The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

Legal.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.

BODMIN, MONDAY, Auo. 2.

The commission for the County of Cornwall wail
opened in this town on Saturday evening by Mr. Baron
Mantua Yesterday the judges attended divine service
at the church, and this monung business commenced,
Mr. Baron Watson presiding in the Crown Court and
Mr. Baron Channell sitting at the Nisi Prins.
There are only four oases in the came list, but they are
expected to occupy the whole of the time allowed here.
There are 21 prisoners in the calendar, but the offences
are of • twilling character • there I. one charge of
Infanticide, but the learned Baron, in his charge to the
grand jury, suggested to them that the evidence waa
very unsatisfactory, and he thought it very likely that
they would consider it right to throw out the bill.
There is • cue of burglary ; the prosecutor and his
family were in London, and the servants, taking 'Avon-
tap of the absence of the family, went to a dance at a
publichouse, and on their return they found that the
house had been broken into and all the plate had been
taken. The only evidence against the prisoner was
that he was in possession of a pair of pincers, and the
police thought the house had been broken into with
pincers, and the other piece of evideuoe was, that the pri-
goner had • tobacco-box, rnd a tobacco-box wu found near
the house, but whether it was the prisoner's or not did
not itiquiar. As regarded that the learned Judge told the
grand jury that he thought that evidence very un-
satialutory.

CIVIL BILL--(Before Mr. Baron CLIANNi LL.)
COLLINS V. FITKONB.

