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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser Wednesday 01 Apr 1874
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ILMINSTER.
ACCIDENT. - On Monday evening a little boy names LEAVES, residing in Love Lane in this town, was knocked down and run over by a bicycle, and was injured in the head. The rider of the “machine,” a youth named PODGER, who wa <sic> thrown off by the collision and injured his hands.
PETTY SESSIONS, Wednesday. - (Before R. T. COOMBE, Esq,. Chairman, and W. BLAKE, Esq. - Dangerous. - William ENNO, a carter in the employ of Mr. SPILLER, builder, of Bridge-street, Taunton, was summoned for being more than a hundred yards distant from a horse drawing a waggon, of which he had charge, when the same was proceeding along the turnpike road at Hatch Beauchamp, on the 27th of February. Defendant, in answer to the case, said he did not think he was 150 yards away; forty was nearer to it. Fined 10s, and 7s 6d costs. Allowed a month, or, in default of payment, seven days' hard labour. - Drunk and Riotous. - Vincent MALE and Alfred MALE, of Barrington, and George TUCKER and Charles WHITE, of South Petherton, labourers, were summoned for being drunk and riotous, in St. James's-street, South Petherton, on the 3rd of March. Fined 10s each, including costs. To be paid immediately, in default seven days. Defendants paid the money. - Stealing Wood. - James TOWNSEND, labourer, of Kingsbury Episcopi, was summoned for stealing on the 2nd of March a quantity of wood, of the value of 3s, the property of Mr. William HOLE, yeoman, of Kingsbury. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he wished the case to be settled at once. He hoped the magistrates would be merciful to him and inflict a fine: The Chairman to the defendant: We have no power to inflict a fine, but as Mr. HOLE has pleaded for you we shall only send you for seven days' hard labour. Defendant: I hope you will fine me, gentlemen. I have been in the Kingsbury Club for thirteen years, and the funds will be divided in twelve months, and if I go to prison I shall lose all my money. Mr. HOLE asked the magistrates to inflict a fine instead of sending the defendant to prison. The magistrates consulted with Mr. BAKER, their clerk, for a short time, after which the Chairman said: We are sorry to say that we have no power to inflict a fine. The charge has been made before us, and you have pleaded guilty to it. If we let you off we must let everybody off. Defendant was then removed to the cells. - The license of the Rock House inn, Curry Mallet, was transferred from Thomas BRINSTON to John PAUL. - Mr. John BAKER, clerk to the trustees of the Ilminster turnpike roads, applied to the magistrates for an order on the Ilminster Highway Board for the sum of £170 towards the expense of the repairs of the turnpike road. By an Act of Parliament the trustees have no power to expend more than £400 a-year for the repair of the turnpike roads, the remainder has to be paid by the highway districts, through which the turnpike road runs. Mr. Malachi BAKER proved the service of a copy of the required notice on the clerk of the Highway Board, and Mr. Albert BAKER, the surveyor of the roads, proved his estimate for the repairing of the roads, amounting to £666 11s 4d, to be correct. The Ilminster highway district, therefore, contributes the sum of £170 towards payment of the balance, the remainder being contributed by the Yeovil and Crewkerne highway districts. Order made for the sum to be paid in two instalments – one in July and the other in October.
<NOTES: John PAUL son of Elizabeth PAUL, married Emma DOLLEN>