The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-02-24 00:00:00

LAW AiID kOLICH.

TIPS FATAL OCcCRIZSCZ AT PADGETT'S CROFT
COtunr.—Joseph Jeavons, • young man employed at
I Padgett'. Croft Colliery, near Bilden, was committed
for trial on Tuesday on a charge of murder. The cite-
, eumetanees connected with the charge will be fresh in
the memory of our readers On the 30th of January
three miner, were deceending the colliery, when the
rope broke, and the poor fellow, were dashed to pieces.
Examination,proved that the rope had been cot, and
euspicion fall so etrongly on the prisoner that he ha
hMh Nod (Or trial on the enitel charge.
A PTlMiritelcie Or ax A LLEGID MUIDIZIML —lt will
I be in the recollection of our readers that • harberons
: minter WY committed in the house of the Rev. Mr.
Tarim, incumbent of Riegelwood. Surrey, on the 10. h
' of Joon 1881. itaPnewers that Mr. Taylor and hie family
were on • viait at Cheruey, and left Sire. Holiday, the
' wife of the parieh clerk, to look after the house. One
morning the unfortunate woman was found lying in
her niyht•cliesc, niutderBd, at the fee of the bed.
, German, named Frantz, wee wen in the neighbourhood,
in company with another German, the day previous to
' the murder, and be was apprehended on ensoicion. In
' consequence, however, of some dellcieney in the evi-
dence, Frantz, who was teed at the Croydon Amite',
was acquitted. One of the article, brought forward ag
evidence in the trial was • pookedook which wee found
in the bedchamber where the murder was nommitted.
, containing the names of several German sailors. This
• hook WAS mentioned in the newspapers, and Coif ntimd
by • German lodging-bonen kerne- named feilfer,
residing in Mynton-street, Hull. As noon as e read
the deerription of the book he remembered having own
it in the possession of a Comae nonied Edward
Sehmidt, who lodged with Feasts at his Immo in May,
1861, being about • month prier to the committal of the
murder. The identity of the book was more firmly
.stablished in consequence of some niemoranda which
he abstracted from it end copied on • pieced peper, and
through the hook having been dole° from Fonts by
Schmidt. When lodging at Pfeiffer'e home in May,
wichuildt left his lodgings 'without paying any Money
and left • cost as geturity for the rityment. 110 wel
not again seen or heard of until Setunlay, when Pfeiffer
met him in High.street, but he did not on that occasion
speak to him. He met him &gain near Monument
Bridire, when the reoolleetion of the eireumetanee and
, the remembrance of the Croydon murder at one, struck
, his mind, and be donned hirn. He imbed him why he
stole Frantes pocketbook. Schmidt oud in reply, "
, am the row who committed the murder, but you unto'
prove it." PreitTer then seised hold of Schmidt, and
, gave him into the custody of Sergeant Grace, and I.
, was taken before his worthip the Mayor (Mr. W. H.
, Moss) and Alderman Oresham,at the Hull polow-court,
on Monday. when, after the examination of Pfeiffer, he
wee remanded.
THE HAt'srffil Room In BLACHBIAR's•ROAIL—AI
the Surrey &scion. en Wednesday the errant elmned
with taking forcible and unlawful precusion of the
dilapidated house, in Stamford-street, Blukfriars-road,
were brought to trial. They pleaded guilty, and asked,
ae they had only done what they were hired by another
person to do, they should be n leased on their min
reemmisances not to offend again. Mille Reid, the
owner of the property, left the matter in the hands of
the court, and the prayer of the defendant. WAS tom.
plied with. They were discharged on entering into
thcir own recognisance@ for future good behaviour.
TEI EleagOtrijealte trice—Some of the
morning papers have mentioned the discovery of ins-
Portant evidence with regard to this remarkable cue.
We are enabled to lay before our readers some further
details of the startling evidence which has been given
before the special examiner of the Court of Chancery.
Th• witnega was examined by Mr. Field, counsel for
the plaintiff, and eroes-examined be Mr. Leah, Q.C.,
and Mr. Joseph Browne, counsel for the defendant..
The examination-M.6i,, occupied about Ave minutes,
and the cromataminitiop extended over wean even-
ings, during which the defendants sought in vain to
discredit the testimony of the witness. His name is
Alfred Douglas Harwood. Re was clerk to Mr. H.
the solicitor who usually truism-tad the law business of
Richard Palmer Roupell, William Roupell being an
articled clerk in the same office. In the latter part of
1853 William Reopen asked the witness to recomment
him a convey•neer. 'The witness recommended him, if
