The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-24 00:00:00

Dorset Midsummer Assizes.

Gewadidos wee opened at the Shireisall on Monday
aftersoos by Lord Justice Fry, his lordship heeler
arrived by the I 418 South-Weetere train. The judge
was wet afteie stardom by the Hirh Maid fr. Holford,
liket.), his einelake (Rev. H. Z. Havenisill)(the Mader-
Mesr_M (lilr. F. T. Jolene), the County 'Cork (Mr. G.
J. Wiftelawaricirewe), esd • mew of coastables, with
Heeler bees &Ism to the kedges lob
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Mg. fil. gh West-etre* lad Justice Fry M 06140
Waft the Gansidoe, and thee proceeded to St.
Peter% March. At the door of the &arch the judge
was received by the Mayor, Alderman Grovel,
ooussillere Pope, Y. Leek, W. Darden. and A. Lola.
sod Mr. H. Brom& (ftedetaat Tows (jberk), aod the
borough 011011 bairns. The rector (lev. T. W. Kai)
rnd • ehortaaed 'venlig service and read
viii). The eareaos was preached by
the Bev. H. B. itavenhal from the words—" Wham-
MS sows* that shell be deo reap." (Galatians
libe wowing patinas were:swoni is the Grand
Iliejullts—mas Pram °fan%
3.0. Ilemel-PleZ. get.
R. H.
3.
A. ,
ir. IL Vaftraft. &et.
L. EL. Hesse. Req.
B. P. Petherottrehough,

A. E. Maniel,
B. Name, Soq.,
Oolrma Pant.
T. &well, isq..
L O. F. &award, Req.,
G. Bart. IN.,
0. a Farm, Eq.,
0. W. Flom AN,
Z. W. Bombllo7 Portman,
Esq.
O. &
A. &actin, sig.,
P. & Webtonr.

