The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-06-07 00:00:00

IRSET COUNTY EXPRESS

if,. Lock, in opening the cem, said Iss Mound =der lOW
disadvantage es Ga was WA hotrod= moth MM len piglet In
.ptplietanoos 01 tide sort getting corrobcdation was the thief
fMculty, and in the premed eye =the that Pas
particularly hard as the defendant wee the matter
of the applicant, sad thite wee nobody In the bows
bat the nosier and =Arens and the girl. Howes= he thought
hi alWidd be able to show by to. olden of Mr. Jewett and
other eireuelanor,sallicient to Justify them In i:ranting all order.
The complaltaat was le yore of Mei told Oro lint arvlas
when the was 1111 run old at West Siefert After two y sr.
she wept with • Malin in asyasouth, and n =Med in that
to a Ault ix moot= Tien, In April, 1967, the rutend the
Wein of Mr. and Mrs. Jew= She had always borne • good
cbaneter, and be sitothi be We to shew that Jim Jewett had
abut conies of but effilnatemeAdatepla roes statement was
Migrated slashed trilmithen thud 1111r.Jurett berth
to take liberties with her awl InJeatuary, INA be seduced bar.
Prosit that time up till ithrem, 1870, to. intimacy was con-
tinued. In August last dm reuse to ettneorriething
was the matter. It was • meet that Just
at that thame. JoirstA, who bad any fatally,
although .'teTd"letacittel. mad. tlm. same
r, and mutuelly attribtatidni&
frrsgulsiity to cold So the matter wont on until Duesaber,
=we Mrs. Jewett was informed by bee' medical attendant that
•b• was In the family way. That On Ihl was in the mune
same condltloa there w -a yet no
At this point all childrou were =l.". out of oourt. Supt.
MVO oallsd on women also to kart.
Mr. Coombs said Ileref Wild them If they like to stop. The
women premed took the hint, *Ad ireet aut.
Mr. Lock connoted : On the lath of March Yea Jewett sent
Serum home fee • fortnight'. holiday, to that she might be
for the extra wort daring the mistress's conlineesent.
=4:it Stafford the girth mother sueemned tame was Wane-
thing the matter and questioned bar daughter serial
but the girl did not satisfy her on the subject. She ret=
to Jewett's= the lath and .41 the foilowingliaturday (nth),
the mother Wag unary shout Our daughter wept to her
and to utak to Mr. Jewett. She found the girt In a different
drum from what she had men bar wearing betas, and was at
ones satielted as to her state. Wm taxed her with it. and
ultimately the girt acknowledged such was the one. Being
toted who was the father, she all, "Its roaster.'
Mrs. Sanwa than went to Mn. Jewett and
told her that the girl was in the family way, but said
nothing about the father. Mr. Joyner' deter went to the girl
and asked her who it was, but bar she =mend "1 have told
my mother." Shortly alum Mr. Jewett appeared, and Mrs.
Joust( maid to him " Marfs in tbe family way. Aeoording to
Mr.. Berner he than =owed consciousness of guilt! He
blunted, and appeared to be very much put out. He did not
say anything. and at that time be was not socosed. He went
to the girl sad asked boil it was true ; she replied. "It to, and
you know it." Tbe girl was told ebe moat go. Mr Jowett
went to the woman, Lod did not deny that be was the tether.
That be thought • strong corroborative tact In tease of this kind
The girl and her mother left the house, and what next
happened he thought was not the conduct of so innocent man.
On the following Wednesday, Mr. Jewett roll to Stafford and
asks the tether what his daughter he. been toying about
him. He replied "That it best known to yourselves." Jewett
rejoins, "It the will tell one Ile shell tell may," but he did
not thee deny that be was the lather of the child; end be
nude this extraordinary statement to the girl, which he
(Mr. Lon) mutt contest be could scarcely understand, "I
shall not lust at prowl show whet my band will do for you.''
Th• girl then sone= him before bar fathers= mother, and he
did not deny it. That was a striking fact. There was another
lemurs in this nee, width he should lean the Bench to Jude.
upon. In mad paternity Illeseem wee emssidend I
-4-.Vitter). Medial Junta nomenteeded that temllymg=as.
be noted as corroborative. He understood that In this
Indiana tot Mimeo of Mr. Jewett the tab= presented was
extraordinary I—(langtter).—and he dread attention to It as
• corroborative fact
Tbe Chairman mid in the CYO of • man grown up II be bad
tome peculiar mark that his reputed father had It might be •
cnsiderstion, but he didn't think it could apply in the cue of
an intent . . . . . .

