The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-11-17 00:00:00

BROOKING OASZ OF ORUSLTY AND
STARVATION OF ORILDIINN.

A OTIP4IIOIIIIIII HIM 11UPINalt.. 0011111ITTIO TO
PRISON.

At the Weymouth iclie—C,urt on Widened*,
morning, Jump's Corbin sad Annie Oorbin, husband
tool wife, 4 No, 11, Hurrertarram, Ilharlewstreut,
the Peek Weymouth, the fori Newman porter at
tho (inlet Weetorn Railway spiodashwd, were broulfhll
Istore the court on a chary of having i.e several ...ea.
ms, but more particular!, on November 9th,
11111 M ulted their two children, useph. Aredll, sad Ada,
ne:::1 10. . . . . .

They were further charged with neglecting to pro.
ride adeluata Net and elething fee theta, whuriiiiy
their hiwlth WWI il.lOllllll iwrieunly impaired. Thu up.
1.-wance the leew things was really heartrending.
They wore n.ditiag hetter than hying shandom, unit
it was 'Laid that the hey had weedy hot the eight ~1
.nt.. eye. The tnegistrates
_prevent were Mr. Ilupkine
i is the chair), IN. Nathan, Maws. Ruble" HMV% sad

J. Howard Bowen appeared oa belt& a/ the
Ir.ciitlon.
'rho following wither's* wore ermined i—Basil
Ilan, • porter employed by the ff.W.R. Co., said he
had known dm children eines lamb May. lie bed
giton theta food. lfe mut them in the 'ark in Mar.
They wen. turuino noldlieh over and in rspiff So hi.
they said thoy were looking Cu, food. Ils
took them to Walpoketerraco, and wire theta Dome.
The male defendant: Why did you ten lesions' in.
of that !_

--litahairman : You will be allowed to Moo pier
may proaeatly.
M nano., enntinnintr. RIM hilt wile had hid tho hula
allot It.• had Imind lulu wow his Wok ihow
h 111 l tine in tb. aAti
I tatonlant : W. intro mains (rocking agethor.
didn't you inform ?
iS it,,,... I lIIRA afraid pea waidid host Ilia cluil. Iron.
Mr.. florlan : You laava always lonia untioiug
children from loom*.

.I. ...h Seri% en, Coal Man on tlw
1,.. lived clo••• to the defendants. In March bet, at
six "%loci in the Downing, he on several oCrloiolin
futW tip, children iiicking up things out of the rubbish
as the leiek of the hon.., and putting it in their
mouths. There hail Is-in gips,. vane area, Mot 1.13cn,
'WI the children were eating potato refuse thrown
(rem the vans. Witness hail to, children, and was in
reo.ipt i.f 115 s. a week, but they all managed to live.
Mrs.. Oorliiit : The children had never lawn out
before reel o'clock in this morning.
Faith . 'riven, wits of the former whams, said that
on Nom veber she Imard a cry. On I.s.king ,aix
her whiles into the lin 'man of the defend-
mitt elie saw the child, Ada, liehling her stomach and
crying. The female defendant threw a 11.4 at the
atel then gave her some clothes in a small tub
1., tried,. The child was crying all tlie tints elm WII4
&ling it. 'rho children had frequently nunplained
the neighbours that they had no food to oat. It was
a fact the neighbours had to give them food, awl
witness, thanking it was high time the matter was
attended to, complained some time ago to She Roy.
Osamu Shapheneen shout it. and repeated the ono.
plaint to him again on Monday last. The defendants'
childrna did net look like witness's, who had only
Uss. a week coming in.
Mn,. I..orbin: lbd you me in. throw a boat at the
girl?
Witness: Yes.
Mrs. Corbin: You are • has. (Lauglitoo.)
Me. Corbin: It is all a pack of lies.
Mrs. &riven: I should be very sorry to COMO bets
and tell hiss.__

--Pr-erofericit- Merano skated that be worked in the
entrine shed. Ile had had uceasion to give the
children food One morning he saw the children at
their father's door when it was raining heavily. Ho
knocked at the door and tried to gain admittance tor
them, but could not. They were, however, allowed
to enter the house after he wee gone away. Thia was
last April. On one occasion he gave the little girl a
piece of broad and butter. She went in the house
with it, but it wire afterwards thrown into the road.
When he had wished to open the door for the children
Mother times they had asked him not to dose, saying
would cause them to be beaten.
Samuel Samford, employed in the engine shed,
explained that in March last he had mom the children
picking up food from amongst cinders. Witoese lived
near the defendant., end had frequently aoticed tbs
children.

