The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

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HOWITILO CROILTT DT • MOTHIL —A frightful awls
came herons the Liverpool coroner on Tuesday. Tbe
mother of a lad named Ellis, in a fit of drunken rage,
recently took a red•hot poker from the fire, and thrust
It into one of the lad's thighs. Ha died from the
wound on Panclay. The mother was committed, on
the ooroner's warrant, for caanslaughter.

ASSAULT ON • YOUNG LADY IS • RAILWAY.
Mr. Augustus Henry Ward, merebant, cil Wiebesett,
was beer. the Csmbridge magistrates on Tuesday
on Um charge of assaulting in a millorgy carriage
a young lady DsMSS lAS7 Williams, 14i yean
of age, who was on her way from Norwich to mbool
at fit. John's.wood. The meault connoted in having
attompted to pull tho young lady on his knee, and
kissing her several times Diann her wilt. The magi.-
tries considered the come proved, and menteenal Mr.
Ward to pay £5 and ogreseees, or undergo two months'
hard labour. A ease was granted for the court shove.

lITITIMIOI7II -
On Monday, the inquest wasnieumed at Arley, in South
Staffordabire, on the remains of an infant child that
had been found in • pit shaft in a coppice in that pariah
adjoining the royal forest of Wire, under circumstances
already reported in this joureal. The coroner was Mr.
W. H. Phillips, of Wolverhampton, and be was
acoompenied by Mr. Baker, the government impeder
of mines for the district. The ooroner and mines
inapector went to the copies, tallith was about 11 mile
from the place of the inqueet, and made an examina-
tion of the pit shaft as fares was possible, and also of
the surrounding locality. The mines inspector pro-
flounced • decided opinion that the shalt was that ode.
old colliery, and that there had been other pita worked
on the some locality many years ago. After Mr.
Thomas Ii olyoake, surgeon, of Waver, had deemed that
the remains of the infant that bad been found were
wrapped lint in calico garments, with blood upon them,
then in • guano bag, weighted with • brick, the inqaast
was adjourned for six months, to ellow time for the
police to make further inquiries. The coroner, spray.
leg the decision to which the jury hal oome, said that
there was "very, very, strong suspicion indeed, that the
foul crime of murder had oven committed," and, there-
fore, the jury ought to make every inquiry Into the
matter in their power. The jury were then sworn to
investigate the circumstances attending the finding
of certain other remains dim...peered in the mote
pit. Polies-Sergeant Baldwin, stationed at Neville,
deposed that he was asiszebiog in the pit after
the remains of the infant Imre discovered on the
7th inst., end found certain bnea tied together with
a cord. Afterwards he found other bathe. He handed
them to Mr Holyoake, surgeon, on the 10th inst. Had
made every inquiry in the neighbourhood, and could
not hear of any child having been lost. Mr. Holyoake
deemed that certain boom were those of • ehild aged
about six years, and that the other bones were those of
• child aged four or five. Of the elder the bones Were
tIOO thigh and two shin bones, the arm bones aomplete.
and some foot hones. The cord was round the bones of
the foot and thin, sod round two bones of the arta, to
that the child would be tied hand and foot. The aim
of the coil of the rope would correspond with the aim of
the erns and leg of • ebild of the ago of mix with Seth
upon it. The bones of the younger child were oeies
thigh, one shin, one splint, and one radius. These all
were brought to him, with Nome bones also of some
animals. The children's bosses might have bora in the
pit perhaps 10 years. He bad fated no fractures oe
any of the boom. The coroner said that the rope Wag
round the bones was as stroog *videos, se the jury meld
have, in the decayed state of the remains, that then
had been foul play in respect certainly of cee of the
' children, and he should reeoeunsend them to adopt the
sante course in those owes as in the ease of the infant.
He did not think the jury would be doing their duty
unless every opportunity were afforded to the polioe of
lib ly inveatigistiog the matter. It WWI then
re:s= that this mooned inqoest also should be
adjourned till that day six months. Mr. Woodward, in
✓eply to the coroner, said be bad 00 doubt that the rope
harlot been embedded in clay and leaves would have
preserved it from delay throughout ton years, especially
if it had been tarred, ',high esemed now to have boss
the ease.

A OM. called at mini Rye's Alm at Tuesday for
information about the colonies. &Meg she bad many
misgivinp about if. in Australia, Ulm By. asked her
what she considered the semisi drawback to living in
Vision* to which questioo she resolved the ensiling
answer—" Oh (with • long righ) I do bear out there they
does web upon the tress."
• RIDDLE IN CHUICIL—The mogreetio• of a
aorta* ritualistic aura in this nsigtoarbood was some-
what startled on • resent Sunday bL.bearing • riddle
proponaded from the " when." laid MI.
°Militant slergsmao in his sermon, "is • Imo father to
his own father r Them wino IlsPon", lmbod7
"pve it up," end the etergram peotteeded
moo to giv. th. um, MISS bell • hiehep."—
Halstead nose.