1. illidorisy, Keg.,
H. N. Illidloba. Zig.,
H. P. Mearar" Jinn

eliaighog the Grand Jury. the Judge said :—The
coked& ine was glad t say, was sot oas which would
midst observelke on hie pert, as ha was aware
be was adareiNag gentiesain fiddlier with the
adadnithrothe of Paige Wrenn it would be add-
le= let ham to nabb 11117 OtONVILIOII ulnae ttic=
of the eases wlsoh appeared Is the
p 94105 of
earr fad In one ease on which be nese"
make any observation, that was the third in the
celeader in wig& leaded& Proctor was dinged
with aiding, abetting, sad peooorWg one James Watts
to set fire to • stable, nc&-bouei, and stone, pad it
=from e &politicos, that limes MP
th
was seaviated for a/we'll bersil fife
very poverty, mid now he was some ironed
apparently as the main winter aphid Roan. Karr
leg him with baring lorded his beet lite stable es
era No doubt the taan might be sonde:del upon the
sin* evidence of ela accomplice, but such • course
wee so dangerous that it was almost • matter of
admity that the moomplios should be confirmed and
corroborated in some material point before the other
could be convicted. W the min who appeared
and gave evident)." egainat Proctor. avoiding to his
own sishimast, was by no mesas a man of irreproach-
able chancier. He had himself, to use his own
exprendoe, had two firm, sad he said be had
recovered mann semi of mosey epos them.
He brought a charge against Primer, and
thee withdrew it. 'The drounatasem in the ease
wire undoubtedly suspicious, Mane Wane slaked
them by it to say he wee himself landed of the
aim of whisk be had bees easing's'. They might
therefore think it desirable to ioaddsr how far he wee
corroborated la any material eireanisteadi by any
ladependent witness. II they aim to the conaltrioa
thin woe no probability of • crovicrice it would be
their num to throw out Uss bill; if on the ether hand,
Into it, they thought there was such
70=1Prootor's having ormunilited the trims as to
maks It detirable to put him on his trial, they would
know how to ad. was one eircumstanes, and
one closely connectrid with the subject of crime of
which he would take the opportunity of making • few
°nirvanas, nod In doing so he was going lo Wee to
WON Interesting facts witseit were stated in the sermon,
which be bad the Meat of listening to from the
sherifi's chaplain. Ha (the ohadain) stated taen
ocututy stood remarkably high la the list of matiso,
with regard to in position from an educational point
of view. He believed it stoodlighest, or mooed to all
counties, in reeding or writleg.l 'nig was undoubtedly
• oirennoitacce for great ongrattilatiosi for the county,
but at the same dos the rev. gentleman called tall
attendee of them she were lionising to him, and he
lusdabip) was beading his views to tin Grand
Jury, biome they druk him as
greatly
raeli, to two oireamitme whin greatly
Med the binnalal molt of that faot. on ins
the vary early age at &doh the children left the school.
They mob& the standard which allowed them to
neve at • vary eady age—the average age was about
10 years. The somad oirounstaros to which he
referred was the want of pamatal control sod bilinear.
Now it was needless for hiso to say both these *ma
steam were of the very highest impedance. and
greatly diminished the beneficial results of educatietlf
almost as soon ea the pegs of knowledge was open to
the &lid wee dosed upon him by his leaving Bawl
eh=gla his after life probably no
oa the habits of dada' w=aanrisiri:d
at school. The child of 10 had his habits oomparatividy
unocalineed and unsettled, and they knew better than
he did than the &am of • child of tea wsMg any-
thing like habits of rearing man aguiculiural cottage
were very mealL The other subject was use of eves
Rea::lmportance, via., the want of parietal oostrol.
sadism to say Mt family island Is Rag-
land was the secret of bar sociallaod ammorein lUe, and
If tb• lamas of the finally were act pm, they might
have intelleitnal, bet they could waren, have morn
advancismet. As • man be might know more, bathe
was hardly likely to be better. He might have more
intellectual power, bet it would be &en used foe evil,
and be would be not less inclined for crime' of freed.
It appeared to hint as far as he had been able to
gather. sod the melt of his expensed was this—man
Intellectual education undoubtedly tended to cileildsla
crimes of • brutal character, but It had seared, any
Influence in diminishing crimes of fraud ; the tainting
rather was to substitute for dimes of donna arbor
of freed. It appeared to him, locking at the fats&
11 00' many It was of the lid imported* that side
by side with ths improvement of the mire letsileslual
good of the people should go the Marcia of their
moral education. This subje3l appeared to him no
forcible, sad what the &Wain said yesterday is
Important and Interesting, that be tee& the
opportunity of calling their attention to it. Ells lord-
ship then asked the Grand Jury minks to Mir room.

ATTIIIIPTING TO !IMMO LIICIITIOIt.

