The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

LAW AND CRIME.

MUEDEROUS ATTACK BY A CONVICT. A violent
ettack was, on Friday afternoon, made by an Irishman
mimed O'Brien, now undergoing • terra of 15 months'
'finprisonment at the Cornwall Coanty Gaol, on a warder
'named Bramwell, whose life was only saved by the
prompt assistance of another prbbner. It appears that
Brarnwell was in charge of a gang of men employed at
stonebreaking. While standing near O'Brien. end
looking in an opposite direction, O'Brien. struck him
with a sledge hammer below the knee, breskine his I.
Bramwell immediately fell to the ground, and O'Brien
raised the sledge hammer, and was about to strike him
a blow on the head, when one of the other prisoners
sprang to the assistance of the warder, and seised
O'Brien's arm, thus preventing what woild in all pro-
bability have been a fatal blow. Other officers of the
gaol arrived on hearing the alarm, and O'Brien was
secured. No cause is assigned for the attack, which
was entirely unprovoked.
Two WOKEN CONVICTED UP POACHING. An ex-
traordinary case was heard at the Market Harborough
petty minions recently. Two women, Eliza Collis, the
wife of a poacher, and Rebecoa Repko, the wife of
another poacher, were charged, under Lord Berner's
Act, with entering fields with guns, nets, Etc. It
appeared that a police constable was on duty on the
night of December 30. when he watched the house of
Collis, and euspected he was out poaching. Next
morning he was again on duty, when he saw the
defendants on the Leiceeter-road. He stopped Collis,
and found her bundle contained seven rabbits. Rooks
escaped. The magistrates fined the defendants El each
and costs. A case for a superior ()court was granted.
GROSS CRUELTY TO A FIGRBE.—The Bev. John
Hurst, rector of Thakebams'appeared before the magis-
trates at the Steyning petty sessions on Monday. He
was eharged, at the instance of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with gross cruelty to
a mare. It was shown that the rev, gentleman had
been in the habit of-riding amass, on the back of which
there was a bad wound, which constantly discharged
blood and matter. Mr. Hurst was convicted, and
ordered to pay a fine of £5 and costs. After protesting
he would appeal he paid the fine.
"Ram MoßaAN'a" CARTE DE VISITE.—It Is an ill
wind that blows nobody any good; and "John
Morgan," though he has caused. • great deal of trouble
and expense to many parties, has been the means of
giving • strong impetus to the photographic business.
On his way to the county gaol, after the preliminary
examination at Cheater, on Saturday, he stopped at the
studio of Mr. Laing, in Castle-street, and there had his
portrait taken in several positions. Subsequently at the
county prison, Mr. Groom, of the Wyle Cop, had an
opportunity of photographing this illustrious swindler,
and so extraordinary is the interest taken in his person,
that Mr. Laing and Mr. Groom have had to tall into
play all the rasources of their establishments in order to
keep the supply of the cartes equal to the demand.
A DARING BURGLAR.—On Tuesday night a singular
capture of • burglar was effected in Oxford through
the instinct of • small terrier dog. Alderman Thompson
and his wile, who reside in the northern part of the
city, retired to rest about their usual time, but the
Alderman having occasion to go downstairs again, the
little dog got into his bedrooms and soon became very
uneasy, snarling and growling in such an unusual
manner that Mrs. Thompson was induced to search
round the room, and eventually under the bed, when
to her horror she discovered a man, crouched on his
hands and knees. An alarm was instantly given, and
was soon heard by one of the university police, who
happened to be passing at the moment, and in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Thompson and his 'one, the fellow was
dragged from his hiding-place. Previous to his pro-
ceedings upstairs, he had left his shoes in the front
garden, and had managed to dose a large mastiff with
choloroform. On being searched, a bottle of that deadly
poison was found in his pocket ; be also had a black
big with Lim, containing a complete set of house-
breaking implements. The prisoner, a young end
powerfully-built man, stated that he was a Welshman,
and a native of Cardiff.
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The German, Ferdinand Kohl, who murdered his
fellow ceentryman in Plaistow Marshes, was executed
on Thursday, at Chelmsford. The evidence against the
wretched man was so conclusive that no one doubted his
guilt, yet he persisted in his innocence, and his last
words, before quitting this life, were, "I am innocent,
so help me God." No efforts appeared to have been
made by the German Legal Protection Society to pro-
cure a commutation of the sentence. Probably, they
felt that as a German had been murdered, the English
Government might be allowed to avenge his death
uninterfered with.
Tnawr awn RECOVERY OF £1,209.—0n Thursday •
fortunate disoovery of the illegal possession of £1,200
worth of bank post-bills was made by Mr. Phillip
Barnett, of the firm of Barnett and Co., foreign money
exchange bank, 27, South Castle-street, Liverpool.
Between twelve and one o'clock a young man giving
the name of Nicholas Keene, residing at 14, Regent-
street, Liverpool, entered the establishment of Messrs.
Barnett and Co., and offered two bank post-bills, which
he requested to have changed for gold. There were
three bills altogether, two of £5OO each, and one of
£2OO Mr. Barnett having had his suspicions aroused
from the slovenly appearance of the man, oommenced
to interrogate him closely as to how he became pos-
sessed of them. He replied with apparent coolness to
the effect that he Was a cattle dealer, and that he had
obtained them in reward for his industrious habits in
Ireland. Mr. Barnett, however, not being satisfied with
the explanation, kept the bank Mlle in his possession,
and proceeded to count some money as if he intended
.to comply with the request of the stranger, but in
the meantime he sent his clerk to the Detective
Office. To the police-offieer the mar stated that
he had got them from Mr. Felix Martin, who lived at
16. Regent-street, and on being pressed by questions he
laid that Martin was dead. From subsequent inquiries
that were instituted by the police it is supposed that
the man must have tacen them from Martin, who has
recently died, and whose relatives are very poor. The
discovery is all the more fortunate, inasmuch as his
friends had no conception that he died worth so much,
although they had known him to be a man of provident
habits. It was also found that the man (who is now in
custody) was • shoemaker, and was slightly acquainted
with the deceased Martin, from the fact of his having
lodged with him for a short time. All the bills being
overdue, and Mr. Martin's name being endorsed at the
back of the bills, the money could have been obtained.
had it not been for the vigilance of Mr. Phillip Barnett,
to whom the relatives of the deceased man must be ever
grateful for having rescued their unexpected fortune
from the hands of a delinquent.
The Italian who stands charged with the mm-der of
Harrington, and with stabbing two other men at
Saffron-hill, was brought up on Monday, before Mr.
Knox, st Clerkenwell police-court. Both the men who
were 'tabbed, and who are now in a fair way of re-
covery, were present,and gave evidence. The testimony
of one of them,Rebbeck,the barman of the public-house,
is very important. It will be remembered that at the
last examination an attempt was made to show that the
outrages were committed, not by the prisoner, but by
another man who was very like him, and Who has since
disappeared. Rebbeck swears distinctly that it was the
prisoner, whom he had known for the last five or six
years, who stabbed him, and that he saw him twice over
with a knife in his band. The prisoner was committed
for trial.