Mr. Collier and Mr. Coleridge were counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr. H. T. Cole was counsel for the
defendant.
This was an action upon an apprenticeship bond,
brought by Mr. Colline, who WAS a oupente: at Wade.
bridge, against the defendant, who is the father of a,
buy who had been apprenticed to the plaintiff, and had
ran away before oompleting his thus.
The defence set up was that the plaintiff had
treated the boy, and that he ran away to America with-
out the knowledge of his father.
Witnesses were called on each in support of the
plaintiff's and defendant's eases.
Mr. Baron Channel!, in miming up, told the jury
that the defendant wee °lndy liable on the bond, but
left It to them to say the amount of darnagem that the
plaintiff MIA entitled to.
Verdict for the plaintiff,—Damages 240.
TUESDAY, Atm, 3,
CiOwe Ootitm.--(llefore Mr. Baron WATSON,
Manned Rosilkierk wee inillatad form burglary in the
house of French Hurls, it Mewnen, on the 9th of
March, and steeling therefrom • very large quantity of
oleic
Mr. Co. and Mr. Powell were counsel for the pmeeou-
lion i end Mr. Tongs (for Mr. Coleridge) defended the
origami,.
It appeared that Mr. Relies wits en old gentleman
living with hie wife at Penne!, in the pariah of-klawnan,
They had two female servants, named Elisabeth Puma
end Penny Merlin. On the ttli of Pebntary Mr. and
Mrs. Houle ~it it London, leaving their house In the
care of the two servienU. On the Ith of Marsh there
wee & villege revel about a tulle (rein the hoses, and the
uremia most lutprudently, taking advantage of the
absence of their muter and inielrees, went to this revel
and dammed In a publialionee. The prisoner wait also
at the publiebouse. They returned home late In the
emoting, but were so inset plowed with the dance that
they went there Again on the following evening, looking
the door, but not leaving any one in the house, The
priaoner, who had Inquired if the girl. were wining OHO
usend evening, WU it the publiehouse when they
arrived. In clew minute* 'her their arrival he we.
inlemed, and wee &why for onwards of two hours, The
girls went home about II o'eloek, and then they found
that a sande and tnelehen they hedi plead on a table had
been removed. They lighted another candle anti then
found thst the bask door we. open, All wee oonfuslon
in the dining-room and Mid-room I &II the plate lend
Jewelry were gone & brandy bottle wail also gone, but
that we. not dimovered to be miming for m fortnight
after the robbery, Pervone were 'filial In and the pollee
mine, and It we. then dimovered that a pane of glam
had h,an taken out of a eaminent so that a person's hand
mild be pet in, and the mosinent hied been opened,
and so an entrance had been effected and the robbery
oommitted. Them was some blood on the well inside.
Upon 6 Oriel seareit being triads it wee found that such
of the thing§ had been broken open with an instruimni
having two handles, but one of them shorter than the
other. A hue-and-my we. rallied, but nothing was heard
till lame days afterwards, when in a mine almost all the
plate and the Jewelry wen discovered, and there was
brim tobamo•box near it. The question then was, by
whom had the robbery been imintnitted Some stis- ,
pinion fall on the prleoner, and he we. taken up, and his
house we. searched, and in It were found spilt a phloem,
with one of the handles broken. They exactly Atted
the mark, in the hones. One of hia baude had beets ,
recently out. On the night of the revel he had a brass
tobacco-box. When In custody the prisoner &eked the
policeman where the transports were sent to. The reply
wee," Different plume." The prisoner than said, "Do
you think they will transport 1/111 7" P 011011111116.—" I
don't know."
The following extraordinary evidence wee given :
Thomas klartin.—l am a policeman. On the Met of
Mandl I went to the Holston station hi plain clothes and
Into the cell where the prisoner wee; I set by his bed.
He seised we what I was there for. I told him I cup-
posed I ehonld know in the morning. He said he was
there for robbing old Hearl's house et ?deepen. After
some time he said, " Had it not been for that boo I
would not have oared." I asked him whet box it was.
He said, "It wee the brawl that came off the point of a
gig-ahaft, which I used to keep tinder in to light iny
pipe. I went to Dargan publloho”se and stopped 601110
I tins. drinking with my fellow workmen. While there
I saw one of Mr. Hearl's servants. I asked if the other
nirvanas wore coining down. He said 'Yea.' I saw the
servants there. I then thought it time to be about my
work. I left the home, and went very fuel, and every dirt
place I name by I walked on icy lose to prevent foot-
marks." I asked him how he got into the house. He
said, "I broke • pane of glass with the beck pert of my
hand, and put my hand in to unfiuden the window, and
the bit of gime that was left in the sash made • scratch
In the back of my hand, and that was where the blood
came from that was on the wall. The superintendent
has found • pair of pinuere, but I do not mind that so
vouch se a cold chisel, which I do not believe they will
Ind. There wee one remarkable thing there—a toasting
fork broken off at the handle wee left behind. WllOll I
got into the holm I opened the doors to prevent icy
being detected If any person came while I was in the
house. I pulled the box out of my pocket with one of
the gold chains which I took from the house, and I was
afraid to go in march of the box on account of the police
being about there on the welch. If I had known I MY
going to be apprehended I would have burnt the
hose. to a pit." That'. all. I did not go with the in-
tention of getting evidence apanst 6110 men. I did not
go before the iusgistrstes. I did not intend to give
evidence spinet the men. He told me the box NY
found near the place where the plate wee bid. He
could run the plate down with a Aux. That had he
been taken in the morning instead of the evening they
would have found the jewels in his pocket. lie had
taken a bottle of beat brandy and drank part, and buried
lb. other part in a bottle.
Crossexatnizied.—lt is not my habit to do this. I
never did it before. I went to And out whether there
was any other party (animated with the prisoner. I
remained in the cell all night. I went them with ann.
thin primmer, who aloud the door upon ma. I did not
give the prisoner to understand that I vu e fellow mi.