Maris Beets (ft ball) ars indicted for reloads*
mental to be tars by Jens Rogers «San sass
things, aelled "sesame of steel and earWol" with
InSo4 thereby to sue the miscarriage of Se said
Joni Botele. st Lass, Dorset, between the lath of
March sod the 54 Apro, 1883.
The Hon.
Matthews delead Bernard Coleridge prosecuted. sad Mr-
od.
Jars Rogers stated els arse unmarried, mad ilyed
with her mother, at Newtown, in Pools. Prisms
also was a married man residing in the ease wills,.
Primmer's wife beosme ill *boat • week after
Christmas, and left the prisoner about the sully part
of February. Witness looked after prieoesr s was
whilst she was ill. Prisoner's wife west
_swag to
Bournemouth, sad returned in about • owlllgght,
on the 13th of lebruary. Oa th• 19th of If
she went away. She saw the prisoner as the 01M
bag day in his hose she was there all day. Hiss..
into bee bedroom undressed in the events, wham the
vu in bed, sad there the Shams teak pins It
took plain before and subsequent to this. She spoke
to him about • mouth altar, sod she told hie' she had
trouble, sad be said he would get her saes ate( this
would put her all right sod would sot hurt bee. She
saw him mow nights afterwards, sad he Sof, het
bottle it stuff, tad hie to take it, sad ski it
would not hurt. She was to take • terispoonful in
tesepoosful end a hail of water, sod lab• was to take
it as often as possible. It was In • small bottle. She
took it home sad took • dose, but It had so effect.
SS did not take ray mor• of it, but sew him again in
his own house, when he skid her if the had taken
the stud, sod she said she bad taken one dos, but
would not take say more, it es so seq. H.
said he had some more stag for her. His
wife went upstairs, sad prisms gen her • bottle of
steel, having omits lable of Mr. Tarim, ebestlet. H.
also gave Sr • PaPer • herb, some-
thing like heath. Vektold her to tparinn some boiling
water, let It pt cold, and then take it. She was to
drink it as ohs as abs could take A. Hs told her she
wee not to say swags to Annie (his wits) about it,
or els It would break bee best Whoa dub got boas
iise got sine boiling water, steeped It, and took shoot
&quarter a • toustphd, although peteesee bad her to
tate half • cupful. It road' her veil sick lad Poe
her • plan ia her side. She took ems of the
ebeeL She saw his. next day' end be shed
ism if she bad takes it, and she mid eh' hid taken se
ita but would not take any more. He said eke was
tort Skills it if she sea The stuff In the
pinb paper prodtmed was the ease. TS bottle
fell of steel) wee the sons as he pre her. He
saksd beer if be got weather bottle at dug, which
would cod ea AL. would she take IA arid ens told
Ma so. He swiped to isow if she would go away
for bar coollasenent, wed abs said so. She had sod,-
carries cm the 90th of May.
Crcessentined by Mr. Matthews: Mr. Bantam
asked bee to dome to kis house about the end at April,
and skid bee to ems sad nee Ids wife. She
said if it was by her husband, sad whams did sot
give her say sower. She said that if it were Sus,
she should not stop soother boar. SS made so
reply. Wham did not say, "Now I will say it is
him; now I will make you pay for it." Witness did
go
aa quietly away, oely said she did oat went to Mop.
„Taylor, chemist, Bournemouth, Sated be
th• bottle (produced) to prises about fear
soothe . It °stained errs of dila or tincture
of Iron. asked for asses of steel.
. . . .

Ones-exantined ; He odd a great deal of that
particular kind of mixture. He did not remember
ever eniag rffigtoort before be jolt him the mixture.
Alfred Moody, cessaist, Whaboran saki earns
wee sometimes used ag medione for bonne, and was
nenally and for abortion.
Waspy George Parkieseateurgeon, saw prosecatrix
sib., boles on the lOth of Mg, bad found that she
bad had a miscarriage. A teaspoonful of the gessoes
PI steel up= a woman La the family-way would hare
an injurious tent.
Gcsen Thomas Sadden used he was a brick
manufacturer at Newtown. Oa on oseseloa he saw
a bowls in the shed adjoiaing the brisk has where
orrwas employed. He asked him what it was
m:de be said for his bangs. H. could not swear
whether it wee similar to that shown y the potion
Mrs. Ooles stated site lived at Waterloo, near
Pod*. She had knows Yrs. Beaten for togas tuns
past, sad she cease to stay with lam or ths 12th of
March ; she stayed uatil the llth of \Carob. Eibe was
Dot staying there in the mouth of February. She
larked lbs. Bastes to her house on account of her
health.

Charles Richard Andrews said he was a clerk
employed by Meows. Mate and Son. printers, Poole.
The WI produced (the pink paper mentioned is Jane
Rouen' *widows) was lamed on the 7th ol
Jane Perseill stated Obi lived at Sisson. Sb. was
at Mrs. Beaten s some time in April last. Jane
Rogers was Mao Jane Rogen said something to
but which she did not like, and witness said if she
was • married girl instead of a young one, she should
ham thought she was going to hare a baby. Bores
re ' If I ara it is sot by a married man."
raut—eGough, a labourer, stated Is. lived at Mason.
Re remembered being on the road from Poole to
Newtown in the month of March last. He saw the
young woman Rogers with a young man with Me
arm round her waist. He had seen her on different
occasions with young zoom
John Rabies, farmer, of Loogflort. stated that on
the !ad of Jails last he saw the wittier (Geozak'. Taylor)
with °amiable, who was pointing in the
primmer.
Mr. Dickeesou Meted be was solioltor to prisoner,
and, in 000sequenee of what the inagistratAt said, he
did not call any ark:Loos foe the dames at the ex-
aothoation.

