The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-26 00:00:00

IRSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 26. 1870.

about It, H. said he woe very sorry, and I was to look
out about the ci d of the year. He promised he would
act he. urablY. I said if it's like that (that he oould
not matry) I should emPot some acktioaleilarnent of
the child. He mild I could take it to cow tif I liktd.
Am not a very rich man. My daughter gave birth to a
boy on the sth of January, and I should like for the
child to be in court. (Neither the Uuder-Sheriff nor
the learns] counsel oared about seeing the baby. so it
waa not predated) Both before and after her
oonfinement my daughter was weak and bad. She
1/1111 attended by Dr. Humble, of Code Castle. Was
cal never a strong robust girl, but her health had
previously been pretty good, Mill he did not know
al e had seer before been attendel in her life by a
dolor. He paid Hr. Humble £4 24., and el 10t, for
pur.ing. My daughter apiaied time in keeping the mill
accounts, colleaPieg money, and iaming bills; and she
sometimes w. nt to Wareham market and bought things
I wanted, and paid aconunta. My health is not very
good, and lam yo.etlints awe, from the mill, when
my d.ughter ha awed for me. Have had very little
ansismnee from her sines her owillneas. nt. She bas
done a little book wilting. but her he .Ith won't not
allow her to do much. In conformance of th,e I base
had to keep a man several months longer than I other.
wise soul-I. Aft..r the birth id the child I saw the
glefeutlAtit repeatedly, and spoke to him two Of Om
tim• 4.
Mr. Lopez, supposing that Mr. Collins was goMg to
qtie lion wiuo'sa shout She n.goriations that had then
mew, for. settlement of the action, sptrttetlly invoinled
against wish a sours, ea bein4 in bad last,, and oppoeed
to the opinion of th, ju .gel.
Ble. Collins said lii. (timid might have P.M(' himself
that eloquent speech, in be intended etudioualy to &IPA i
questions on that subject..
Witness eontiun.d : Defendant promi.ed several
iimmi that he would set honouraldr, rum th•t was all
I could get out of him. He never has given a s:ngle
easy to the child or my daughter, and I have had to
keep the b.by ev. r siece.
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Crag...gemmed : I pay £75 a year for the farm and
mill. When we went there fir•t we kept a eervant,
but for some time we have done without. It is a
giuding npll, and oily daughter portly kept the b ioks.
aud psid bills. fine helipot milk in the dairy. Dan
Smith iv the name of the man I have had to help me
in her plebe. He came to up, as a boy. lie wurked
fir we nine medial in the year. and singe this it might
extend to ten or eleven months. MY daughter W'nt
ooneston•lly to defendsnt's house. Cannot say whether
she ever returned no late a.B or 9 o'clock at night.
Remembered her coming home alter. I end any wife
had gone to bed once. They bad kept company no long
that I didn't mistrust him. It has not ooeurrrd 20 time.
to my knowledge, not 15 times; he wonld not say es to
10 times.

Mr. lives DO you think it was a discreet thing
for your d•ughter to Immo home from di fondant's house
with him at night and then to en er your house end
find you and your wife gene to bed A.—After so many
years a urtchip, and the affection he showed her, I bad
not the least suspicion. Could not answer whe.her or
not my daughter would go to defendent'a house when
he bad company, and wait till they had all gnne for
him to ovens home with her. In defendant's bona*
besides bimetal there was Mr. Lucas and a serr•nt. I
had meals sometimes in defendant's house. Mine is
not a large house.
He-examined : Defendant's is a new and large farm
house. Mr. Lucas was &partner for • time with defent•
ant and was still living there, but had • situation with
some gentleman.
Mrs. Ann Howard Spencer mid: My daughter ems
home from school when she was about 15, since when
she bas assisted generally in the mil and in the howl)
I knew defendant as • child at Chesilborne. At Church
Knowle be came often to our house, and treated my
denghter with the greatest kindness. He would have
meals at our house if he happened to be there at either
tee or snowy time. My daughter and defendant walked
out together Lad sometimes rode and hunt.d together.
I considered be was paying attentions to her. Io May,
1868, my daughter was weak and ill, and she went to
Cheisiborne for a week. Defendant inquired about her
on the Sunday he asked if she had came home. I told
him no, but that she would return on Tuesday. She
continued unwell, and in nctober we sent for Dr.
