The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-04 00:00:00

THE COsr OF A SNIEZI

There is no incident so trifling that it may not lead to an
important issue, •11.1 • toteeze thdivered by a draper's
assistant on the 2Sth of January led to an action which
wee tried before kludge and Wry at the Lanabeth County
Court, on Tuesday. The plaintiff was on the liar lawn-
Cloned, in the service of tile Army and Navy 01'01,er:dive
Stores, Westminster. and was engaged in the drapery
department, of which the defendant was overlooker or
manager. Aisnit ten o'clock at night, whet, aa+i,din.: to
take stock. having, as he alleged, a cold in hl s head, "he
wee compelled to sneer% " There can he little limitl that
he sneezed rather loudly. for the defendant, bearing the
report, came up to where tgau plaintiff awl others were at
tvork, and "demanded to know who sneezed." The
ttlaintiff at once magnanimously admitted that he was the
•neezer, upon which the defendant tobl him that, "the
est time he wanted to sneeze he mount go otdohle_and do

" Shortly afterwards the plaintiff "felt himself
• ell,' to sowego again." and putting on his •wereoat.
t • the " Please, sir, I am going out to
• Ile was thereupon told by the •lefendant that if
• •oatside he mowt go altogether, awl unon his
1,1,10 the defen•lant insisted on his return-
wage,he hal rocs ived fow bolas prey' sly,
•••••rk uot ..xpiring until the aftertiom of
Is doclionl to comply with this demand.
f ill9l by the collar aim ;wished him
•; • • •• • fitght at a time." 11,, wa: slew
; • • e i•remiwes bet-en a
.policeman
• •'• mai damage for the Injuries he
•I de,rolt •14.••••••• airs. After
uuine.l, anti the dmendant haw
atakir, tie fudge stuumed up the
ind the
.jury ilaYo.l.l yerlict for

Pt

he f - • • The ju,hoi certified for colt&
het the uqo..if. r ti,.• ..efendant wawa leave for • new
trial. vrket...l pfg. forus4. so that tn,bre work for
pr'.a'.l rt w out of Ibis unfortunate sneeze.

HORRTBLE :SIT'IIDER OF A CHILD.
A 1:1111,1 .r. retie .10.1,4 in almost every particular
hit on which o.en ed ....tlton, in Ilatupshire, some
t. 1...•', it r A few days IWO at Black.
1.11 `.. st.t:l ..e.en years of age, has been
worth) ed and her u tin roughly cut up. The
L.ttuk, wrapoed up io piper, was found near the
ce•seeerv, and her le i 3t a place about four 'tiles
(Unita. Two tramp. were arrested on Friday night
—one at 13 thou and one a andher place—and three
on &turd ty, but noliin; could be proved against any
one of them, at d they were dischs.rged. The chief
constable of Blackburn sod on constables are engaged
in the search after the mu r lerer. The Secretary of
state will be ased t offer a reward of 1:100. The
opinion is the mu,derer, after shockingly abusing
the child, cut the throat of his victim, and when
death had taken plac- he cut her into pieces. The
Authorities are al u of opinion that the dismember.
went hes been elfecte I by no unpractised hand, but
by one who haa some skill in amputation. The girl
was no. se -n in aty ..rt .f the outskirts of the t twn
or itt any ft e flee ceding thereto, anti no evidence
is to be f ott to the c unmittal ttf the mortar in any
ci th 6 Ids or e .clutl • I places in the neighlsturhoot.
hi-, c .upled with the fact that the girl herself was
sharp, shre VI!, and intelligent, and not .ikely to be
induce I t go with a stranger to the outside of the
town, seems to indicate that the scene ..f the murder
and mutil ttion is not far distant from the itot where
the stutp..ctetl murderer first accosted the girl. l'he
hemd and arme of the child have not been found.