- The-T.oElolring evidenos as to charades was next
Jobs Saddam, ronnufactorar of hrkdot, said be had
known prisoner from his boyhood, and bad never
known anything against him before.
Daniell &dam, • brick manufaoturer, said be bad
employed prisoner, and had knows him from Ida boy-
hood as • steady reapsotabis man.
The Judge having summed up, the Jury returned
• verdict of not guilty, and prisoner was acoardingly
dismissed.

Till OW O LINIACTIS A? PONIARD.
David William Austin, 54, gromr, was charged with
feloniously wounding Richard Stone with intact to do
him some grievous bodily harm at Portland, Dams,
oath. 11th of July.
Primmer planAd 110 i guilty.

Mr. 11.athithers promogled.-thd Mr. Wiliam defended.
Richard Bthese„ the prosecutor, çay..vldeno.as on
the previous day, which will be found I. another column,
sad was orramexamthed by Mr. Wi11...
Sergeant Baud, leaving given his Initiates, was
aroseermained by Mr. Willem He did not tell the
adjutsat of his mimed that he was not present when
the assault commeneed. Austin was Intoxicated. He
had never ems the prisoner before. Did not hear
Austin knock up the priest. Austin did not say to
him—" What is your &rumbler sad did not beer any
on. say " Never mind about his number." Austin did
not snake any remark about breaking Into his premises.
Thomas Hearths had hosed the evidence given by
Storm sad Beard, which ins correct all through.
William Collins bad beard the evidence given by last
three witnesses, white was correct.
PM. Grove. and P.O. Witt gm widow* as to
receiving and darling pieces of • poker, and the stick.
Oromexamined by Mr. Will.. Oath. 11th of June
received • oomplaint of boys Meeting i from
prisoser. Did not know that prisoser aopi.il of
• robbery on the asoeulag of this mourresom
Mr. Hardie repeated his 'iridium, as did aim Dr.
Dilley.
For the debase, Mr. Willis called
Rth. Father leiley, Roman Othloolio Priest, raid-
Lag in the Grovwroad,Portiand,who elated he had know
the primmer lees than two Tema He always knew
him to be a very honourable man. On the night in
question he was MOAK' by hearing • pens of glees
breaking. He weed downstairs and opened the
shutters, and looked Into the street. Saw Mr.
Austin and a soldier in the road. There were other
men there. Heard Austin saying something shoat
breaking into hi. premises. Saw some ..in crowing
hie window, but did not see Austin &VI ball;
body. He did not me Austin strike any
himself did not me anything to account for the blows
on prothoutree head.
nee Walsh, housekeeper to the bet witness, said
that on tbe night in question the saw • moldier In the
road, and saw Austin cross the road and ask what his
number was. Heard somata say "Never mind his
number." Heard ermosone say "Gin it him," but
did not know who it was. It wee certainly not
Austin. Saw nothing to account for a broken bead
andw=David Austin, eon of prisoner, said that on
the night in quake he was aroused by his father.
When he got in the road he taw four men around
his father, Hoskins with hb mat ot Raw roe
of them nosh at his feast, and his father strike
him in self-defsnos. His tab« was covered
with blood. Hs went with his father that
night to the Verse Citadel and the polb,station.
Previous to that be had been to the Pollre-station. B.
knew of a robbery at his father'. premier.
Cross examined by Mr. Matthew.: He saw Hr.
Appieford, and asked him to go bad see Stone, who
lay 111. He did over money—PD--to mettle it. The
moon he did go was butanes his father had been in
billing health for several years past, and he knew that
this excitement was doing him great harm, and he
thought if he could mettle the matter in any way he
would.