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soner. I had on handcuffs. I did not tell him I was
there on • charge of robbery. He asked we if I could
keep • seeret, and I told him I could. I was unwell last
Sunday when I was anbocened. I did not inteod to go
before the inagistretee I kept the secret till We Sun-
day. The superintendent knew I waii in the cell. We
thought it neeeemry to go to find out whether another
tenon was ooneerned. I told the superintendent that be
told me lie bad done it. I have no notes. I have been
recollecting since I have been here.
Iteexamined.—l told the attorney for the prosecution
last Saturday the particulars of the story. I Mused to
go before the magistrate.
By the Judge.—Briee, the superintendent, did not
tall me to go to the cell ; be did not know I was going.
Hitehiep, the policeman, wail the person who suggeated
may going to the cell.
Dir. Tongs addreased the jury for the prisoner, con.
tending that, independently of the last witness, there
was no evidence upon which they could convict the pri•
sem, and as regarded that hoe witness he 'submitted
that it would be extremely dangerous to rely on his
testimony.
Mr. Baron Waken, in summing up, observed moat
strongly on the conduct of the poluximan. In this
Gauntry we had a delectation of anything lice spies.
Statements MOO before magistrates were not allowed to
he given in evidence except upon certain oonditiona.
The magiatrates were hound to give a primmer a caution
Wet what he said would betoken down and used against
him. They must draw their own conclusion from the
evident* of a man who plamil himself in so degrading •
poaitlon as to go tn a prisoner under Ulm pretences.
504 as the evidence was, it was badly used and badly
brought forward, and kept leek till the last moment.
He should advise the jury to pause before they give
modit to such a person. It was dealing improperly with
the mune of justice not 10 hare takes the num before
the magletrates. If the Well did nut go into the mill to
get evidence what on earth did be go there fur?
The jury Acquitted the primmer.
The Judge said, lie hoped the magistrate& would take
notice of the oonduist of the policeman.
SUSPICIOUS —l/I,e Classy. • neatly
domed young woman, was ohArged on a Custom-house
information with smuggling Neb. weight of cigars, by
whloh she had ineurr a penalty of MOO. Bite pleaded
" mid the magistrate al once sentenced her to
pay aSmie of £lOO to We Queen, and In default of pay-
mint to be linprlioned for six mouths. Mr. Gardner,
a Tide Surveyor of Cleesl..yse, introdpeed to the notice
of the times Largo. linel wish
cligare, and said the primmer wail a passwpr y the
Lieneral Steam Navigation Company's ship Memel , and
on her arrival at St. Ketherine'mwherf the prisoner mae
about to /My on shore, when her iIIII.II4IIPA rotundity ef
dram melted hie suspicion', and he asked her if she
had anything About lier liable to duty. She declared
she had nut, and explained that her full-blown appear'
me. arose from crinoline, which she and every lady in
the land eoneidered ea very becoming, whatever the
gentlemen might say on the subject. He hinted to her
WM her crinoline pettleciat we, of extra diuninsion.v,
and handed her over to a female searcher, who stripped
her in • private cabin, took the three pettleoate lined
with cigars from her, and brought her out again with
her Bile diminished to reasonable proportions, as ohs
now appeared. Mr. Yardley.—The prisoner is not
wearing crinoline now? The Ofiloer.—lgo. Sir. Mr.
Yardley.—l thought not. She api•ears to be dressed in
a very proper manner. The Oar.—Yes, Sir. Mr.
Yardley.—You will hive no faith in crinoline again /
The Officer.—Never, dir. I shill always suspect every
woman who wears crinoline.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.
The following despatch hu been received by the
Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
VALENTIA, Allgtott 5.
The Agamemnon has arrived at V aleutia, and we are
about to lend the end of the cable.
The Nit•var• is in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
There are geod signals between the ships.
We reached the rendezvous on the night of the 28th,
and the split), with the Niagara cable wu made on
board the Agamemnon the following morning.
By noon on the 30th 285 nautical miles were laid
between the two ships ; on the 31st, 540 ; on the let
of August, 884 ; on the 2nd, 1,256 : on tho 4th, 1,854 ;
on anchoring at 6 in the morning, in Donlu Bay,
2,022.
The rate of the Niagara during the whole time has
been nearly the name al ours, the length of cable paid
out from the two ships being generally within 10 miles
of each other.

With the exception of yesterday, the weather has
been very unfavourable.
(By British and Irish Magnetic. Telegraph.)
VALINTIA, Thursday.
Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon arrived off Douglas
Head early this mottling with the end of the telegraph
cable ; the communication between Ireland and New-
foundland complete. Mr. Bright is now making ar-
rangements for landing the end and thus bringing to •
suocessful termination his anxious said difficult teak.
From the time the Agamemnon left Queenstown, on
the Ifich of July, until she joined the rest of the squad-
ron at the rendesvous in inid ocean on the 29th, she ex-
perienced • continued suceeasiou of heavy winds. The
splice was succeasfully made on the afternoon of the
291 h, and the ships atarted towards their several stations.
On the evening of the same day a breach of continuity
occurred in the cable which lasted one hour and a-
half.