Humble who soon dittoovered whot was the matter. I
84,1 tintendant and ajkel him what he was going to do.
He replied he did'ut know—he could not marry her,
because his friends would ruin him if he were to do so.
I told him that was nonsense, and Ile should not bring
other people into scrapes. He replied his fiend. would
ruin him if he married while in the Isle of Purbeck. I
geld I was eahamed of him and of her too—l could not
think bow they amid so far forget themselves. He said
he didn't know bow two young people trotting about
together au they had done could be expected to (tooth. r•
wise, or how it oould be helped. I believe I called him
a great fool, sad said I would see him to-morrow. He
said don't put yourself in a way about it, because it in y
Out come to anything now. I said I don't Honk it will
be three months before you'll see what will come
of it. He said it will not be two months or
more than two month.. & few days after he came
again in a great passion, and said we had been
saying something egaitist him and been angry
with him ; but he would at honourably and
uprightly in the matter. At last he said we had bett r
take it to court. My daughter was vary ill lodeed, and
I paid £1 10.. for nursing her. After her ectufineon nt
she was unable to ILlal.t as she did before, and we had
to pay • man kW odd for extra work. He was kept on
f- om some time in October till the beginning of harvest
Dept year, and • month or flee weeks later they bad to
take him back again, sad keep him till April last.
Otossorsausined: Might not have wanted that man at
all if my daughter bad been well, lie had been there
as • boy, and WWI discharged in the suintner of leedi.
As • boy he was at the mill about 10 m ,ohs in the
year. He was with us when it eras discovered iny
daughter was in the felinity way. Did not think their
butaneas hart improved the teat two years. My daughter
can now keep the books as before, but she cannot go
about assets used to do—she dirt not like to do it. She
helped iti the dairy, kept the books, and went out to
PaY bit+. She had taken medicine ocouionally sines
11,r cob fi name Q Did not cl-fendant say he WWI
extremely sorry for what had h•ppenel, but he didn't
kilo* how ynu could expect otherwise, seeing how tie,
bed been allowed to go about together?— A : No, he
didn't. Ho said he was vex-d at it. but after the Ir.',
they had trotted about together it might have here
erapeoted. She may have teturur.l from his house after
ten o'clock at night. Had told defendant he ought to

they would agree with him that this ease was very
different from ore where a mon inten ling to many •
girl, who, in • moment it pa .i•.n he innilner-d her, an
subs. goently eirouinetancree 'Hee to prevent the marl tap;
for this man, kno•ing he could not marry, made love
to her, seduced her, and then Goat her off. Had his
learned friend ventured to assail the girl's character?
No, the came before them as • mod Jet well c .ndoted
girl, till she was takes advantage of by the eefendant.
, The plaintiff had to keep the defendant's ohil I, end his
daughter WU not able to give him the asailtanee she
did before. Did they think it was pleasant for the
plaintiff to go home to see the position his daughter was
In? They could well understand that with • daukhter
at home who had been seduced, the child there, every-
body knowing about it, .he whole affoir the talk of the I
country-el !e, it was not ri1...5.0t for the father, • man
iif good charaster, and holding a respectable position.
But his learned Mewl 11.1.1 said, Ah I yours is not •
very large house? No, he was obl god to admit his I
was not a large house—the defendant's warn the
large I °see ; and be did not keep • servant;
no, his ihaughter, like a good useful girl, had done mit-t
of that wok horn-If. But was th•t ground for ,
reducing the dermigeo, He thought not. he urged !
them to take every tingle act of the deferidatit'san,l the ,
itijareit feeling. of the lather lot., cowl le stow. When
the saucer was 44 told of the con•equ. ,00. of his act
e treated the Miller very rav•l any. 011 I go
•w.y for • week, it will be all right ; and they odd
"-artily believe thot the iorir girl Impel against
thiit so it might be, and 'he went on doing her work as
she wan 1,04 able, so th it the story of liar Arniv relight
he kept from her father arra another. When she became
on unwell tnat Or. Houshle ITIAA called in he soon found
ott •hat wait the matter, and woeu h r mother it. olio
to ilefenhant Is coolly said "Perhaps it 161.'110 off—l
can't marrs re. my friends will ruin me." He ought to
hove thonght of his friends ruining him before he
telib•-rotelv set about to ruin that unhappy Rid.
