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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser for Somerset, Wilts, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall. Wednesday 06 Jun 1855
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TAUNTON POLICE NEWS.
GUILDHALL, WEDNESDAY.
Before J. R. ALLEN, Esq., R. M. KING, Esq., and F. W. NEWTON, Esq.
William OATEN, an elderly man from Pitminster, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a cochin china fowl, the property of the Rev. George R. LAWSON, vicar of Pitminster.
James CROSS, pleaded guilty to illegally claiming exemption form toll by falsely stating that he was going for lime for the purposes of manure, when the same was, in fact, for building. Fined 20s. including costs.
SATURDAY.
Before R. M. KING, Esq., J. R. ALLEN, Esq., H. BADCOCK, Esq., and F. W. NEWTON, Esq.
THE PARISH OF BISHOP'S HULL v. THE TAUNTON BURIAL BOARD. - This case, which was heard a few weeks since, appeared for the Burial Board, and Mr. O. G. WALTER for the overseers of Bishop's Hull. The case, it will be remembered, arouse out of a claim made by the overseers of Bishop's Hull upon the Burial Board, for poor-rates assessed upon the cemetery, which is situate in that parish. On the part of the defendants, Mr. PINCHARD contended that, prima facie, the property in question was not rateable, on the ground that it was a substitution of the old system of burial in parochial churchyards. The provision for the extra-mural interment of the dead, was made under a general public act of parliament, and not a local one; and the burial of the dead, he urged, was a public purpose. - Mr. WALTER having been heard contra, the magistrates, through Mr. KING, expressed their opinion that the burial-ground is not rateable.
CHAPPEL v. CHAPPEL. - This was an application for sureties of the peace. The parties are husband and wife, both above 60 years of age, and dependent on parochial relief for a living. The old man is unable to walk or feed himself, and was brought into court in a little carriage. He stated that the “old woman” was in the habit of fetching her pay weekly from the parish, when she generally came home worse for liquor and used bad language. The wife retaliated, said her “old man” used bad language too, and that he was “the wickedest man in the world.” It further appeared that there was no ground for any apprehension of violence, and the case was dismissed.
Francis FOX was summoned by William CORRICK, for non-payment of wages amounting to £3 10s. In this case defendant (who was a mason at West Monkton) had absconded. Service of the summons and the accuracy of complaint's account having been proved, the Bench ordered payment, and in default of distress, two months' imprisonment.
MONDAY.
Before Henry BADCOCK, Esq.
STEALING A SHAWL. - Mary Ann GUARD was charged with stealing a shawl, on Saturday last, the property of James BROOMFIELD, at Ruishton. Mary BROOMFIELD, the wife of the prosecutor, sated that on Saturday last, she missed the shawl from a cradle in her house, and that the prisoner was seen on the same day, previous to the loss, in a garden adjoining Mrs. BROOMFIELD's residence. It was proved that the prisoner sold the shawl on Saturday evening, in Taunton, to a woman named Eliza PEARCE. The accused was committed to the sessions.