The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-23 00:00:00

BRIDPoRT.

STIOCKIRG DIATH.—On Monday our town was in
much ,geitrenient, owing to two dead holies being found
under • straw rink on the south side of B tchenwoorl•
bill. A woman named Letlieas Vendey, a widow and
mother of twelve children, being 45 years of age. has
fore few weeka past resided with her brother. named
Read, a carter, at Bothenhamptom She had been
joked persons that ehe wee in a condition
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family, but she would not acknowledge the truth of the
which chbywovu arildou probably increase the number of her
charge. She left her brother's on Friday last, and had
not leen seen until on Monday morning John Phillips,
who is gamekeeper to Mr. Joeeph Denary, of the Hyde.
discovered her dead body lying close to a straw rick,
about halfm.mile from the town of Bridport and leas
than half the distance from the village of Botbenamp-
ton. Ho at once went to the pollee-station at Itridport,
and Sergeant Batty proceeded to the soot. He found
tlot body in a state which we cannot describe. It was
• vident there had been a recent birth, and the body of
a line female child was antler the reed near the dead
woman. There were evident traces that the poor
woman had made the straw rick and adjoining hedge as
comfortable for • temporary residence as she could ;
the boughs had been arranged so that with her shawl she
she should be sheltered from the wind end storm. As
soon as P.S. Batty saw the body he sent for Dr. Hay,
and his evidence at the inquest could only prove that
there was little doubt the dead child had breathed and
was fully developed; that the mother undoubtedly died
either from exhaustion or hternorrhage ; hut as there
had been no post-mortem examination it was doubtful
to say which. Exposure bad, of course, ateaelerated the
death.. A verdict in accordance with this was returned.
The deceased woman had resided many year. at Sher-
borne and also at Tetminster. At Shoehorns she had
been engaged for some years as a mender of bags at a
brewery.
Rosman PoLice, Monday. Before Mr. James
Williams (MeYor).
Jolla TAYLoiI. an .411 offender. was cluttred with Mewling
tub. of mult,n.thc property of John Dare ; also with tottowling
a still I GOAT quantity from Bernard Conway. This W.. all.•at
one if lite coolest specimens oof theft we hue for some time had
to notices Ta)lor mw that Mr. Imre was ab.eut from his stall
I, thentarket, and went and sat tut it, caking permute to buy.
Isaac Menden, the Nulls:of the parish church, asked the price
of apart .45 breast of mutton. and Waal bold 7.1. tor lb. He
"I will hate it if you will weigh it." which he did, saying
it ',Mho, which will he 1714. Monalen paid the money. hnt
Ito mid' I will not take the told lid.: I wit only charge led."
Theme he went to Bernard Conway's stall, and took • Mem of
nudism. which he carried to his lodging. at Mrs. Todd's,
pahl the full
Coutle Inn, telling his landlady to cook It for hi, dinner on the
Sundae, lout his theft had Isom ob.:nest. Wad Wa• at on,
,haravi 1.( the police. and on Mottolay was fully corm
mitts] for trial. We are sorry to my that malitious !mottle
.„ nye. remsocting lomat. Munden, who ....nattily Was
In so Uen It. I.rwll;ii".inbate.a-tt. nanTeras." I.nohtl'a7are' a.
ot
theb*dnum was not an
ay.O.tant to ti,, bOlcher.
A matt. ho.W.ing of the hatpin name tof esotios• Hoes. was
int; drunk and tkonlerle at the thooncto Inn, out
Satinday night, ami niusuog to hwyc wino. di sired to do .. by
lhatts.. The defendant At% les himself a [web Inowlng
I • igmtrer and colll.l not allege
Ile waelhicd:o and etwaa, atid in &lank was taken to Dor-
cbuter. not for 11 Jaya,