The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

assile intrlligence.

At the Exeter Assizes, before Mr. Justice Bytes, on
Weduraday. Samuel Kemp was indicted for maliciously
wounding John Rose, with intent to murder him ;
other counts varied the intents.—Mr. Lopes conducted
the prosecution.—lt appeared that Rose was a warder
at the prison at Dartiuosie. The prisoner was a convict
at that prison. On Thursday, the llth of September,
Rose had charge of a gang of convicts who were at
work on the convict farm at Dartmoor. 'rho prisoner
was one of that gang. Rose found fault with the
manner in which the prisoner was doing his work. The
prisoner said lie was doing it as well as others. Rom re-
plied, upon which the prisoner sail he wonlii as soon
have his throat cut as not, hut he should like to see
some others cut first. The pthsoner then watched his
opportunity, and while Rose was stooping down look-
ing in the trench he held up his spade with both hands
arid struck Rose jut behind the ear. Rom fell insensi-
ble, was taken to the hospital, where he remained
some time' and was ultimately discharged, but unable
to resume his duties.—Tile Judge asked for the spade,
but was told it was at Dartmoor. His lordship expressed
his surprise that in so serious a case the weapon with
which the injury had been inflicted should not he pro.
duced.—The prisoner put in a written statement to this
effect :—" I wish to state the truth. While I was in
Dsrtmoot Prison, I was in Mr, Rose's gang. He was
always finding fault with me and abusing me. He kept
finding fault with me and abusing me on purpose to vex
me. Three or four of the other priAeners said " Why
do you go on so with that man!" I asked the governor
to shift use from his gang, but he would sot. Rose
began again to find fault with me ; lie said he would
report we for idleness. I finished my work before the
others. Rose came to nie and said he should like to
put his bayonet into such an idle son of a —, and he
presented is bayonet at me. My passion was raised.
He pointed the bayonet at me and! thought he was
going to use it. I went to strike him on the shoulder
to prevent his using the bayonet. but it unfortunately
struck hint on the head. I have been in an
Nude.), and that makes me more peasionate than I
ought to be,"—The Judge asked one of the officers if
the warders were arnied with bayonets.—•-The Officer:
Yes. my lord, inteitiably ; at least, they wete.—The
Judge: When did it cum.—The Officer: Shortly after
this cave. —The Judge: In consequence of this case ?
The Officer: I can't say that.—The learned judge
having summed up,the jury returned a verdict of guilty,
with intent to do bodily harm. It seems that the prisoner,
who appeared at the liar wearing silver spectacles, had
been four times convicted,and had been twice sentenced
to penal eervitode, on the last occasion was sentenced,
at the Sandwich January BesbionB, to tan years' penal
servitude, which sentence he ix now undergoing.
BRUTAL MURDER PROM MOTIVES OP JBALoURY.—
At the Liverpool &seises on Tuesday,Thrtmas Edwards,
a butcher, WM indicted for the imirder of Isabella
Tongue, a woman with whom lie had been eoliabitieg
Fur upwards of eleven years. The facts have been
recently published. After the case had been folly gone
into, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with • re-
oonimendation to mercy. The prisoner was sentenced
to death.
Siemer AND FORGERT.—The trial of the notorious
Caetein Conroy, alias James Summer°, came off at the
Gloucester assume on Wednesday. The indictments
egelnet him were for feloniotlely intermarrying with
Emily Dawson Graham, at Windsor, mid also Jane
Cowley Date, at Cirencester, on the 9th July lest ; also
for forging and tittering a cheqee fur PHA et Cirenoes-
ter, eh the 9th July lut, with intent to defraud.—Mr.
hate, landlord of the King's Head, Cirencester, said the
prisoner came to his loosens the 16th April, and repre-
sented that his name was John Alexander Conroy, that ,
he was a captain in the Indian Army, and an officer in
the Civil Service; and after remaining a day or two
proposed that he ghoul.' nay his addresses to Mho Jane
Date, a ,young lady of eighteent Date, finding the
prisoner's haste was not in the Army List, refused to ,
allow him to address his daughter until this difficulty
was explained. Prisoner was indignant at the omission
and immediately wrote a letter to his " friend," Sir
John Lawrence, making a formal complaint. A few ,
days afterwards Date and prisoner mush reoeited a letter
purporting to tome from Sir john Lawrence —that to
Date Mating that he knew Captain Conroy, and that he
*as a captain in the Indian Army ; the other urging
the prisoner to see at once that his name was inssrted
in the Army List. These letters were deemed ratisfac•
tory, and the courting went on merrily, the prisoner
living with the family as one of them, neither paying
any hotel bill, nor being asked for it. He occasionally
showed the family letters from his sister, Mrs. General
Dames stating that she and the general were about to
start for India, and that they were most anxious to
welcome Mrs. Capt. Conroy in India, would secure a
house and ledy'e maid for her, and forwarding the
prisoner a eheque for £lOO to pays few debts which the
general was unable to settle before leaving for India.
This 9th of July was fixed for the wedding, and on the
lttli the prisoner gave Mrs Date two cheques to take
care of for him. one of which purported to be drawn on
Hopkinson and Co. by General Dames in favour of Capt.
Conroy, or order. the prisoner amused his friends with
descriptions of the mutiny in India and the taking of
Lueknow ; and at last the weeding day arrived, the
party went to church, and Captain Conroy and his
bride returned. The prisoner kept the guests waiting
at the wedding breakfast, and. on inquiry being made,
it was mid he wee eurching for his puree, which he had
lost. After breakfast he applied to Date to lend him
money, but he declined and suggested that the
prisoner should (*eh one of his cheques. After some :
hesitation he endorsed the PlOO cheque, and it was sent
to the bank and cashed. The prisoner then left on his
wedding tour, huts few days aftetwards the Armee was
returned, with " Not known" written on it, The
police were then put on liie ttack, and lie was found
spending the honeymoon in perfect bliss with Miss Date
at Bree's Hotel, Jersey—Other evidence was adduced
to show that the cheqne was a forgery, that the letters
were not in the handwriting of Mr. Dames, who
disclaimed all relationship to the prisoner, or even any
knowledge of him. The prisoner had once beeu a small
grocer, and afterwards set up as • jeweller, wheo he be-
came an nneertificeted bankrupt. He had a wife.and
family lying at Hastings. The judge sentenced the
prisoner to 15 years penal servitude.
VRRDICT OF A DEVoNBHIRE JORT.—At the Exeter'
Assizes on Wednesday, William Williams was indicted
for setting fire to an office belonging to the shareholders
of the Great Devon Consols Mine, near Tavistock.
The prisoner some time since worked at this mine; he
wits FWD in the neighbourhood the night before the
fire, which burnt an office, belonging to the mine.
Liside the Aloe a knife which belonged to the prisoner
was found, and a elieet of paper on which waists letter
in the prismier's handwriting addressed to the captain
of the mine. The learned Judge having summed up
the case, the jury said, we find him "Guilty" of stealing
the knife. The Judge—Gentlemen, I can't take that
verdict: the prisoner is indicted for setting the build.
ng on fire. The jury considered again for some time,
and at length said, "Guilty" of setting fire. The
prisoner was then convicted of stealing some clothes
belonging to one of the minere, and having been pre-
vionely convicted of housebreaking at &Amin in July,
1857, and sentewed to six years penal servitude,
the judge sentenced him to 10 years' penal sevitude.

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veyed and regulated along slender iron rods 300 feet in
length, and made to move with the exactest precision
the gigantic hands of a dial on a faraway tower—Daily
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