Thir—oziOo" mbe : lAkenem might arias through bight or My
things.
Mr. Lock mid he would leave that paint, but he thought if
be proved the feats he had Winked there would be suffi-
cient corroborative evidence to warrant an order. Om thing
he had forgotten. In Jaauary, MA the girl hide follower,
who was i Mar, but in conesquenee of Kra Jowettb disap-
proval, the gisi gave him cp.
She Cilainnem suggested that Mr. Lock Mould direct them
to the corroborative tentiniony.
Mr. Coombe mid they had bl.ser have the evidence.
_ . . . . .

z. Syoada uksd wbt Ui I—worry- bid to
do with Ws inquiry In
Mr. Lock continued that from January 1808 to the n.ocl
Mee Use girl had Wad no let weer. II Mr apoonda 00..1d0r.
she bed been andkine with a young men It would oartstnly
weaken bin (Mr. Locra)caea eery much.

- The Chabon: Tb.theewill oniloily turn on the corrobora-
tive evidence.
Kr. Lock rid then were two points he would pre= on that.
notice-Iln Joint* conduct when lan. Semis went to hie
knee, and his conversation so Staked, both at which be held
wen inconthstible with his innocence.
The Obelnitan : Let us beer the evidence.
Mazy Ann &WOK this then ailisth end &plumed in the
'Moen boo. Sin is iroZber plain girl. On being nom the
oh.ltthe Teasesent, sod timed It WHO. She mid that on
April the wee delivered at a mile child.
Mr Lock Who taw ta, blur 01. it

illthees,-in • I;Md-voice Jeveraish Josrett, WWII surveyor,
and she Ir••• him • delimit Mare.
She then deposed to the commencement of the intimesty, Its
vontinuens, Led 'to. cold" as Kr. Lock had elated. She
mid If.r. lowest told her it was only a oat.. She went to Dr.
Smith, at Weymouth, in September, for it, and afterwards to
the hospital for eight weeks. Mee was about to Mao to.
omirenntion with her mother as tbs subiset awlng the fort-
night she wee at home, but Mr. "MOM% lopp.d bar
Mlt wee Dot evidence, the defendant not bet prima.
What took plane between the girt and her mother it .•
boom as the Nth Mardi wae tarred In the mese why. At that time
the mid stelendent went 4. her In Mr bedroom and marl bar
It It was true what her mother said (that the was In the 12"si
way), and nhe answered him "7.., and you know it.Xt
mid "fl or about the report. In Septentherr and the replied
nothing to do with It.
Kr. Lock I think you mid something elm I
Kr, Symonds: Don't put words Into bee mouth.
Mr. Lock : I wish to refresh your •••0017 • bit. Didn't
Yl7. onds : No, Kr. Lock; lU take the opinion of the
Bench-
_

no Chairman : If she can remember anything eke she may
my It
Mr. Symonds: But Mr. book has no tight to suggest any.
king.
Kr. Lock: Very .ell; what nest took place?
A.—Blerus came up sod wi.hed to know who the MC was
Mr. Symonds : Wa• Yr. Joint& there?
A.—No.
Mr. Symonds: Theo thsire an and of that You may take
It that Mrs. Jowett went oiotaire, and displayed an ordinary
woman's curimilty—you amulet go any further.
Mr. Lock: What than?
A.— She naked in. who It wee and I said I did not like to
tell
. . .

