The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-02-03 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1843.

LAW AND POLICE.

A Fee %LE SAVACIL —At the tieerpool Police-Janet
on Inesshiy ...Howse natited Derby watbrought
before, Mr Baffles, the stipendiary megi•trate, under
the following circunottanoes t-" There bad been a raffle
in the Texteth Park, at the house of • publican named
Brooks, •nd Derby, together with her paramour, went
there and created eisturbance. Mr. Brooks endea-
voured to turn Derby slid the tom out of the house,
but they wauld not gn, and e4l altercation ensued.
The man then put the poker into the fire entil it was
red hot and mieweeced to tomflie w!th Mr. Brooks
Iforine tit': fight, the poker eras drawn through Brooks'.
band, and lie was severely wounded in the head,
besides receiving considerable injury by being kicked.
Mrs. Brooke. *haat endeevouringto assist her husband,
was farioudy atteeked by Derby. who bit one of her
fingers off. In VII iiioll to this Derby held the hot
poker on the back of Mrs. Brooks'. hand until it was
very severely burnt. Derby was taken into crudely
immediately after gam:tinting the outrage, hot her
paramouj tnahaged to escape thrdneh the roof of the
house. The ems was reinanded in order that search
might he made for the man.
A F-iyete COT Tag OWNER Or illeCtilLti.—A Seen,
in Cone:Fe—At the Wandsworth Police-court last week
Thornas Atkies, who had been appointed guardian of
an illegitimate child under ilte Hattardy Act. attended
hefere Mr. Daytit•ti in support of asiontoons against John
Gardener, a milkman, of Pbenuier'erow. Whitechapel.
for the non.pisyment of arrears. The ease was some.
what singular. A young woman named Harriett
Odell affiliated a betard child upon the defendant,
end obtained an order of two Millings per week. Ste
died, however. when the child was only three months
old, and it we. afterwards kept by her sister the wife
of Atkins, to whom the defendant rail the money in
the same way as If the mother had been alive. The
child was sow (bur years of age-land the defehttnit,
reiniZt atphieetvic'eit‘ohd latros"ttesenaitelian o upon 7
the
child, and the prompt proceedings were for the recovery
of Ss. arrears, under the original order. The defen-
dant did not dispute the amount, but said be wished
to take the child home and support it. Mr. Drwwgn
said the Liw would not allow him ; the complainant
now held the sante position es the Mother. Tile
plefendent said be wee the corner of the child, and he
thbught that Ise was justly entitled to it ; he expressed
his determination not to ray the complainant any
money. Mr. Dayman Hid that if he did not comply with
the order he would be wet to prison, and every time
he came out he would be liable to a further impel...-
inept, and so he would be continually in prison until
the child was thirteen years of age. The defendant
uid that if he was sent to prison his worship would
have to support his wile. Mr. Nyman told him she
would haws to go to the workhouse. The wile. who
sat behind her husband, Interrupted the proceedings.
and upon Taylor. the officer, requesting her to leave
the court, she retuned. and defendant made it,.. of some
threats to him in case be tooched her. Thy magi.-
Vete 01-dered her to be removed, and ascend-1i eh ensued.
She elungto her hoshaild, who also offered resistenoe,
and the officers had some trouble in dragging her away,
and taking her out of court. Mr. Dayinan then made
an order upon the defendant for the payment of Ns.
He did not order any (mete, with the exception of Is.
for the summons, as it was the first time the defendant
lied been suirononed, and Ile made • natural mistake
in t;.e law. The defendant rafusedory the money,
and having stated that ho e had no Upon which •
distress warrant could be lamed. Mr. Dayman com-
mitted hips, in default, to three months' imprisonment
and bard Litton..
Sterna in Courr,—The affiliation rase before jhe
megatielat at Iteeton. Derleeehire, in which Mir
libikeliitb late sehoolmistree. at Groxall, charges the
Bee. Mr. Watson, citrate of the parish, with being the
father of her illegitimate child, was brought to • eines
on Saturday evening at a late boor. The cue for the
complainant, it will be remembered, was that while she
had been frequently in defendant's house assisting the
housekeeper, and when the latter was away taking her
place, the defendant lied engaged in a ey.teinatic phis
of seducing her. in which he fleetly succeeded, and that
afterwards he tried to induce her to procure ebortino,
but she refused. There stow a good deal qf contradte.
tine In the evidenee. Mr. Watson flatly denying the
'eharge ; hut ultimately the ('inert niade an order on the
rev, gentleman to pee Is. • week for the support of the
child. When Mr. Watson had been served with the
summons he had remarked to the constable, "If
I lose the ewe I am a mined men; it is not the child
I care about but the scandal." After the magis-
trate's decision we. given, Mr. Argle had just served
oath es of appeal upon Hatohitt, and was addreeing
the bench, when Mr. Watson, who sat next to him,
sprang tv his feet and made • most unearthly yell.
He stamped hie feet, and ctied. "Bring me pistols.
bring me pistol.. lads am ruined, I an. ruined!"
Seatebieg sip a large bottle of ink, he threw it at the
heale of the reporters, and a jug of water he aimed at
the Inagiatrates ; while the magieterial table was
newt. All this tinte the greeted confusion ensued,
the rev. gentleman being held by flee or six policemen.
He cried out "That -- IHciinu• Gadvby did for me.
I ate mined. They. are devils. The magistrates awl
their clerks are against rite. Oh, deer, Oh, dear! I
have not had • fair trial. They have sworn falsely."
This continued for a few minutes, when the poor man
Icy omelets on the floor. On rallying he was re.
moved from the room, and at the top of the stales I-e
attenspted to throw himself to the bottom, but wee
prevented. later in the evening he Was nerved with a
bill of coats of the trial, and again he became very ex.
cited, hie reason haying evidently for • time forsook
bins He remained the whole of Saturday evening at
the Mitre Inn, Repton, Inerector Rnasell, of the
county eonstabulary,..watching —Oldie.

EXTIAORTOMART.'CART C;DTR THII New SALMON
YINFIRRILIe ACT. —On Saturday last spoor man picked
up a fine salmon on the quay at Barnstaple, where it
had lace stranded sinew the overflow of the river on
the previous Tumslay. Under the New Salmon Fieherim
Act he laid himself open to a heavy penalty for having
in his possession an unseasonable salmon. Re went to
the polio. station And made an open breast, bdt, to his
surprise ,he was ittfornted that he would have to appear
before tha borough magistrates to anawer to that
chaise. The kindness of the mayor, however, reversed
the case, for the poor fellow was let of on giving up
the salmon to be destroyed ; and to add to the singu•
lanky of the proceedings, the man was recompensed
with 2s. for his honesty in making the discovery known
to the police. The fish woe a very fine one, wcighiug
upwsrda of thirteen pounds, and not at all "auto(
'won."