The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-03-31 00:00:00

Corrtisprmbrnct.

THE WALDITCH MIIRDER.
To tho Editor.

SAL—Allow me ii-few-Wnee-to ;Mark on the letter
of your correspondent, H. Webber, with regard to the
movie* Foots. As respects the plea of insanity. I an
perfectly satelled with the vertiet of the jury, but as
an opinion prevails hatet man moist takeaway his own
its unless he he imam, let me lASI/ that I WU ones in
ommerastite with my Grit amen, Mill. Nos,a
who many peen practised in Leaden on that subject,
mid he remarked to —" I ma prove that they can,
and they often do," and In essirinatiou of this point,
let me refer to • fact which tame under iny own observa-
tion. I lived in Newfoundhiad 12 years. There was
• man, a fine fellow for his work, both at the sod sad
mel Isheriss, and while be. was at work he kept him-
self sober, but as loos as be returned, he we' drunk
seta he had squaedered his earnings, sad he wee very
absolve sad troeldesese. Ciao day,when be wee sober,
I said to blin-"Now, Delbridp, lash you o.e question,
yoe dewy. put off your lab in St John'. (be lived In
Briger's Oo.ssptiou Say). Now suppose when you bays
osaputZzyinir your sweeter were to my to you,
• you tansli day aloud and take care of the
vessel, other head. will go tad take up _their things,
and as moo as they ham got them, you shall get yours.
You know what an idle, drunken chap you are, and you
know that one-half hour may prevent your getting in all
the winter If you lose the time" Some year or two
after this etieversatios. I mimed bUs, and enquired ef •
hind where he was, and theaeswer wee—be is dead.
DUI not yoa hear of it ? bald so; and than I learnt
that it marred just as I had pet the thing to him. His
reader lob him, en board, trek away all the boats The
other hands weal to take up their 'applies, and when
they west on board they found the handspike pissed
serer the famskultie, and he LW Muesli to it by his
handketehiel, end was quite dearl,—nee the effect
of insanitg, but of nehridlid passion I Year
t sake if be, books, had sue-
sealed Thee killing himself, if a serener's jury would
not have brought hint Memo. I answer very likely;
but what tallosness would WWII them to souse to snob
a renolmioa. The deed is demi sad ma% be helped,
and they would met like to wound the feslimP of his
relatives. Again, you roast pettish • deed man ; bet m
the law now Mends you may Milli bin toloYbo° by
the esellemetke of all his • and his creditors
be defrauded of their bra slate of the law
lamest tiejesk to punish the inaiseent with the guilty.
It then by so mesas follows if a man warders atiolliev,
and thee lemma or attempt suicide that be meet be
insane. My next remark is with regard to stylist
raisimeat, and this lithe gist of all his roosting, and
evsehtunito my that that is the only thing your oor-
zeepoadest had is view, and that be trim to make out
his ease of insanity. He aliades to the 110111100111 bled
peeled on Cern • but dose he forget that after the whets
math was aui with ce. Ito UM God
dIiTZ all hat eight persons
_by Rood That the mai
who put a mark oft Cain tommatided Noah, " Whoso-
ever elialdeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be
died r This law bait bees most foolishly celled • part
of the Jewish kw. It is more ariedent and wee intended
to provost that which a more lenient punisheieet had
in, From 1894 until the end of 1832, Tether was
thsehief jumbos of Newf onadlsnd ,and there WIN several
sages of master tried at gray "klieg of the Repress
Court, sad he up in sash a way ea to
indem the jaryto ltag lea verdict of manslaughter. He
was moceeded by Chief Julio Bohm, who had several
some of murder to try, lefilby the late chief justioNfour of
who= we" bagel, thsoosssnenc, was that from 1833 to
the mid of 1837,n0t • Num fell by the heed of kis brother.
man. Hod intended that that kw widish be gave
Noah should retasia in form ; it is set a part el &sr
paselier diepeensilos.—Yoars
THO2I2.6WHING.