The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

NISI Pll,OB CulT, llonday.—(E4 Um* Lord Chi.
Baron HaLLT and • special Jury.
WHEEL= V. WATTS.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Bare were anuarel
for the plaintiff; Mr. H. T. Cole, Q.c., and Ur. Lopes
for the def.t.dant. This us.. action brought by the
plaintiff. kites Wheeler, ag•inet the defendant. for an
inasanlt and false impris iarnent, and for m king •
charge against the pl.intiff withont probable °sure.
It appeared that the plaintiff had continued to carry on
the bean. a. of • coal meich•nt sit Re bridge, near
Southampton, after the duth if her father. She had
mitred to claims* of the buainese to the d.fendault bet
it wee screed that the awl her mother were to bare
two room, in the how. till April, 18811. This had
been some di-pate beteeen the plaint.ff and defect 'ant,
end partiraluly n the Saturday morning, the
blurb, 1865. The plaintiff kept a r istral in the home
and was in the habit of Ming it off. On that morning,
after the altercation, and the plaintiff had gone into the
home, her mother wished her to Ore off the pilot, as
the powder might get dstup. The plaintiff
to .k the pi•tol, and went out of the hoo-e and
fired it off. The defendant went to Booth.
unpmn end awom that he was in botily f-ar
OF the plaintiff, and got • warrant against her.
Between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, when the pl.intiff
WSW 1)4141, tatillnYd, a pa.licens•n came with • wurant
for her •perehension, and to-k her down stairs. The
servant to owed her with *owe articles if drug and her
sham A ash we. sent for, and she was taken off to
the Shirley polioe-station. Sh- was locked up in • cell
all that nigtt, all the nestday(Senday), sod all Sunday
night. On the elimaay morning site was taken before
the magistrate at Southempton, who, haring beard tike
defendant's evidener, dismal's.' the onmpl tont. Accord.
In to the plaintiff's evidence the defendant knew site
kepis pistol in the house which the occasionally fired
off for the protec. lon el the house. The defence on
that the plaintiff was exceedingly violent that morning
—abutted mad. She pat herself in • defiant attitude
and when the pistol was fired the defendant was much
ala-mtal, and ormaidered she would do him bodily baron
with her hands. In ereee-etanoinetlon the driendant
said he did net see the plaintiff fire the pietoL Ile
did not ere • pistol in her hand. He was not aware
she kept • pistol. It WWI ',flown that the plaintiff Mot
hero pot intr. • enmmon cell where felon. end viagribmids
were idec-d, • atone Ilu-u with a wooden bench only in
It. She was attended there by a surgeon, as the
wansplaired of being ill. Ti warrant was not excreted
earlier beam... the °Moor was search .4 a person who
wwwlwil from Northampton gaol. The jury retired
for some tate, and then returned a verdict for the
plaintiff. —Deluges, 010.

CROW If COURT, Monday —(Befors Mr. J•stice

oh..k. WilliaD ch„k was Indicted for Mekong at
Southampton. Mr Keanell proveotod, and Kr. Vl.e.
defeerled the pri.over. Mr. Bore submitted that the
second marri.ge ea+ not en'. bra,ed within three month.
of the pa.olioatton of the hanns, which were required
ender the 4th of George 1., e. 76, as m•rriagee non.
Irseted after the expiration of the theta months we e
dealared to be invalid. Kr. Remll !urged that the
ln..thlity of the totrriage could not be need to in-
vid,dagi goose ptoseudior, and sited the case of he
"King v. Baum. Mr. Bowe cited • eve of "Birk v.
Birk." in the Divorce Coert, where It was decided that
K. second in .rriaes tun.t he provA to bes Tali on,
Moinstioe Hyles rid the jury laarl batter return a verdict
of Guilty, nod, sa•.eh comma had a cap., he should re-
serve Lb, point and liberate the prixoner on bail.