The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-09-25 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
11It KENTISH HOP GARDENS.

There has rarely been no short a hop-picking in
Kent as that which is now coming rapidly to a close. !
With a aareraimnilance of labour and light poles j!
the majority of the plantation-.. a fortnight hac sufficed
to effect an aim at general clearance. Already the
railway companie. are being called upon to convey !
back to town large numbers of the rough passengers
whom they brought down at the beginning of the
month, and by the end of next week the country will
have relapsed into its former condition, save that in
place of some 41,000 acres of hop foliage and flowers
there will be left barren wastes of dismantled poles
and withered bine. The yield of hope in the various
districts varies considerably, but it does not, as S rule,
'Vapproach the expectations formed n month ago.
ermin and adverse weather net in at the commence-
ment of the picking, and the greatest expedition was
required to ',SVC the flower. In several grounds the
poles have been left standing, the hops upon them not
being worth the labour of picking, and the average
produce will not exceed six cwt. per acre in fairly go. d
condition. The conduct of the immigrant hop-piekers
during their temporary stay in this neighbourhood has
been upon the whole creditable, but the authorities
who are responsible for the maintenance of iarler have
had to deal with a somewhat abnormal state of things.
In preparation for this annual invasion the Maidstone
Local Board had carps.' to he erected a number id
tents for the temporary helter of the hop-pickers, as
their habit of lying about on doorsteps and an passages
had been productive in previous years of considerable
Inconvenience. The nomber of persons who were
sheltered during the period in which the tents remained
up wea 7,313-4,08 l male.; and 3,222 females; and one
direct result was that instead id s(h) casuals being
received into the workhouse each night, as hail been
the case in former years, there was only about one-fifth
of that number.

taken to the Dorset County Hospital, and under the
kind treatownt of the house surgeon is doing SA well
-an be

as can be expected.-
DOM= COUNTT HOSPITAL During the week
ending September 20th, there have been admitted :
In-patienta, 3; discharged, 4; outpatients admitted,
3 ; discharged, 4 ; emergencies, 2; deaths, 0; in-patients
In the hospital, 39; out-patients on the books, 224;
casualties, 42. Physician tor the week, Dr. W. V.
Lush • surgeon, 9G. J. Good; house surgeon, Mr.
Herbert J. Capon.
I.:OI.INTT PETTY Figasioxs. Saturday.—Before Mr. H.
Williams (chairman), Mr. F. Pearce, Mr. G. 0. Churchill,
Colonel R. 0. F. Steward, Mr. G. Warry, and Mr. F.. L.
Kindel-sky.
THESPLIIING.--Two boys, named James and Charles
Starter, were summoned for trespassing at Troy-town.—
The offence was proved by Walter James, who Raw the
defendant, in a field, and the elder one knock down a
rabbit. When he went to them James had • couple of
rabbits in his possession.—Jainet, who lam appeared
before, was tined lOs. and costs, the other lUs. including
costs, or seven days' in default.
THE ASSAULT ON • Kszeza.—Grorge Taylor and George
Tucker (the former on remand) appeared to answer to •
charge of assaulting a keeper, named Andrew Whitty, in
the employ of the Dorchester Foilling Club.—Mr. M.
C. Weston proaccuttil, and Mr. It. Lick appeared for
Taylor—Mr. Weston, haying briefly opened the case, was
about to call the when Mr. Lock said it would

.se 'Keeper' - -
save the time of the Court- -if he 'at -or;e- admitted that
Taylor did strike the first blow. There was some further
altercation, when lie and Whiny retired to the meadows
and fought, Taylor getting the worst of it. (Ile appeared
in Court with a discoloured eye.)-At ter some ainversati on
the other defendant, who was quite a boy, and said he
worked at Chesilborne, admitted be struck Whitty, but
not until he had hit him on the thumb with a stick. -
The Chairman told defendants it seemed to be a growing
opinion among such as then that beeauee a Titan haiitened
to be a keeper, and was hound to do his duty as they were
to their employers, be could be kicked and beaten about
just as they choose. If the keepers did wrong, they (the
magistrates) would punish them, but they would not
allow them to be assaulted. -Taylor, who was the ring.
leader would have to go to gaol for a month's hard labour,
and Tucker be fined 10s, including costs.
LICHNIF.S. -4 number of petroleum
renewed, ' • 1147

licenses, v--
Mr. Superintendent ___ testifying to having
examined the various stores.—Mr. John Dawe, landlord of
the Coach and Horses, Winterborne, was granted a hour's
extension of time for Monday, September ?Ath,lbeing the
annual "feast.'
WHOLESALE ROBB/RT.—Sarah Cosens, of Puddletown,
MLA charged with stealing a quantity of groceriei and
other articles the property of Mr. Thomas George—Mr.
E. Burnett appeared for the defendant —Mr. George
Humphrey Stevens, manager for Mr. George, at Puddle-
town, said that on Sunday evening be waa in the house
between ti and 7 in the evening and heard some one trying
the back door. Ile le oked out of the window, and he saw
the prisoner bending down to his dog. He suspected
something was wrong and watched and afterwards saw the
defendant come from the direction of his store carrying
3111 e of sugar, a whole cheese weighing 151bs, a tin of
lard weighing 511 n, 311 e cf currant, and 31bs of soap,
valued in all at Li la. Ml. He went out to defendant
and asked her what she wax doing, when she appeared
frightened and very penitent, and asked him to forgive
her, but he told her he had no power to do that as it was
not his goods. —He afterwards informed the police.—P.C.
Mantel produceillthe whole of the articles, which'he received
from the last witness.—The prisoner at this point through
her solicitor pleaded guilty and wished the case to be
ili+posel of at once. —Mr. Burnett said it was one of
those painful and unaccountable cases which did