She had suffei el much in health. Her wird had been
.o depreoted he the shortie br.,ught nown herself and
ion- lowly thot for some time De Humble hod &opt.e.
hensiont for her life. l'hey might 6.y they beli-eerl
be defendant acted badly in the mitte,—th4 he
heartlessly somp.ssed the girl's ruin, nes, r iut.rocling
t.. marry her, and. aft, all, he siiys—" You con t •ke
to court if you like." That the lathi-r hod
doe, and he put it to them as a case for substantial
damage..

Mr. Lopes then addressed the jury in mitigetion of
the d•inages. He complained of the way in which Lb.
case had hen opened, sayill it was not a bieiali of
promise, and be would noel to them what the law o•.
this ease was. An action for seduction is founded, not
on the wrong done to the Person tedtmel, but upon
the injory done to the person who he. a right to her
nervier., and who is always he plaintiff. They hal
Ewen anket to give henry damaima to the father, and he
•nd bye there might be an action for breech
when, if the girl had • good rie.e..he might get din %ea
to • 000sYlersble ett,nt. Than again the child might
be affiliated on the Afentlarit. (Mr. Collins said the time
had elapsed). Mr. Lopes s.id be knew that, bat all
three acumen bad been open is the cam. and now what
hey hail to consider was the loss the father had
sustained in losing his daughter's services and the
...pens, of the doctor and punka, He denied that
there was anything heartless in the ease, for it was
distinctly proved that the man espfeeed regret for wh.t
had moored. Tien it wee seid he inter Paid any money,
bat he offered to do so and was never asked. Then hie
learned friend alli4 this was a deliberate seduction. He
dii not kn3w how any reduction at all coral
he otherwici then deliberate, hut he oral
there eras nothing heartless in the °ace. Na.
no doubt the father was entitled to recover
in consequetee of the dishonour of his daughter.
Wi h regard to the real inquiry, it appeared from the
plaintiff'. own statement that he had to keep a man
about two frontlet longer than he °therein would—
that would not emit more than £4' then he had to pie
30.. for eursing ; and the doctor et 2s. That was the
*hole of the loss proved. With enpeot to the dis•
honour they man take all the ciniumranaes into
consi lineation, and he went on to urge on the jory that
the pareoto had oondnied to the seduction by indiscreetly
allowing defendant and their daughter to csaociate so
familiarly and op &ally in leaving them alone in their
hon. at night after he brought her home, and plaintiff
and his wife went on to bed. It looked as if • trap limo
laid for the man ; and he urged that the father by his
own negligt nee °lnduced to the soduoti in ani therefole
was not entitled to champs on that amount.

The Under-Sheriff said the question left for the jury
was the amount id damages which had been iiiffgist
on th" Pl.intiff h 7 the seduction —which is admitted—
of ii. daughter ; and, in estimating it they would eon-
cider all the circumstances under which that loos and
injury occurred, and whether or not the plaint IT f
conduct had been cowlucive to the loos which h•d
feifen; If they were of opinion that the father of the
girl had permitted defendant to be with bar at
unseasonable times and anaemic hours, th•t would
be an element for th-ir oonfideration In estimating
the amount of damage. There waf no ques.ion that
some damage had aria- n, and it was for them to awe.o
it at such an amount as in their judgment all the
circumstance of the case warronted.
In ten minutes the jery gave • verdict of £350
damages.

OLD Na 047•7111111701 Tits Poul.—Al the le
Mr. B .. . Th.•••, oboe.. gal s•al for the oozorortoli the
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wor people at the Union iv MO wellk110•11, WI to eniii le
dui. 'rite Otto r 4, to tie hrwour•hle of •
eid ''Giisrdi.n." Mr. W. Reynold., W. Ntstlon•
upister, has sundly consented to allow a bog to be plaord
on the arrival platform, to receive any newspaper. or
other periodicals which people are willing to part with
for the poor people. The latter are always very grate-
ful for snob presents, and on • dull day, when they are
abet up between four walls, with no °hence of seeing
any on. pais outsid., the newspaper wonderfully relieves
the tedium, and makes the poor soul. feel that, though
m humble eircuinstanoes, they are not shut out of the
world.
