The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-03-14 00:00:00

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....id not
eiliew the costa in a. wee • satisfactory
explanation had. been given why the depositions bad
boon detained. He was happy to eongratulate them
nk the fact that there was no ease of a juvenile
o der in the calendar, so far as he could learn; but
whore the parties charged were not actually in
Mindy, but net of gaol, the Governor had not an
opportunity I,oter habeeleieisigg their age as
Wow" tkii theedl in the prison;
teeet, 11boot1tiitig-to hie information, he was happy to
congratulate them, as he had had to congratulate
the grand juries in the adjoining counties, that there
were no ,cams of juvenile offenders in the calendar.
Ile did not suppose, however, that there was an
stemma of juvenile offenders altogether, because he 1
*new there were many of these oases disposed of by
the magistrates in a summary way, and that was a
great improvement upon the calendar they had had
oT Übe year* to deal with, and it led him to hope ,
that those efforts which had been made for
the suppression of crime were beginning to
take effect, and prevent young people entering upon
a career of crime; and that those who were not
:=4 .
1 ly it h guilt should have an opportunity of
theie{pOsition and 'ohmmeter.. He did
notheriggie was one case, should there be a
cdn'rittibnjehich he should take the oppor-
tuidty-d sendi!g them to a Reformatory school
Iliferei were two or three oases in the calendar
to which he must call their attention, viz.,
Jahn Williams, who was charged with the offence of
arson. The charge was not attempting to set fire
to a dwelling house, but of maliciously setting fire
to lb. There was another case in which George
Strong, Elizabeth Belson, and Elizabeth Newman,
were charged—not with the offence of arson, but with
attempting to set lire to a dwelling house, the property
of Joseph Stocker. Here was a great difference
between the two charges; one party was fully
charged rtithareon—setting fireto a dwelling-house—
whilst the other was charged with attempting to do
so. So far as he could understand the ease it was
attempting to commit anion by throwing some
Ignitable matter into a shot°, by which means the
house might have been fired; but the remarks he
should read to the Grand Jury would be short and
applicable to the cases in question. In Williams's
case there might be some doubt as to whether he was
in his right mind, and therefore responsible for his
actions. Ile appeared to have been received into
proseautor'sbouse and kindly treated, and went for
his two children who had been forwarded to him by
railway, labelled and ticketed, and he became very
excited and distressed about seeing them. He (the
Agjtotild not Advise. them to trouble about
&tato of mind, Init leave' that to
the. petty jury. life no. doubt destroyed by ,
fire a quantity of property in prosecutor's
htese,--ceosisljpy, 91 linen and bed. furniture,
ap)eikeitly walnut' Say motive, acad. that wea-
ranted the charge of , setting.
,fire to the gods and
burning the house. If thelfirning of the house b-
heels 'edwantplialed . that world . have lieeri
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board of the floor
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of going so ,
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this, that the Wender, though
ih point of amber of offences,
description, and would not or-
&mend upon their '
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depositions bad no. -
ante the, peblio mention
extremely important that
an opportunity, before I
making the Grand 3nry
*erecter offences, in
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~...• prisoner *the charge W6B
ho •'"l7', Tf•U fraechatied vriththe fact of
loplt
thin 1 / '1101.114 ' woniblhe nisessiory to 800
wh .•.. .' ak • -aubsitintiad park of the
boil. i. , .7` re to the farniture in it. The
.. '•• 1 • ''• •• c d "dance for common law or
tf
'hila. atiatil Wfigie= --dings node;
' mining on
Tao received construed°,
in-the eame meaning aa vn..
alt4lo4Vti of the lab
:I' ' AviAke wet,•-iirL-itirtil
144tutAtoi 41 tohtivtilg dOdnithtlitbded ramv
attention. it appeared a mall faggot wan set on fir
in the middle,. •iggot was nearly co,
etniskr; Abn was wombed blec!!
but not it .t of the floor si
co ..:ale A involved, these fact
was tried Wats tbe late mr Creswell Cromwell an
Judge Addeo'', and they came to the concluaio
that aa the floor was scorched, but not barnt, '
case could not be arupported. It appeared
doubtful whether the floor in the case