The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-09 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

THIS LORD ?of TOR'S FESTIVITIM—The Mayor of
Weymouth (R. N. Howard, Esq..) was present at the
"At Home" of the Lord Mayor on Thursday lad, and
at the Grand Banquet on Friday.
Motes Deuseeteeme.-01 B.turday, before the
Mayor (ft. N. Howar I. Eeq ). Dr. Drew, B. Honking,
Eq.. and J. bondie, Esq., William Kent., a middle-
aged man, who ha. held a reepectable pwition an a
gardener, was brought up charged with being drunk
and riotous, and breaking a p me of glen, vain. le—
P.C. Carter was cent Ur to the house of Mn', nowt
mother-in-law of defendant, where he found Keats
"more like a madman than anything else," and where
defendant p ished a bundle throngh a pane of glees
Fine I lie., including coats, or 14 den' implsonment
in defanit. —Mri Bowl came in met then, and wan
t-11 the cane was decided, when she exclaimed—" All
Fve got to pay is—my h Aim lin% open for him any
more." —The Mayor told defendant not to go neer the
hone) ag 'in, hilt to eee if he c nildn't turn and live a
respectable life.-3arah Cook wan hr night lap,
having been locked no all night, thr eugh not appes-ing
yeeter lay to the summon, for drunkenness. —She was
tearfully penitent, and we. fined 104.
Wit's- BEATER& At the Borough Petty Sessiors, on
Friday. before the Mayor (R. N. Howard, Esq.), and
Dr. Drew. James Mendenhall wee summoned by hie
wife Emily for insulting her. The husband, a spare
young fell .w, appeared, but not the wife, and on
enquiry he stated that she stayed abed, declaring Abe
was too ill ti appear.—The magistrates sent the police
after her, and they brought a small woman, who
might have looked young but for being much worn.
Her husband fiercely lectured her when she tout the
book, and the Iten^h ,antioned him not to intimidate
her.—She stated that her husband we. continually
ill-using her, and on Wednes lay hecame home between
11 and 12, aid struck her.—The husband continned to
address her fiercely, and, after sever Li ceutinns. he was
sent down into the cell., and Mr.. Mendenhall t II to
sit down. After another case had been heard,
Mendenhall was fetched up again, and he van more
quiet.—She stated she had been married nearly seven
years; on 1.1 ie day her hneband strack bar several
blow,; he had done PO before; but she had not corn-
olairld, for ehe had etarved herself rather than do Co.
She had never got him into debt, but had paid her
way, and 'dashed got him a comfortable meal when he
struck hen—Defendant, however, Paid his wife wan
brought home Int Monday evening beastly drunk be
tee young gentlemen, ant he had to emirate her and
put her to bed. She neglected her house,snd his beans,
and pees and lettuce were spoiling at haw), and some
meat she pretended to put in salt was full of =wrote ;
she hail Dawned things, and even her clothe, off her
back. Tbe Bench might pass what sentence they
liked on him, but he mince,' • " Wield" separation.—
What would he allow her? asked the Mayon—Two
shillings a week said Mendenhall; but the Mayor said

that was not enough.—The husbandreturned she had no
children, and on his wife offering to take 4s. • week.
he refused, but wo ild give 2s.6d.—The Mayor thought
he ought te gdse a week for • month, and at the
end of that time the case should be heard again.—
Mendenhall pr tested he'd only pay it for a trionth.
'lle had allowed his earnings before to keep house, &e.
Ultimately he went home and got the find 45., and
declared he wouldn't go to the hoe/engrain ;ahe must pay
for that. The wife returned she couldn't ' • thl house
must be given up.—The Mayor remarke I it was
evident there were faults on both sides. After Name
delay, Mendenhall paid his wife the first 4e., saying: I
hone it will do you eood.—John Horner was
summoned also for assaulting his wife, who appeared,
concealing with her veil what looked like a black eve.
