The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

DESPERATE OUTRAGE ON POLICE
CONSTABLE&

On Ratorday, Unmet Taylor, Henry Howe, George
Motley, sad Richard Proem, were brought up before
the county magistrate., for assaulting P.& Vickery and
P.C.. Martin and WooUries, on the 26th December.
The throe latter, with • man named Gerrard not in
custody, were also charged with attempting to mem
Taykr. It seems that Taylor and Gerrud are Loodon
oarpeatere, whose friends live at Breedmayae, and they
were ethane for the Christmas holidays. 011 hexing
day Riltre Oreeterate had given the villagen liberty logo
rabbi on his estate, sad be aim kindly provided
them th luncheon. la the afternoon, P.C. Martin,
(who, aa our readers well know, has been employed to
detest thom bakers sad bread milers who tweak
the law by mania' bread otherwise than by
wiriest, and In the mune of that duty sum-
mimed Mrs. Gerrard, of Broadmayne), walked
down on duty to the redden°. of FL Cockerels, Le,
at Friar Mayne. Gerrard, on seeing him, loft the
others, and came up to the constable, armed with •
bludgeon, and, assosting him, said "Tot are the
who appaloosa my mother,* smiled bit., with abusive
prelim, hog, sow, ha, he, and said that for two pine
be would snub his nose. The oonstable rejoined that
be had only dent kis doily, when Gerrard struck him in
Me fem. Mirth' said if be did it again, be should
draw his staff. Gerrard followei UP the blew by •
seed, when the constable pulled out his truncheon,
sad knoekal the malts down with it. Whilst Gerrard
wee down. his eonicanion Taylor earne to his help. They
+Masked Merin, knocked hint down and kicked and
toot hiin. Hawing done thie to their satisfaction, they
1.41 ban.. Urn. Cater.= kindly loot a Goo eeleete.
• o bring the wounded isosii.tottle to Dorchester, an1.41 Herten twee ttemorted to by Dr. G.A. I
Is the evening P.B. Veber, end P.C. Wealth"s went
ore, to Brea ....pi, to •pgrriehood the WOO who had so
onwerdlw suseli.d Mert.a, taking hint lrlelr there Is.
sels to ideatify them. They west to Iterge's beer-houto,
nod immediately foetid themselves is the maid of a
hostile eaapany, nneiberiag appartuth 40 or NI, who
aommenctod a lace *Meek upon them. Taylor wee
pointed oat, and P. Vsokery seised him. Formal
ewe at ono, rut to bit MOM, end the sergeant was
knoriked down, but he valiantly ret.ined his bold
an Taller, who we. masemantly draped down
i „rith him Tito police fulled on the eauspany is bar
Majesty's same to mist, lett not ens would do so, and
paw odd. —.— the glom art yea t 0.,. The

sissoile was eostinued fat mineral minstee,
&Mad whir the polka were merely harried, bet
Is aarrast kept Taylor far At Leith Squire ,
Cookerain, Mr. Cochran (solicitor), Mr. Vapor,
lir. Andrews. Jr., sad another visitors,
who were on a visit to the Squire's, same te
the help of the constables. 71iis timely arbor, ler
whir hearty thous are due to them gerlersererided
the pollee to bring away the man they had
motored. In the melds the furniture of the house
TY broken to pious The other prisoners
were apprehesded seri do. As P.C. Maris wir
to. ill to appear in Court on Saturday, the prissesrs
were remanded till ilLosday, wheel, it was amassed a
further remand should be node till seat liesday, sad
re prisoners libnatad on bal.