The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-03-30 00:00:00

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I (immature.' Womt.—The proems of am art
manufacture in this breach of trade is strikiegly
exemplified in a little work pablishod by J. W. Benson,
of 25, Old Bond Street, and .4 the City Steam natorYtst .
and SO, Lndgato Hill. It is enriched and embelliehed
with designs (by Italian, Treece, and English artistes)
lof Brooches, Br.eolets, &mines, and other artieles,
suitsbls for personal e.r, or Wedding, Birthday, Or
other peeenta, with the', priers. Mr. Bensen (who
holds tha scipointinsat te If. H. Ff. ths Prince of Wales)
haa alert publish.d a vary interesting p.mphlet on the
Ries and Progress of Weteb and Cloek.making. These
pamphlets are seat poet Irei for two Moulin each, and
they atonal be too strongly reeotnmended to thom
sontenplating • Nahum, espeitially to residents In the
country or abroad, whe are thus stubbled to seised any
ertisle they may require, and hare it forwarded with
perfect aefety.

PAIXTOL ColllL—Ao inqviry he taken plain into this
death of • child named liFilkina, which we alleged to
bsv been caused by starvation. The mother was the
daughter of • respeetable farmer in Worcestershire and
seven years ago she eloped with a young medical
gentleinut, and live' with him as his wife in Islingtoe.
His parents were wealthy, sad his mother allowed him
£250 a year unknown to her husband. When his family
discovered that they were not married the father com-
pelled the son to break off the earn...salon. Three of the
four children which had been born were taken away by
the young niaa's relatives, but on the mother asking to
be allowed to see them they were eat book to her, and
for some time past she bad only been allowed ten
shillings • week to maintain the whole of them. Bhe
fell into great poverty, which she attempted to relieve
by singing at muslie-balls. Whim this resource failed
she applied to the parish, which •fforde4 her seanty
relief, and from want of food Me yosingeet child died.
BLEACH Or PIONIVO Or IIARIIIAGIL —At the Norfolk
keens, Mies Woods. 22 years of are. and • Damn 01
eonsiderable personal secretions, sued Mr. Crisp for
breech if promise, ho. Al the time the propoid of
marriage was made to her plaintiff was barmaid of the
Cicadae Lion hotel, at Hanstentoe. Tbo defen-
dant is the eldest son of • large farmer at
tiledgekrJ, neer Hen.tantion. The plaintiff was intro-
duced to the defeediuit's friends, but soon afterwards
she received the following letter '' I wieb to break off
our engagement as I think we elionid not live hsppily,
nod I hope you will meet with some one more suitaMe
than I should be.--Fro.. your well-wisher, W. H.
Omar." It waa eoetended that the plaintiff's character
was spotless, and that there was no justia video for the
defendant's braise of faith. Bvidenoe was adduced at
some length. Mr. &deer, for the defendant, argued
that Neve had been no beart-breaking in the MO.
The defendant's freed. bad simply not approved of the
engagement while be had hastily and foolishly formed;
and, if beery damages were given egainst the defend-
ant, they would drive him, • mere boy, into the
Bankruptcy Court. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
t 25.

I Tan BMWOlnatr Minim Arms Cann—Ellen Cook,
44, the be-per of • eoffe-house, 42, Star-oorner,
Bermondser, was charged at Southwark policy-court on
remand with felonionely cutting and wounding John
I Cook. her husband, with a knife, and mutilating bins in
a frightful manom, with intent to murder him. The
whole of the evidenee having been read over, hr.
Beacham uked the misnomer whether she had anything
to say. Prisoner, with some warmth: I have • great
deal to say, sir. ML Bonham : Understand, whatever
you do say will be taken down, and may be used spinet
you. Prisoner: Oh, I perfectly understand it. and wish
II to be taken down, sir. I have to say that lam quite
Innocent of the *large of using the knife against him.
ree knife that was need an in his h.a. I went
upstairs to. make the beds between one and two in the
afternoon. I left my husband downstairs. if,., a
minute or two I beard a rocs in the next room cellist
me by risata,"ften" I went to the door and asked,
"Who is there? My husband called out, "It'. me."