--Yrbat took place I
Sb. went dp..p dans. and 1 had to take my thing, and go.
Did you ow Yr. Jewett after that?
In to. pujour ; my mother, Mrs. Jewett, and
Dickinson were present.
Was anythlog mid?
No; otdy be still dented it.
Mot do you mean
Mn. Jewett and my mother told him that I mid it wig him,
and be mid it wa• not as.
Did be dany it whoa up in your bedroom
No, Dot that.
When did you's. bin next
On the 30th April he came to our bones at Stafford.
SULU exactly what took place.
Fla knocked at the door, and my eldest sister opened It. Ile
'shed to me father, and be wet fetched. Mr. Jewett mid to
ham he had come to know what "that daughter" bed to say
about him. rattier said he knew nothing about at, 'use our
places to know that.. Kr. Joust. mid 111 could tell one lie I
could tell more. I told him several these he knew it was biro
He mid lie should not show /um at promot what hit hand
could do for me.
altf.—Whst did you understand by that?
A.-1 didn't wide:Wand it at all.
That conclu/ed her examination In chief, and she was now
crone-examined by Mr. Symonda
Mr. Symonds: Hate you told is all the conyenation at
Stafford
Yea
Didn't Mr. Jowett threaten you or your father with premien-
lion for dandoringhicol
No.
Will you swear It
Yrs.
Did your dolor bear •11 the conmanstioo
No; mother did, and *ethers.
You my Kr. Joust. mid "H you meld tell one lie you could
tell mono;" what was the lief
I deist know.
Ham you evernald you bate not been intimate with anybody/
No.
Have you mud you knew no more about • man than • algid?
Xo.
Said nothing of the sort to KW Dlektimon
No.
You are milt* pcsitive t Hasiember, I have Mile Dickinson
here.
Yen

Tao you omit tell Use et ell
No mower
Something was mid, you say, by Kr. Joiner about the
rerb.rte oomerning you in deptembor; whet ere they?
And =ver (Circus') mid be saw me with • soldier.
Ili: 'IT
No; sad I here somebody to prove it
You don't know say soldiers?
mare wens only 110 ol the new battery Imre whom the wild-
boast show was Mops S.)
How many man of the lag battery then did you know T
I cant MIL
One?
Yen
Two?
No.
Pour?
No.
. _ _

if/Tsai wee the wined the caw you hem ?
I dos% wilt to tell.
But I et* to Imo*: what wee him rum?
Thomas Tipper, a driver.
Did roe ever write to him?
No.

'Hi'', you *VW written letters to any others of tbe bettery
No.
Do you know i Mr. Salmon
I did. She ores • soldiers. wile
Did you know how husiund
Hone men kin &tribe berreekr •
What did you go to tbe Wracks tor
I went with Senna Bowditoh, at Frowns, to woe Mr. Balsas.
Did you know • pan of the bet battery nerd Therneo,
No.
Or Roberto?
No.

No ono ot them
I lined Belem Bonditolia young rasa,
Wliat ot an acquaintance had you got with
Nona at all.
Did you ever Iralk with him?
Na

OToorreepond with him
No.
Do yea know a boy named Palmer?
Ti.; he teed to bring midi to Mrs. Jovretra
Did your Mir amid notes to Roberta by him 1 Iteeollect I
bare the boy here.
I hare Malt, notes to Solana Bowditeh by him
Where they di:maid to Roberto?
I doset
Were they directed to Mx Salmon?
No. They seen aant le Roberta to giro to Salsa gowsincti.
What Ina that report Most you in September I
The engine driver Eli ke raw me up the read with soldier
when be maw out ot the wikl-baset show. But It wee
not tin.; I mot bane with Mr. lame% elevate and her
young men, Atha! Wino, and they saw me to Kr. Jowesea
Into
You didn't me a wager II et night?
e&W • sergeant in the iltot ne, that wee all.
It maw you wen miaow terabits in nugulit. .IWe did Tee
go to Dr. Smith?
In September
Did you tell hire what you bad bem Men I
No.

4 you tall them at tie he 'ePtteJ ?
May

8;44,.. I daddlwada.
wad, tad. eau w as/ ay Magid (Kr. Lock) bag voltam
of?

-4'hat was In January, I.
Hive you got book for all tbn Mae ?
No.
Thee you've got a rood mossory. Who was that ?
Thome Tipper, an artilleryman.
Whon dkl you el'. Wm up?
In January, IBsB : I only calked an LII kba twice.
Did you walk with Tlppw last sunua orat all ?
No.
Wen you on Poundbury wlib Mn, or lay cUlacn.
anilbrYmaa
bat summer

iin.re jou eTie in the p,t from Pound bury brides to tbe
Briiport toed ..1•A • sot
Scrim I walked Jou( that path out Puoday 'yenta( vitas
Jot.
About 1•• Ado*?
; I vas never out at that tiros.
Wire you iner out ODO &May nliiit 'IQ a gold*.
was out to (tufty *hi la haulm IS* Milk Thom and