were

sometimes occur. He could not attempt to dispute
the facts, but he asked the Bench to deal as
lenintly as possible with the defendant on account
of her state. (Prisoner appeared to be near her confine-
ment, and waa accommodated with a seat during the
hearing of the case.) Her husband was a most
respectable man, working at Puddletown, earning
from Ale. to ids. a week, and held in high esteem by all
who knew him. There was not the slightest reason
for the woman committing the robbery, and he could only
look upon it as one of the many cases of kleptomania of
which they heard.—Mr. Stevens very strongly recom-
mended the prisoner to mercy on account of the respect
in which her husband was held in the village. Mr. George
would be perfectly satisfied with the smallest possible
punishment the magistrates might inflict, The case was
brought forward very reluctantly, but they felt they were
bound to dose on public grounds. There had been some doubt
as to the woman's state of mind, and he (Mr. Stevens) had
been to the expense of having her examined by two
medical gentlemen.—The Chairman, addressing the
prisoner, said this was one of the most painful cases the
magistrates had had to deal with, but it was one which was
becoming of very common character. lhey were disposed
to treat her as leniently as pos,ilile, consistent with the
justice of the ease, and the lowest penalty they could
inflict would be one months' imprisonment witn hard
labmir. —Prisoner's husband was in court, and appeared to
feel - the painful circumstances in which he MY
. . . . .

-et acutely
placed, and much sympathy W -
an ntinC; .
clioifitm.

FIRE AT ILSINGTON.

iailway.

something 11,... ,
events showed their bona fides.
Mr. T. HANSON of 24, esmpden-hill, Gardens,

On Friday morning hat, about five o'clock, some
labourers going to their work discovered a hay-rick,
the property of Mr. Wm. Stallard, of Ilsington farm,
to be on fire. They gave the alarm, and Mr. Lane,
the nephew of Mr. Stallard, rode into Dorchester for
the Brigade and their engine. Under Supt. Coward
the men were got together without .telsy, and arrived
at the scene about half-past six. The rick was then
surrounded with flames; but after 12 hours hard work
they were got under, and the brigade managed to save
n ton—about half the rick. The property was insured
in the Phenix. It did not seem that the fire was the
result of over-heating, aa the middle of the rick was
perfectly clean; but it seemed to have originated in
one corner where the rick had been cut to see if it
a-ss warm, and filled up again. There was plenty of
water, but the hands to help were not many. Mr.
Supt. Batty and two of the county policemen were
rresent, and did good service.

Itin—singi.on-,-W., the secretary to.the directors, then
read the pruxpectus.
Mr. W. AiANTIIiID said they all knew him pretty
well, and they knew he was no c anpany-monger. He
had had only to do with one company, and that was the
moat successful ever introduced to the county of
Dorset—the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company. He
was a director of that for some years, and the worse
dividend they ever paid was 18 per cent. They now
pall 21 per cent. He could not hold out the promise
that this railway was going to pay that amount, but
be could see no reason why it should not be second to it.
(Hear, hear.) There were good reasons why that com-
pang should pay a dividend beyond that of any company
yet started. Some years ago he was introduced to
General Sir George Eliot for the purpose of promoting
that line. There was then no end ,d opposition.
There were six petitions against it, to fight which cost
, them more than £3OO a day. However, they went on,
and at last made everything smooth at a cost of some-
thing like £7,100; and then, in consequence of a
quarrel with gentlemen at head-quarters, it WWI
allowed to fall through. So the matter rested until
the end of last year, when they again took it up; and,
having obtained the Bill, the whole of the 17,500 this.

,
previously spent would pass into the pockets of the
present shareholders. Not one single shilling of that
amount had to be paid over again, but it bad been
expended, and the shareholders would reap the benefit.
If it had not been for that the meeting would not
have been called there that day; for if they hat had
to fight the thing over wain, laid pay all the e‘
it would never have been done. With regard to Wey-
mouth, it would be most advantageous to the inhal,i-
tanti, for vemelm which came in and discharged their
cargoes, if they coal have something to qo back with,
would give up their mud ballast and avail themselves
of having in its stead building stone and iron ore.
Bnikling stone was wanted not only in this country,
but in France. Another important matter affecting
those who put down their names for shares was—
It fell through, that

supposing it was never started, or
every shilling—and he had been very fortunate in
receiving large 'nuns, which he had paid into the bank
on deposit—would be returned with interest. He had
had the matter in his hands for the last five years, and
he hail given up two-thirds tif his time to it, and he
was thoroughly convinced he was recommending a good
thing. (Applause.)
The Omnorm( remarked it seemed to him they
were going into a speculation which other people had
taken the trouble to make ready for them.
Mr. SHORE hail f..r years been fighting for the last
link in the chain which was to connect Dover,
Southampton, Portland, and Plymouth with the far
West. The Great IVeitern he was sorry to say would
not aid him, lint on hearing what Mr. Manfield had
done it occurred to him that something might be
effected by communication with him. Consequently
he wrote to him, and the result had been that it
afforded him considerable pleasure to be able to
endorse all that Mr. Manfield had said. Having
dilated further upon the advantages to be obtained
from the line as embodied in the prospectus, the
speaker proposed that this meeting having heard the
scheme propm..ll. for railways from Upwey to
- . .
Bill has bee- .• •