I asked whet he wanted upstairs, and then he said,
" Yen aro the only obstacle in my way, and now I
mean to murder you." Hs wee then in his shirt and
trousers; and he took a knife from under the sleeve of
his left hand and placed it tn his right hand, and made
a planes at me. I instantly seised it then and there,
and we had a tends together, and I received duce cuts
on my arms; they are, however, getting well now. We
both fell on the bed, sod straggled together, and I called
out to him, "Lone. the knife." He said he would not
do so. I then nought hold of hie hand with the knife,
and, in the heat of passion, pressed downwards towmrds
his left side, and in consequence of holding it so I saw
blood running down. I said to him, "You are cutting
yourself;" and than he threw the knife on the door.
He then caught hold of me and tried to bite me. I
seined him by the hair of the head, and in the struggle
, accidentally one of my fingers went into his eye. I
' then rushed to the door, end endeavoured to get
downstairs. He followed me down the first flight, and
called out, "Don't give me in charge. Come beet, and
we will be happy yet." I fiew away from the house,
and never saw him again until I maw him in bed at
Guy's HoepitaL I never admiteed the charge that I
intended to murder his. I admit the charge of stas-
hing him in my own defence—Mr. Bureham : Han
you anything more to my I—Prisoner : lie tore my
clothes off my beak, and Injured me. I distinctly say
never intended to murder; I t eeee did. --Mr. Benham:
Then you are willing to ago this statement '—Prisoner:
Yes sir; I don't say I did not muse the injury, but it
was done in self-defence. I did not know it was so bad
until I saw it in the newspaper's.. -Mr. Burcheas : Have
yoa any witnesmen to sell l—Prieoner : I have not, air.
Heireham : Then it is my duty to commit you for
trial at the next Central Criminal Court, for cutting
and wounding, with intent to sourder.—The prisoner
was then eornsnitted to Newgate.

Digrrrortow.—Honnah Lee, aged thirty-seven, of
53. Hunnton-strest, Hurow.roul, was broughtupbefore
We. D'Eyneoert, at illarylebooe Police-eurt, ebsirged
with attempting to commit esioide. sod &leo with
driving to mirror her elaild. aged Au and • ball years,
by administering laudanum to him. Holub Lee is •
poodleirmsan ; her hoshand wits • post...thee letter
carrier, who died aye years ago in extreme poverty. The
landlady of the needlownman wont to 11. r room and
found the door locked. &spouting that something erne
wrong she (inroad it open, sad found Hannah Lee
standing in the room, kinking wild and haggard.
immediately of tezwards the poor woman fell, appareetty
senpified. Being shaken, she recovered some drowse
conicinosneas, and then admitted that she bad taken
leudsoom. Her little boy was lying on the bed with
his feu boned in the pillow ; the mother, on being
oaestioned, °Defamed that she had likewise poisoned
the .held with laudanum. Two empty bottles were on
the table. • policeman was ca/led, and the wretched
neediewooxim began to bewail Unveil, sod to say that
it wee hard to Naive, and to beer bier child Liking foe
bread which the bad not the in..,,, to give him. The
landlady told her that she should have made known
boa wante, end that thus ate would bare been relieved.
It was secortalmed this Hassah Lee woo •bard wetting,
sober' and prudent woman remarkably fond of her
Add. To the reargue wiailministered remedies she
stated that shoat privation had driven her to commit
the double crime. Her child bad asked her that
morning for liteekfask sod she had none to give his.
The little boy began to ery, and then, for lack of one
loaf of bread—cu. loaf—the gave her flesh sad blood
landumn. libe had struggl,d eh* said, "bard, very
herd," (Sr employment, bet mold oot mooed in gettiog
any. Not • partials of food or of liring could be di.-
soured in hot room. She begged btfuta the magi.-
teat, not to be sent to Priem het Hr. D'ffynoourt
remarked that, althoneh the cue wee very dietreeeing,
she meet he tried for estempting to take the life of
her ohilci. She was sepordisey committed to Neweele.