--
of Park-street, said that four or five
daya ego plo paw the children peas hor house. (ha
oceaaiona, when she had seen than in the
etne.t, they had looked had that she feared they
would " drop." Th. female child, replying to her
quest inn, she was wit ill, but hungry, and that
oho hal been ilbuaed. Midterms gave her food. On
Thursday plie tot.' witness her brother had
beaten in tlie itemising, that he was again going to lie
beaten when le. went hone., awl that all he had had
was 'us. bit .1 breed. Tha boy had no nudereloliting
and hail a mark of violence on ~n.. 4 hi. ann., lii
alto appear...l P. lousy. The children were or ehmtly
marred. She fed them ThuesditY.
Friday, awl Huntley. The girl told Isar that on
Natunlay night the boy was locked in • room, and
icily had one bit of bread.
Mr. Henry Hampton, of a. Clifton.plata, Park.
strnet, said on Sunday afternoon he Card the Atka.
tin f his wife to the children, who were then in the
+trees. Ti,. little girl told hint they were 1.,.ku.1 in
rein lin Punday. end only had a little bread and
dripping, whilst their 'garotte had a hot dinner.
The ker. Canon Stephenson, Vicar of t4t. John's,
Weymouth, deposed that the children nand to 'wad
Mt. John's Mch.pil. They appeartal to be starved, and
the other cbildron in the a0h..1 were constantly
giving flora 6,4. They wore a., poorly sled that
a•rtain pre m. conneet.d with th•
the,, with elothea, ~thumioe they w,t111.1 lett It hren
perished. Mr. lisltre. OW Carat.., 11134.! i50,1161.11.11g
1... this m female defendant ea to their s‘seltli..a, tie in
I. this the children were taken away (nen the 'Whoa:
Mr. William Smith implanted that the children had
attended Mt. Mary's? Mead ha' alkali dn. of ins
w.,, there up so the first day in this
work, whoa his month. warn called 1., their reedit"...
lie correlp write! the 0W111014.'4 of the former willies/pee
ail...their wr•K:litel awl weak condition.
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Bartlett depute.' to eta:flitting the
*hiking' it the school. Ilie evidence as to their von.
dition we* similar to that already narrated.
Dr. Tigard taid the little boy had a ',rules on hie
elbow, and a scratch under the arm. 110 warn thin Mid
pale, awl a11.nt..1 hi I• 1•41, fcd. There we. &NI
M. 1001164/ the niutyr with the aide .4 his peck.
The girl wee Dwell Ii her age, t in, and vu, badly
nulitight,d, I hi h b hot o.ilders were .4 dome
standing. Ile midend”.4 the 1.1 tutforod from
elir.,iiic wlsidi &night here ht. 414/ 61.411114 on
by imunder
vcr, nartleis (re•cmdled) raid ha weighed olis
children. The boy wag Se pounds and idui girl 45
pounds.
hit. John Ul4 • railway utLaial, shoed ohs. rho
oak deleadant was receiving DX walk weigh Wee

Ivro &nil. & yvart and eblior privilagy in the shape of
cheap house innl, awl pngewee fur nvoraimN Taking
year rmnd, his situation paid defendant 3. a
wrok.

The ilofen.l3ilt. *need the eliildren had had propor
sl, an. In eal• th ree i nee aday. Theyhad ©hither. as good
many other children in theparish if they liked to • put
thous .m. The female defendant abii said "They
hays got as good as my own obildren," and from
quiries which this remark led us to make, we were
informed she is the step.mother, and aunt to the two
Issit unfortunate children.
The Ohairnian ulaervisi that the ease has caused
the magistrates much pain, for Mimi discloned • very
sad elale.4 affair,; indeed they had hardly thought
inch Shine" had leen g 'ins on in atown like Weymouth.
The ev Weer, abundantly proved the oh i 1.1 ren had lieen
negleeted, ill fol, and otherwise ill cared for. Ihifiin
dents wonl.l each be sentenced to swum months' Wird
'Mean. in Dorchester geol. Ili the meantime the
children would 1., cared for by the parish.
The interost manifest...l in the case was very great.
the cumin tu.in crowded with spectators, who were
unanimous in caprowing west indignation at the *in-
duct of the defendants.
AR the polio. were removing the defendants So the
cells, they were hissed and hooted.
The female defendant had a baby in Iter avow.