The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-20 00:00:00

Dersetobirt.

DORCIIESTER.—Tai Snug° entarrrs /OR
156.3.—0 n Thursday morning, the judges of the
Court of Queen's Bench, Common Pies., and
Exchequer met at Westminster, ad chose their
different circuits as follows :

Hors Curl:rt.—The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn
and Mr. Justice Wightnian.
Nogrout Cismorr.—Lord Chief Justice Erie and Mr.
J malice
MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.—The Lord Chid Baron Pellock
and Mr. Justine Willis.
OXFORD CIRCCIT.—Mr. Justice Crompton and Mr.
Baron (7hanneL
WISTRRN CUICCIT.—Mr. Justice Meg and Mr. BNION
Norman, Om-um—Mr. Baron Martin and Kr.
Justice Keating.
NORM WALI3I.—Mr. Baron Bramwell.
Bourg WALKIL—Mr. Justice Mellor.
Mr. Justice lideekburn will stay in town and transact
business at judges' chambers danng the ahansas of the
other learned judges.

BROADWEY.—Farat Acunawr.—We regret
to state that on Friday week an accident occurred.
to John Winter, carpenter, which resulted in his
death. On Monday an inquest wee held on the
body, before H. Lock, Fog., deputy coroner, and
from the evident)* that was then adduced, it ap-
peared that the deoessed had of late become very
deaf. On Friday the deceased and his brother
Richard went to Godmanstone for a load of poles.
On their return they left the wagon nem the black'
smith's shop, at Broadway, acof after being in the
house on the opposite side of the road a short time,
the deceased mad, "We have left our °oats in the
wagon, I'll go and fetch thein." He went out, and
on going down the steps to the road, a wept' was
paining down tbe road. He waited till it had passed,
and then started to go across the road for the coats.
Jima at this time Alfred Keynes, In the employ of
of Mr. Raley, baker, of Weymouth, met the
wagon, and on pealing it, raw the deceased
crossing the road. He called out to him, and
endeavoured to stop his horse, het it was too
late, and either the horse cc %be shaft of the cart
knocked him down. The road had been newly
macadamised, the cart was going up hill, and the
driver was not going feet, nor was he tipsy. The
deceased afterwards stated that he did not blame
the driver, that he was minified it was an accident,
and that he did not see the cart coming, it being
very dark, and his attention was directed to the
wagon going down the bill. Keynes backed his
horse limn :ia.tely, and jumped out of the cart, lifted
the deceased up, who said, "let me be here." He
told him be could not lie there, as it warn in the
middle of the road. He masted him to the steps
of his home, and as the deceased said he Was not
mach hurt, and could go by himself, he left him.
On going up the stem, however, he fainted, and
assistance was required to take him in-doors. This
was about half-past six o'clock. A surgeon was
sent for, who paid every attention to his oast,
but he died on the following evening.—John
William Pridhani, M.D.' said he was called to
see the deceased a little after ten o'clock on the
night in question. He was cold and pulsates.. He
noticed a bruise ow the chest, which might have
been mined by • blow from the shaft of a cart.
After death be made a post-mortem examination,
and from what be then observed, and his previous
examination, he was of opinion that death resulted
from the shock caused to the system from the blow
dammed had suffered. The jury returned • verdict
" Accidental death."
WEYMOUTII.—Tits Psnat.z Arivairrunsa AGAIN.
--Miss Edith Westwood was on Tuesday brought up on
re mend, as the charge of stealing a chemise at No. U,
Wellington-terrace. In addition to the evidence already
given. Sept. Lidbury said: I reoei•ed information
lan Sanday week of the prisoner having obtained goods
from tradesmen in this plaoe by false representations,
and without any means of paying. I also received in-
formation that she was lodging, and had obtained board
at Mr. Pigeon's, under similar representation., and that
Mn. Pigeon hid missed • chemise which the prisoner
must have stolen. 1 eru told that she was then in
St. Mary's Church, as she had been seen going in, and
he waited outside expecting her to come out, but she
did not. On Monday morning I received a letter from
fluperintendesit Underwood, of the County Constabu-
lary, of her having arrived at Dorchester about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, and taken lodging, at the King's Arm•
Hotel, but that she was afterwards routed out
and left, and that she, subsiquently, slept at
the Ship. I proceeded to Dorchester and found
that she hail left. I made search for lier round
1 MI-chi-liter but could learn nothing of her.
On Tuesday morning I received information that she
was at No. I. Gloucester-row. I sent a constable to
that house, but she left withoet notice, and without
paying her lodgings. I wrote to the various county
police offices, and on Wednesday morning she was
apprehended at Wareham, brought to Dorchester, and
Lauded over to me. I had her searched at hoe-
heater, but nothing was found on her more than she
stood upright in. 'The chemise she wore was not the
one which Mrs. Pigeon bad lost. I asked her her
Address, and she said she had none bat 11, Wellington-
terrac nor any occupation. I seppose I travelled
from 50 toll) miles in search other. The prisoner, I
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have heard, was here last October, and lodged at two
or three house., and went away then &I now without
paying anyone. —The prisoner elected to be tried by the
magistrates, and i• answer to the charge denied that
she had stolen the chimes°. She acknowledged that
Mr. Yippee had had acted very kinlly towards her, but
said that bad she been whet was represented, she might
have left there with money in her pocket, as Mrs.
Pigeon offered to lend her two or three sovereigns or
what money she required. The servant paid • little
bill for her, but she did net receive the half-sovereign,
mad she did not know that she had anything particular
to answer to, as she did not see that there was any
OW against her,as it was all simply a debt —The Bench
said the debt was incurred under false pretences, as she
had no money to pay.—Prisoner : Not at the time,
but I might have at a future time.—Mr. Pigeon said
the IVOOIII his wife offered to lend the prisoner money
was, that she read a letter purporting to come from
the manao r of the goods department on the Booth
Western Railway, stating that her uncle and brother
had been to him, and from inquiries he had made, he
had every reason to believe the luggage really had been
lost, and offering oompensation. She held the letter in
her hands and showed it him, but he had not his gleams
and could not read it—Superintendent Lidbury said
that the statement respecting the lost legatee he had
a,wrrtaiaed .11.11 false, anal the prisoner had given the com-
pany's servants great trouble in making inquiries respect-
ing it. The uncle and brother,as represented,had never
been to Mr. Scott. If prisoner was further remanded,
an officer belonging to the company, who had business
at Warehaiu to-day, would he down to prosecute her if
poraible.—The Bench said the present charge against
the prisoner hail entirely failed, and she would conse-
quently be discharged.—Superintendent Lidbury then
apprehended the prisoner in reference to the false charge
she had made against the Railway Company of having
detained or lost her luggage. The officer in question
subsequently arrived, but.. no charge could be substan.
tiated against her, the prisoner woo discharged. She
left in the direction of Osmington.
A SSA VI. T. —Alan's& l'itrnan was 011 Tuesday

