The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-20 00:00:00

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MI WAWDZRIIR, in Poole Telegram.
L0u601034, January 12th, 18n0.

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DEATH or • CHILD FROM Boatcs. A little girl
named Ada Lilian Wareham Dowchng, aged about
three years, met with her death in • sad way on
Monday. Her father is • labourer living in " Cho
Folly." and on the morning named she was sitting on
a stool by the firo when her night-dress became
ignited, and before her mother (who was upstairs, and
heard the child's screams) could extinguish the flames
she woe frightfully burnt. The sufferer was attended
by Drs. B,rellam sod Stainthorpe, but the poor little
thing died about seven o'clock the same evening.

CHAIGH OF NIGHT P.,AOHING - Three Winfrith
men. name.' Daniel Wallis. William Andrews, and
Arthur Whittle, appeared before the county magistrates
on Tueedny charged with poaching by night at Moreton
on the Mb of December.—Mr. Howard appeared for
the prosecution, and said so fir as Whittle was con-
cerned he did not think be could support the ce-e
against him, but net, the others it was perfectly cear.
—George Want., under-keeper to Mr. Fetherston-
beach, stated that on the morning of Monday. the
29th of December, about half-past one o'clock, he WWI
out on • sheep walk near New Entrance Wood. where
there were pheasants and came, and saw pigeons fly-
ing about from the wood, as if they had been disturbed.
They went into the wood, and there heard a gun
fired. They found three men standing outside the gate
on • piece of waste land by the side of the road.
Wallis had a gun in his left hand and a ramrod in his
right hand. He told Wallis he wanted his gun, and
he replied that he should not have it, he would pot it
across his head first. The other two men bad sticks,
with which they threatened him, and he did
not search any of them. He could swear
to Andrews, but not to Whittle. Next morn-
ing he went to the wood with the head keeper,
and near the gate they found • pheasant's feather,
and about 30 yards from the gate they saw more
feathers.—The Chairman told Wallis he had been
before the, magistrates a vait number of times, he
would now be sentenced to two months' hard labour,
and Andrews, against whom there were fewer con-
victions, to • mmth's hard labour. Each would have
to enter into their own recognisanoes of £lO and find
two sureties in ES or one in EIO not to offend again for
twelve months.—Whittle was discharged.

COUNTY PiTrf SUISIONS. Tuesday. —Before Colonel
igrorei, Lord Eldon, and M. Rodgett, W. if. Calcraft,
and G. H. Bond, Lg..
Mistrals Mary Cutler, landlady of the Greyhound Inn,
Waterborne Kind-tone, was summoned for permitting
riotous condutwon her premised on the 44. h of December.
P.C. Hideout said he heard • tremendous row in the
house about half-peat nine at night, and found Thomas
Nowlato there drunk and very ilotoos. He told the
landlady she ought to have hits put out of the home, but
she took no notice, The swearing and bed lemma con-
tinued, and be again told deendant she ooght to have the
man put out, but she still took no notice. —llr. Howard, who
appeared for the defence, said it was laid down that the
word "permit " implied knowledge, coolant, privity, or
connivance, and he submitted that neither Me one nor the
other had been proved against his client. He called
evidence, and the Chairman told defendant she should
have called upon the constable to put out Kowtow but as
II was only an error of judersent on her part she would be
I let off on paying the costa Ss. —llliowlani. for being drunk
and riotous, wee fined 4s end Ss. coats.

Thews Muesli and ilsobrom Burdes were summoned
for trespassing in search of game on land in the occupa-
tion of Kr. Sturdy, at Yorden, on 4th January.—A man
named S•andeld, under-keeper to Yr. Sturdy, said he
saw defendants in a small field hunting soros furze.
Burden set two wires, one of which Musson handed to
him. Re (witness) took up both wirea—Defendaats said
they went to the field with some cows, and they denied
that they set the wires—The magistrates fined each
defendant 61. and like wets.

Courerr Pours. Saturday.—Before G. H. Bond and N.
Baud. g.qrs.
Edward NSW. Wiuterbosue Kir, was brought
up in custody charged with poaching nig ton the Irth
01 Decereber, in Bore Wood.—Obaries ultdor-ittPw
to gr. Montagu* Hort. proved the 080116 —.haw w. .•
Prisoner's anowataat, was souteaced to a ossatles hard
labour oa UN previous Saturday, and MAW was now
sontottood to six weeks hard labour.

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