The Rev. A. Appltiord stated bo was the Vicar of
Bt. Peter's, Portland, sod Chaplain to the Crevices.
He had known Kr. Austin &arty six years, daring
which time he had borne • good character, and bad
reantly been ose of the sidemen of his aurae.
Crose-examked by Yr. Matthews: He did oiler £9O
to Stone to settle the case g bat he would not do it.
Thomas Bennett elated he was • retired merchant,
was • town aouncillor. and had been Mayor of tho
Borough of Dorchester. Had known prima, for many
yams, and had always found hint upright in his dust.
lop, and knew that be bore wood character.
Supt. Vtokery stated he was Baperieteedent of lb,
Weymouth Polio,. Had known Austin for eight
years as • respeotable tradesman. He had never heard
any oomplalot against him bofore, and always knew
him to bo • yen resmarmle man.
Sept. Gals, of the Hairnet County Ontillsbularyi
stated that Portland was in his district. He had
knows Mr. Austin throe yearn, doting which time ho
had borne • good &Amato,. He had never knowa any-
thing wheat him.
For the &fame, it was contended that primmer and
*thorn In tho aliolliboarhood had been robbed, and
that he =lota& MS men for robbers, and that the
assault wee, therefore, not ass ef latent to aileron
grievous bodily harm.
Hie lordship haring sawuned tq), the jury returned
• verdict of guilty.
The Jel, In sentencing the prisoner, said he hid
Men found guilty of unlawfully wounding the prone-
color. Ho unlawfully wounded lila In a moat serious
way—ln • way which might ham produced hi. death.
Eince mimes as thew amid not be ocedursd, had he
would he seutoseced to lb months' imprisonment with
hard labour.
The Court romeat about half-pest ohs!
NISI PR! US COURT.

Tonmar.
Maim tin Lord %in Janda.)
auni 1011 lIIPLONTIIIL
Howland§ And y. Sun end SAL lids was as

ladies to recover Efe 16e. for dyeamlis supplied by the
1 plahthiff to defendants, for the papas of Masking up
11 the wreck of th. ship Arklow.
Mr. Collins, Q' .O. together with the Hno.
Wart* (mainlined by Yr. Jail., of Orewkerne),
appeared lor plaintiff ; tr. Pitt-Lewis (nadir instrue,
Boa from Masa &mall and ilooper Weymouth)
appeared for M. Butt, and Yr. Herbert Reed for Mr.
Bruce (instrneted by Boars. Anderson and 0.,
Laden).
Kr. 0 ens cal Bead was a dealer, and arnonget
ether Wags sold dynamite and other explosive sob-
Maness, and lived at Portland. lise defendant Brum
was an engineer of Glaagow, and Batt was clerk to
Mr. Aids.,. solietior, of Weymouth, the latter •
tritons was also Lloyds' t, and neat to die Livia
pool II aderwritera' In J unary, 1880, &ship
ailed the /Labe ran mace os Khania kite ledge,
sad weal to pieties, the week beteg purchased by
defendant& Brow af tarwards saw plaintiff, snd.
tellies him he had bought the wreck, aired him to
Ripply him with dynamite and ..ther implaireef a the
of blowing it up. Bruce afterwards brought
SliirrPir :man named Rooker and three other Isbondag
men, who, be believed, milled themselves the Tye*
Savage Occipeay. Both defendants took • very
motive pert in the affair, and it wa evident Rookes
and the other moo were acting under their orders.
Batt ordered the first quantity of dynanalte, which
was sent to as bus.. It appeared to be the
oastom at Weymouth not to call dynamite by
its proper name. but to call it " hemp" Or " woo a. "
A large quantity of dynamite was supplied
by plaintiff for the papas of blowing up the ship, and
on the 13th of Msy,ll6l, a bill wee sent in by plaintiff
to the amount of SIP add, for which Butt gave him •
&egos for PD. Other orders were then given and a
further debt incurred, at the pressed time there being
£ll6 18i. due. The deletes, so fez as be could make out,
was this—the defendant said they had nothing to do
with Heed, but that the Tyne Salvage Company ware
the party who were indebted to him. It might a very
ooevaient for defendants to have the whole of their
work dooe for tam and than to refuse to pay, saying
Um company must be rammormail, but be thought he
should be able to show they were liable. Hookas and
his three men were only Labourers, resole.* as
remancration.g3 a wail,