it were his own business, not to go to Mr. Reis's goat
veyancer, as Mr. Reis would know of it. Roupell said
he had no objection on that momunk This WU all that
passed at that time, and Harwood heard no more of it
until William Roupell asked him to go to Croes-street
to wi flees a deed. On the tame afternoon they went :a
a tab, William Reopen bringing tli• deed with him in
aomall parcel, which he opened when they were in the
room in Crowe-street. William &open showed the
.teed to his father, who spent some time in reading it,
and then signed and sealed it. After Mrs. Roupell bad
also executed it the wanea had tea with them, and
took the deed back to the office. He (the wits...) did
not examine the deed till the next morning, when he
found it to be a deed of gift from the elder Mr. Roupell
hi hie son. It cos on two skim, ono of which was '
nearly envemi by a map of the estate. The witness
had not previously omen Mni. Reopen, but pointed her
out in court on the occasion of the trial aa the lady
whom he had seen sign the deed. Interrogatories line.
been delivered to her by the plaintiff, to which she has
put in tier Romer upon oath, admitting that Ike did
sign this deed in presence of Harwood, in the latter end
of 1853, and that she acknowledged it before a judge in
October, 1853. For the benefit of the uninitiated in
SO6II niaders, we may my that no judge can sign the
certificate of such acknowledgment without being fully
satisfied that the party an acknowledging comprehends
the provisions of the deed, go that the full import of
this deed of gift mud have been explained to Mrs.
Houten three Teen before the death of her husband.
We eu weedy enaceive. therefore. that Mr. Riupell,
own., could have remained in ignorance of bin having
warned this estate to his son William, even if we
mold believe that a man of sash cautious habits would
have signed a deed without reading it.
Tell YSLTRIToIt CASE In VHS HOTS' or 1.06011.
On Friday, Miter the Hon. William Charles Yeleertoo
entered into the usual recognizant's.' at the Roue of
Lords, on appeal from the judgment given by the. Court
of Session., in Scotland, in favour of Maria Theresa
Yelverton, whom the judges of the Court of Sessions
declared to be his lawful wife in • judgment delivered
in the Parli•ment House, Edinburgh, on the 10th
December, 1862. In all probability the appeal will he
heard early during the forthcoming eassion. The case
being one of Matsu will take precedence of others Sir
Roundel' Palmer (the Solicitor-General). Mr. Moncrieff
(the Lord-Advomite of Scotland), Mr. Whiteeide, Q.C.,
and Mr. Downing Bruce have been retained for the
Hon. Mrs. Telverton, by her ageass. Mewl. Reins and
Stole; Sir Hugh Calms, Q.C., Mr. Roll, Q.C., and Mr.
Young (of the Smith Isar) have bees retained for Major
Yelwertols, by his non* Mesas. Tipped@ and Sons. It
may not generally be known that the damages and
coots obtained in Ireland by Mr. Thircrall have not been
paid. It will be recollected that on that occasion Mr.
Tbirw.limed Ilyor Yelmetoe in Dublin for tbe main-
tenance of Mrs. elverton during the period she bad
resided with Mr. and Mrs. Ma-wall, the jury returned
• verdict in Mr. Thirwall's favour, and declaring that
Mrs. Yelverton was the lawful wife of Major Yelwerton.
Mr. Thirwall haa not, however, been able to obtain
these cods and damages, amounting, It is said, to
upwards of L'1.060, owing to the fad that Major Yel-
vertu. ia sou eat Warmer& We underetand, however,
that Mr. Thirwall is now in London, sad that proceed-
ing are about being taken to bring Major Yilverton
Wore the Court of Bankruptcy, when we shall doubt-
less have some further disckeures respecting this extra-
ordinary ceu:

sorhet singular action ham just been derided in
Paris—that of Mademe di Soline now Madame Rwiwzzi•
against M. de Vilieutenant, editor cif the Figaro.
Madame Ratassi. everybody knows, is a young, beauti-
: fel, and brilliant woman, the daughter of Madune
Letitia Bonaperte-Wysn and consequently grand-
daughter of Lucien Bonaparte. In the Firm,
• sketch of a Parisian IiOSSIC, whisks Madame=
considered to be meant for her, and which praised the
wit and charms rather at the espenss of the virtm of
It. subject. But the court did not think the application
of the sketch to the wife of Signor Rataszi had been
established, and the fair plaintiff lost her ouis.

' A roan named Potter was brought Up at Bowetreet
Police Court *barged with being eounerned in the re.
Gent bank robbery at Manchester. He bad been appre-
heeded at tile Endoa-equare dation with about £350 in
his possession. He was sent to Maasbola to be dealt
with by lb. magielrakle then.