The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-28 00:00:00

THE EFFECTS OF BAD COMPANY.
Btllol7B CHABOL

A sad instances of the evil effects of bed company m
youth was afforded at the Police Court on Wednesday.
The magistrates present were :—J. MIIJ. ge, Esq.
(Chairman). J. E. Millen,. req., IL Hopkins, Req.,
and T. Abbott, Esq. A very respectabk-looking
young fellow, named Gewge Mow, aged 18, was
charged with stealing • quantity of money during the
peat month, the property of his master, Mr. Junes
Edward Burbage, Freer, of 81. Mary-street. —Mr.
Barbers said the prisoner had been in his employ for
nearly four years, fire. as an errand-boy and then
when the other shopman left he put him behind the
counter, he having been a very good boy. Hie mother
was a widow He bad of late been keeping bad
company, who, he believed, het led him astray. He
had talked to him and cautioned him repeatedly.
When he mimed the money firvt he had not the least
mock,o it was the iwieouer who had taken it, ae be
as the lad one he would hare thought of Last !
warn
morning he mimed some maw, bat meld eat
say
_bo w mach. lie did aot seise it from the tal Irma '
which be served the customers, but from a looked WI,
the key of will& he carried with ban. Oa Friday 1

night be put into the locked till two s
two sixpences, and two threepenny piesoeal!nillt
next morning le 81. woe taken which. we. at break-
fast. It wss safe when he went to breakfsat and It
was gone when he came out. lie was the only one in
charge of the shop, the others having gone to breakfast.
The florin, three 'billings, and three sixpences were
marked, and prosecutor then put them into the till,
which he locked. About two o'olock in the afternoon I
he found 2s. on,. Titer mu.t have been taken
whilst ho was at dinner, 'lie prisoner was in charge
of the sboi., and it was safe when he went to
dinner. He wa. only at dinner about a quarter
of an hour. The two ahillings (pr winced) wore the
same aa that raarked by P.S. Apsey. When the
pro...cuter went into the shop, prisoner went out into
the yard, evidently with the intention of hiding it. He
followed him ni naked him to turn out his pocket..
He did so, nod among other things he turned out the
two marked shilling'. He Ii him to put it back
again, and at once seat for P.A. Apesy, who came and
Lusatia d the money. The lock of the till wee
uninjured in any way, and, when said, prisoner said
he managed to take it by pulling out the next drawer
in the MI, and putting his hand over. Prosecutor did
not dream but that Uwe was • partition between.
- A.pacy c .rroborated pneecutor.—The prisoner
pltaded guilty, and on being asked if he would prefer
the case b-ing gent to the Atpizel, he said he would
rather have keettled at mice. He wee very sorry,
and hoped tin. Bench would be lenient towards him.
He It-id been led away by bad company.—Mr. Burbage:
A be ler by there never WM for work, but he bee
bran led away.—The Chairman said the prisoner's
goal character up to within • very recent period had
hod arra weight with them. He was liable to six
mouths' hard I tbour, but being the first case against
him, he will be vent •nced to two months' imprison-
ment w.th bud labour.

