The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-02-16 00:00:00

PETTY SESSIONS.

Refers. Mr. W. Pearce (chairman), Mr. Stpring, Mr.
Glitch, Mr. Farmer, Captain Stone, Mr. Western,
and Mr Rarity.
Thalia% Dominey was summoned for neglectirg to
send his twp children to scrus4.—Mr. 11. S. Dickinson
•ppisered for the School Attendance Committee.—
Defendant's wife pleaded her husband had been out
ot work, awl the children had no &site or Phoes. She
promised they should go on Monday, and an order
WAX made to that effect.
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Ihinford, ni l'arkatone, wax sunimemed fnr •
like neglect of the Rye La.—Sfra. Dunford pleaded
that aloud threw week* ag.. *he had an increase. and
she Was "bilged to keep her children home, and her
hie.hand wee now down with the sciatica. She had
el • limule full of mieknese.—Mr. I>ickinaon said it
aao alwayn the PAM. tale. —The Bench did not think
her reawili a irisJil line, anti " very reluctantly
hI her 9. ad awl made the usual order
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Charles Cattle, of Parkstone, also represented by
his wife, pleaded. through her, guilty to having
neglected to aced his two children regularly to school
—NIT. Dickinson maid there was really no exciter in
this caw% as the rica• paid the finea.—kfrs Cattle
excused the neglect 111 the round of" solda."—The
Itench said it was a poor inciter, and fined defendant
14.

—.William Willa wax eummoned for a like offence.—
A letter was handed in swing the defendant was
away hiking for work ; and the wife was in heti
occupied in getting over her confinement. The
children, according 1411 the officer, Mr. Mowlam, had
attended pretty regularly until the last month.
Adjourned for a month.
3aintiel Mewl VI id also summoned. The child
should have mule 3.1 attendances, but had made
mine, having been employed about the streets selling
wood.—Fined 2s. fid.
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Charles 1, ordham, whose child had made fiyo 'sten-
(Dimes out of 38, seal he was out of work, and his boy
had been sent back from the school because he had
not got his money,—The Bench said he could have
got it from the Guardian*. -Mr. Mowlam admitted
it was rather a round-about way, taking a fortnight.
—Defendant promising to send the child, the coin
plaint was withdrawn.
The two children of Henry Harris, of Newtown
had made no atbendances. —Want of work was the
ezeuse.—Dismissed.
William Bartlett was sommoned for neglecting the
Act in the case of threo children —Mr. Dickiiison
said they had a treinendeir amount of trouble with
the defendant, and the committee did not know what
to do with hiin. There was no excises, as two of the
children were on the free was stated the
children were sent reit begging.—Fined 2s. 6d. for
each child, in default 14 days' imprisonment. Al-
lowed a fortnight to pay in.
William Jamos Goodehild. • fireman, of Southamp-
ton, on the is. I &WA. Company, was sionmoned
by Louisa Amey, of Poole, to show cauee.--Mr.
Curtis WM for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bell for the defend-
set.—The complainant, the daughter of • respectable
working man of Poole, at the end of last year was in
service at Southainpton. When there the made the
acquaintance of the defendant, and they "kept com•
pany." After a dispute with her tnietrem, she left
her service, and then went to reside with the defend-
ant's mother, where she stayed till March, and during
that time the two became ',minty intimate. Du return-
ing to Poole she wrote to the defendant telling him
that she had suspicions as to her state. Afterwerde
she got • situation at Lyme Regis, when her doubts
became • cetainty. He did not, however, reply to
the letter, and she went and saw him, when he said
she had better go back to her situation and stay a.
long as she could, when he would see what he could
do for hi. Her father afterward. saw hiin when he
said he amid not afford to get married, but would do
the best he could for her. Afterwanls, however, he
reporliated his liability, and said the child wan not
hi. —The evidence was conclusive, and the Bench
made an order for 34. a week until the child IVIIA 13
yearn of age. £2 3d. costs were also alloweil,
Alfred John Welch, of Parkistine, curpcescr, sum.
mooted Frederick Cavil!, butcher, of the eeete
fur, an tisausht, 0W111411411610 said defendant accused
hint of something about • dog, he gave him • civil
answer, an! the defendant bit him in the month and
made it hlved, and alio hit him in the eye. —Defend.
ant admitted the assault. He had 'capstone,' Welch
for cruelty to his dog, "it of which this ease 111.111%
He called a lad named Frederick Saonderr, who said
that 'in Saturday he saw ',Voir:4 throw • hammer at
the dog h", 3.14.• it was on land where he Wa• working,
an it hit it, and caused it to lie down. Cavil! said
it came 11..111U very faint. —l.efendant said the dog
was worrying his 'flatter's fowls, and he threw the
halfillier at it. and hit it en the back. —With regard
to the asrault the Benet' fined defendant 14. fid, and
nut., and ilioni•se I the charge of cruelty, each to pay
pay their own costa.