The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

WAR EHAM.

COUNTY Perry SESSIONS, Tuesday. Before
0. W. Ferrer. Eq. (chairman), and IL Rodgett, Esq.—
Edward Woolhey and George Watts, of Wareham,
labourers, were communed by James Morris, game-
keeper on the Charborough estate, for trespadng in
search of game on the 29th September. Their guilt
being established, Wooling, being an old offender, was
hoed El end cone, and Watts 2.. &I. and meta—
Samuel Hunt, farmer, was summoned by Joseph
Curtis, toll collector, for non-payment of two tolls at
the Militant Gate. Defendant's waggon was conveying
hurdles front one pert of hia farm to another, in doing
which it passed through the gate and along the turn•
pike road for some disteace. The Bench decided that
defendant we. liable to pay toll In these ewes,
and be wee ordered to do so and pay 9.. ineluding
oasts—Joseph Cotter°ll, carter, in the employ of
fir. Venda, coal merchant, of Core Castle, for riding
on a waggon drawn by three bones, on the turnpike
road, wa• tined 95., including aosta.--Charles Brown,
of Wool, summoned by P.S. J 041148, for allowing& bone
to dray on the highway. was lined he,, including cods.
—Henry Spear, of Bare Regis. was summoned by
, IN4IIO Giaoll, of Winterborne Riniptoe, for wing •
greyhound for taking • hare at Bore Regis Mr.
R.N. Harmed, of Weymouth, for defendant.—Gibbons
I. the gamekeeper for Mrs Michel, and he said
that on the 4th moat., about three o'clock, be saw
the defendant take • hare on lend belongieg
to Mrs Michel. He ;rent up to the defendant,
when he was on the highway, and asked him
for the bare. Rpm rsfued to give it up,
when the keeper said he should take it, and
proceeded to do as, when defendant got off the
horse be wee riding and struck him Gibbous re-
turned the blow end • struggle took place, when Speer
threw the bare ever a wall, but he got it epic, mounted
hie bone, and rode off. Defendant injured witnem's
thumb very much, end be was obliged to keep
it bandaged now.—ln croes-exeminetion by lir.
Howard as to the usault, Gibbons said he vu not
appointed gamekeeper for Mrs. Michel in writing.—A
rionversation then took plane between Mr. Reload and
the Beach on the law of the case, and the maxistrates
derided to dismiss the charge of assault, Gibbons harm;
no right to stop the defeodent..—Mr. Howard admitted
the poaching, but explained that defendant started the
hare on his mother's-lend as he won going to the mill
for some corn, end followed it to Mrs. Michel'. lend.
As Spear bad been convicted twice before for pow:Mag.
the &nab lined him half the penalty—f 2 10s, and cute.
—George Cull, of Carey farm, and Sum, his wife,
were brought up charged with stealing two iron bars
and • piiicie of sheet iron which had been used to convey
water from one held to another, the property of Thomas
Phippard, of Wareham. Mr. 'rumen prosecuted, and
Mr. R. N. Howard defended.—Mr. Treveoen stated the
case, and milled John Green, bailiff to prosecutor, who
stated that George Cull had noted Came farm of Mr.
Phippard for two years.—Mr. Howard rained an objec-
tion to the statement being received unless the deed was
put in Court, end it was srranged that should he done.
—The property in question was produced, and witness
identilled it as Mr. Phippard's, Lest Monday he saw
the bars in Mr. Gillingham's workshop. and the other
be found a marine store dealer named Wellsread had
purchased of Mrs. CulL —A °mediation took place
between the legal gentlemen, Mr. Howard contending
that as these thinp had been derni.ed to Cull or
handed over to him when he took the farm, there could
be no criminal offence in what be had done, and that
the only remed7 complainant had was by an aotion for
damaged i n •cavi I con rt. —The Chairman said the evidence
did not move felony, and unless Mr. Trendier, could
oarry it further, it was no use to proceed. He being
unable to do no, the ease wee stopped, and the prisoners
were discharged.—When the property was disemered to
hive been odd. Superintendent gales wuppuspreicpsul
with, did the result was thet Cull wee apprehended on
Saturday, and hie wife this moroing.