Bvelootio Reed. plaintiff, Meted be was a joiner
living at Morse, PortLod. Be dealt in dynamite
and other explosives on hie own account. He was
elm *gem for Nobel's Explosive Oompany, and held
a license for the storage of explode's. In Defter
her, 11130, the defendant (Brum) called at his work-
shop. The letter produced, in ref Greece to the wreck
of the A:tittle was in defendant's handwriting. At
the Ina interview dekadam introduced himself m
It,. lrora, the pars:thaw of the Arklow, and mid he
should require some explosives for the purpose of
blowing up the wreck. Hs weal to Weymouth to
make enquiries. Be afterwards west to the wreck of
the Arkiow, accompanied by Mr. Bruce sod Mr.
Hamar, foreman to Mr. Bruce. A oonvareatioa took
place betimes them Mr. Brace thougbt if the easel
remained on the ledge they oould blow her up before
the heavy weather, which prevelled, ouuld shift her.
However, before this anaegem.sl could be carried
out, she slipped off the ledge into deep water.
Dynamite was IL • pound then, and it afterwards
dro_pmal to ls. 71. aod from that to is.
John Hookas said some year. ago he and
loan other men Joined Mother, sad called them-
selves the Tyne Salvage Oompany. He saw Mr.
Bruce at Glasgow, and be whets(' him to ander-
Wm • contract to remove the heklow. He (witness)
told him they had Do money, and he would he,. I.
make an advance if they aoespted the contract. He
lusci • letter afterwards from Bruce for him to so to
Weymouth. When he got there be found Eirooe
had made a nthwispreeentatioa. there Wag no lilting
appliance. at Weymouth as he had said. Witness
told Bruce they would be unable to carry out the
work for the same. He was afterwerds referred to
M. Ban Reed, es Nobel's agent, and he was to
supply any dynamite that be would require. He
mid he was quit* willing to du so it hi knew
where the money was coming from. He said
he was Bruce and Butt's working manager,
and he most look to than for the messy, as he was
eel, a working man, and had no money of hie own.
Mr. Butt ordered the first quantity, and it was sent to
Mr. Butt's house. Witness took it from there to
Biouneridge, where the ship wad. He saw Mr. Butt
nearly every day, and whenever he ran short of
dynamite he communicated with Mr. Batt. There
was no lighter at Weymouth, and Mr. Brum entered
Into oommanioetion about on. with Morn. Moss and
Co.sad the Oily of York steam lightstr we. engaged
and paid for by Kamm Batt and Brace. Mr. Butt
always took the pay shame, end he always sent to him
for supplies of dynamite. Mr. Butt paid thee
of telarrapkteg, *a Wither received £3 a wesk, and
the oth.t men also received a weekly wage; the mosey
oasts from Mr. Natt._

Oroa-rematiMed by Mr Bead : They had Dever taken
say contracts before. gip celled himself manager of
the company. He had entered into a 'written scree-
meet with Mr. Brum. (The deounteat was produce I.
The third dame stated that the second party, the
oompeny, should provide their own blasting material
and applianoes required for the wrack.) Witness
said be signed that wording to Brune's representations,
which were not format He was never paid accord-
ing to the sgreseneet, although he was paid £46 at the
aounnenosment of the coo but this wee because
be bad no money. He ooucldorsd the contract was
null end void. Wb.e the lighter 111111 taken the charter
stood in his name, but Mawr& Hutt awl Bruce paid
the money, and it was not decimated from Me money
dim under the onntreat. From beginning to end he did
not work under the contract

