The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-31 00:00:00

MB ALLSORB_OUTRAGE BY A CORPORAL

OF TEE SEA-Agin.

COIWITTAL OF na ACCUSED.

Al the Plymouth Petty Sessions on Monday. Perot
Scaotort. east William demo, s emporai on board
&milers,. attached to the Sossawen. was agala brousbt
up in custody charged with unlawfully wounding Bessie
Ralson trite intact to do last grievous bodily berm.
Mr. & H. PaMips appeared to prosecute, aad Mr. T. C.
Brig. to defend.

a. who aatteared to be ia a very weak
state, was Ant sworn. sad bar depositioss, which were
takes at her bows, were rwd over t..• her sad confirmed.
Ii the metres al crom-examinatios be Mr. We
stab d that about six mouths ago elm first made the
acquaintance of .he primmer when H. MS. Shanties wee
it Pqmouth. She C mid not write herself, but she had
bad wntian tor her earerel letters, which she had seat to
the prisoner in reply to letters white he had seat. See
oould not remember the date that she went to Porte
mouth, but the primmer e-st her 1:2 to help to defray
her expenses there, end on arriving at the ['Aiwa, station
he met her, and they drove to Meer lodgings in a cab.
She told Mrs. White, landlady at the home, that she wee
Beaufort's wife. She remained at Portemouth to. dap,
and the primmer had slept is the same room with her tor
several nights. The primmer wee very kind to her, sad
alma,. grave her plenty of mousy.
Mr. William Miller, 1111.S.(1.8., deposed that as the fith
of January he was smiled to we tke pcoeecntrlx, who was
suffering ramsf wound in the the.nb , half as tack deep.
Slues that time the woutaa had vemitted a large quastety
Of blood.__
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--By the Karlatratss' Clerk: Rs haad Halm la a Wal-
las coaditiaa, aad aba amapiaiaai vaa7 mash at a pa lain
bar chan._ _

fly Mr.-Brim : HA would not swear that the wouad on
Mr thumb was not maned to. errodela The mlinerrlege
Halsow had Inlalit hare boss caudal by the wound sad her
amoral coudluoa. He had tweed that two years ago Me
had miscarried, and woman who bad mos experienced a
*lad at that sort would be snore liable to do so again.
Ha coosidared Ralson first out of daaget on th•
Inst.

l. Allen. • latlo gut stepased to having balm sailed
by Mrs. Hama to mom tot., room. She did ect. and
Helms requested bit to Sad bar mother. She told Mrs.
Moore that her dauehter wanted to me bor. She 1.11 the
Klemm sad Mre. Helms in the room. On Mr way back
she met the procfmr. who me pale sad excited.
Mrs. Moore, mother .1 51. injured I/mum. mid on the
14 inst. tits proof'', cams to to, house and naked her
for log dembroes address. She asked his not to go,
became her daughter's husband was home, and time
would be • dianos Uhe weal Tbe prteortsr mylied
that there would to ao disturbance, and I. mid he only
wooed to its her for • few moments About two hours
later the prl.au.r came to Mr hoses and said' nom cut
you d ter's finger. aed I have tied it up In my hand-
kerchief sad torn her dress I bare done It • you know
my temper. Tell your daughter rii buy her ar;other dress
to-morrow." She wont at mum to Mr daughter's residence,
sod found her with her thumb bandaged Bad hi, faos
very much swollen.
In answer to Kr. Brian, the witness stated that on
arriving at Mr daughter's residence she at mot proomderd
to examine hit, but toned no marks of riolenco co bet

Bims said that on the 314 instant he was on duty
in Kine-stroot, whoa beam the prisoner In the custody of
the woman Helms's Mastered, who sold to bite. "Tots Is
the men who stabbed my wife," and be therespon took
bite Into custody. After being charged at the Pollee.
station, Me prumnee handed him a knife and sold, "That
is the knife which did at. tilts has been liviag with toe for
some time et Portsmouth as my wife. She came to me
and mid she had received a letter saying thyt some
re'ative was ill at Plymouth, sad wanted some money
to go busk to Plymouth, but she wag going to !morn
to me again; sad, as elts did not !Mum I obtained leave
of absence to come to Plymouth and see her. I saw her
and asked her to go with me but she refused. I then
saw • dram hanging behind Ch. door—bought with my
money. I commenosd to cut It op. She Jumped up and
preveated we, and she received • cut in her hand, sod I
boon lit up with my pockebhamikerchief."
This concluded the ease foe the proescutlon. sad Mr.
Brim then addressed the Bench in defence. He geld if
ever there was • case where the prisoner should time had
the opportunity of being sworn to give bit statement of
the after it we, the present Be could prove to than that
the prisoner sat a man of the bi*het coaraVer on boerd
his Maio ; and let them look at the mascot:ix. Her
ataract...r was well koowe; there were persons in tho C ,urt
who could prove that ate bed been teat to prison for three
months foroutUng off • miloie nose with • pewter pot.
She bed b ea dim ivend telling lies with regard to her
visit I, Portsmouth, mad from her own mouth she had
admitted that INe wee an adultre.a. He asked them which
of Ma statemesta, alter considering their nommery
swronedings, ought to be believed. Toey bad bawd tram
the d ctor that the wound might have been the result of •
struggle.
the prisoner, in answer to the charge, pleaded not
guilty, and said that Lb* wound was caused In • purely
ace:lded.t_al.manner. . . .

Mr. Stiller was than asked if he thought the woman
would be well enough to go to Exeter on Wednesday next,
and the doctor replied that he thought no.
Yr. Belau here naked that he might call a witness whom
ha had bat 'wait from Portsmouth, anl whom evidence
would show that the promicutrir was not to he believed.
The witness who was calla i—Slisabeth White, wife of •
naval pensioner living at Portainouth —wee then sworn,
and deposed to knowing the prowler, who brought the
prosecutor to her house in Dunsmber last. and they lived
there for about 10 days as man and wife. The proeecutrii
told her that Percy was her husband, and that sbe was
married three weeks before at the Catholic Chapel without
the cooient of her m Aber. The prosecutrix roused
telegram which she nerd etated that her modest was dying,
and that she must come home at mos. In rompany with
tba prisoner she saw the prosecutrix od to Plymouth, and
they petted vary friendly, and the prom:tam told the
prisoner that she would be back in • few days. The prose-
cutriz offered to show her the marriage cautillest", but
witness said, "Never mind; I'll take your word. She
received • letter from the proeseutrix, Warming her at
her sate arrival in Plymoute, and that she bad found doe
mother much bettor, and hoped to be back in • few days
at Portsmouth. In th, letter the asked her to "keep her
husband's eptritr up wham she was away.'
The Beech then committed the prisoner to take his trial
at the assisse—liaair Paper.