The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-28 00:00:00

ADJOURNED LICENSING MEETING.

The adjourned licensing meeting was bell at the
}Meehan, on Faturclay, before }L B. Middleton. Req..
c'odrman, Limit... Colonel Steward, Captain Foster,
G. W. Floyer, Esq.. (3. Warry lfsq., Lieut• Colonel
Alta, and K L. Kindenley,
Mr. Weston applied for an out, oor beer license for
Mr. Kew, of Fortune's-Well, Portland. Testimonials
were produoed as to his good characacter, both in
military and civil life.—Mr. Arthur luck opposed the
application.—Mr. Hew was called, and stated that the
house was his own property, and was well suited for
the purpoes. —Mr. Striven, saristant overseer of the
pariah of Portland, stated the rating of the house was
£l3 gross. and £9 10a. rateable value. It was rated
higher than that till last April, when Mr. Hew
appealed. The population of Portland at the last
census was under 10,000—The Bench considered the
dates of the character to be very, old. —Sir. Striven
was then called, and stated he had known the applicant
for the last 20 years, and, during the whole of that
time, his character was very good. He had never
known anything against him.—ln reply to Mr. Lock:
He had never seen him the worse for liquor.—Mr. R.
N. Howard said be was coroner for Portland and munch
knew Portland people well. He had known Mr. Hew for
many years, and he had always borne a good chem.
ter.—The Bench considered it rather curious Mr. Kew
should bring evidence as to his character 16 years ago,
but none as to his employment of late years.—
Weston reminded the Bench be was In reatipt of a
pension of £3O a year. and, if he had had a bad charac-
ter since, it would undoubtedly have been stopped.—
Colonel Steward said it raked a little suspicion in
their minds that he should not bring any testimonial
or evidenoe as to his character during the time he had
left the army —Mr. Weston: The fact of his being in
receipt of a pension is salcient.—Mr. Lock remarked
that be would receive his pension as smatter of course,
anima there was something very gross against him.—
Ultimately the application was adjourned till Monday
to allow of some evidence being produced as to his
character during the time be was in the convict
service, and for the pi-eduction of the pension paper,
or other document, to show he was in receipt of the
pension stated.

U CHUM WRIT!, DICUSID.

A license was authorised to be granted to Mrs. Jane
White, the widow and sole executrix and universal
legatee of the late Mr. Charles White, wine merchant.
of Fortune's-Well, Portland, who died In Jab, lat.

TH2 sarraitsu, WT2I.

At the recent annual licensing meeting, John
Elliott, of the Britannia Inn, Wyk, Regis, applied
for • renewal of his Hoene., but as he bad been con-
victed and fined el and costs on the 13th March
previous, for allowing card playing and keeping his
house open at tvrelvs o'clock at night, the application
was put of to the present Inesting.—Mr. Howard now
renewed the application. —Sept. Batty said the license
had not been endorsed, and since the conviction the
hones had been better conducted.—The Bench, in
granting the license, gave a strong caution. If any
other charge was brought against him it would canes
hint to lose his license. There were considerable
doubts in their minds about granting it.

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS-SAMIDAT.

Before Limit -Colonel Steward, Litut..Colonal
Astell, and K L. Kindereley, Esq.—The cases of
Edward Galpin and Richard Harris, of hiaiden
Newton, who had been summoned by the Dorchester
Rural Sanitary Authority for disobedience of an order
of the justices, were withdrawn on the application of
Mr. Arthur Lock, as the nuisances complained of had
been abated.