HARVEST FESTIVAL AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
TO.• be. th.l.ksairias Witlioraa Woke mild &181, John's
Church on Su o lay loot. The sacred edifice, as is usual,
was decors's:4 e ilk exceeding taste, sud presented • very
pretty apnea. suer. The decorations of the reredos were
y uticularly goal, and sine • marvel of good taste nod
artist.c skill. Above the reredos wee pieced • beautiful
cross of cerintums and rout In the chancel window
were some flue grapes and bunches of wheat, and on the
communion table were also pieced some exceedinebr
grapes, sad the table itself promoted an exceedingly
lovely appearance, while the communion rade were
covered with French honeysuckle, flower& and wheat
The chancel lights were also decorated prettily
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pampas gram. MAI. TONI, debliae, ivy, and w
entwined with leaves and foliage. The nieding-desk
looked very oleo, being adorned with wheat, gerseiunia,
mop, and nuldeubUr fors. Gres& taste bad likewise
Wu displayed in the deconaloas of lb* pilyit. At the
entrance to the channel tbere had, been pieced two very
gee amaryllis or Scarborough lilies. The lectern wee
beautifully alornedwith dahlias, moss, pampas era.., and
green foliage. The font presented • very striking appear-
snce,end was much admired. It waa rendered conspicuous
by a munificent magnolia and souse extremely lovely
ferns. Toe wee: wind° v woo beautifully adorned with
Ivy, heath, dahlias, and green foliage. Seldom have such
taste and so. finement been displayed in the decorations of
• church, and It reflects much credit on the ladies
who amisted in the work, among whom we may
mention the Misses Btephen...4 the Misses Day,
Mies Hopkins, Kra and the MIAMI Stone, the M.stes
Dies, the Misses RavenbilL Miss Dewey, Mims
Symonds, the Mimi Pap* Mime East, Miss Scott, Mae
Dickenson, /11.4 Thompson, and Mae Shirley.
The services were erry &puppets* and the ettendanoss
both morning and evening were very large. The anthem
In the morning wee • very spirited cocoons:l4lot' by Barnby
"Oh, Lord , bow manifold no. Thy works," which was well
sung by the choir. The Atrium toter* and alter the
sermon were Nos KS and I. being of &special character.
Ti.. sermon ems preubed by the R .y. J. Sutphen/as (the
vicar) and collecueee were made in old of Gm poor.
The evening eervice wee particularly well attended.
Mr. T. Avant, the talented organist of the church, played
se the opining voluntary Ilaydn's neautiful air from Om
Creation " With verdure clad." The Prop-r Falun were
Nos. alt. cella. sung to chant' 124 and N. The Megni-
*sr and Nemo Disaittio were sung to a pleasing hktie
service by Hopkins in V. The anthem was by Gus, "1
will magnify Thee, 0 God, my king," and Ilk, that of the
morning win sung with prerlsion. The whole of the
service was read by the Rev. IL 1.. Randall. the curate.
The Rev. J. Stcpltenson preached the sermon from the
words of the 11. Corinthians, 1,6, "We, then, as workers
togethel with Him. beseech you air, that ye receive not
the grace of God in vein." On such a night as this the
preachy' said, ending Inch • long time of ministry among
them-25 res.—how could be feel aught but deep and
...Irma earnestness, and he also longed that tiny should be
full of solemn thought, especially those who bad
been wont to worship in that House of God for so
many years
At the clue, and while the offertory wee made in aid
of the poor, the hymn "0 what the joy and the glory
mueslis," was mune. At the close of the service, Mr. T.
Avant played Haydn's grand chorus from the ffrestiest,
The Heston. are Telling."

Mr. Martin: bow do you account for taw mark on ths
Wafts I don't know at all. I have not seen it.
Mr. Martin: It is • very blue mark, and looks as If
It has had a blow or has fallen upon somethi
Wham : That could not hays been done, the
Twatest care has been taken of him.
Mg Martin: I merely asked the clitostl°L It does not
oak an if It has been suffocated, for it has marks round
du loins and thigh and none about the breast or throat.
Witnew : It has never had a fall or a blow in my

Pietist

'Dr. Rhodes said this morning between hall-pest seven
and eight he wee sent for to pee the demased and went
immediately. He found the grandmother there, and the
mallet cams in immediately afterwards in greet distress.
He examined the deceased and found it was rigid, and he
&boob W./ judge, had been dead about two hours. He
no marks whatever on the body. The blue mark
wee put morels". It is merely • dimoloration. There
was no swelling. The features and lips were very livid,
and from other symptoms he had no doubt the child
led died from suffocation. The mother told him how
it had happened that she 6.1 gone to de.* lift`z
having given it the breast with him resting
05 her arm When she woke up she found it
dead. The child might have been suffocated by it.
being premed too closely to the breast or by suffocation
under bed-clothes. The former theory WU the most
probable He had known the child from its birth and
In his opinion no Infant was better attended. The
mother was excessively affectionate. and took the greatest
care of the child.
The Coroner said he did not wish to torture people
in audition to their sorrow, therefore he should prefer
Sot calling the mother unless the jury wished it.
An unanimous opinion was expressed not to call Alm
Lovell.

—The Coroner said these enquiries were very necessary,
but in this case it wu quite clear nobody was to blame,
and he did not think there was any difficulty In their
art-ming at • verdict, viz, that the child died from
suffocation.
A verdict was then returned in accordance with the
medical testimony.