The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-11-21 00:00:00

POLICE-
tc:mlfzueencei:mtoberstt..n.e'f him he Chrno:rhStteielireP:ri.e:it"Lrit:h;
waxen the 9Sth of October, ami was fined £1 Ss., including TELE MURDER OP A
three men in a ditch and accosted them but a:. -,,,,-
Two men named Ross mill Herren: were charged with
treeoassing in pursuit of g une on 1.01.1 in the occupation CONSTABLE.
of Mr. A. Harris, at Bola ell A keeper tritti3O Lam', in better part of valour and retreated.
the service of Mrs. Yardman, of Stoekdiouse, deposed to --••• r• situ t
Plummer was engaged in a tremendoue cha • e. 'ter.
as ▪ the twodefendants en Mr. llartie's land. They had, (From .1 Spccaa Maga of glic SlecrOornc Journal.) day after three men in a cart, who answere'C'a„,..
as is usual in poaching cases, • ilog, ferrets, *nil same description of the murderers. The route theyt",,—,.
nettieF 711° saw the dog otnrt a rabbi% and subsequently On Friday morning great consternation was created lent increased reason for this as it wee - I "'"`
he piciceu up a ferret and two nets. Durrant pleaded .1 "e 4 .11 the
lice bye-lanes of the country. The scent w
guilty and wee fined 20L, but Ross did not appear, and a• in Yeovil by a report that during the night apo , . . a. aftersard,
taken up by :air. hula. L inlerwood, but wh, .„
warrant was ordered to be issued for his apprehenaion. constable had Isxn savagely murdered and that another
were run into they were found not to be the
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they
Heavy mfrs. sat
imthnnie.fituhisfr"tenr.
A man named George Hatcher. of Thornford was charged officer was lying in the hospital in an almost helpleas
twoilthh,tfis
October.
inßepiunrluaint iodldgamh,,en,iatatL,enwigeshttorom.c;hningthe. is,%tates. A messenger ban!
' co ..try without Leasing, ha up to the tittle
A A cordon of over a hon.! i ,ee,. Lamstable. i,
irti'i.,lkee,r,,,V.iairreinf;:en,at: drawn ;wound Dorehecter, awl they are benth
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Mr.. upennten. e writing
for which there was a previous conviction recorded against 1 without slicctllB.
him, he wan now lined £2 10a. and the costs—total and the Superintendent at imee started with 1/r. Gar- ,
,E 274. 6.l.—The same defendant wasfurther chanced with hoot to the New Inn. I•:ast l'olier, witere they found '
killing a hen pheasant at the same time and place, not i* . • (''
heving a licence to kill dame, and, pl ling guilty, was the dead 4•ly ..f Pi. na..-Lonstable ox, wit., had been
fined in the same penalty—A:2 10a, and 7s. dd. costs. etatioued in that village. Ilia companion, Police-con-
STRALING APPLE&
Frederick Hamblin, Robert Trivets, John Eason, William stable Stacey, of West Coker, was also lying at the
Sioi. and Walk r RieAarsit, five small boys of the town, inn in a state of great exhaustion, arising partly from
were charged with stealing some apples from Mr. Teen's • d partly from immersion in the
injuries on the head, an
orchard on the 31st of October. Mr. Mark Tomo, the
prosecutor, valued the apples found on defendant, when water of a ditch, and he was at once removed to Yeovil
caught at but said he wished only to caution the boys hospital.
as he had lost3d., a large quantity of apples previously, and P .:f T. seems that e two on Thursday night the officers
, meant to stop f lucre " proceedinge." The Bench "
administered a caution, and told the youngsters if they when on duty at Netherton, inSutton Bingham parish,
were brought before them again they would gets whipping, observed a cart pans with three notoriona poachers,
ordering them at the same time to pay the costs—lb. in George Giles, and l'eter Hutchins. They had been
alb instructed to watch these men, who were known to be
The licence of the Mitre Sun, Westbury, was transferred continually bringing loads into Yeovil. They threw a
from Joseph Bligdon to James Yeatman, baker, dec. light upon the cart, and saw it was empty. The men
RAUCH OF THE LICSIOHNO ACT. 1 In aml the imnstables retired to watch for their
Two men. George Gillingham, Alweston, and Edward Panstn• t ,
Abbott, Longhertou, for being on licensed premises—themidnight
return. About the cart returned laden on
Three Elms, North Wootton—during prohibited hours, heavily that the horse had iliffictilty in getting up a
on Sunday, the Ist of October, were fined 10s. each, hill. The constables rammed the cart, and as
the
including Costa.—At the last Court the landlord, James they had there. The reply came to Stacey in the shape
Burrows, was convicted for supplying them with drink at of a tremendous blow on the head, which struck him
the time. senseless into a ditch filled with water, where he lay
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until he recovered consciousness, when with great
difficulty, he was able to crawl v. the house of Mr.
Marsh, yeoman. At that late hour it was difficult to
rouse the inmates, but at last they were alarmed, and
the sufferer was taken in. On going to the scene
of the outrage issar Cox was found dead, Itis blood and
brains lying in the road He had been meat brutally
attacked. apparently both with a bludgeon and an axe.
A frightful gash at the back of the head would have
been sufficient to cause death; but there was another
fearful wound on the jaw and neck, and to either
wound the word " fatal" could be applied. Fortunately
Stacey sufficiently recovered to be able to state who
the murderers were, and their houses at Ifardittgton
were at once visited, but, of course, it was found that
they had absconded. The cart was left, and in it
were found poaching nets and a bludgeon —a newt
formidable weapon cut from a stout oak uplink/co • The
horse was gone, and so were the contents of t cart.
An immediate alarm and 'turista were started, and
doubtless the wretches will soon be in the hands of
justice. The eldest, George Hutchings. is described
as about 55 years of age, Mt. Gin, high, black hair
Iturning grey), sallow complexion, and medium
Giles to about 30 years of age, sft 7in. high,
brar hair, whiskers, and moustache, sallow com-
plexion, thin face, and downcast look. The youngest
villain, Peter, is about 26 years of atm, sft. Gin, high,
rather stout, and dark brownlhair, sallow comidexion,
marked with small-pox. They are notorioue rascals,
and have been convicted of letaching and amanita, and
one of them (Giles), we believe, has only just returned
from serving three months in prison for a murderous
assault upon a constable named Clarke.
Another man was with them at the time, it is said,
but for the present his name is withheld.
THE INQUEST. —FRIDAY.

