The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-28 00:00:00

A MAN WITH FOUR WIVE.

At the West Riding Court. at Bradford, the other
day, • man of 543 years, named Robin Dab), a eehool.
muter, lately residing at Cleckheaton, and possessed
of fr,ehold property in that locality, was charged with
having, while his lawful wife, Mary Copley, was
• unlawfully intermarried with three other women—via,
Ann Roberts, SI ir4arat iiciioles, and Mary Mortimer.
Two. months ego the prisoner was eorninitted by the
magurrates f,r • violent assault upon Mary Ann
Blurt trier, I,i, last unlawful wife, and on his retuin
from prison ho was apprehended for the °Trace of
intermrrying with these several women. The prisoner
hal tuarrisd no fewer then hiL times. One of the
wives married was dead, lAA the " whereabouts" of one
could not be found. His lawtel wile now living was
Mary Copley. She was Illarlit3Cl to the prisoner at the
parish church. Calverley, near Leeds, in the year lin.
The marriage will proved by documentary ea :donee,
and also by witnesses who were present. The mairiages
of the other three women were proved by documentary
evidence and also by the women themselves. The pd.
'loner was married to Ana Roberta atitheHoly Trinity
Church, Hulme, Manchester, in Anil, I 89;
Margaret &Moles at the pariah church, Itochda:., ee
the 11th of /larch, 1865 ; and to Mary Ann Ilerniner
at tho parish church, ddrstal, near reeds, in Avid,
1670. He lived with his lawful wife and also wit•
some of thus women for s.veral years, and had children
by them, When ;apprehended and charged with the
offence the prisoi,..r htatol that " there was only one
honourable marring.; in the lot. and that was "in lb.
Chao of the woman from Wales"—Ann Roberta,—
although this was not true, and he subsequently stated,
' with extraordinary coolness, that "he had been for
years seeking an honourahlo woman to settle down
with." Mrs. &holes fainted when in the witness-box,
and had to be removed for some time. The prisoner
was committed for ' at the usisss, the bench neap
Mg to accept bail.

Mr. Monson, the magistrate of Bouthwuk
couit, who has limn suffering from an attack of small.
pox, caught in the discharge of him magisterial duties, Is
now eotirely out of dan4er.
MILL HILL ScrinoL—CieLtridqc Lral EX4111,1116.
the Clam List just published it wia be soca
that tsar Seniors have passed, two of them with
honours and one with a mark of special distinction in
religious knowledge; also IC4 Juniors, two of whom
are iu honours. There are 106 boys in the School this
term.;

--Th-s;nisailser of French troops which have been placed
kora 4. forn6si are as follows :—Prisonors in Prussia,
421.),GU(J; Bourbaiti's army, 10J.C); Perla troops who
have given up arras, 200,00); Mobilised National
Guard, 110,M; Sedentary Guard (fit for campaign,
butluniOle to join the army in the provinces), 100,003;
dead, wounded, and rmisain,g. icy 120,tC3. Total,
1,U50,000.

k K &CA:I AT A B tt.t..—A subscription ballcsme off lest
week in tne Waterford Town-hall. Towrids morning
some misunderstanding took place between those in at.
tendency, and an unpleasant altercation arose between
Loris William and Marcus Beresford, ttr. G.
Tramore, Mr. G. Courtney, and some officers of the ilst
itegltneut, and a few otheis. After a soene of great
contusion they dragged each other to the street, where
a general mclic ensued. Mr. Power is describ-.4 to have
received a merciless beating. The event has created a
preform' sensation,
The trial of Mrs. Torpey, charged with the sense
Mould diamond robbery, is to is:a place at the Central
Calminsl Cott . this week. The question will be raised
as to how frt. the wife's share in the commission of the
offense is excused on the ground that she was acting
under the coercion and control of her husband. If
that defence should hold good the advoestes of
women's r:glits and the removal of their disabilities
should, in order to be consistent, see that what is
sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and that U
Indies are to be placed in the same position as men
they should be equally responsible.