The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-10 00:00:00

I In crossexaminattotei, *DAAss said at that time Mr.
Kimbell did tift filrbtah the door with a second key.
—Mr. Pleated, in defenee, contended that the case
. bad net been brought home to his client, inasmuch I
as it had not been shown that he was in the room for
an unlawful purpose. He tusintaided !bit Harding,
in pursuit of his calling, less et Perfect liberty to go
Into any room, where tb% key was outside the door,
and it had not been satisfactorily proved that the
door wee tanked by Mr. Coe on Friday evening. He
urged that prisoner was prompted, threngli motives
of curiosity, to enter the room, and secreted himself
on hearing Mr. Coe ooming.—The Bench said they
believed prisoner *ea in the ror for an unlawful
purpose, and as comniercial gentlemen carried
valuable stook with them, they ought to be pro-
tected. Prisoner had been guilty of a great breach
of trust, and as a caution to him and others the ,
sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned in
Dorchester gaol for one month, with hard labour.
HUSBAND AND WIVE-- Reuben Cave, labourer,
was charged with assaulting his wife.—Mr. Howard
who appeared for defendant, asked the wife if be
had any witnesses, when she replied that her ba. k
and shoulders were sufficient witnesses. She further
said that her husband was constantly in the habit of
ooming home intoxicated, when he ill.used her. On
Saturday evening when he came home he dragged
her off the bed, "pitched" her on the door, and beat
her with his waist atrap.—ln cross-examination she
said, when her husband came home on Saturday
evening she called him names, and charged him with
being untrue to her. She was quite certain that her
tongue did not drive him away from home. —Mr.
Howard contended that the assault had been cam-
mitted under the greatest provocation. In support
of this statement he called a witness, who proved
that on the night in question he heard defendant's
wife make use of very bad langurige. It wee too bad
to mention.—The Bench, considering the wife was
to blame, dismissed the case.
VAGRANCY. —William Robinson, a yoting man,
described NI a sailor from Whitby, was charged with
vagrancy—P.C. McMahon found him asleep on the
Nothe, and as he had neither money nor lodging,
and could not give a satisfactory account of himself,
took him in custody.—Prisoner said he had been
discharged from his vessel at Poole, had parted with
his clothes, and was now making his way to Ply.
mouth. As he promised to leave the town, he was
discharged.
" A SOILED Dove." --Mary Norman, a nrostitate,
who appeared in Court with a black eye, was charged
with being drunk and riotous.—P.S. Harvey said,
on Sunday evening about 11 o'clock, he heard
prisoner making use of very bad language, near the
Crowe Hotel. He went towards her when she
walked to High-street, and repeated the bad lan-
guage. As she refused to desist or go home, he
took her in custody.—Committed for 14 days' hard
labour.

T1711813.LY. —Before R. Griffin and R. Cotterell,
neqrs. —James Young was summoned for assaulting
Edmund Clarke.—Complainant said he was an engine
cleaner at the railway station. On the 29th of
September as complainant was in the coal house
getting some coal, defendant asked him what
buvinemis he had there, when, on his replying
"Nothing," he struck him a severe ,low over one
of his eyes, causing it to be much swollen.—De-
fondant said he only struck the boy because he was
so "cheeky," and aggravated him so much. —Mr.
Griffin said he had no doubt the boy was very
aggravating, bat still that did not justify his taking
the law into his own hands. —Fined 2s. 6d. and poets.