The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-21 00:00:00

PECULIAR ASSAULT

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At the Brentford Petty fiessiimo on Saturday. Mr.
Frederick Wm. Painter, colonial broker, of Dunster
House, Minna:m.lmm, wan summoned for an assault upon
'William Richards, painter. of Ealing. The pronecutor had
attempted to enter a full eamage in whieh wan the defend-
ant. Defendant barrel bin entrance, and in ii doing pin•
ioned him. All this time the train .48 in motion, and ire.
Porters !owl to run after him and pull him away by main
force, after Ise hail been carried fifty or sixty feet in this
dangerous position. For the defence it wae contended that
the carriage, being but seven feet wile, VMS Wilk to
accommodate only eight persona—the number inside be-
fore complainant tried to enter. It was admitted that
there warn • tacit understanding between the gentlemen
that no one else should enter the carriage, but it wee
denied that any blow WWI struck. 'Hie magistrates retired
for some time, and on their return into court the chair-
man said, when the train started it became • questiox of
life and death to the complainant, and if he bail fallen
under the train and been cut to pieces the defendant
would most undoubtedly have been found guilty of man-
slaughter. He could not hae done more towards killing
'lin. The magistrates were determined, as far IM they
could, to put down the practice of five or ten genUetaar,
taking possession of a carriage to the exclusion of evr,Ly.
body else, and the Bench thought they would at, he
doing their duty if they indicted • WWI punishmee', thin
one month's imprisonment

EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEPUL AND eourourrso.-- By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws whi ch govern the
operations of digestion and nutrition, and kg a careful v•
plication of the tine properies of well-selected cocoa. Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy
doctors' bills. It is by the judicious nse of such articles of
a:et that • constitution may he gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to di.eue.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape
many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and a properly nourished fraine.--Cisil &rein
Gazette.

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BIRTHS.
" March 811.1,3,eiodford-place. Bridport, the wife of the
Rev. .1. T. ' Baptiat Minister, of a daughter
March 11, at 3 nem., St. .tudrew, the wife of Kr. 6.
Brown, of a daughter.
March 12, sit Barrackeitreet. Bridport, the wife of Mr.
Thomas Henry leolca„ of a daughter.
March 14, at l'harlee-atreet, Dorchester, the wife of Mr.
T. Frith, engine-driver S. Wit., of • eon.
March 15, at the King's Anus, Hotel, Blaudferd, the
wife of Mr. J. L. Marsh, of a sou.
March 15, at 10, Northbrook. Southampton, the wife of
Mr. Frank Hill, engineer, of a son.
March 16, at Charlton House, Charlton Mackerel. Somer-
set, the wife of W. H. Brand, Esq., PAT D., Indus, of •
daughter.
March 17, at IE, Kensingtou-gardens-square. W., the wife
of Robert %Villiasus, jun., Edo., of Brelehead, of •
daughter.
March 18, at 50, High-street East, Dorchester. the wife
of Mr. H. Marsh, of a daughter.