAIDONIV OrYICCIM

900y(11. 500yds. 600yds. Tot.
Sergt-Instructor Horst 26 32 11 69
Corporal Iloorofield 26 22 20 68
QM. Sergi Mowlam 23 21 18 62
Private Brown ... 22 20 19 61
Ckwporal Brown ... 16 18 21 55
Sergeant Hoskins ... 23 12 6 41
Bugler Hyde ... 13 11 7 31

176 159 121 456

PRIVATI3.

Private Riddell ...28 80 23 81
Private Won Way ... 30 23 21 74
Private Hitching ... 18 16 13 47
Pirate Chisman ... 20 14 11 45
Priv' ltowthorn ... 17 18 8 43
Privet- Webber ... 18 7 15 40
Private Haynes ... 18 14 7 39
Private biarsh ... 14 15 6 35

163 137 104 404
A RIVELOBATIL—A man named Kirby, a well-known
charac er of the town, was charged b.fore the borough
magistrate+ last week with tearing up hie clothes
and smashing windows in the workhouse. The porter,
George Webber, and the master, Mr. A. Clarke,
i.rov,d the case. The prisoner had n thing to say for
himself. Mr. Supt. Hunt put in the following list of
convictions sgain.t him :—Feb., 1871, charged with
ssgee,.9. and discharged,. Nov. 11, 1872. vagrancy,
10 days hard lab .ur in Poole gaol; Aug. 18, 1878,
drunk and aa+aulting police, tao months in Pool.
gaol; Jan. 12. 1874, drunkennes+, three months in
Poole gaol: Oct. 12, 1874, vsgrancy, judgment sus-
pended ; Feb. 5, 1875, larceny, three months, and one
month far drunken an I disorderly c •nduct ; Aug. 14,
1875, drunk and assaultinir the police, three months'
hard labour in Poole gal; Nov. 23, 1876, wilful
damage at the union, one month hard labour' May 4,
1877, drunk and dis rderly, one month hard labour,
assault on police, four month.' hard labour, and
damage to cell door, one month bard labour; Jan. 9,
1878, drunk and disorderly and assaulting police,
three months' hard labour in Poole gaol ; May 10,1878,
larceny from dwelline-house, oommitted for trial and
sentenoed to 18 months' ha-d labour at Dorchester ;
May 31, 1880, drunk and disorderly, 14 days' hand
labour in Dorchester geol.—The Bench now told him
it was nee'ess to deal leniently with him, and they
"sent him down" for another three months' hard
labour _ .

" TR. Cerriea."—" Captain" Gibbs, auctioneer I
of this town, +rho was recently one of the princi
defendant. in the extraordinary charge of lortaktre;
into and out ring the Bournemouth refreshment
ruins, was brought up in cust dy, on Tuesday,
before tit" Mayor (Mr. (1. Curtis), and Mr. W.
Western, charge.' with an assault upon George Brinni-
oombe, smith. The defendant was represented by
Mr. Lionel Budge, who complained in emphatic
terms of the " monstrous " procedure of issuing a
warrant for the defen lant.—Mr. Allen, the magis-
trates' clerk, p Wed out that his was a mutter quite
within the discretion of the magistrates, and ea the
complainant had sworo he felt in danger of his life,
they had considered there was no alternative.—The
complaina,t than stated his dory, which was that on
the previous evening he heard "Captain " Gibbs hav-
ing words with hi. wife and threaten her. He said to
him "don't knock the woman, Captain," Rum which
Gibbs up with his fist and gave him a black eye (the
prosecutor exhibited his eye with its fading discolora-
tion to the court) He told him it was enough, but
the Captain followed him up a p issaze and gave him
soothe in the face, ani threatened he would kill him.
—Mr. Budge: And in consequence of Chet you say
y it go in fear of your lined (a brawny man):
Yes.—Mr. Budge: Then all I can say is you are a
most extraordinary man and have not much pluck.
(taught. ).—Mr. Budge: 13 n't you know that It is
the worse thing anyone can do to interefere between •
man and his wife.—Complainant: Yes.—Mr. Budge :
Then don't do it again. (Much laughter.)—Mr.
Western : We all know " the Captain " is of rather an
exci.able temper.—Mr. Budge than argued that the
complainant, by his unwarranted interference in •
squabble between man and wife, had brought upon
himself what be received. He had two or three
witnesses to call in behalf of Gibbs, but he would
submt to the case being settled at once—The Bench
Inflicted • fine of 10s., and 9s. Id. costa.
Cousrr Coon. Before Mr. Serjeant Tindal-
Atkieson.—The only asses of interest at the County
Court, on Monday, were the following : —Penny e.
13eckinghem.—Mr. T for the plaintiff, and Mr.
B. Hill for the defendant.—Mr. W. Penney stated be
I wag the surviving executor of his late brother. The
defendant owed • debt of £l6 6e. Payments had
since been made On Jane Ist and 17a, 1878, of El
, each. These were instalments in accordance with an
agreement to pay the whole amount £l2 of this was
I money lent. —ln cross-examination by Mr. Hill, Mr.
1 Penney said some money had been collected by his
nephew. He c ,uld not say whether be had ever
received 50s. in behalf of the plaintiff —His Honour
Noted, then supposing the nephew had received money,
how Yrs it the defendant had acknowledged the debt
by paying £2 on accounts—ln answer to the Jnige,
the defendant said he did not deny that he bad paid
these two instalments, but he had never made any
arrangement for the repayment of the rest; £7 104
was all that was owing.—Hia Honour put the question
sternly to the defendant, did be owe the £l5 alleged
to have been lent or not. Defendant admitted that
be had received the ris, but he said he bad paid it all
back except £7. Under the*e circumstances the
Judge said be would adjourn the case for •
11 jury to try it —Mr. Travers said he was quite
willing to secede ti that course, and afterwards
be would indict the defendant for perjury.—
The Ideechani ffill Fire Brick and Blue Clay Com-
pany v. Jenkins and Son, builders, ..f Bournemouth
and Chrittcherch.—Thu warn a jury caw, which
occupied the Wend= of the wart the greater pert

