The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-01 00:00:00

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COMMISSION SIONID BY TWO LORD•LISUTINANT
07 11111 COUNTY 01 WILTS. —Th. Hon. John
'renal. Arundell to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
W linty Y.—Fatal Accident. —James Hershman,
foremen of the power-loom weevers, at the Bitham
Cloth Mills, while engaged in replacing a strap on
Saturday ( which had been taken down to grease),
over one of the wheels, was oau4ht by the loose
jacket, and whirled round several times, with fearful
rapidity. When he fell to the ground his clothes
had been completely torn from his body. He was
taken home and Mr. Shorland was almost immediately
at hand to render the necessary assistance, but the
poor fellow died in about two hours, having sustained
a compound fracture of the knee, his thigh and seve-
ral ribs broken. He leaves a wife and seven children
to bewail his loss. _ . .

TROWBRIDGE. —Burgictry.—A fellow, who said
that his name was James Thornton, and that his age
was 19 years, was brought up in the custody of the
police before Thomas Clark and John Perkiw: Stan-
combe, Esqrs., on Friday week charged with breaking
into the dwelling-house of Mr. William Thomas, on
the Wingfield road, who gave evidence as follows :
—About one o'clock that morning I heard a noise
that induced me to believe some person had got into
the house. HAW up my bed-room window, and
saw the prisoner escaping from the window of the
room immediately under, and go away up the road.
As soon as possible I burned out, and charged him
with breaking into my house. I then took him to
the Station-house and handed him over to the police
officer on duty. The prisoner attempted to assure
the Magistrates he was an honest man, and not the
person, /cc., and that Mr. Thomas presented a pistol
at him at the time. He was committed for trial.—
Another charge was preferred against him for at-
temptinit to break into the shop of Mr. Bishop, silver-
smith, :to., by cutting into the panel of one of the
shutters the same night. On Thursday afternoon the
prisoner entered the shop and bought a clasp knife of
Mr. Bishop, which he took to Mr. B. Bannister,
requesting it to be ground to the sharpest edge possi•
ble, which was done. The knife was found on the
prisoner, a small bit of the point was broken off, and
which was discovered by James Thatcher, police
officer, in the shutter, and was taken out in the pre-
sence of the magistrates, and fitted exactly. This
I charge is reserved for further consideration.

SWlNDON.—Mtcliania' Imtilution. —Mr. Gough,
the temperance orator, delivered an eloquent lecture
in the hall of this institution on Tuesday evening.
There were between 400 and 500 persons present,
and the chair was taken by Mr. W. V. Edwards.
R.thtfißUßY..—Mr. Whitmarsh held an inquest at
this place, on the 17th tilt., upon the body of •
little girl, named Ann Williams, nine years of age,
whose death was caused in consequence of a blow
across the back which she had received from a boy
about the same age as herself, in March. It ap-
peered that on the 23rd of March the deceased
came home crying, saying that "Johnson's boy"
had struck her with a stick on her back; and that
he was always stopping her and hitting her. No
braise was observed at the time; but as she con-
tinued to complain of pain, Mr. Whitmore, surgeon,
was called in, and on the preceding Thursday she
died from exhaustion, caused bi a copious discharge
of matter, brought on by the inflammation oonsequent
upon the injury which she had received. The jury
returned a verdict that the deceased died from
the effects of a blow inflicted by the boy before
named; but, in consideration of his age (only 9
years), no steps were taken to render him amen-
able to the law.

Sunsuit. —Siamie.—Mr. Whifanarsh held an
inquest at this place on Tuesday, on the body of Mr.
John Shaw (42 yams of age), the landlord of the
White Hart, and veterinary surgeon, who on the
previous Saturday committed suicide by cutting the
blood vessels in each o/ his arms, whilst in a fit of
temporary derangement. He had been suffering
from delirium tremens for some time pert, and was
under medical treatment for an attach of that
disease at the time he committed the act which put
an and to his existence. Evidence having been ad-
duced showing that the deceased was labouring
under a lit of temporary insanity, the jury returned
• verdict to that effect.

ATTIMPTED WADI& —On Monday morning a
butcher, named Hobert Pranklind, living in Bolton's.
court, Preston, attempted while in a state of intoxica-
tion, to murder his wife. He sent one of his children
up stairs for his " skinning knife," and when he re-
ceived it from the child he seised his wife by the hair
and swore he would tate her life, asking her whether
shsreferred her throat being out or her Odomen
ripped open. She screamed in terror for assistance,w when be made two or three blows with the knife at her
throat. She received these blows on her arms and hands
which were dreadfully out. At this moment, and before he
could effect his murderous purpose, some of the neigh-
bours burst into the house, and the wretch was secured
and given into the custody of the polio*. He waa
brought before the m4strates on Monday, when, in
the nos of a material witness, the case was remanded
to Wednesday.