The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

CRIMINAL ANNALS.

A swindler named Turner was tried at the Central
Criminal Court on Thursday, for defrauding the Rev.
John Cox. recently officiating at Wood Chun*, Birken-
head, by the pretended sale of an advoweon. Mr. Cox
wished to obtain a living of about £3OO a-year, and
geeing an advertisement in the Timm respecting the sale
of advowsons, a correspondence took place between
himself and the prisoner in referenoe to the living at
Hardwick, which was valued. at 1.1,800. The prisoner
said the benefice was worth iISO a-yesr, and he took
Mr. Con over the church and the glebe for the
of showing him what his intended purchase 117k7.
Mr. Cox said it appeared from the Clergy List that the
advowson was in the gift of the heirs of Mr. Hughes, to
which the 'nipper replied that it stood so in the Claw
Lief but that it was a mistake, and that for years put
the gift ot one poem, who was an intimate
it had been in
friend of his. He also rid that Mr. Grecommy, the
present rector, was an intimate friend of his. At length
the MUD of £lOO wan paid to the prisoner as a deposit,
as Mr Cox supposed on reading the draft of the title
that Mr. James —Wilson, of Clapham-common, ems the
vendor, and that the prisoner was entitled to mil for
him. All these etatements were found to be false. It
was contended for the defence that the prisoner had no
Intention to defraud, that he had been the negotiator for
the living, and that when his arrangement failed he
offered to relent the purchase-money. The prisoner
was, under then eireumatences, aoquitted, but there
are other indictments against him. Turuer is the man,
who, under a variety of names, has been vict.i.tsilif
provincial tradesmen to a large extent. He a
in
Somerstahire under the style of 'Sir g7ha7.l
Seymour," and, we believe was apprehended in Bath.
Olson or MUIDIIII.—On Wednesday, at the Central
Criminal Court, Mary Ann Mitchell, formerly of Liver-
pool, was tried forthewilful murderatlierylebmeof her
illegitimate child, under eircumsthrices which attracted
roach /Mention at the time. She had formerly been in
the service of Mr. Frederick Chappell, of Liverpool, a
widower with two children ; and an Mesa intioncy had
sprung up between them. She was conveyed to London
before the birth of her first ohild, and after her confine-
ment she became exceedingly Jealous of her "protector,"
who was no annoyed that he relinquished the intinisey,
although promising to provide for the prisoner and the
child. In consequence of this. she became subject to
fits of despondency, in one of which she killed her child,
and cut her own throat, but not effectually. TM
medical men had no doubt she was possessed with •
" onside) mania" at the time, and on this ground she
was acquitted, but will bo detained" during the Queen's
pleasure."
Ronettio • Jurier.—To rob • judge in open day in
the public streets is surely the height of thievish impu-
dence. Such an offence, was, however, committed on
Wednesday. Mr. Judge Payne was peeling along
Fleetestreet, when at the corner of Fetter-lane two
young fellows set upon him and stole his watch. The
robbery was seen by numbers of people, and the thinss
were chased but they got clear off.
DAMN() AND lIINTEZIOCR ROBEIRT. —The Cale-
dcnsials Meresril:oooteins the following extraordinary
soteinent :—" Information Ma just reached us to thy
effect that an extensive firm In Edinburgh, having a
large branch establishment in London, has been made
the victim of one of the most daring and at the ratile
time mysterious robberies that has probably occurred in
modern history in London. It apposes that • few
nights ago, before the assistants of the establishments,
who reside in the upper portion of the premises, Mel
retired to rest, a cart or van drove up to the door of the
warehouse. Immediately a number of men proceeded
to cut out that portion tithe panelling of the main door
whir embraced the whole fastenings connected with
the look, be. This having been accomplished, they pro-
ceeded with the utmost sang froid to dislodge a lame
este oontsining several hundred pounds darling in notes,
gold, cheque% be., the books at the arm, and various
private papers, Including the title-deeds of the property,
They at ones placed the plunder upon the cart or wee,
and again proceeded into the buDding Tarring in
short time with • number of chests of tea, which they
molly depoeited beside the ale. The van then drove
off, and down till this time, so far as we see aware, no
tram has been discovered o the perpetrators. The Or.
oumstances ere all the more remarkable that the ontrre
was committed at a emtherrively early hour in the
evening, and in one of the densest and most respectable
bushier thoroughfares in Loudest The heed of the
establisbment in this 'pity hes bees for, met
Is, we believe, at present in LondtiCit:lourine'
find • aloe to the parties oommithisg ee doing an eel.
Burros= MOILDIS IV 01A500w.-00 Sunday after.
moo, at two o'clock, • man mad Belishaw reported at
Lb. Esther Polies Office, Oteagew, that be had Mon
morning, at nine o'clock, (mad his wife, Elixtheth
Kirkland, dead in bed, at their house in Old Delmar.
noeh-reed, Bridgeton. On being rierioned why he bad
not reported that On:soutanes sooner, be replied that
be had looked moire] times in vain for a policeman.
He was detained until inquiry should be made into the