el the day. The following gentlemen were sworn on
the
_tar/ Messrs. 11. N. Bhinobard, T. H. Belson,
W. H. Ballard, J. Clatter, and J. Hosklue.—Tbe clisan
was for En 4.. 9d., being the balance of an account
for bricks, &a., amounting to upwards of £l5O.
Against this a counter claim wai pleadol of £5 Us. U.
for goods returned. &c., and £4O for overch.rge, &c.,
on the amount charged Uv. brick•—Mr. Alkinwm. of
Blandford, appeared for the plaintiffs, and kir. Leavy.
of 13011111011110 U al, for the defendmito.—lt wm a most
interesting cam, and simply resolve{ heel( into die
question did the company supply a second lot of brinks
at the same prios as they did the first quentity.—The
Jury found that they di 1, and gave the company •
verdict for £3 la 101, only less El lOs for cr-riage.

THE REVISION OP TEE LIST OP VOTERS.
The revising barrister, Samuel Carter, Esq., held his
court here on Monday last. But little Interest roomed
to bs taken in the proceedings as a compromise had
been come to. The results of the revision were as
follows :

PARLLAKIWI'4IIT.
Liberal claims 21, sustained... ... 18
Lodger claims 3, " ... 3
Liberal objections, 38, " 24

Conserved VG dal= 25, suesehbed
Lodger claims 11, .. 7
Conner retire objections 4, " „, 2

ii
MUNIOITAL.
Liberal clalnis2s, sustained... ... U
Liberal objections 42 " 28

50
Conservative claims X, imatained ... 16
Conservative objections 4. " 1

17
Liberel gain ... . 33
The Liberal party were very ably represented by
Mr. W. H. Curtis, from the office of Mr. Trevanton,
and Mr. Lionel Budge and Mr. Travers, won for the
Conservatives.

