The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-23 00:00:00

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/aim ant Crime.

AT the Warwielr eseinoll, OS TIMWIAY. Junes 8.044
warn seateaced to death for the wilful murder
John Pryor, of Birmingham, in whom tervke he ilea
been • natobn of years.
ON the aWiciation of Sir Roger Tinhborne, Vie.
Chancellor Weed has granted an applieatioe to manila
iewspiperi from publishing afidank on the cm,. Th.
Pen Mall Oasetgd, which had ornaments on the affidavit,
wee ordered to pay cost..
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A TIIIATIML—ON Mind"
nigh' • diabolical attempt was made to blow ap ties
theatre at Kzeter. The representative of Kr. Belies
the lessee, visited the plasm at eight &desk, and ta,.
that everything was safe. Two hours afteird. it ems
discovered that the gas bad been turned on in all parte
of the boom, and two burners at the pit and bel
entrances lit. Had this continued two hours
terrible exploMoe must have aseerrwd. Ti. keys of the
doors were miming, and mutt barns been stolen while the
pit door was epee in the day. Walter Graham, a
stepson of Mr. Belton, ha bee° committed for trial ler
attempting toast lire to the theatre.

DUrtart- ATM!? TO MORDIR A POLICIKAN.—
On TOIII4IIII night amoral determined attempt to murder
a polio* °Meer wad made in the parish of tit Peter in
the Wand of Jersey, by • Frenchman named Thotoli
residing in that parish. The eenteniere (honoree;
polies offloerel of that parish were aimembkd,
to COSWM, on the night of the fan moon in the Star
Hotel, for the purpose of discussing pariah matteo.
when news WM brought that Tborel had been illtreatiei
a widow named Mra. Hawkins. C.entesien De Carteret
and De Ste. Croix at case proueded to the residues al
the prisoner to arrest biro, and it the warm of the
wane which ensued the prisoner drew a forsidebio
stiletto and atabed I)e Carters* In tbe breast H.
attempted to stab other °Moira bet was felled to the
ground with • 'miry stick and soured. De Carteret's
wound it not fatal, although he bet • great deal el blood
and suffered much pale. The pririoner was safely loceod
in the gaol of St. Helen's.
Beicacarsse' StrtausrPs.—On Moeda', at the Old.
ham Polies Court, four men, named John Mills, J.
Smethurst, William Wardle, and Henry Bracewell,
wereeharged with assaulting Michael Hynes. Defend-
ants are bricklayers, and complainant is a bricklayers'
labourer. It appeared that on the nervier's' Monday
aresplathant went to his work, and whilst on the Peaffold
defeerlants demanded from him • shining "because he
bad shaven off his mousterthe." B. refused to ray,
when they knocked him down amongst the bricks, sod
ussulted him. They threatened to throw him off the
scaffold, sod, to save himseff, he jumped off. They also
eenthined with others to get biro east from his place.
For the default it wu urged that mond the brink.
layers, who bad sometimes to work it respectable
hews, there lease rule that the Ems visa go to work
at a Monday morning cleanly shaved and with a clue
shirt. The week before the arasult eomplainent broke
this ride, and on being spoken to abut it said he
ieteeded to let his moustache grow. Seeing, on the
following Monday, the moustache was gone, the defend-
ants thoeght he bad previously told a Lie in order to
segue oeuvre. The Chairman (Hr. Worthington) said
that in • free country it was monstrous that men shoe:d
be eo dictated to. A man had, right either to sear
his monateebe or to shave it off. Defendant' were fined
10.. each and costa.

THRIATINIIO TO BLOW VT • NOW-171110111ST.—At
Sheffield, on Monday, Henry Smith, • silversmith,
employed at the manufastort of Marrs. Welker cad
Hall, of that town, was brought before Mr. T. Jamey
I and Mr. W. E. Layleek, under • warrant charging him
with unlnsrfully using threatening language towards
I Walter Dale, • feHo••workman. It appeared that the
I defendant and a number of his shopenstes were at the
I Egerton hotel together on Thursday last, when some
I dispute arose between his. and • me. named Oldale,
during whish the somplanant entered the room, and
Oldsle said something to the effect that defendant had
better say what he had to say now, whereon the defen-
dant, as alleged by the complainant, said he was a
"knobetick," and ought to pay his money to the trade.
The complainant said be had reason for not paying, and
he should not pay. The defendant then got up, and in
the course of the row said, "11l do thee thy
' job' for thee. I'll blow thee up. It bas been
laid for thee this afternoon le thy shop aide, but it
did not go off." A number of witnesses were sailed on
behalf of the oomplainant, and one of them stated that
the defendant told the complainant that he had himself
bad the iron in the fire ready to light the powder as
soon as a hammer should be struck as a signal for doing
the "job." It was admitted, however, that they were
none of them sober at the time. Mr. Binney, on behalf
of the defendant, said he was of opinion that more harm
bad been done in Sheffield by the commission than was
likely to be remedied for many years to come. The
fact was that men would now be prone to say, "I'll
Broadhead you," or " 11l Crooks, you ;" and if they got
too much drink and rnade use of gush Impressions, it
ought not to be construed Into • serious offence, when
It might Only be • foolish joke. Mr. Jepson said such
oonduct could not be overlooked, though it might after
all ho only • piece of drunken folly. The defendant
was bound over to keep the pesos for sin months in his
own recognisance' of £4O, and two sureties of £2O each.
—MeacAtater Courier.