The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

:. TUESDAY, APRIL 19. 1870.

Riehard Uphill, greengrocer, spoke to being at the
Shon'dlr of Mutton inn in .Tanuary, and bearing pros•
ecutor say to Bennett that be bad 15W of his.
Frederick Durrell. shoemaker, oorrolyirated.
W. W. Abel, eounty court bailie, had heard prose. !
' Gator called Bennett" an infernal rogue." About three
back he us, • saw in Bennett's store, ar.4 saked
hiin if it was for sale. Bennett replied, "No ; its
lit.r•rton's saw, but I suppose it's all I .all get for
Eli* 10s."
„ George Elliott, sawyer, had seen the saw lying on the
table at the prisoner's office, and Bennett asked hitn
the worth of it.
The room wits then cleared, and after the magistrates
hat consulted together for some time, the parties were
&vie called in, when the Manor said they had give°
the ease their very best attention, and thought it ought
to be sent for trial.
On the epehettion of Mr. Nodder, the Bench agreed
tO •ccept boil, the prisoner in his own rezognizanoes of
CIO, and two sureties it I.72oearth. Mr. Abel the °minty
wort bailiff, and Mr. Uohill, lirown.atreet, became the
surety, and the prisoner was released.

STOKE ABBOT.
THIS parish has been somewhat excites' lately on
account of the election of gnartlians. The r rLor. the
Rev. Austin oourlsy, token en Active par: if. parish
matters, and Iva nonfineu csa Mr Wskely, :4:dust
whou was brought Me. f ....T. of IMMO'
Farm, to srhffln Mr. furlsy ohj•fofffl on tl.ef ground
of Isis not living in tho village. The result of tit
Isolling .
vrfps. Hussey 42, Wskely 40. Mr Hussey Mai
therefore elected.

A SANCTIMONIOUS SCOUNDREL
On Friday William Walker, the owner of several
aliases. was committei for trial at Si!stun, for robhing
a poor widow of a 'sovereign. The prisoner appeared in
the dock wearing dark-coloured clothing and a white
neckcloth. His habit had been to get sonic knowledge
of the history and domestic relations of needy widows,
and then, representing himself at one time as • Metho-
dist preacher. owl at others as • nice of wealth who
believed it to be" his mission. u • welbto-do Christian,
to promote the well-being of widows," visit them at
their homes, read the Scriptures to them and their
children, and pray with them. After such prelu•lesi he
usually found little difficulty in obtsining refr. aliment.
and by-snd-by in inducing his victims Cr believe that
he wag in urnest when he protested his intention of
marrying them right away, and plaringi tin in and
their families beyond all further want in this life.
This, in its turn, secured him beil as well as hoard—in
one case an adulterous bed, the easy virtu.. of the widow
yielding to the solicitations on the promise that "she
should be made his wife next morning." It WAS this
women whom he had rubbed of th- sows rtiAn. The
money was all she possessed, and it was the protect of
the sale of the clothes of her husband, who had been a
postman in [Macon. Tie police have a sirlo'e list of
asses against him. There are traces of Lis having
travelled in most part. of the kingdom.

THE LOSS OF THE NORMANDY.
Judgment was delivered on Monday afternoon at
Oreenvieh by the court which has been inquiring into
the losa of the Normandy. The court Hof opinion th•t
t be Normandy, by &breach of regulations for preventing
collisions at sea, is solely to blame for the collision, and,
further, that the master of the Mary did all in his
power to avoid • oolliaion and to save life, and there
-
ore adjudges that Mr. Stranniack's oertificate be returned
is him. The court cannot pass over without comment
the irresolute conduct of the second mate of the lil•ry
ten despatched by the master to render assistance to
the Normandy.