The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

CHARLTON MARSHALL

ABa trrm. !AMAPA. —James Hiscook, residing
at Chariton was charged before J.. 7. Favibarson,
rag., on Saturday last, with using threatening
language towards his wife, Elisabeth Hieciock.
Complainant said that on the previous Tbereday
evening about 7 o'clock her heahand came home and
began to use very bad Wagner towards her. Be
then struck her in the eye and punched her on thel
' arm, and thaeationed if she did sot Wave the house
he would niarder bor. lie had often threatened her
before, but was the worst when he bad drink.
Prisoner did sot deny the charge, and was bound
over in the awn of CYO, and to flod two sureties of
£lO each, to keep the pews for Ilk 111,111116.
It is said that the conduct of Ibis unfeeling
fellow has been cruel l the extrema. One night
daring the late severe weather he Inroad
wife and children out of doors, and they had to take
refuge in an outhouse all night.

DIVISIONAL PITIV Spiettnic. Toesday.— arm
LIND VIOL Arohdrioollluatithle mill 0. Trine*
•-•1Iy Jane Mtia wag sumrponet by
P.C. Payne for being drank end inospahleat Gelling-
ham. on the 5.1 inet, and was fined 5.. and omits,
or 14 ila)s' iropriennment.—tlfred Grey,
of Shat
I"tioirf, was autrimoned fir refusing to restore •
ferret to Mr. Isaac Hopi' ism, farmer, raiding at
Bt. Shafteelinry, it being his property and
unpleased to have heen etnl.m from his premises
Defendant was ordered to give up the ferret to the
complainant. Each party to pay hie own 0,00--
Junes hilurris Mayo was eumenoned byi Mr. James
Soppitt, surveyor of the Stafteshery liditthwoY
District fie erecting a new hank or fence in Church•
lane, at Bast Orchard, within 15 feet of the centre
of the highway. The case was adjourned till the
neit meeting for further eviderics.--Tonathan
Shute, of Gillingham, farmer, was also summoned by
Mr. Boimitt for negleoring to trim the hedges on his
farm mai iining the highway.-11r. Chitty appeared
for the defendant, and consented to an order of the
Bench to trim the hedges within a week.—Ellee
Butt was charged by P.C. Bent with stealing •
flannel shirt., the property of Henry Lush.—Case
disclaimed.

Rif ERBORNL

Wit regret to record the death of Mrs. Flaratnn,
mother of the vicar, at the advanced rig• of 84. The
venerable lady expired chino,/ the time tbe rev.
gentl-naan nas preaching at the Abby Church, on
Sunday week. The deceased wait the daugbter of
Rear- A &Dina Cooke.

A 8011T0 •IT BURNT TO DIATIL —A very melan-
choly accident occurred on Saturday week in the
house of the Rev. F. Beckley. the pastor of the Con-
gregational Church, the domestic Dereant. a young
woman, 19 years of age. named L otisa Godfrey,
being burnt to death. The deceased, it appeared.
roes as usual to light the fire, and Mr. Beckley found
her lying before it some time afterwards so seriously
burnt that she di. cl on the earns day. On Monday
on inquest eras held on view of the body before the
corner, Mr. J. Y. Melmot, when the Bev. Frederick
Bcokley said—ne deceased went to bed in good
health shoot half-past ten on Friday night I heard
her comedown at as neit morning. About twenty
minute, poet seven I went into the kitchen, called,
but received no answer. Tb• kitchen was in its
usual state, and the fire was burning in the rasp.
I opened the heck kitchen door and found the room
an full till' smoke that I 03a14 see nothing. I groped
and found deceased at my feet. I drew her into
the front kitchen and found her dress smouldering.
[robbed the fire out From her knees to her breast
she was perfectly bare. I think she groaned • little,
hut did n.t speak. Dr. William. was sent for, sod
her burns were dressed. She *anthem taken up stairs,
sod every attention paid to her, but she died about
two o'clock. I asked her if I should pray with her,
and she said "yes." She weeseked if she knew how
the fire originated, and she said "no." found a
candle burnt down to the socket by the side of her
in the hack kitchen. She had taken the cinders
from the fire and put them into the cinder hoz.
She bad never been subject to fits. A towel covered
with blood hod been taken fr.m the back kitchen
door and evidently wrapped round her. She had
• very nice head of hair, bet it was quite burnt off
behind. Her bands were very bloody, and there
were marks of a band grespiog the wall as if to fled
the door. Mere were fragments of a burning drew
near the water tap.—Dr. Williams said : I found
the deceased lying on the floor. the Cent of her
clothes all burnt away, and the body burnt in
numbers of places, from bead to (oat ; deeply burnt
in pacts. The chest was very severely burnt, and
the hips. On the back there were two great patches
right through to the flesh, charred : bet- bands were
much burnt, the mneoles hangiaptits. the fingers of
glovers. I dressed some of the and we took
her up stairs to bed. She died from the shock to
die nervous system; bar sufferings meat have .ben
intense. —The jury at 0000 returned • verdict of
" me:ideated death."