Abhotabury;and for which a - has beer. obt'ained
in Parliament, approves the name and hereby pledges
itself to aupport it to the best of ha ability.
This was seconded by Mr. COI:RERAN MI carried.
Mr. Orrga, of BroNiwey, RA the owner of a little
piece of land, would feel much obliged if they could
go MArie other way than through that, as he VIM
afraid they would not be inclined to give what he
sir uld want. (Laughter.) •
The CHAIRMAN hope,' that Mr. Otter would gee that
by the partition of land, that which they took would
increase the value of what remained. Whatever
might be the produce, iron, grain, or fruit, would be
considerably enhanced in value.
If he gave up his mite, Mr. ()nut mid he might get
a curtain lecture—(laughter) --but he should like to
see the undertaking go .m and prosper. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUMBY. of Bath, spoke in favour .4 the scheme,
and after a little conversation a vote of thanks to the
President of the meeting concluded the proceedings.
ON THE 19th of February, 1977, a very full special
meeting was held at the Town Hall, Wareham, of the
united vestries of Holy Trinity, Lady St. May, and
St. Martin (Ws- ' the

Martin (Wareham) argrArne-,' comprising
Ecclesiastical Living of Wareham, in the gift of Mr.
John Hales Calcraft, and of which living the Rev.
T. R. Capel haa for upwards of 34 years been the
Rector. This Town-hall meeting was one of the united
adjourned vestry meetings previously held for the
shove four parishes, on the important aml pressing
subject f providing a cemetery or burial ground in the
dead of the overcrowded churchyard, and, at this
meeting, (,1 which Mr. F. 'Miter WEIR unanimonalv
chosen the chairman, resolutions were passed that it
was desirable to appoint a Burial Board to find nine
f ir

imitable place of Interment, &c., in common for the
above four parishes. The Duke of Richmond soon
after brought in his Bill and further action was stayed
In order to watch the result of it. This being shelved
the subject was renewed. Mr. Holland, from the
Home Office, paid us a visit, and more parish vestries
were hell, and the chairman 4.f the Feburary meeting
has, after much correspondence with the Hone Offie,
and Burials Acts Department, received, through Mr.
G. A. Liddell, the Secretary of States' offered appro-
val of a joint board of nine being elected for Holy
Trinity, Lady St. Mary and St. Martin, in and out-
parishes, Wareham, and the parish of Arne. A
meeting will ere long be called by the proper auth.
to elect a hoard, who, when elected, will have a
difficult subject to deal with as they best can.

The conduct of the pickers encamped in Maidstone
has been exemplary. There has not been a single
local police-court ram furnished from amongst them,
and the two or three London detectives who provided
the tent keeper with a bait in the shape of a gorgeous
Imitation gold chain found their astuteness unrewarded.
They were Puce...mini, however, in taking back with
them one or two old offenders whom they were able to
Identify by other means; and a rather remarkable
story in told of a released convict, under a disregarded
sentence of police surveillance, who confessed his
position at the clone of a gospel address, and now
awaits, in voluntary custody, the discretion of the
Home Secretary. In the country districts there hare
been the usual petty semen of housebreaking, orchard
robbing, and sh forth. The extraordinary produce
this year in the cobnut and filbert plantationn has
proved too great a temptatin to many of the pickers
to be resisted. One plantation clone to Mai.l.tone
has been robbed of £1.5 worth, nod several persons are
in custody on suspicion of their being the depredators.
Fires in the hop districts have been lees numerous
than for many previous seasons ; but at West Mailing
the other night a couple of hopper-houses were
destroyed through the carelessness of one of the
inmate., and the whole row, in which many persona
were sleeping. was in imminent danger.
One remarkable feature in the various parishes this
year has been the presence of the large tents erected
for religious services in connection with the Canterbury
Diocesan Church of England Society for Promoting
Missions to Hop-pickent It has been said against
the clergy .4 Kent that the approach of the hop-pick-
ing in the signal to them to vacate their parishes, and
find refuge from the dreaded influx of strangers at
the seaside, or on the Continent. This has, at
least, not been the case during the present mason.
The kindred nociety—whose object is to secure ins•
ptoved lodgings and other accommodation for the
pickers—has also, in an unobtrusive way been exercis-
ing ibeneficlal influence. Sanitary authorities, such
BA that of the Maidstone Union, which have not
thought well to adopt the bye-laws originated by the
society and now sanctioned and recommended by the
Local Government Board in their entirety, have never-
theless given their inspectors explicit instructions to
see that sound food in supplied to the pickers, and
that wholesome water is available. The neglect of
these precautions in some previous years hae been
attended by considerable illness and distress, and it
was prineirally to the unscrupulous manner in which
vendors o putrid herrings and other unwholesome
food at one time plied thsir avocation that the terrible
cholera visitation of 1949 was to he attributed. A
simple wooden crow in East Farleigh Churchyard still
marls the rpot where 40 of the victims were buried.
This year such Moms and mortality as there have
been were due to purely natural circumstances. A ease ,
of small-pox was detected in one of the hopper tents
at Earning, and promptly transferred to the fever
ward at the union. The tent was thoroughly disin-
fected, and no further outbreak has occurred. One or
two pickers, who were evidently ill when they arrived
here, and had probably come partly for the benefit of
the country air, have died, and inanenta have not been
maddered necessary. But is no case has disease or
mortality been traceable to any defective sanitary
arrangement or precaution, and it is to be hoped that
In this 'inspect Kent has seen its worst days. The
only legitanste ground of complaint that the pickers
bare had has been the difficulty enctuntered in gather-
ing the hops the flower being, in most ewes small
and often hidden by the leaves. This has made the
work of filling the bins a tedious one, and few farmers
have esmped a temporary strike amongst their pickers
for better " In "me cases four bushels to the
shilling hs, h..n conceded, but there ass not many hop
planters whi es a stand the drain of such wages as
this, and in the audacity of the
_grounds six, and
occasionally five, bushels to the shilling has been the
sate of payment.

