Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1879-05-02 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

SUNDAY. —Frexieric Par Janes Welder Bartlett, Jana Lynn, and James almost all young boy., charged with obeiregging the highway at A bury, on Sunday *IA About chapel time P. C. Chafey saw the boys finehtmg soh other about, and pushing the people off the t. Ford was generally a geed boy ; but the others had spoken to more than once before.— Supt. Batty said he had received many complaints from the Reciter and others, and some hays had been summoned previously, but they had new got back to their habits.---Cautioned, and ordered to pay fra. each, Including costs. RIDING Wrisourr Itamrs.—On Monday, before Mr. A. Po (Mayor), and Mr. M. Devenish, Stephen aa elderly man, was summoned for riding without reins, and pleaded guilty.—Sergeant Carter, on Tuesday afternoon, met defendant in the South Walks, with a cart of Mr. Saloom Martin's, he was riding on the shafts, without reins, and had another cart fastened behind, the latter empty. A baker's van was pawing at the time; but defendant never attempted to get off to allow the van to pass, and when he was told of it, he replied he did not see it.— Defendant pleaded he was tired. —The Mayor said it was not a very serious case, and he therefore would only fine him Is. and oosta. At the same time it was a very proper MO for the police to bring forward. FAT/Mt AND SOL —Oil Saturday John Parsons Oliver, a young man, was charged with assaulting his father, Stephen Oliver, at Sutton Poyntz, and admitted the fact. Between five and six o'clock on Monday last complainant was going to Weymouth, when his son, who was drunk, asked him for some money, which he refused, and seized the horse. Complainant went, and on his turn defendant came to use re drunk and made a disturbance, and went away again,. At nine o'clock he came in "drunker than ever, beat the door open, hammered the table till it was covered with blood, as if it were painted, also seised his father and would have choked him.— The eon said he worked for his father from morning till night, reap or mow, or anything else, week after week, and his father never paid him a penny for his work. The father said his eon had spent more than £loo.—The son: None of your money, father.; it WAS money my mother put in the bank for me. The father only wanted, he said, his son kept out of the house.—The son admitted beating the door down, and said he was willing to keep away ' • he would be bound to do so, and he was 23 years of age.—The Bench told defendant the real fault was clearly that he drank. If he wanted wages he should have made an nreement with his father.—The father stated that hls son had threatened to murder the cows and horses and to burn the place. —The Bench considered this a cruel case, and bound over defendant, himself in 010, and two sureties in £lB, or one surety in £2O, to keep the peace towards his father for six months.—As young Oliver was being conveyed to gaol in default of finding sureties, he dashed the handcuffs on a waggon wheel, exclaiming—" I'll let you-know whether I'll go to prison for nothing," and caused the handcuffs to open, when he tried to escape; bat the strong hands wine too much for him, and he was secured and safely lodged in gaoL