PETTY SESSIONS.
Twenteay.
(Before the Marie! (G. Ondis, Esq.), W. N. Western
G. Clutch, and E. Conway.)
DISOMOIirtiL Cognear. John Fancey, jeer., •
soldier, and Tom Henry and John Hector, of Lytcbett,
were charged with an assault upon George Ilibba—Mr.
L. Budge was for the prosecution, and Mr. H. B. Dick-
inson for the defendanta.—Tbe complainant stated he
was • dealer, and on the 17th he was returning from
Poole about nine or ten at night, in company with a
young man named !lampoon, when stones were thrown
at him, and the defendants came up to the cart and
threatened him. Directly after, Fancey struck him in
the eye with • stick, The defendants also cut the
basket from his cart. He used lus whip, but whether
he hit either of them, be could not say.—ln cross-
examination, he said on the evening in question he was
only going about five miles an hour. His usual pace
was six miles an hour. He was not one of the two who
were racing when the unfortunate accident on Ham-
bridge happened. Ile " defended" himself with his whip
as well as he could. lie only felt one blow, and that
was given by the soldier; there might have been other
blows, and he might not have felt them. (Laughter.)
—ln answer to Mr. Budge, the complainant said it was
a pretty good hard knock that Fancey hit him, and he
did not remember much what occurred afterwards.—
George Bampsoe, who was with Hibbs in the cart at the
time, gave corroborative evidence, and said that Tom
Hector hit the complainant one*, Yancey hit him twice,
and Henry Hector cut the basket from the cart •
1" the little one," John, picked up dirt and flung at the
cart. When Hibbs was hit in the eye by Yancey, the
blood squirted out, and came all over him. Ile lumself
warn hit with two stones in the back.—Mr. /Wham proved
passing four young men on the evening in question, two
of whom he recognised as Henry and Thomas Hector.
They got up in his waggon, and used very bad i&They were the worse for liquor.—Mr. James Talbot
albot
identified all four defendants. He saw them on the
, evening in question about the time when the assault was
' alleged to have been committed.—Mr. Philip Osmond
identified the Charles Churchouse was
called, but could not speak to the identity if the accused;
it was dark.—Mr. Dickinson ridiculed the serious nature
of the assault; but the Bench considered the assault
proved, but as the defendants had never been before
them before they let them off with the very lenient line
of ss. and costs, or 14 days.
" Aertn-v Bervtao.' —Four little boys—William
Bymea (9), Alfred Spines (7), George Newman (8),
and Edward Henning (9), of Constitution Hill, were
charged with stealing fourpenny-worth of apples, the
property of Mrs. Foster Parsons, of Parkstone The
complainant did net appear, but wrote a letter asking
the Bench to deal leniently with them—Mr. Budge,
for the defendants, requested the Bench to dismiss the
ease, which, after a caution to the boys, they did.
A Num Wlrs.—James Barter Allen was summonsed
by his wife. Jane Allen, for an assault on the 17th.—
This was an adjourned case, and is reported elsewhere.
In reply to a magistrate, the complainant said her hus-
band was drunk at the time. She had been drunk herself
before, but the defendant had driven her to have • glass
extra. --Defendant said on the occasion in question his
wife came home three.parts "slowed," pulled out a
mouthful of hair from his head, and throw • bucket of
water over him. She was in the habit of keeping her
child, a girl of 11, out till 12 at night. He cled •
neighbour, a Mrs. Blundell, who said that on that day
Mrs. Allen came home drunk, threw • pitcher up against
her door and used the most filthy language. Asked by
the complainant if she had ever initulted her, Mrs.
Blundell said she called her a monkey, and ought to be
chopped up in pieces and thrown to the dogs.—Mrs.
Allen: Oh you wicked woman!-_A son of the parties
was called, but he said he saw nothing of it, se it was
dark at the time. They shuMed about and were as bad
as each other; his mother was holloaing out to be let '
go, and his father was &Aiming out to his mother to let '
him go. (Much laughter.)—The Mayor rebuked the un-
seemly demonstration. It might be amusing to some
people, but it was sad to see husband and wife pitted
against each other in a court of justice. The present
'case, however, would be dismissed.
I CliAltrii or Assartr.—John Reynolds, of Ashley
Cottage, hawker, was charged with assaulting Richard
Safford, picture dealer, on Wednesday last. The
complainant stated he was in the Now London Tavern
when the defendant called him out into the street and
asked him about • debt. He told him when be paid him
he would do the same, and upon that the defendant,
saying he would kill him, struck him terice.—ln reply
to the defendant, complainant admitted that when he
asked him for his debt he said he would see him
, before he paid him.—Mr. Frank Belben, who
happened to be passing at the time, proved seeing the
defendant slap the complainant's face upon two impinge
occasiona—Edwiu Harris was celled, but could
throw no light upon the matter.—The landlord of the
house, Mr. Charles Gutheridge, said there was no row
in the house, and what took place outside be could say
nothing 'about—Defendant said the complainant first
commenced the row, and celled Mr. Walter Ballard;
but be could only speak as to • few words inside the
house; he was nothing of what took place outside.—The
Bench said there was no doubt as to the assault. If
there had been any disputes between the parties it could
have been settled in a legal way. Defendant would have
to pay ss. fine and El 2s. 64, coats.
Mary Jane Dural, married woman, pleaded guilty to
having been drunk in the Market-place on the 23rd, and
was tined be, and tis. 64. costs or seen days'.