The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-30 00:00:00

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Duni= lIIMBAJD AND FATHER.—On Wednesday,
before Dr. Drew and J. Lund* E.q.—Jobn
• 'sailor, AMA brought up for being drunk anis
incap&ble.—Sergeant Amy proved the case, and
Supt. Vickery stated that the captain said the man
had • wife and children away; but owing to his
drunkenness they were nearly starving.—Fined Ss.
and mins, or in default seven days' hard labour.--Dr.
Drew: That im not by • wine and spirit lioence ; that
I. beer.

Coorrr Perrt Baselose.—Friday : Before H. C.
Goodden, Beg., Col. Bwaffield, sod Capt.
Pr toy.

Darman CAA U. —II•DrY Robert Millet was sup'
monad for being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and
cart in Portland. P.C. Strode was the constable in the
case, and prisoner pleaded guilty, and was fined Is.
and costs 10a—Prisoner asked for time and was
allowed till Monday.—Wchard Talbot was sum-
moned for being drunk at Wyk', on July 30th, and
pleaded gnilty.—Prisoner had previously offended;
but, said Mr. Symonds, they were rather ancient
offences, occurring in 1877.—P.C. Miller said prisoner
swore and used foal language.—Fined 7s. and costs 6a
—Prisoner said business was" terrible "aback and asked
for time—"about a month"—( laughter),and allo wed
a tortnight.—Clezles )(ebb was also summoned for
being, at Chicken'', drunk and disorderly, and Supt.
Gale said prisoner had appeared "a few tinsel" at
Weymouth.—Pleeded guilty.—The fisherman wee
fined a total of Ds. including own. —Edward
Edwards, of Wyke, was summoned for being drunk at
Wyk' Regis, on licensed premises, cu July 30.—P.0.
Mina., at twenty-I3ve minntfe past nine in the even-
ing, heard • disturbance in the Albert Inn, kept by
defendant, and went in.—Defendant: Can I ad.
journ it till next court 7—Witness continued there
were two or three persons standing up looking
lat defendant, who was in his shirt sleeves,
with the right hand sleeve torn of, and himself drunk.
! Defendant's wife, who was there, asked him to say
nothing about it.—Defendant said he only had two
pints of cider and • bottle of ginger ale.—Mr.
Symonds said if defendant asked for adjournment,
what)s it would be adjourned till to-morrow, when he
had to come up for his lianas, and that would be
awkward for him.—Delendant a Mr. Devenish 'll take
out the license. I can't COON ; I've got to go to
Portsmoutb.—Mr. Symonds Then perhaps your
Bonne will not be renewed.—The Bench thought
It would be best for hint to go before the licensing
committee to-morrow ; but defendant said he couldn't
get his witness to-morrow. Would they adjourn for •
month?—Fined 10‘, and costa, total 17s.—Edwards
said he hadn't got any money here.—Mr. Symonds:
We shall be here for an hour.—Defendant wanted •
week; but ultimately went in search of the money.
—Samuel Summers was summoned for being drunk
at Wyke, on August 41h.—P.C. Gale saw him drank
near the Fishermen's Arms, where he fell down in the
road with a basket, and the constable took him home.
—Fined is. and costs, 75. more.—Defendant said his
leg WWI bed; that was partly why he fell down; but
he was rather intoxicated.
STILTING BLOTS. —John Bowditch, for allowing •
horse to stray at Wyke. on the 14th August.—P.C.
Miller found the horse straying near Wyke Church.—
Fined is. and cost. (65.), and allowed a fortnight. --es
William Chant was summoned for a similar offence at
Chlokerel, but declared the charge wasn't true.—P.C.
Baker, on August 14th, watched the horse straying
for shout • half-hour, then took it to the house of
Chant, who owned it to be his. It had • halter on,
with a rope about 3011. long.—Defendant said he
rented half eu.acre of allotment ground in Chickerel,
and tied his horse wawa the hedge, but some " ill-
despised " person let the horse loose. There was a
" ter'ble bad eon of people about, or they wouldn't do
such a thing as that."—lt appeared he had fastened
the horse on the common road belonging to the
allotted*, which he had no right to do.—Let off on
payment of the costa, 4e., the Bench stating the
policeman did perfectly right.—. William Boon, of
Wyk., was summoned for a similar offence.—P.C.
Gale, on July 26th, saw the horse straying on the
Portland-road about half-an-hour, between Wyke and
the Ferry Bridge, an i took it to the bridge, where a
boy told him it warn Esson's.—The defendant here
admitted the horse was his, and said the landlord
turned it out into the road.—Fined Is. and costs (Ba.).