The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-09-29 00:00:00

BROADWEY.

ARBON BY • Boy.—On Thursday last, a lad named
Henry Handord Hallett, apparently about eleven years
of age, waa brought up before Edward Pearce, Esq., at
the Shiratiald charged with arson. It seemed that on
the previous Saturday, early in the afternoon this boy,
with a child of seven named Thomas Morris, were in the
hamlet of Littlemore enjoying themselves, somewhat
precociously with smoking pieoes of cane I Than
prompted by hie evil genies, Hallet thought it would be
lietter fun to net on Are • neighbouring rick of hay. It
belonged to Mr. John Mayo, and contained about
twenty tons. Acting upon this impulse, Morris
describes him as getting over • gate and through a hedge
to the rich: he pot lighted matches into the hay, and
"it blas4d up." Then they were afraid, and ran off
Into • culvert under the railway, and, by and bre, into
the turnpike road and home. Hallett was subsequently
apprehended by P.C. Roper, when he said, crying " If
you'll let me go, I'll never do it any ,nore." The boy
was remanded till Saturday, when, after haring a
"talking to" on the wickedness of his are, and the
puniahment which would remit to him If he did NIP
MAE of the wire edge, he WM discharged.

WAREHAM.
Ettetzsmierr.—On Priday lasl, ea the T.wc-hall.
William White, a servant in the employment of Mr.
Penton, brewer, of this town, was brought before the
borough justices, Mews. Willcox and Bennett, by Mr.
F.eles, superintendent of polioe, charged with embezzling
the stun of E 3 I.oe, monies received on behalf of his
I employer, from Miss Spincer, of Warbarrow.—The
' prisoner pleaded guilty. sad begged that the offence
might be disposed of eumussrily, rather than that he
should be committed for trial at the county sessions.
The prosecutor joined in this request. —The Town Clerk,
Mr. Filliter, then reed the sections of the acts relative
to the offence, and the punishment provided under the
quarter seeions, as well es summary jurisdiction, ob-
serving that this was • very serious offence which struck
i at the root of all tru=t and osisfidenen—The mien was
I adjourned until Saturday morning. when the magistrates
sentenced prisoner to sic months' impris inment with
hard labour, under the act giving suniumrl jurisdiction
in mums of larceny to pasties' at petty sessiorui.
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BLAND FORD.
Divratoxac Pzrry Sessiowe, Saturday.—Present:
Rim. J. Watts, J. J. Farquharson, Esq. and G. P.
Wissmel. E4q.—Artbur Charles Relont plcalled guilty to
stealing &quantity of apple. s belonging 10 Mr. Rolm.
of Chettle, and waa fined 61. and costs (half-remitted)
4s. 6d.--Serall Tucker was fined 10a and Sr. coda. for
being drunk and riotous. September 12, and James
Tucker, her husband, for being drank on the 13th, wee
fined Eli Horlock, undercarter to Mr. Waters, of
Spettisbury, for leaving him service on Blandford fair
day, and staying away a week, had 3s. 3d. due to him m
wages abated, and he was inland to pay lis.
costs.--Thomes Abbott, of Spettisbury, was charged
with assaulting John Topper, gardener to the Rev. 11.1
B. Viaard, on the 4th September. lie pleaded guilty, I
but in extenuation said be was grossly insulted by the
complainant the previous Betel-Jay. The assault was
a blow on the eye and another on the facie. —Fined RM.
including coats.—William Gollop for being drunk and
incapable this morning, at half-past and o'clock was
fined fia James
Hayward. and Thomas Cox, were charged with killing
game without • license. Hall dii not appear. The
Inland Revenue officers prosecuted, on the information
of Sir W. Marriott's harpers. The men were engaged
binding oats cut by a machine. When they were getting
close they left their work, hunted the harm, and each
killed one, as two witneases proved. Heyward
and Walton both denied killing any hare.. cos
declared that a young leveret same towards him with
one of its legs cut by the machine, and that he killed it
arid threw it aside. Ihe Bench di.mbeed the charge
against Con. The other two present and Hall were
fined XS, and the Bench said they would 'elicit the
Board of Commissioners still further to reduce that mini.
Whatever their decision was Hall would have to pay
double, as he had failed to appear. —The license of
the Farquharmn's Arms was transferred from Mr. Green
to Mr. S. Inkpen.