(Prom 7ii, 14'ryorowth Correlowklear.)

Around the hiicat hill in this part of the cointy t..
awtharphite manonduicuwelietcohn.whh.ich
ic.ceannbearngu fore,,
onfor tie lass te
or three days for the murderers of F.C. c 0...
flutchinses are supposed to have 'made for the smith ar
Dorset, probably with tie view of getting away
from Weymouth • but so thoroughly have the poly*
(allowed up the track that it is thought the murderers.,
unable to get far from Blagdon Hill. An early rep,
brought supposed news of them from Compton Vile.
on Saturday, one of them is believed to have plin-h...1
brandy at the Coach and Horses, Winterborne, utter 44
they are heard of at hongbredy Hut, and not long af kr
Portesham. Suhacomently, a keeper is said to Imre son
them in a chalk pit, and have given information to
Superintendent Batty, but before the superintendent r„
near enough, an indiscretion on the keeper's part cave
Ilutchinses the alarm, and they escaped across a field, ind
were lost in the dusk of Sunday evening, After a rem,
had placed them between Wyk° and Fleet,
confidently thought they were making for Weyorsnk It
would be wrong to hint at the police doings durie,: thi.
time: but for the comfort of those in the parts where the
murderer., may come, it need only be said that a ,trong
force is not far behind on the murderers' track, and dui,
are really, as supposml, to the northwest of Weyinont._
it would not be long before the trackers will 10,c1..., in o
them, and they will be taken to where they shall have to
answer for their crimes.

ALLOMINO A HORSE TO STRAY.
Dear!, Alien, of Melbury o.inond. for allowing • horse
to stalky on the highway on the Shind of October. was fined
Ba. including costs.

Fred. Hann and Fred. Ilayne, two lads of Nether
Coinpton. were summoned for using offensive language to
George Newman. a pig.dealer, of Nether Compton, on the
Ilth of November.—The rharge was that on the day
above.tuentioned complainant returned to his house and
saw one of the defendants with a pencil and the other
with a piece of chalk, writing disputing words on the
gates in front of his premises. He remonstrated with
them, and they called him very had names. He did not
wish to press the charo, and the Bench cautioned the
defendants and dismissed the case.
BRIDPORT.
LA D Y ELNIDDITONE, wife of Sir James Elphinstone, k•l'..
died Thursday morning at Bridport