which was only orating to be attacked—of valtiohl ; BRUTAL KILLING OF A
Vorset Countg (I'xlireoo. st-
p:peletchLtdthononewehrte he
oilier
astieinngtuz to say the 1
POLICE-OONSTABLE.
them. It was a kind of stone specially suitable for the
TURIDAT. SEPTEMBER 25, VO7. London market, and the London builders he knew were The picturesque little village of Bere Regis and lin
. prepared to buy it at such a rate as would astonish neighbourhood, was thrown into a state of horrified
many of them. They had only to construct the excitement on Thursday last, b the murder for
DORCHESTER.
railwateand by that means they would open up what the Coroners' jury has found it-under the most-ehock7
You NG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ANNOCIATIONL—AIIaddrOSS would ,e • treat
tsource of income and profik, and give
will be delivered at the room of the above association wto'th
inonus rythwhicnhdwould bring them directly ing circumstances of P.C. Bishop, while in the
In Durngate-q,reet, on Thursday evening next, by the into connection n
of on.. It would enable them execution of his duty. It would seem that about 11
Rev. H. C. G. Mottle bLA., to commence at halfdtest tot, take there thspwilod ce their lands and gardens. and o'clock that night, the constable wee on duty in the
1 o their splendid bed. .4 stone, and thus put a large '
1 street an I near the Drasem Arms public house, from
eight, and to which ill young men are affectionately
Invited, amount of profit into their pockets. If people from
1 whence a considerable number of people come out
' ath,.London and Manchester could put their hands
a ltrinninotncendAeccnrrirroin.n—of
jseinnrizstaccid,rons,enntli L.
mbeifnallthenn
the
their pockets and give their time and attention to ' when it RAS " closing-time." They were somewhat
employ of Mr. F. Lock, of Kingston. Some horses e speculation, he thought they had every reason to noisy and among"; them, was a youn.; sr..an named
were being taken to water by boys in Mr. Lock's
expecta favourable response limn the meeting that Henry Lock, a labourer. Lock was somewhat the
employ, when little Cross followed and got ton close d hhitti the table hal
to the heels of one of the animals, which kicked out ay' Tue who were sng round worse for liquor, and inclined to kick up a row.
subscribed together And taken up 380 shares; or in
and struck the little fellow a severe blow in the fore- round numbers, they had, among themselves, invested Bishop accordingly went to him, and advised hint to
That at all , home. He - • obstinate and refused. Bishop
head, causing a . -- serious fracture. He was at once
. . .. - -- - - - - - like £4 ,000 in the - -

go , WM
endeavoured to get him by force to hie father's house,
and he appears to have entered the yard in which it

wad situate, following Lock. Here a fight took place.
The constable need his staff, and the prisoner his fists.
What followed is only too clear. Having got him to
his father's door, the policeman left him. Lock there-
upon picked up one of the large flints which are
used as ornamental borders to flowers beds, threw it
with tremendous force at the unfortunate man and
knocked him senseless; a second flint came crushing
upon the poor fellow's head, and then a looker-on
interfered, and picked up the insensible constable.
Shocking to relate, the prisoner wiih an oath, knocked
him out of the arms of the man who was tending
him, and he had to be forcibly held to he prevented
doing further violence. Bishop, as will be seen from
the evidence, was taken home and never having
recovered consciousness, died some hours after.
THE INQUEST
was held on Saturday last at the Royal Oak Inn,
before the Coroner for the Ilittrict, Mr. W. II
Atkinson, and the following jury--Mr. J. It. Scutt.
the Royal Oak Inn Here Regis (foreman), Mr. C.
I • Mr.
_James tusseld.Mr. James Kellaw-

Becent,
Mr. W. G. Shepherd, Mr. James Sullen, Mr. H.
Tozer, Mr. H. C. Galton, Mr. Thomas Marsh, Mr.
J. James, Mr. Robert House, Mr. It. C. Jenkins and
Mr. G. Hibbs.
Captain Ainyatt Brown, the chief constable of
Dorset, was present ; but as the room in which the
inquest was held %AI but small, but few of the general
public could be admitted. There wail, however, a
large and excited crowd outside the house, who eagerly
discussed the details of the outrage ; and, it is worthy
of note, that a universal feeling of regret seemed to
pervade the iipeakers that an officer, evidently most
popular, should have lost his life in so terrible a
manner.
After the adminstretion .4 the customary oathi.,
The Coroner said before they proceed to view the

body, be wished to make a fe;,/ -remarks. He need
scarcely tell them that that was a moat painful
investigation upon which they were about to enter,
and that they had a very serious and grave duty to
perform. He would, therefore, ask them in their con-
siderations to dismiss from their minds anything they
might have seen, heard, or knew of outside that room.
They had taken a very solemn oath to do their duty,
and that was t. enquire and find out by what means
P.C. Bishop came to his death, and in doing that they
would be kind enough to confine their attention to
what VIM (leveed before them on that occasion, and
upon which they would have to return their verdict—
s verdict which might possibly affect not only the
liberty, but, the life of another person.
The Jury then proceeded to view the body. It wee
lying in a bedroom of the residence of the deceased.
The feature., as far as could be discerned, were a very
placid appearance, but there were some terrible
injuries to the head. One eye was surrounded with a
dark discolouration extending to the cheek bone, there
were cuts and bruises in different parts, and at the
back of the left ear a deep gaping wound, sickening to
look at. Again it was pleasing to note the sympathy
expressed by the beholders, and (- of the •
. . . . -

