The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1861-06-11 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

PEN:00,1E1:8.-111in company will conylete their usual period of training on Saturday next. alien they will be inspected prior to their disem• badiment.  GIOIME HonsoN.—This talented gentleman gave one of his interesting entertainmems at the Townhall on Thursday evening, when the attendance was not so large an might be expected. It is need. less for us to criticize any portion of the entertain. taunt ; suffice it to say that his Irigh fun put his audience in roars, and his powers of imitatory won for him loot applause. It is Mr. Iftxlson's iiitcntion to visit this neighbourhood in the course of a month, when he will no doubt receive that support which he richly deserves.  At the Borough Petty Sessions, held on Monday, June 10th, before the Mayor and M. Devi.nish, (urine., Force a as charged with stealing some grass growing on an embankment, belonging to Joseph Hunt. Defendant pleaded guilty. He hail a pony, and lie.cut the glass growing beside the ditch in a field for it to cat. Defendant was fined 6.1 and expenses, making together 7s. --Ervin Erase was charged • ith assaulting Herbert 'limper, at Mill street, Fonlingtou, on Tuesday last. Complainant said he sae living at Evans's house, sod in the afir. noon he WAS MIS tho beokisay, pitting up a rabbit hutch, and while there a boy talked to him. Evans came out and said he had been there an hour and a half, and that it was time for him to go on. He was always there talking to people, and he replied that be should talk as long as he liked. Defendant then took the rabbit Euteli and threw it into this road. Complainant went and got it. and defendant struck him. Defendant afterwards took hold of his ' sir, and struck him several times in the face.— Elizabeth Dutdl sits called. She said that last Tuesday she saw • box thrown out of the dour. Directly she saw complainant pick it up defendant slopped him and said he should not bring it in again. She heard the box fall and saw the boy run away. Defendant followed him, caught him by his hair, said "fisted" him with his other hand. The boy cried out 'get go my hair," and his mother ran, and screaming murder, parted them. The boy's face was swollen and bleeding.—The boy's aunt said the complainant was 16 years of age, and that defendant was his father-in•law. The boy had kept himself for the last three or four years, and paid Is. per week for hit lodgings. The Hooch said the boy had a perfect right to be there.—Disfendent said he didn't know but that the boy stole the rabbit butch—lt appeared the boy was very quiet sad honest, and bore an exoellent character, both from Mr. Ensor, his master. and his neighbours, many of whom were present. —The Bench thought ri:fendant bad acted cruel and disgraceful to the boy, barluf tried to take away his sharseter, perhaps to  suit his own revenge. He was fined 205., snit if n-t paid immediately, to go to gaol at iitice. Defendant Said he hadin, money. Garrett was charged with assaulting Jane Loveless. 111 Mill-street, on Thursday last. Mrs. Kate corroborated tlie statement of complains'''. Elizalieth Bailey. living It (tarrett's house, told the opposite side of the story. The summons was dismissed. _ . .  ---•MORS THAN DARING !- On Saturday night last wane scoundrels mitered the grounds of W. L. Running, Eq.at Frown farm. and took a quantity of trout fruit' the pond, and not being able t.o succeed in taking the wbole, they wcntagaiu on Sunday night and made sad havoc -so much so, that on inspecting the pond afterwards we c,u1,l not sae a single troutThere were also some goslings belonging to Mr. Ilarris, three of which were stolen. Scveral gardens were entered about the same time, among which we may mention that of W. D. Tapp, EN.. of Southstreet, and cucumbers, cabbages and lettuces were carried away. WhY is such plunder allowed to go on, when one good man could break up the whole gang in a few weeks CoWAIITTFD TO