The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-02-11 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

At the Middlesex Sessions on Thursday, the principal
case was that of • gang of thieves, three in number,
who victimised tradesmen, by one entering the shop
and informing him that a man outside in a cart wished
to order some goods; and, while be was absent on this
sleeveless errand, advantage was taken to decamp with
the till or cash-box. Several charges of this nature
proved against them, and they were each sen-
tenced to ten years' penal servitude.

were

FEARFUL RAILWAT ACCIDENT AT CHELTICRWAIL—A
dreadful accident oocurred at the Midland Station here,
on Teasley evening, to • young man who was employed
in the capacity of clerk. It appears he sometimes
assisted the porters in their duties, and on this occasion
was standing on the line of rails, when the engine made
a sudden start, knocked him down, aid, together with
the tracks, passed completely over his body. Ile wee
i Ricked up n a dreadful state, both his lep being
entirely amputated. Re was at once conveyed to the
General Moapital, where he lies in a very critical con-
dition.

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A STEPMOTHER AT He
Tuesday a youth named William Tenser. about eighteen
years of age, was brought up at the Hull Police Court,
before Thomas H. Travis, bah the stipendiary magis-
trate, on a charge of attempting to hoot his step-
mother, Mm. Ann Turner. The circumstances of the
ease are as follows: The proseentrix resides in Norfolk.
street, Beverley-road, and on Friday the prisoner called
upon her and requested to see his mother's marriage
lines, which were in the prosecutrix's possession. In
the evening the marriage lines were given to him, and
he appeared quite friendly disposed towards his step-
mother. After he had read the lines lie went into the
yard for about five minutes, and upon returning iatothe
house said, "Good bve , mother, lam going back te London
in the morning." Prosecubrix accompanied him as far
as the door, with a lamp in her hand, when prieener
suddenly turned round and discharged a pistol at her.
Fortunately, however, it took no effect, the
contents of the barrel passing her. When prisoner
saw that his attempt to shoot her had failed
he said, "I've missed," and then ran away.
On Tuesday morning the prisoner gave himself up at
the Hull Police Station' stating that he had stolen
some money while he had been working as a glass
stainer in London. He admitted that he bad attempted
to shoot his stepmother, and said the barrel Of the .
pistol had • large bullet in it, and he expressed his
regret that he had not killed her. The magistrate re-
manded the case until the following Friday, for the
production of some further evidence.
Our readers will remember the case of Maloney, who
was convicted ef murdering his wife in Westminster
in October last, mainly on the evidence of a stranger
who said he entered the house accidentally at the
moment the prisoner stabbed his wife. As even -upon
his showing the murder appeared to be unpremeditated,
the convict, after long inquiry on the part of the
Government, has had his sentence commuted to penal
servitude for life. The man, however, persists in his
ant statement that his wife stabbed herself, and
sounders that he has bees unjustly condemned.
A shocking orime, reminding us of Italian or Spanish
scenes of violence, occurred in the High-street of Mary-
lebone on Monday afternoon. Four or live drunlren
costermongers coming up the street seised hold of A 'RAKE
loaded with bones at a respectable butcher% door, and
commenced assaulting the carter by throwing the bones
at him. - The Masher came out of his shop to mist the
carter, when the gang attempted to enter his shop, and
on hie resisting one of them stabbed him with a lrnife,
from the effects of which it is doubtfel if he will
recover. The whole of the gang are -in custody ~and
several witnesses swear to the perpetrator of the
cowardly act.
Tax MURDER OF • GAMEKEEPER HT POACHER. IN
Kerr.—The six men who had been taken into cuitody
on uspision of being concerned in the nosehingstrey
at Roydon Hall, Bast Peckham, when James Gray, the
head gainekurr, lost his life, were on Tueiday hitt
before the sitting magistrates at West Mailing. VI.
denim was adduced to show that, about one o'clise Zen
the morning of Wednesday, the 2nd nlt., the
_game
watchers heard the firing of guns in the Moat Wood,
and shortly after discovered the poachers. Ih a conflict
which emitted Gray was shot, after a daring challenge
to the men as towards, they being armed with guns,
the keepers only having sticks. Broken gnus were also
fund, as well as sticks and bludgeons • but nothing
weld be identified. One of the waiebers, Robert
Saxon, spoke somewhat poaitively u to John Heney
having a velveteen shooting jacket on, and being One
• of the party, but • distinct alibi was proved in his case.
The identity also failed as regarded the other prisOnerii„
especially on the part of Sampson, on whose behalf Mr.
Goodwin, solicitor, made a forcible appeal, and called
conclusive evidence. After a hearing that occupied
upwards of five hours, the magistrates unanimously
dismissed the charges against all the prisoners.

' GOVERNMENT AND THE LATE HARTLEY CALAMITY.—
,Mt George Grey has instructed the local inspector of
.neincs in thellewcastie district, Mr. Dunn, to institute a
mouthing inquiry into the ;tat, of the New .Hartley
Colliery, and the cause of the late distressing accideslL
In order to obtain the falai information the Secretary
'of State has specially appointed Mr Kenyon Blackwell
wbo has great experience in mines and oollieries, in act
with Mr Dunn, and to report fully to the Houm De-
partment.
A startling accident occurred on Saturday-in a tunnel
on the Midland line between Helper and Driffield. It
Appear{ to ham been • habit with some labiturers to
walk through this tunnel as a shod eat to their homes.
On Saturday fire labouren wets surprised, in, Um tunnel
by two timma coming from the orstosite Was. The. of
the men prostrated theaembres close do •*•11.. and
moaned ; other two, whe oopoiti to litve isteaddmrect on
the sir-feet way between the lines, were caught; one
was killed outright sad the other hacritio atm dread.
tully shAttred4