. - , _ ____ , -.a many o. jut:),
openly commiserated the fate of 'the poor fellow.'
On their return to the Inquest-room, the jury
having answered to their names, the prisoner was
brought in handcuffed. He is a young and by no
means very powerful fellow, awl certainly his
appearance would not lead one to believe him capable
of any great ferocity. Beyond the downcast hanging
,d his head, which evinced his realisation of his perils,
he bore himself very self-possessedly. He was
handcuffed, and guarded by a couple of the county
police.
The first witness was Mr. Frederick Ricketts,
a boot- akar of Bere Regis, whom the Coroner
reiuestfl to state only what he actually heard and
saw, dto tell his own story and in his own words.
He d On Thursday last, the 20th of September, I
was coming down the street in Bere Regis about 11 at
night. I saw a crowd opposite the Drax'e Arms, from
which I think they were just turned out. There were
several there I know, and amongst them Henry Lock.
Two policemen were also there ; the deceased Bishop
was one of them, and Sampson I think was another.
The crowd was a little noisy, but nothing particular.
P.C. Bishop then went towards Lock, and Lock went
towards the door kali between John Well's black-

smith's ihop and a yard in which Lock's house was
situate. Bishop followed him thromh the d• .or, awl I
watched him. The ~thee policeman was keqiing back
the crowd, and I then went round the blacksmith's
shop and looked over the gate. I SaW the constable
Bishop forcing Lock towards his house ; Lock was
resisting. I then went through the gates towards
them. I watched them for a minute; Bishop was
using his staff.—And what was Lock doing? Using
tile iistea—Ditt you see blows pass between
them ? As many as they could give each
other.—They had then got a. far - Lock',
. . . _

door; he lives with his father. Lock was swearing
fiercely at Bishop. Bishop, I believe, left him at the
door and went a short distance from Inc. Lock
followed him, and I went towards Lock and per-
suaded him not to strike Bishop, as if he did he would
be punished for it. 111 the meantime he stooped down
and picked up a flint, I should think it was, or some
kind of stone from the border and flout; it at Bishop
and knocked him down. Bishop was nimble to get up
any more then. Lock then threw another stone at
Bishop when he was down. I tried again to keep
Lock away horn Bishop and did it for a time; and I
then lifted up Bishop. Lock said he would knock him
down again. I trite. to persuade him not to, but he
then did it with his fist, out of my arms as I was hold-
ing him up. I then took hold of Lock—catching him
hold rollnil by his arms—and pushed him towards his
father's do,v, and he went in, and I have not seen him
since until imw. I then went for the other policeman,
who was keeping the crowd outside the doorway, and
told him Bishop was very much injured—or something
similar to that. He came back and I :misted him to
take Bishop to his own house. Bishop was then in a
very bait state. He. wsw covered with blood about his

i By a Juryman : Bishop was perfectly sober. WINSO2III'I.
,
Another Juryman to the questioner: In asking that Brea float ES the well known witted, gave two
question, it is not because you have any doubt about performances sit ti,' o ro Et..bange on Monday and
Tuesday last. The perform :tau • nen, very good, being a
rent deal above the avcrage of travelling conjurors.
Ile Juryman who put the question : Not the /here was a • y poor attendance on the 11,14 night, but
slightest. It is merely because it has been mooted better on Tuvr‘fly.
about. Pi.rry Sessions. Friday. - Before the !lords. C.. 1. Glyn
The witnetts then produced a heavy flint, ou which awl c V. Garland.
were marka of blw,l, which he had picked up in the A New Ann Norm. forresce.—R4ward Oatlarreolo, of
path leading to the pritsoner's house. A p•A of Howl Oinked, wee summoned by Deputy Chief Constable
tivtiwl.‘,ltti.der.the Highway Act °weir d i n the time of
was about two Get from it, an it also had blood round i=
it. a • tor suet on toe Ist of Seweittner, at Willi.
borne, " being the rider RIO driver of • certain carriage,
Sergeant Stillman :On the 20th inst., about 10 p.m, to wit, • bicycle, on a certain highway there eituate, uto
I arrived at Woodbury.hill for duty. About twelve lawfully dot ride and lines the a: • f oriowily thereon, go
Pt'. Sampson came and reported the assault to tne, as to endanger the live* awl limbs of passengers on the
and in consetpienee 1 acoompanied them to Ilisholitt said higliway."—Mr. F. 11. Tanner appeared to soup trt
house, and I waisted the medical man in taking off the onnpisint. Mr. ll:tititivind Kalil he was 'dawning at
!Ile Postottice on September Ist, about ow, o'clork, and
h, w the defendant c"ine up on a Increle, lie held up his
Bishop'. clothes and getting him up to bed. I after.
tad, and staid, " ride stewllly through the street.'
twhaerdparsannterwsithb,Sue.regeanwhtaillhaendwL.C.. arembp.riettd:
. Defendant &flowered " All right," but went on much
When we got in the ntreet we went to Bishop's house, 1 quicker t•twards Esstbrook•brhige, lie saw detr- . -it go
• • "then ' ' • • • -•— badly beaten . • ' • • • - ' PoOiter iei---

andloCk complained he had been ,atily
by the constable with the staff. -Mr. Lys examined
him in consequence. At daylight the next morning I
. • ,
and • ••

examined LA.@ premises, - found from the thee
little "flower-knots" there that there were one or two
stones missing from the border and several others with
blood on them. I could not find the missing stones.
I produce the clothes worn by the deceased that night.
Supt. W. Lavender : On the morning of the 21st
inst. I proceeded to Bere Regis, and on visiting the
house of P.C. Bishop there found him dead. I after-
wards made an examination of the yard and premises
leading from the road to the house of Henry Lock's
father. In that yard there are three cottages, the
yard being open to all three. Lock lives in the centre
one. On examining some flower borders composed ot
stones and brick-bats by way of edging I noticed that
a stone had been recently moved from the bonier near
Lock's front door. I searched in the yard, and about
six yards from the border I found the stone I now
produce. I found it fitted in every particular with
the vacant space in the border. Tho flowers in an
adjoining patch appeared to have been trodden on;
on them and on the stones which formed the edging
WM a quantity of lush. I produce one of the stones.
Later in the (lay I charged the prisoner with the
murder of P.C. Bishop. lie said "I lie dead r
said "11. Ile then said "Oh ! then its a had
. . _.