—Through Mr. Hanne, she consented that the UM
should not be gone into, if her hanband would he bound
over Lo keep the peace. They had been married four
years, and were willing to live togetner.—liorner
expressed his sorrow, and was willing to he b mud
down. His wages, he said in reply to the Belch, were
18s. a week, ani he gave that to his wmfm, ant only
had 64. back for himself—Adjourned for a month.
NOIST AT • PUBLICH Ml.—Three young fellows,
named Walter Bolt, Charles Harri.. and Walter
Miller, were charged with being drunk end disorderly
at the Nelson Inn, on Auaust Ist —The landlord,
John Daniell. stated that on this der, defendants were
in his house drunk, and trying to kick up a row. He
ordered them to leave, and they refused; when be sent
for a policeman to turn them oat —Charles Harris
said that some Portland men struck him first, and the
landlord state I that if he hadn't had theme men turned
out, there would have been a" nice row."—P.C. Carter
was sent for to the Nelson, and found Miller and
Harris stripped, and all were drunk and ills irderly ;
but Miller the" drunkest" of the lot. On th ir rebus-
i”g to leave, be put them out; but when he came
back, he found them there again, and be turned them
out again, when a woman fetched away Bolt.—ln
answer to the Mayor, Supt. Vickery sal l the house is
better conducted now than it ever warn before.—Fined
10+. each, including costs, or 14 days in default—The
Mayor told the landlonl it was a credit to him to
e.wluct tha house properly, and he hoped be would
continue to do PO.
DIKINICIII WOMAN. —Sarah Coal( VIM 111101TOOOCK1 on
Friday for drunkenness ; but di4 not appear, awl her
husband stated she was poorly and goneto Portland.—
The Mayor thought it was likely ehe was po 'fly, if
the information was correct.—P.C. hinris hai
found the woman about 11 o'clock on Sunday drunk
and using bad language in Brunswick Plaew—Supt.
Vickery said she was a very it dent, baddempere 1
woman, and had been oonvicte I both here and in the
c iuntv.—rho cass was adjourned for a day for
defendant to appear herself.
THI B•illOW-H•WIUSG NUTI/NOIL Surrender
Lovell and his wife were, brought up for hawking
without • certificate —They stated they had a lioanse
from the county, and did not know it was necessary to
have it endorsed in the borough.—P.O. Bartlett found
the defendant with his cutler's barrow soliciting orders
on Hope Quay, and asked for the certificate, when the
man said he had it, but could not find it, and the
woman, in answer to questions, said they had • certifi-
cate for this place. Afterwards the constable found it
was not endorsed for the borough, though it was to
the county, and for the borough of Poole.—Fined
21. 61., including oats, and told they must have the
license endorsed for the borough. P.C. Bartlett was
commended for his efforts in keeping surveillance over
hawkers, the Mayor stating that by some • great deal
of harm had been done.

WHOLES/IA Theft OF 'NUM TICKII3.—On
Saturday, before the Borough magistratm, John
Symes and Ge wge William Jolliffe, two boys, the
latter quite a little one, were charged with stealing 31
theatre tickets, of various classes.—lt was said that
Svmes bad sold several of the tickets, and Supt.
Vickery applied that Jolliffe might be discharged, and
admitted as a witnes., as he believed Jolliffe had been
entrapped into this theft by the other boy.- -Frank
Williams, manager of the theatre, said Sneed and
Jolliffe were employed by him, carrying nut advertis-
ing boords, and all they bad to do was ti come into
the theatre for boards, then to go out in the town with
Ibsen, and bring them back afterwards. The tickets
were put into a box (like that need at the railway
booking offices) and yesterday morning a nu ober were
kept in the box in the passage just by the entrance
which the prisoner would pam ; he had caunted them,
and they were al right. Loot evening, just after they
hod opened, in c emequence of information received
from Mr. Baker, he sent for the heye, who c 'Oceanid to
having token s one, and he foxed 31 e ~,e. First
Symms confe-sod that he took five, and J',lliffs fur;
but afterwar Is they confessed t mr., and w.tness
sent fir Mr. Jeffery, and then for a pobc ens,. Symes
said he had given a ticket to • boy named Pearson,
and that boy came to the theatre entrance with one.—
Jolliffe, who stated he had heeo a twelvemonth at Sr,
John'. &bon], and Symes took 21 tick sts and him 10.