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ieorOß PeT7T SeftelneS. Tuesday.—RefOre (R. N.
Howard, Esq., (Mayor), It. Coninell, Esq., J. Drew, Esq., and
G. Reynolds, Exi
S•TILAOLDIVtIY
Four young men of highly reapactable fernlike, named
Foraxe MVO, Gleans Came, WILLIAM DYES, Jun., and
EDW•aI3 ELLIRT. were me:molted (orb tying on the 17th July.
bathed from the pu•dic ...chine,, without mew drawers or
other appropriate des s. Defendants, who eppeared very much
ashamed of tin IF position, and gotta repentant, all pleaded
guilty in ttnier to rave the detaile of the case being gone info
J. Fox, Eng., who pr.:votes], stated abat he haul come fdrward
in title matter from • *env of public duty. On Sunday morn-
ing between nine and ten °clock, he was attracted to his
window by loud shout- and shriek'. (r. lila Met impretaion
w ta that monies dy was drowning, and the same Impremion *as
pr due.'.) upon the mit.tis of others, lie went to the window
I and tilt re he saw time young men. Tory were not bathing in
Ithe ordinary way, awl i• was not only of their not having on
• drawers that lie dmiplaioed ; saw the running and
jutuding between the m tchines and the mplasiade wall, within
60 paces of the opening to the made. They got upon the high
wheel, of the machines, eraweed their era.* persona to view,
and turned sornermu ta backwards anti forward*. He (Dr.
Fox) thought • more obagmting state of thi •g• never occurred
in front of the mplaim ie. He proceeded In the matter from
regard to the inter sts of the town, for if ratch thin., were
permitted, our wives and daughters would be prevented from
I using the machine, and the opium-le. He would just plead
lon behalf I.f yiintig Ellery, who had expreeed his regret. and
who had admitted that if be bad been walking with hie mother
and sister on the I:entailed° at the time, his first impulse would
have been to horewhip every one of them.
The Mayor said 11., doubt it was an act of great inditerction,
and they must thank Dr. Fox fur bringine the c toe before them.
The rules for bather. at • public watering place mmt be
obeyed, and he hoped they would obey them in future. It
appeued to be an act of indireretl in, they were all respectable
young men, and the Bench would m be no differente between
them. They did tiot wi hto registers convictionag And them:
but they Moil take care wit to offend again, and they would
be allowed to depart on payment of 10.. towards the Super-
annuation Fund, adi costs. At tha same time he *anted
them that the bathing laws moot be strictly attended to, Or throe
tereons who ceme dnwii here for he purpose of bathing would
be driven away. Toe Bench thanked Dr Fox for bringing the
cue f traard ; hut they did toot believe defendants had done it
sell wily. The attendant at the bathing machines had great
difficulty in keeping them euMciently far apart—those for the
ladies tml those for the gentlenen erre trio near under any dr.
cumetance., and If D. Fox would mention the matter to him,
he had tto doubt the attends.' would do his host.
Dr. r said the chief thing he complained of wrath., conduct
of theft young men while bathing without. orravers.
The Mayor said he we...tett-Bed from what he knew of the
young men that the offence wool I not °cede again, and in fact
(addreraing the defendants) if mute nof.
Defend ova paid, and Were discharged,.
flatlet= CIIMILMI was sworn ned for ameulting Mary Watch.
—There had been a crone-summons, but the wrong platy was
named.— Collll.lllli Mat •Aiti that on Saturday she was out at
work for Mr. Cl..]. at the Market House. Defendant could
not let her daughter alone • but every time the went out
defendant abused her daugt;ter, and called her bad namts.
She wow always runnim to the minister with tram Delendatit's
husband we, as NA a• she wan —Mr. Weldord applied for an
adjournment, and the Bench agreed to it, remarking they had
heard enough to be convinced it wm • woman's row.—Ad-
jouried for a week, the Mayor remarking It would be greatly
to the credit pf the partim if the Bench heard no in ,re about
the case.
