The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A C NOT DATE FOR FARR A young blackguard was
brought up at the Ilarylehone police-court on Wednes•
dav, charred with using threatening language. Its is
called William James Lamb. end s pm.," to 1,, dea,,,us
I "1 liei"R by b''' wit'. she Probability being t'ist if lie
I 0051ino" to eel, altos that source of subaittenee he will
, starve. At his 'oeigings • diary lied been found filled
with the most arrant nonsense. Lamb seems to have
been a Iltudent of thrilliug romance., of the " Gore-
spotted goblet" tone. and to have identified himself with
*mow of the heroea of the tales, for among the entries
In his diary were projects for atarting as • man of
fashion. which only wanted the flies,.. to ut•k• them
available; filets to aosassinate and rein persona who
had offended him, which were wholly impo.ible of
execution; and a report of • duel wherein he had
heliy4 his name, and behaved like • lion, but been
Ikilled. The magistrate passed a neaten°e upon hint
which will give him three months retirement within •
gard to recover a healthier tone of mind.
Paice or • lEt3s. —On Tuesday Amos Co.. landlord
of the Waggon and Horses lon, Litton. Beds, who
was taken into cu.teily on Monday afternoon, was
bnnight before the mayor of Bedford, on the charge of
placing one of his arms emend the waist of • young
lady, in the Higlostreet, Bedford and kissing her with.
oat permission. The young lady refwgil to appear
against Mr. Cos, still the magiatrato ordered the
amorous innkeeper to pay Its. meta, upon doing which
! he was discharged, after being locked up fur eighteen
hours in • prison cell.
Witsos r. Goonsoff.—ln the Court of Common
Plea., on Thursday, • ease occureed which is of some
importance under the Truck Act. The respondent
Goodson was • "batty" miner, keeping also • provision
shop. In his employment waa • man named 'Joseph
Fisher, and 2s. being due to hint for er•ges,ihe went to
the shop, and received Is. lid, in goob, and the re-
mainder in cash ; but, during the examinetion before
the magistrates, Fisher stated that he bad no doubt be
might have bad cash mob-ad of goods if be had asked
for it, upon which the magistrate dinniseed the coin-
plaint upon the grimed that there was no contract that
Fisher should take goods in payment of wages, and that
the taking of goods was an entirely voluntary act of lii.
owe—Mr. Phipsoa, for the appellant. sutionitted that
time testiest were wrong'in disiniming the complaint,
inasmuch am the Truck Act specially stated that every
paymeet made ter wages ehould be in money, and if
paid otherwise it should be illegal. The respondent did
not appear, and the Court held that the decision was
wrung; the gist of the offence being the actual par
silent in goods, and nut in the fact of any contract being
entered into.

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THE LATE )1(111)11( AT ACTON.—k new appre-
hension has been 113.1 e in connection with the murder
of the policeman Davey, at Acton. On on.. of the
ritsminations a the prisoners, Joeeph and fume
Brooks, a girl, named Jane Lake, gave evidence to the
effect that Isaac Brooks was not out of his house on the
night of the murder, but thst Joseph was, for few
minutes, with the gun. She was eager:ell to be married
to Jiisvpb Brooks. Since then, it seems, she has made
statements to some of her ni ighboan as to burning •
hat belonging to Joseph on the Any after the murder.
and othcr matters. In consequence of these statements
she has been taken into custody on a charge of being
accessory to the murder after the 'sat She was
brought up on Thursday at the Hammersmith police-
court and rcuianded.