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ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CANYLE.-WiffiSM WREOI3,
foreman of the upholsterers, and George Hammond,
head porter at the Lord Chamberlain's atom, Windsor
Castle, were brought before Captain Johnson, one of
the magistrates of the county of Barka, at the borough
gaol, Windsor, and charged with stealing an Indian silk
bed furniture, two embroidered silk curtains, and three
draperies to match, the property of her Majesty the
Queen. It seems that the goods in question had been
forwarded in the course of last week to the Messrs.
Oxlade's auction'-rooms in London for sale. The rich
nature of the articles, and the place from which they
were sent, aroused muff& ion in the minds of the parties
to whom they were oonsigned and information of the
circunia.ance was at ones sent to Scotland-yard.
Hammond, on being questioned about the matter,
denied all knowledge of the things, but stated that he
had carried the parcel to the station by Wilson's orders.
Wilson, the foreman of the upholsterers, was then
called into the room at the Castle-stores, when the
stolen articles were shown to him, and Sergeant Clark
then told him that he was a detective from London.
upon which Wilson said that "he was very sorry, but
Hammond had persuaded him to do it." Hammond,
however, stoutly denied knowing anything about it.
Wilson was removed in the custody of the Berke police
to Reading, while Hammond was liberated on bail, to
await the neat examination.

IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IN TH6 MANUFACTURE OF
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colour, and is adapted for all out-door work, agricultural
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iron roofing, railings, &c.; and for which purpose the
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unlike other cheap paints, is free from offensive smell,
and it possesses immense body, covering nearly four
times the extent of ordinary oil paint, and dries in a
quarter of an hour after application. For ship.builders
it is invaluable, for it is not acted upon by sulphureted
hydrogen. For terms, apply to Cassell, Smith, and
Co., 1110, Fenchurch-street, London. •
The introduction of commodities that command a large
sale from their distinctive advantages being valued by
the public, frequently attracts a host of imitators. To
endeavour to peas off inferior articles some closely copy
the trade-mark, labels, packets, ,of Meagre. Horni-
man, the well-known original Importers of the Pure
Tea; therefore purchasers should not fail to notice that
the signature—"Horniman and Cp., London"—is on
each genuine packet. Their tea, from its reliable good
quality, baa for a quarter of a century been in great
favour throughout the kingdom, proving that all classes
require good tea, end prefer sterling quality to mere
appearance. Messrs. Hornimans' agents number about
two thousand those in this locality are advertised in
our columns,