ELILA RIAD IMO summoned by leahella Wood for using
tamely° language—Mr. George appeared for complainant, who
, said she lived In Seymouroureet. On the 12th defendant sod
I her hmhand called her bad names. It arose from Read slat tig
I that her little boy stole potatom from the dish, and calling her
ainiedur names. Eliza Harvey corroborated the complainant.
' —The Mayor said it was • great pity that parties did not live
' together in a neighbourly manner. He hoped the parties
would go back and be friends. To bring such Maes before the
Bench was on y filling the ears of the public with a lot o
&bunk° language, and surely some friend living near could
settle such cases s well as • Bench of magi.trates.—Diamimed
on payment if costa. —The 11.yor sad if parties made such
disturbances, it would be a mite ion whether the Bench should
not bind them all over on both sides to keep the peat-e.
WiLusis Nor Lay, • email boy, was su-nmoned for cruelly
illtreating a donkey on Thursday lag, by hirating it—P.C.
Short maw defendant riding one donkey and some one elm
riding anther to fruit. The boy was riling behind very
furiousle, and heating the front donkey witn a heavy stick
(produced), m hard and as often se he could beat it. The
donkey flinched from the blows as be wee beaten. More than
10 blow. were struck. It was in front of Gloucerter.row.— The
mother of defendant saki that the boy was employed by Mr
Cook, to whom the stick belonged, and if he did not beat the
donkey. to make them rise, the ladles would not go, and the
boy would be beaten and sealed for not doing xo. If he lost
the stick. he would bare to per lid. The boy hid left C .ok
MCC or twice; but he came for him again and again, which
he would not do uole•* he were a good boy—The Bench
, adjourned the case, directing the little boy to make • statement
I to Mr. Arden. .

PATRICK CALLAGHAN and 010101 MITCHELL IMO chimed
with loitering about ad begging last night on the Replan de.
vaigeant Brine seethe men last evening on the Eiiploade,
drunk and abusing people. fie foliated them through one or
two streets, a crowd being with them, ihroogh Park-street, West
Parade. and Commercial Road, In fact the sergeant never ow
so many people crowded together about drunken men. In
Commercial-road the sergeant arrested them, when the tall
man advised his companion to jump over the timber pound.—
Benjamin Fuson! saw George Mitchell beviiiiifland the other
going shot with a rotor-grinding machine at his heck—Ales
ptriour mall at 11, rescent, said one of the men
was employed to mend a campelool, and charged 6d, for
knocking in a nail, but the lady would only pay 3d., when
prisoner uad abusive languagi-, threw it at witness, and
declared he would is t leave the house till he was paid. Another
witness proved one of the prisoner's was begging—One m nth
' with bard labour.
WRONTOOOT:7-M• (OM 3. Drew. Esq.
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A DRUMLIN NVleLeCll.—tiaOlial nine wee charged with
being drunk and incapable of taklog care of himself. lut night.
—P.C. English ..id hat night about half.ps.t nine he saw
prisoner laying down drunk and Inc .pable of taking care of
u met He was compelled to get another policeman to assist
him to get up as he c0i.1.1 not walk ; but when he got to the
'dation he Inv quiet enough —Hopi Vickery said prisoner was
convicted on the 16th of this month f r being drunk. Ile pro-
duced the conviction.—Pria Der declined to question the
sutness, but mid he should like to address the Bench Ile
then began: I can a-suie you I wee a Mile bit nut out of the
way ;I admit I took more drink than I ought to h.ve done I
was a Pule troubled by bad circumstances which came acro-s
me. IttckmcelifntudueD ; I hope you .ake the most
le .ient light am: look ov.r P, end it shall not occur again.—
Dr. Drew: I have heard that very often; y have taken up the
time of thin court more than a..y ohn in the town: I shall
under all circomatances bind you over in the cum of .ClO to be
if good behaviour for one m nth.—Plint : lam a stranger
here. do Impeee • fine.— Mr. Drew: No.—Do It me impress
upon you—lf I give you my word, you con depend up.n ne.—
fr. Drew shall not Mier the dicision.—PrPoner, who had
not tekea the trmble to express his sorrow for his bad conduct
was removed.