Bauch 07 110ettne OF liatuusog. On Wednes-
day. at Leeds, Mr. P. Thompsoo, sharirs assissor, sat
with o jury to seem the iades in • case of this
kind, toe intendant baying suffered judge/mit rg p
by default Mr. Mellor appeared for thie pleintiff,leed
the defendant had no roussel. The plaintiff yes
Harriett Betty, aged 25, and the defendaat, All..
Lens, is a meehiss fitter, earning 30s. • week, at
!Giese Bridge. user Huddersfield. The damages were
laid at £2003. This pbdietiff livee at Paddock, aear
Huddersfield, and when she was shoat sateen users
old she worked with the defendant se • "Mose in •
mill. It was at this time theettaohnient sprang up
asioeeo them, bed it continued for about mos years.
. Than be CO& bettor employment, sad had to tole lug
journeys for Mean/ Whiteley, his employets. During
his obeiness he wrote endwise letters to the plaintiff
from Eiootlend. The first wae written from Woodside,
Aberdeen, sod addre.sed to "My dur IlarrietL• It
ma—"l felt it very hard for me to leave yoo obis
OW you at the window on Wednesday morning. I
don't, however, know what your thoeghte were, for it
was • very hard parting for me. And my deer I will
give you your due shout the shirt you made me. It was
ae good ai eo over, I put on My beak (laughter), 1104
I could not find one fault &host it. You sold Iw..
to Ist you know how it fitted me, and so I bare done.
You see I think of all yes say to nu, and you .e.l
weeder if you think of -whisk I say to you (laughter).
I had .walk down os the sonshore on the suds this
foreaue —gouda& sad I wished you bad been with
me, for it,.. very pleasant to us the waves rolling is
from the sea. • 6 • • Ii would be • greet change
for you to come to Aberdeen sad see the women hue-
foot with children in their arm' and feet., red es
ducks' feet and as cold as Christmas (laughter). They
really make me tremble when I see them. I will slue
for this time, and believe es• to be yours affectionately,
Aid= Loan." The next letter &leo came from Aber-
deen. dated Otit Bet He this wrote :—" Mi doss
Harriet —Your kind letter wee to band last nudes
week Zull I am mire you was • seal good girl for giving
me • lige or two no gab* as you did I wee glad to
a. by your letter that yogi would rattier have use me.
and, as you mg if you had been with me! should sot
hese WI it so ;old (lengthier). I with you had been
with me. I could not have hat the sold as snub foe
thinking about you. lam very eded that you are going
to let... Ms yott in your next leiter, for I should like
to too ye. etee y have jag, been out tore walk,
sod thocight about you nearly all the time. I have
been out, sad eroodiring where you was going to
eight, sod wishim I was with you. I weer the hand-
kerehief yon pee me on Swede's (laughter) when Igo
out, end mind you I make • greet deal of it, lemur I
know who made me • puma of It. The lsed of the
defendant's lateen whisk had ham preeerved was dared
from Crossland Moor, Huddersfield, 29th Ida,
end be tho following effect :—" Mite Berry, Will yes
be kind ousgli to send by the bearer whet you pre-
mised me, for I un thinking of mating over to the
Plower Show this efternooo. end Wilke of theta few
kisses— • • • • •
Jkisses). loan
✓eetwoefelip #U.ent Lou." The what yes pro'
wised me ' referred to a Bakst for Use firirer show.
AU went on lovingly anal the 29th September lest On
that day the defendant had erojkieed BM" the
plaintiff at Paddock church, but did not keep the
appointment. The night bat one the plaintiff sew
the defendant walking with smother rep( women.
She passed him without speekleg to Wm, Mid dm
defendant then sent to her to return some presents he
hid me& her, white ieeluded hie photograph, but
she refused to restore them to him. An interview
followed, and the defendant mid he had only been
~..-"arking• but Is • start thme Es married the women he
"o kens este walking with. The defendant was in
court ewe expeeseed &with to explain hew it UMWthat
be bad broken the mega off, hut of *owes the* iota
set allowed. The simesser ressisided lbs that
the oeurlabip hoe wises the (hi wee Gall 011"54
mid having toelligmed len bee Assam hi Mk Wen
id Fe geed 66bed hese. The asinao won
siseard at BM.