--iticit—a;d—Pepperil ;if itTdelivered dynamite from
Reed live times altogether at Mr. Batt's office in
Meldeoverest aad hie private home in °overages-
leas It wee all directed to Batt

Mr. Reid baring TeTr..7.71-11; Jury for the defence,
Mr. Pitt. Lewie explained Mr. Butt's relation in
the matter. It had been • most unfortunate affair for
him. He was merely to look after Mr. Brooe's
Interests, and was to receive one eighth of the profit, if
any. There was no profit, and Mr. Butt had rivet) hie
Urn, and trouble and had got nothing. Beyond that
he had nothing whatever to do with She matter. The
question was had Batt ever held himself out to Reed
that he was answerable for the money?
Robert Brow said he was an engineer residing
at Glasgow, and he bought the wreck of the Arklow.
With reference to blowing her up be reoeived a pros-
pectus from Rooks.. There was some oweepondenoe,
which eeded to an qres..eit between them. A ma-
ims was *med. H.paldavWt to Weymoutlit_and
at Portland saw Reed, whom he told the Ten*
Selvage Company would blow up the wreck. The
°attract with the Tyne Salvage Company wee Dever
rescinded, aeither was there any agreement entered
Into WI the work was dose. He never reoollroted
giving Mr. Reed more than on. order for dynarnim
He recollected Reed mining to him with Rooks., and
be (Read) wonted money. He did not claim it from
him, but from Rookie. Intimately, after some
prewar*, • &woe was given to Reed on Rookies'
amount under the contract. At that time Rocket had
received admix,' in stoles of We work done. He
had never roosted any statement of Reed's account
till after he was served with the writ. Rooks.
received ZS • week, also on account of the contract.
He had never heard Rooks* was his manager until that
day.
Cross-examined by lb. Colllas witness at first
assarted there was no assigament of the lighter, but
aftermads said it might be so, as hi was 11l with
the fever. Witness underwent • severe mower amine.
lion at the teemed eousese.s head*.

—Le-u-noeloi Dampen said -in the spring of 1882, he
was as board the ship with Hooka, by whom he was
employed, and who paid Ws wages. Oa ow occasion
B.ookes gave him a note to Mks to Heed for dynamite
(about Ma) Another man went with him, and he
had the moms. Hooks. had previously civet' him
Lb. money. He had never reeognised anyone In the
matter accent Rooks&
William 'Beat, dark to Mr. A.rdea. sgset for
LIOTeI, at Weymouth, was Galled, mid said when the
Aridow was wreaked they advertited the wreak
for tale. ILr. Brace became the purohaear.
Witham had never acquired arty share in the
propsoty An arrangement was «Awed into by
to receive oaaelnitth of the profit for his
trouble in the matt-r. He had never stated be wee a
penalty He oonid ewear h. had never given say
orders for dynamite. Mao lit,oltes had the £2O It
was on account of the contract When tits dynamite
came it was addressed Mr. Rooks. in his (Mr. Hint'.)
oars.

Cross-examissel by Mr. C0i1..: He had paid
various sums for dynamite. The first charter party
was teed to him sad 8e..., but the second was not
=ICU
The leagued counsel having addressed the jury, and
his Lordship having summed up at considerable lewith,
the jury deliberated, and after about fire minute* con-
sideradon returnel • verdict for the plaintiff against
both the defendants.

WIZ WIIIIIIDZAWIII.

Coombs aod Case v. Frost —Plaintiffs are executor*
under the will of Mr. Frost. lete of the Slog's Arms
Hotel, Dorchester, agehtet John Frost, brother of theM late r. Frost.

Mr. Bollen and Mr. *tidal were for plaintiffs, and
the former asked his Lordship for leave to withdraw
the cam, as it had been settled upon terms, on defend.
ant paying £46, together with taxed mots.

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