About loath) est twelve yesterday morning they went
to the theatre fr the boards t 'carry out, and then saw
Symes, who said, 'Let us go and take some tickets,"
and they went to the dressingw tom. when, the ticket
b,x is kept, whm Symm opened the box, and they
took out some twkett from a tin compartment inside.
Symes sold three. one to Pearson for twopence and a
" eleaw e' bacca, ' sold to Murphy he sold four tickets
for a halfpenny, also to • boy named Palmer. The
room where they were kept oral not lodre I.—Symee
said be gave Jolliffe 12 tiekets to tear tip, and Jolliffe
a lmitted he did so. —A young 1 sbourer named John
Peorson, of High-street, saw Spam yesterday after-
noon near the gmhouee, when Symes Mowed him some
tickets, a3'. one, is Is. on., and • sixpenny one, and
said he'd sell the sixpenny one for threepence half.
pettily ; but as Pearson only had 21., he took that with
• pipe f tobacco, telling him the ticket was given him
tog in free at night; but he didn't want to go, and would
sell it him—Jeremiah Murphy, another young fellow,
saw Symes yesterday when he was at work in New.
str :et, when the boy said he ha I some theatre tickets,
did he want to o buy these four for • hdfoenny ?
Witness did s and gave him the halfpenny, and
Byrnes told him he had picked them up en the flier.—
William Palmer, a young boy, met Symes in the
Maeket-honse last night, and was shown some
theatre tickets, when Symes asked him if could give
him • few of his maiter'e pears for the tickets;
but 'Moses replied he ,houldn't steal them, they
wgre not hie p mi.'.. but he wauldn't mind giving a
halfpenny, wh•ch he di I.—Symes said he asked
Palmer for the pears. because ho had two pocketfuls
the other night, and asked him to get him a ticket,
an -I he'd give him some pears for it.—Mr. W. R. P.
Jeffery identified the tickete as belonging to the
theatre, and said they were worth It, and6d. each.
Owing to these 31 being taken the set Was rendered
useless, and he was obliged to sent for another set, as
every one missing would tell against the money-taker,
and make out someone to be dishonest. Could not
tell how the box had been opened; that was the
mystery • the box was kept locked, but it had been
tampered with, and cold not be unlocked last night.
—Symes pleaded guilty, and asked fir the case to be
settled then.—Supt. Vickery proved two previous con-
victions, one for larceny in 1873, and one last July•
though Symes was only 14. l'he Mayor feelingly
addreeed the prisoner, and sent him for a months'
hard labour, and afterwards to a reformatory school,
remarking he had not only stolen, but, what was far
worse, endeavoured to tempt another bay on the path
of crime. He had an active brain, and the Mayor
hoped be would reform, and then he might be a credit
—As to Jolliffe, he had eiven evidenc-, and had heard
what the magistrat-s had said to the boy Symes, and
saw that he (Jolliffe) would have been liable to be
sentenced to gaol, and he had had • very narrow escape.
Two Mines were open before him, and the magistrates
hoped he would adopt the good path instead of the bad,
because if he were brought here again for any other
offence, this case would be borne In mind against him.
lie must have known they were doing wrong, and that
he was assisting In it. Pea-so-u, too, ought to have
known that the boy could never have come rightly by
the tickets, and there is punishment for receivers as
well WI thieves—Pearson: He said Mr. Williams gave
him the tickets to go in free.—Palmer ha I beard what
had been said about the pears, and those three boys
ought to think of what the other boy, little Baker,
The moment he had the ticket he w int to his
father, and from what that boy said the whole was
found ont.—Addressing Mr. Baker, t he Mayor con-
tinued: It was • mat credit to that boy, and it was
very satisfactory what the father had done, as well as
the boy, and spoke well for the boy's future.