job." I took him t,7iVarchatn, searched' him, and
found on his trousers and shirt, which he IV al then
wearing, and which I now prmluce, a quantity of
Noel—the sleeves of the shirt being saturated with
blood. Also on his boots there appeared to be spots
f blood, especially on the point of the right one.
The hands and wrists of the prisoner were also
covered with blmel.
Ann Bytes, a widow, living next door to where the
prisoner lives, said on Thursday night last, about
quarter-past eleven. I heard a noise. I was much
frightened, and saw nothing of it. and locked the
door. I heard a voice, but I can't say whose. I
heanl them say "Lock, take in your son—twice, and
'Put down that stone."
Mr. Francis D. Lys, 2.1,11...C.5.,. practising at Btre
last,

Rejs. il3o-Iti—teTelve—.on a'nlt was
called to the house of the deceased. On my arrival
I found him insensible, with black eyes, and a large
wound at the back of the left ear. I dredged the
wound, assisted him to bed, and did everything I
could for him until he died at half-past five the next
morning. He was not dendible during that time. By
the direction of the Coroner, in conjunction with Mr.
Daniels I made a post-morron examination this (Satur-
day) morning. We found both eyed black from blow..
There was a blow on each temple, on the nose,
on the left cheek, on the back of the head, and
on the right elbow. There was also a wound on
the lower lip, and on the head we found a jagged
torn wound, about two inches and a half long,
just behind and above the left ear. On raiding
the scalp a quantity of blmal wax found between that
and the bone, extending over the whole left side of the
head. On opening the head a large quantity of clotted
blood was found, c.,vering the whole f the left side of
the brain, and also a smaller quantity over the right
temple. On taking out the brain a fracture .4 the
skull was found on the left dide of the head above the
left ear. The fracture was a long one, extending
nearly four inches. The rest of the body was examined
. . . .

and appeared healthy: Great violmice must have
been used, in my opinion, to cause such fractures as
we found. Having seen the stones produced, I think
they would have been likely to have caused such
injuries. The cause of death was compression of the
brain from the out-pouring of blood from vessels
lacerated by the fracture. I examined the prisoner
i on the night n question. and found a slight scratch on
his nose, and a slight blow on one of his hands. I
could not detect any other injury.
Mr. Woodruff Daniel, a surgeon, residing at Ware-
ham, corroborated the previous witness, and was quite
of opinion death was caused by effusion f bbssi from
the fracture .4 the skull, aud considerable violence
must have been used.
This was the whole .4 the evidence.
The Coroner then inunmed up. He said : It now
becomes my duty. and I can assure you it is a very
painful duty, ti address you upon the evidence which
has been laid before you; and it will be your duty to
arrive at a verdict upon thit evidence. It itipl am
sure, alike painful to you to sit to enquire into a
case of this serious and dreailful nature. You have
given very great attention to the evidence, and it is
not necessary for me to go over it again. Now, zon

—,lendant
on as fast se he could round _ —Mr. Georgia
Pothers''y said he was pas..ing the street near Mr. Berk's at
the time, and the defendant's hicyle touched his coat.—
Mr. William I' • ' ' "
. .

,
wallow Corhin said he was near Mr. P.,thecary and
he had to step beck to avoid defendant's hicyclo—The
magistrates said bicycles were a perfect nuisance in the
town, and highly dangerous, and they were glad the case
was brought before them. Defendant was fined PM. and
itd. costs.
James Freeman, railway porter, of Wimborne, was
summoned by Eliza Hopkins, of Horton. to show rause,
&c.—Mr. W. If. Atkinson appeared for defendant, and
consented to an order being made on his client for Is. per
week.
Walter Foot, of Winihorne St. Giles, and Seth Roberts,
of Edmonsharn, labourers, were summoned for committing
a common assault upon Mary Amain, a young woman of
Cranhorne, on the 30th of August —Mr. W. 11. Atkinson
appeared for the defenee. —Complainant said she was hoe.
ins with another man at Wirnborne St. (files on the 30th
of August, and as she was returninz to Cranhorne at •
quarter ti II o'clock at night the ilefendanbi Castle up to
her on the highway and assaulted her —Mr. Atkinson
admitted that one of the defendants bad improper Inter.
course with the complainant, but contended that, as on
prevh Kis ,reasions,the coin Plainzut. was • Party.
—The Chairman sail the magistrateo were afraid the
complainant VMS a wretelied bat character, list as the tle•
fendants had assaulted her they iiinst each pay • tine of
0.1. anti 4s. 9sf. roots.
Ishmael Scott, a labourer, of Kinson, wuas fined 1101 i. and
gs. coyly for being' drunk in that 11.111 &Nib .

will have to arrive at a conclusion. first of all, low
did this poor fellow come to his death? Of that there
can be no doubt whatever, after the testimony we
have heard f the medical men that it WM by
violence. Then, c. ,Tries the question by whom was that
violence inflicted ? Upon the evidence I think there
can be no doubt that it was inflicted by the prisoner.
And, buitly, OHMS the consideration, was death
occasioned by premeditated violence, —if no, the
crime is one of murder—or was it by accident, or
done in sudden passion. NO as to reduce it, in your
rioy, to one of manslaughter. ! may tell you that

