The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

CALENDAR OF CRIME.

An extensive fraud had been ansoeneed by the
solicitors to the committee of bankers is London and
a reward of £lOOO has barn offered for the approlicnsion
of • Hungarian, and the recovery of Bank of England
notes to the amount of 18,370.
Violgily 00111•0 I 0111 • YOUIO3 LADY. —At the
Newport police court, on Saturday, John Williams, a
young farm labourer, waa charged with assaulting and
attempting to violate Amy Daniel, niece of a farmer,
residing at Nash. on the previous Monday serous'. The
young lady being sworn, said On Monday evening, at
half-put eve, I sent from my uncle's house to vieit a
friend. I was quite alone. When going past the Nasal
Farm the prisoner passed me just ea I entered the first
of two fields I had to go through. When I reached
near the end of the second field, a little before eix
o'clock. I beard footsiteps behind me, and turning my
bead I saw him. I walked • litUe slower to let him go
before me over the plank of a small bridge. He sat :
"Good evening, miss: era you going far?' I said:
" Only u far as Salt Marsh." "Shall leans with your
be asked. " Oh, no, I can go by myself," I replied.
" Then," be said, "I must have a kiss." "No, you
won't," I told him; but be immediately aught me round
the waist, and threw ine on the ground. I et:reamed as
loud as I could. He knelt on me and dregged up my
clothes, and I struggled with him, and pulled his hair,
and tore his face; but he scratched my face and my
hands. He was muttering something all the while to
himself, but I could not tell what be said. We
struggled on the ground for live minutes; but
he hurt me further than I said. As I thought
he might be trying to rob me, I begged him to
let me peep, and I would give him all the money I bed
in my pocket. He said. " How much have ymildtr
. I said, 'I do not know, but if you let me get up will
give you sill have." Then he let me get up, and leave
him all I had, which was 60., and I ran into the
" thine" (the ditch), and waded through the water, and
got 'under acme briars to escape from him. He went
away, and I came out spin to get my hat and umbrella,
and the apple., which I had lost in the struggle. He
ran beck after me spin, when I jumped into the chine
again, and was up to my waist in the water. [The poor
girl here wept, and could not be induced to repast the
disgusting threat' which the prisoner had used to her
If she did not come out of the water. She said it was
too disgusting to repeat.] When the prisoner did at
last go off I got out and ran as well as I could to • little
cottage, where they took off my wet clothes, and then
conveyed me to my uncle's house. A police-constable
said be went in pursuit of the prisoner, and apprehended
him at Chepstow. When taking him from the cell to
the railway station he said, "What will be done tome?
I suppose they will send me to gaol." Witness replied
that be did not know. In the trails prisoner said : "I
wonder what they will do with me—l suppose they
won't transport • fellow r Witness again replied :" I
don't know." The prisoner being asked if he bad any-
thing to say, replied: '1 tun not guilty." Be was fully
committed to take his trial at the next quarter smokes&