The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-04-26 00:00:00

BIANDIVED.
COUNTY COURT.

FRIDAY.
(Before Mr. fierjeant Tindal Atkinson.)
The business at thi. Court Wee very light. A cue that
created some amusement was that of William F.wter
Andrew Allen. The potim who are in a bahonring condi-
tion in life, live it Blandford. and the plaintiff sued the
defendant for 10t., money laid out on his sooount.
Plaintiff's wife appeared to prove the claim. and said it
was incurred when defendant was about to be married.—
His Honour asked if the heppy event took piece. —Oh
rot said Hrs. rooter, she was biding at my house.—
see, said his Honour, interpreting the remark. he was
courting • young lady who resided with you.— And he
sekedus, she continued, to he answerable for emu drink
for him. What, for the marriage breekfut. said his
Honour; what sort of drink wee it f 'Filmes+ replied,
adding they had It gallons, and there were LI at the
wedding. And a very happy party, queried the Judge
—Yee, I we. very Liu". replied the witnesa—Ah I sug-
gested the htituoirou• S arjeasit, probably happier after the
ale. However, he added, it seemed a very straightforward
store, what hid the defendant to eey.—Nicoordiog to the
plaintiff. he had married • youlag woman who had lodged
at her home. He took her for better for worse and he
had, he honed. Made it better by giving his iriind, a
breakfast. It was not for her to pay for the breakfast
They had spent the money at his request, and the law
said that wWre that wee done, it was as if the money ked been lent to the person for whom it had been spent.—
D.feniant said they all contributed to the breakfast —Sank &Asti amid she was brides to the defendant. Her grandfather fund the meet, and her
grandmother the cakea.-41111 H moult: Than it we. •
regular marriage Pert/. The defendant must pay the 10s.
Alert Devise. John Arnold, Blendford.-teriu plaintiff said the defendant bought a pony of him for £1 10t. last
and he ptid sin &V mot 10t He War sought to
recover , caber a —Defendant said the reuon he didn't
pw we, because the plaintiff warraoted the horse, but
when he drove hi,. isoDarcheste,. hs could not Set him
heck agaln.—Plaintsll denied the werranty, and his
Honour. remarking it was rather against common
ewe that • warranty ac,.rompenied a bores bought for gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
Charles Kiward it. Li • Hobart Sedlen.—The parties lie, at Shinn:woos, and the claire was for tiff, bait.
year'. rent of a 6tld.-11r. Prescott wim for the plaietiff.
and Hr. Brennand for the defendant.—lt was admitted •
verbal agreement had been mode between the parts. that
the defendant should give up his tenancy on aids moths'
entiu; but the contention for the plaintiff Waa that as this agreement wee not made in wrtting. the Agricultural Holdings Act applied, and the defendant Wee boned to
give • twelvemonth's notice.—His Honour, however, ruled
against his., and found • verdict for defendant.
POLICL —On Friday Rogers Hldont was charged before
tits Mayo, and Yr. Bl'lnneht with baring been drunk in
the etreet.—lte wee flood Ts. 6d. looludiag °oft.

THE DEATH OF THE LATE sucrAN.
An inquiry has been opened into the circumstances
oonnected with the de&tb of the Sultan Abdul Ariz.
Four persona, formerly employed as domestic 'veva:Ate
in the Imperial Abets, have been arrested on the
charge of having amassmated the late Sultan Abdul
Asia. They confess to having suffocated his Merely
alter which they proceeded to open the veins in his
arms in order to make it believed that the Sultan had
committed suicide. Two ex-Palace ofbciols and au
ex-War Minister are also staked to have been implicated
in the plot.