...a may c, _
. a drunken man kills another of malice prepense
that in law is equally murder as if he hail been sober,
for drunkenness is voluntary. Therefore, it is my
duty to tell you whatever state prisoner may
have been in at the time, if he ilid it with
intent to callSe grevious leelily harm, or risked the life
of the poor unfortunate constable and knew what he
was about, that in law he was guilty of murder.
If you can see any reasonable circumstance to induce
you to arrive at a more lenient verdict I shall be very
pleased. It will be your verdict and not mine. I am
very happy to say that whatever your verdict may be
the man is not here on his trial, but, whether he is
committed by me for murder or manslaughter he will
have to go before another court, he will have the
benefit of another examination, and will take his trial
before a judge of the land awl a jury of his country,
but it is for you to say whether on the evidence before
you A prima fork ,see has been made out. I don't
wish to detain you iir to adil to this painful enquiry,
but, knowing the respectable class of men I have to
deal with I leave it in your hands to say what is the
proper verdict.
The jury retired for about ten minutes, and on their

4. costs for Is:lnc drunk in that paiish 1m the 11th of
september. —Defendant did not appear.
Thorn's+ Swavr, 0 labourer, of Constltittlotphill, was
summoned for being drunk on the Mid ri Angust.
fend:int had ?wen previously convicted within twelve•
months and he was now final 20a. and costa.
John rma. farmer id Gonstintlon•hill, won Nummoned
by Mr. Adolphus Wailfrcy, auctioneer of Poole, agent to
defendant's landlord, the Rev. !hristopher Harker Kim-
field, for having !redolently removed goods that had been
distrained upon for XIS 10s. rent —Mr. It. Aldridge
appeared for complainant ; and Mr. F. Travers for defend-
ant —The magistrates suggested an analealde settlement,
and the solicitors aceordingly settled the ease privately.
Thomas James, of Shapwick. was summoned for assault.
lag William Ricketts, of Wimborne, on the Sth of
September.—Defendant said he could produce the man
who committed the assault, and the cow was adjourned
to enable him to do so.

