The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-15 00:00:00

ANOTiER COWARDLY WIFE BRAYER.

George Jaws, of Upper Parkstone. was charged in
custody with violently assaulting and kicking his wife,
Fanny James, and threatening to kill her, on Saturday
night. -This was • very bad case, and was, as usual.
attributable to drink. On Siturday the poor woman
went into Bournemouth, where her husband worked, to
meet him, and by the time be started for Parkstone he
was very much the worn for drink. On the tits>, home
be laid down by the aide of the road, and on his wife re-
monstrating with him he kicked her in the presence of
P.C. Bennett, the Kinaon policeman. On arriving home
prisoner kicked and beat prosecutrix so cruelty that the
neighbours were obliged to interfere.—Mr. Supt. Hunt
asked for a remand to call witnesses, and prisoner was
remanded till Thursday.
Tuasnir.—Before Masan. C. J. Stone and (;. H.
Gutch.
Robert White, of Parkstone, was charged with being
drunk and disorderly in Strand•street at midnight on
Monday. P.C. Holloway proved the case, and prisoner
was fined ss. and costa.
PErry Ruston, Thursday. —Before the Mayor (Alder-
man F. fityring.) the en. Mayor (Alderman M. Kemp-
Welch,) Alderman F. T. Rogers, and Mews. C. J. Stone,
W. D. Durlale, J. B. Durell, and G. H. Gatch.
Charles Norlock, a labourer, was summoned for assault-
ing Jane Frampton, on July 2:MAL—This case had been
adjourned from the last Court for corroborative evidence.
Bessie King now stated that she was certain defendant
was the man that knocked complainant down, and the
Bench Inflicted a fine of los. and the costs lid. Defen-
dant could not pay, and he was committed for ildays.

—'A"" BR UT L TYI ii-SRAYER PROPERLY PUNISHIED: 1
Georg, jatil4A, a painter, was charged in custody by P. C.
Cutler, with violently assaulting and kicking his wifo,
Fanny James, and threatening to kill her, at Upper Park.
stone, on the previous Saturday night. -Prosecutor stated
that her husband worked at Bournemouth, and on
Saturday afternoon she went there to meet him. She met
him on Poole-hilt at 10 minutes to five o'clock, and he was
with her for not being there before, although
adanigirritleave work till four. He went to one shop with
her, and then gave her the money to do the rest of the
shopping alone., and told her Ito come to Ithe Branksome
Arms to him when she had finished. When sbe went to
the inn she found that he had left, but she
met him just after leaving another publichouse. After
this be had some more drink at the Braiikaome Arms, and
at a publichouse at Wastbourne, and by that time was a
great deal the worse for liquor. On the way home he
wanton° lie'dowrltli the Poole reads and oohs was carrying
the 'rewire she asked him not to do so, whereupon he
and p.c. Hewett cams up and (peke to hint.
kicked her, got home her husband closed the door of the
house,
andthrew exaa books and cope and saucers at her.
He also gave her • kick in the side, which caused her to
fall down, and beat her head against the wall, and kicked
her again, and when the neighbours came in he had her
on the ground with Ins hands round her neck, trying to
ben lie said he would be hanged for her, and
utraututisubad determined he would he yaws ago—in cross-
examination by prisoner, witness said he had ill-treated
her before, and she bad been obliged to go into the
neighbours houses. She denied having been intimate
with other men or that she was in the habit of getting
drunk and neglecting his children. She did not knock
him down him down with a glass bottle, nor did she beat
his bead oaths floor, or bite him.—P.C. William Bennett
of the Wimborne division, proved that he was on duty on
the Poole-road near the county gates, about half-paid
8 o'clock on Saturday night, ana saw Prisoner kick at his
wife. He spoke to prisoner, and be denied having kicked
his wife, and she said she did not receive the blow.
About • hoar later several people came to him and told
bins that prisoner had nearly- killed his wife. Ile went to
the home and found the wife on thoground. eut=
bisllelShbour. Sh, said as WM =ON to stand