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charged with *moulting Mary Talbot. —Complainant
said that she lived on the North Quay. She and
her husband went to bed, leaving her mother-in.law
up. After they had been in bed some time, her
husband asked her who was downstairs talking so
loud, and she told him it was Martha Pitman. He
then asked her to go down to tell her it was time
nil. was at home and in bed. She came about half-
past 9 and left about half-past 11. When witness
went down she was very abusive and flew at her,
hut her mother-in-law held her back.—Defendant
said she would murder her if she could get at her.
—Defendant denied the assault. She said she was
passing complainant's house on Sunday night, when
old Mrs. Talbot called them in. They remained
there in good humour, and after 12 o'clock
bad struck, the company called on defendant to
sing a song, with which she complied, and thought
ii no harm as Sunday had gone. Complainant
then came down stairs and told them that they
ought to have been at home before that, and called
her (defendant) a name which virtuous women do
not deserve. Defendant replied that if she was one
now, the complainant was one once' and slept two
nights on the Nothe.—Complainant denied having
slept there but once. She did not fight —John
Cross said be was at complainant's house on
Sunday night, about half-past 11. They were talk-
ing very loud, when complainant came down and
and it was time they were all in bed. She was
very aggravating, and called the defendant • very
bad name. The defendant retaliated, and they
threatened each other, but did not actually come to
blows.—The Bench said this was one of those cams
which ought never to have been brought there, and
the summons would accordingly be dismiased, each
party paying her own costa
FELONY BY SOLDIER& —George Parry, William
Reynolds, and John Hagarton, a corporal and two
privates belonging to the 53rd regiment, were
charged by Robert Brinslay with stealing apiece of
bacon, a basin of lard, and a looking glom,
his property.—The prosecutor said he lived
at the Hope Tavern. The
had
had some-
times used hie house--he had sometimes seen them
there. On Smiday night as he was going to bed
his sister called his attention to the safe in the
kitchen, and on examinints!taihe found it vraa un-
fastened, and a piece of and the lard was
guile. Tim looking glass hung against the
safe He saw it was gone on Sunday morning, as he
west to church. There were several soldiers in his
house on Sunday night, but he did not notice the
prisoners. The value of the articles stolen waa
—Mary Snell said she went to the Hope Tavern on
Sunday night with the prisoners. Mr. Brinaley
told her to go out, and she did so. Mr. Briosky
called her a common prostitute, and the young men
took it up. She and Reynolds came out and the
other two remained behind. They then came out-
side the door, and Parry had the lard and bacon.
They gave the lard and bacon to Reynolds, who
then went on with witness. They overtook them
at Oakley plane, and Hagarton had the looking
glass. Witness told them they would get into
trouble about it. They went to Mrs. abb., to
whose hones the corporal
The
took the bacon and lard.
and Reynolds the e whole afterwards
went to Portland.—l'-S. Brine said that yesterday
morning be went to the Verne barracks in company
with the two last witnesses.—Mary Spell identified
H :eprton sad Reynolds. He took them into custody
and charged them with stealing a looking glass, •
piece of bacon, and a basin of lard from the house
of Mr. Brinsky. l'olour-Serpent Weartilf found
the looking ems and yr* in,. w Awns. „..On their