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--' —-- - return the foreman said "It is o r ainful dig to find
face, and could only walk by m two helping hitn. - " l' y
Henry Lock guilty of wilful murder according to the
When we got him to the house the only thing he said
was that he wanted to go to the closet. After that evidence*"
T
we began to wash the blood off his face. He might he Coroner (to the prisoner): Henry Lock, a jury
of your countrymen, and of your neighbours I may
have been sensible but did not speak further. Some-
say, have found it their painful duty to return against
one then went for the doctor, and Mr. F. Lys came
y
and dressed his head as he sat in the chair. Another you a verdict of the wilful murder of this poor man,
man named James Bearcombe helped me to take him It is my equally painful duty to commit you for trial
at the next assizes. I have no wish to say anything
1,, bed, and I stayed with him during the night.
that would add to y.our feelings By the Foreman: I heard nothing. pass between
The Foreman : It is the particular wish of the jury
Lock and the deceased be 'nil swearing. I did not
and of myself to bear testimony to the word character
hear Lock threaten to kill him. I can't say that I was
and etraightforwirditess of the man who is murdered close to Lock when he threw the stone, Bishop had • •
We have always found him a straightforward and
not got his helmet on at the time, we picked that tip
well-conducted man.
afterwards at the door. I think he hatl his staff until
Dr Lys : Ile was one of the best of officers,
he was knocked down the last time. At the time
Supt. Lavender : He was with me three years, and
Lock knocked Bishop down I had picked him up, and
ever had occasion to complain of him.
was holding him—By a Juryman: I could not swear I "
The prisoner was then removed. A group of his
there was any kicking,
relatives were waiting for him at the bottom of the
The Coroner to the prisoner: As I understand you
stairs, and as he. descended handcuffed and carefully
are not represented by a legal man, do you wish to
there wet e
l.ouil cries and lamentations and
put any questions to the witness. Anything you may arded'
"Hare's poor Harry was the exclamation. Prisoner
have to say, will be taken down at the end of the
thook hands with some as well as the handbolts would
evidence. My advice to you is to say nothing, but if
allow him, but did not exhibit any feeling.
you like to say anything, you are at perfect liberty to
In so. The evidence of the witness was then read
MILTON ABBAS.
over to the prisoner, who is slightly deaf. At the con-
clusion turning to the witness as he passed him, he A QUARREL BETWEEN LABOURERS.—At the magistrates
clerk's office, at Blandford, on Thursday last, before Mr.
muttered "0f oturse you have spoke the truth. We
~ J. J. Farquharson end General Parke, Cu., a labourer,
shall see another day,
named James ifeercs, of this I illage, was charged with
P.C. Sampson, stationed at East Lulworth, was on st ibbing a fellow-workman, named James Jacobi% on
duty at liar, Regis, on Thursday evening the 20th. Tuesday. the llth of Septeniber last. They bad it seems
About 11 p.m I was in company with P.C. Bishop in been working for Mr. Usury Finked, of Whitechureh,an4
the public street, near Hrax s AIMS. I Raw a lot of there W 3.4 MOM, aiglollte between them relating to money
men grime out I,f the Mu, into the street. One of which they tmed for harvest beer at the NI iltoti Anus. On
them was the prisoner Henry Lock, who appeared to the day in question the complainant in order to avoid any
be the worse for drink awl noisy. Bishop left me further disagreement went and paid the whole of the
h'.;,icore," Jacobs was then going home quietly when, as
and walked towards him, and asked him to go home
quietly. He said something in reply, but I could not , he sga"wt'sPtruteittintgheinCihtetagroldi.isTlicLall,cel" ' iiiiiiiitig"ilion that you
hill,
tell what, at all events he made more noise after- I Jim r Moores then rushed out from the side of tthe =id
wards, and walked towards a door. Bishop told him and struck at him with • knife, lie put up his hand to
if he was not quiet he would take him home. They i ward off the blow and received a severe blow in the wrist
both went in through the door, Lock first. I then I which penetrated to the lione. Moores struck at him
went to the iloor myself, aild prevented the crowd again, but he got away and went ti the doctor's and had
his bandaged.—P.C. Stockley went in search of the
from following. I heard a scuffling noise in the yard,is aria
and I afterwards heard a noise like a stone come prisoner, and found him in an nut•honse on his father's
premises behind some barrels. On going to arrest him
towards me from the direction in which they were. A hfoorets caught him by his whiskers and dragged him on to
little after that Frederick Ricketts came to me, and him, scratching his face, and acting like a madman. They
said your mste is —( l'he coroner : We can't take what hal a scuffle together, hut with moistenee he put the
he said). Prom that I went into the yard and found handcuffs on prisoner, who broke them. He was, how.
P.C. Bishop down on the ground, in a sitting position. ever, secured and brought to the Blandfonl Folice-station.
—The defence, mask by Mr. Atkinson, was that the men
His staff was by his side. His face and head was
' had a quarrel and a fight in the puldiehouse, whieh was
covered with bliwid, which was flowing down his Tenewed when they e ciing,upof his bs either broken
the
rhiiil, that Moores
clothes. With the assistance of Ricketts, I took him ! a, ',banefully ud7aenrd had ,no
home; I was going for a doctor, but Mr. Hallet's boy or split —The Bench treated the case as one ofc ommon wentinstead. The evidence of the previous witness assault, and fined Moores .£1 and lie. 61 costs, to be laid
Mto what took place afterwards, I corroborate. I all days; in default, one month's imprisonment,
gave due information to Seret. Hill and Sergt.
Stillman, and afterwards went with them to the SETIBBOBNE.
prisoner's house when he was apprehended. On the ON FILM kl. evening Mrs. Howard Paul, assisted by Mr.
road to the station, I heard Lock say "I'd fight Rutland Barrington, gave an entertainment at the Town
Bishop any day, if he has got a staff." Hall to • large company.
By the Foreman : Lock couldn't walk straight, but AT the Alexandra Palace Fruit and Flower Show last
week Mr. William Pragnell, gardener to Mr. G B. W.
he was not incapable—What was Bishop's object in Digby, brought away th first price for acollectionG.
of
following him ?—The Coroner: You really cannot ask vegetables of 11.1 sorts. e
that. We may have our own opinions but you ACCIDENT. —AS Mr. W. H. D. Crocker, of Clateornbe
cannot put a construction upon any man's thoughts. Fenn, near this town, was driving home from Yeovil, on
By a Juryman : I was keeping out the crowd, some Friday evening, his trap collided with some trucks that
of whom appeared anxious to go to hock's assistance, were being wheeled along in the road near the Elephant
They maid they would not see him hurt. and Castle and upset, throwing Mr. Crocker and a lady
who was with him out on the hard road. Both sustained
[This witness, whose "mate" the tleceased was, a few severe cuts,
betrayed a bymo-means to be ashamed of feeling in
GAS COMPANE.—The annual meeting of the shareholders
giving. his evidence, at times being considerably was held on Monday, under the presidency of Mr. William
affected.] Dingley. The report which was brought forward revealed
fierzeant James Hill: About half.past eight came a profit of £1,140:1e. Si,, being an increase of over £3OO as
Into the village, and remained there in the company compared with last years. The directors recommended
of Bishop until about quarter to 11. About 12 a dividend of nine per cent. -Mr. Chandler said he should
Sampson came to me, and in consequence of what he
like to see the odd Id. taken off the price of gas, which
was now y 41(141. pter 1,000 feet—The Chairman said the
sail came in his company together with Sergeant
Stillman to the house of the deceased, and found Mr. thought it was just
fair price
withaatts—htri.Ch:rlee Stokes
Lys attending him. I took Bishop by the head and At Southamot in he had to pay 51. per Nowreel'.4-310: asked him if he knew me, or if he knew the party who Thomas Stokes was of opinion the shareholders should be
assaulted him, He made no answer and did not seem
rdeiihvititsnlitytnitededt
hr
pelr,t;or with
o—h.nineuc liicent—This
ra.
r permEie a
.. cent;kit s:t.
Kwtk
the
seconded whilepgdr: dividendpo bodtryt..ethggaApedvesiudtnicvsgetoid.rt:d:
to take any notice. From what Sampson and Ricketts
said to me I went with the former to Lock's house. I
, found it locked and knocked at the window. Hill
father came and asked roe what I wanted ; I said I
afterw.arPds paid a •liikace complimenthto. the Chairman,
lianag er, Vero.
I wanted his son; anti he afterwards came down and
mened the door, and I apprehended him. I charged T. W. R. White, and the proceedings tenit:
him with having assaulted P.C. Bishop. I took him Tioususong Cunene:Rs—On Monday Thomas Chant,
ealevniionri:4l.
erise,Ein.nteStor.ceimithßa„toltl,reecahtswreereatkd with having been drunk
by the collar and led him out. He nail where are you a glover. iif Milhorne Port, was brought up in custody
going' to take me. I said I don't know yet, but I took
him to the station and locked him up and remained
"is hiaaterd hlaTerurthehapvreingvionuse
money toowian•ywttecliharne.;dowin
viTue:dlaikyetionffteMoit,mwwidaho is,
with him till he was taken sway. On the way he sad
"I don't care for any b— policeman, and I'll
fight Bishop any lay if he has got a staff.' Supt, evening.—Times being hard with her, too, she was
Lavender took him to Wareham the next day. sentenced to 11 days' hard labour.

A number of n—s
were summoned by the eintreh-
wardens and overseers of the parish of Kinson for having
refused to pay their poor-rates. The grounds of objection
were inequality in the rating, and the shocking state of
the roads in the parish, but the magistrates said they hail
nothing to de with these matters and made orders on the
defendants to pay rates and costs.