The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-17 00:00:00

STOUILPAINE.

DEATH OP AN OLD MAX Tlinoo6ll DRQWSING.—On
hid., ....one taut Mr. U. Atkinson, coroner, conducted an
enquiry u to the cause of death of fames t, of Maud-
ford, whom bosly waa found the same d arfr'osireed as. the
ricer Stour, • short distance from the villege of Stourpaine.
The following ev ideuce was glees : —Mary Sergeant odd I
identify the body now lying de ad as the body of Jame. Ser-
geant, inv hitehand, flu wa4 73 years of age. I last saw him
• con illooday morning at Blandford, about 9 o'clock. Ho
then left me to go to Tsrrant Hinton to Mre. Adams. Ile hal
been in the habit of making malt for her for some year.. I
was inf•vrtned this morning of his havin been found dead in
the river at Stoorpaine, and I cat= i.e.• and saw and identi-
fied him -Samuel Seeger, deposed: I ani an Innkeeper at
Stourpaine. I saw the deccaanl last night smut a quarter to
nine o'clock. Hu had been at my house the same evening
shoot %even o'clock. Ile w a then its a van belonging to Mr.
Brine, a cooper, of Blaudlord 9t, !Ur). Mr. Ileigusan, of
thesulford was aloe there. They had • pint of beer, but he
did not drink any. When he came the second thus he wanted
• bed hut I told him I coold not aecommodate hien al the
house WY. full. He Ismael to sleep in the cable, but I de•
alined to allow him. He &eked for a pint of beer, but I de-
clined to servo him. Alter sating about half-an-hour he got
up and walked out.—Charles Goddard stated: I as,, a cor-
ker:ear fur Mr. Barrett, of Stourpaine. This morning, at about
halflput nine o'clock, I went with Mr. Barrett's cows
up kite • meadow near the river Stour. Ae
walking up by the side of the river. 1 saw a hole
through the rushes, and went to the spot, and there 1
WSW knosi. lying wrote some rustics with his head in the
P. Ilion wadi frost on his coat. I went to • man named
up., -41 whew., working clue by, and ho sent mote William
Domaine'', and he went to the policeman. More he want he
sod two others pulled the loxly out of the water on the bank.
nmegulued the one lying dead ski the holy I saw in the river
and pulled out by Domoney. Elam Sprackling : lain. police-
ovissUible stationed at titourildue. Thu warning about Id
o'clock William Domoney came and told me of what Its
occurred and I went with him to one of Mr. Barrett'. Acids
near the river Stour. When I got there I saw the deceased,
quite dead, col 4 and stiff. I marched him and found 2 pocket
hudkerchiele, a nightcap, 2 purses and 2 apple, In one puree
he had a shillings in vileur and I pence in copper*. I had the
body removed to Mr. ti.acer's, where it now liee,—The jury
returned en open verdict of'• Found Drowned."

The SOD of • farmer normal Areher,at B.ilfron Walden,
died last week throash a over...lose of laudanum. Ile
was married only • fear days before.
The Court of Caseation has rejeeted the appeals of
Ferte, tallier, Urbain Roger., and yerdwre, ales
those of several women.
. .

An lankee-pe—r OiTiiitecharsel, who had exercised tbs bashers of an unlicensed pawnbroker, was on Friday
fined I:50 by this Bow-street pallor
was condemned to dretitilistithe Council
• assassination of Commandant Arnaud
And near tLiat city on Thursday morn-
blown,
a *ld

A DUMAS& —The Carlisle wiegistrates
Thotuaa.pizty. Irish cattle
erste, tor in the pub/la market
sleeted Id loot and mouth disease.
et 1,400 settle ellected with the
eia4 385 la Wasioatthai,

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