The ship MN stopped and the machinery repaired,
though not till hopes of holding on the cable had been
abaniloned. During Friday it blew a head gala of wind,
against which the 'hip under her full steam could hardly
make way, even with yards and topmasts struck. Ott
Saturday, the il.t, the wind shifted round to the south.
west, and during that day, Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday, it continued to blow hard, with frequent
violent squalls, the sea running tremendously high the
whole time, and no one expected the sable to hold on
from one minute to the other. On Wednesday the
weather moderated, but the swell was dill Idgli.
About 4 am, the change from the lower to the upper
cable was aumaafully made, and during the afternoon
shallow water was gained. The second change from
the upper to the orbit deck coil was made about
o'clock in the evening ; alter which all went well until
the ship anchored at 6- cm. in Doubts Bay. The Niagara
Is either landing her end in Trinity Bay, or is about
doing it, shortly, though mune delay must nee•searily
arise before the instrument.; are made for signalling
through to Ainerien.
VALINTTA, Filday,
The Agamemnon and Valorem left early thie morn.
log for Cork, where they will coal and ;avowed to Ply.
mouth. The end of the °able was landed safely aloes by
the pier at Knightetewn yesterday afternoon the pad.
dlebos boats of the Valorous carrying it. Wind being
high, it was feared the Agamemnon might have be put
to ma Immediately after a sultioient quantity had been
veered out to reach the land, The end of the cable has
been eonneeteil to the eumpany'w elation, and the signels
of alternate currents in opposite direetione continue
through the cable, the ourrente from Newfoundland are
very good, giving dedeetiona of 61 on either elite of the
galvanometer, wording as a potitive or negative our.
rent is tranainitied, The regulating apparatus trans.
witting 111•144(11d through the cable I. being lilted up al
each anti, Outlier Newfoundland having been taken out
of the Gorgon, but It will probably be a few days before
they are bully adjusted and ready for work, The
line le @spelled to be {WWI to the public; In three weeks
or a month, when the line overland to Placentia, New.
foundland, and other arrangements have been eoup
pleWd.
Qu NNNNN OWN, Friday, I r.v.
The Agamemnon and the Valouromi are seining Into
the harbonr, The Nile 'Milled them with 21 guns,
The Valorous returned the agate with oven guns.
LANDING EFIZOTIO AT NiWPOUNDLAND,—The fol.
lowing message NU reesived Friday morning, by the
threaten. of the Allentla Telegraph Company
To the directors of the Atlantis Telegraph Company,

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VALINTIA.
Electric communication is maintained perfectly. In
answer to the signals from our Gulls, they returned us
this morning at to, aseurately to Greenwich time as
directed, the prearranged landing signal, The eomplete
Ingram/into wig/di were on board the Nigger', for
speaking, cannot possibly be adjusted for some days,
ATLANTIC TILIKIZATN.—The TIMM City &Miele
of Friday says —The Atlantic Telegraph shares of
£l,OOO each, which were yesterday offered at £340,
immediately advaneed this morning on reosipt of the
telrsin of lumen to a nominal quotation of £BOO to
£BOO.
Later In the day it woo found that holden were
exemelingly limn, and the flnel pries wail £BBO to £920.
Tba 3m throngli mowasge from Now York is now
awaited with the utmod'intereal, and Most persons
comineuted with the A merle= trade are sanguine of
the perinannet impulse it will give to the igoininercial
inWroeurse of the two countries, and the soonoiny it
will also effect by frequently preventing the profitless
thipmente be/Award and forward of goods and specie.
AA the Niagara is announced to be in Trinity Bar, New.
foundiand, the oonnexion with New York will 111011 i
likely be established with groat dwipatith. The land
telegraph through Newfoundland runs from 81. John'e,
skirting Trinity Bey, to Cope Hay, on the other side of
the Island; thence there is a cable to Agues Bay,
Breton Island, whiali connects with the lima through
Novi' Bootie and New Brunewick and the United Statee
system down to New Orleans. The working of the
land line of about 250 miles sorosa Newfoundland hos
not hitherto been quite satisfactory, but it glower' or•
hoary purposes, and there is an intention ultimately to
avoid it by running a eubinarine cable from Plamintia
Bay to Cape Breton. The filionelal and general poeition
of the Atlantic Telegreoh Company now appears to
he as follows :—Their original paid up capital was
£350,000, mid this has been increased to £OB,OOO, an
additional £31,000 having been raised a short time back,
and 275,000 in shores haring been created to be handed
over in payinent for the exclusive privileges aseiiined to
the company immediate/ on the oucomsful completion
of the undertaking. Alhotigh the amount to partici.
pate in dividend ie £484,000, the capitol actually re-
ceived io £381,000. Out of this the charge for the en-
tire cable hos been paid, together with all other
expenses, and a small cash balance is still in hand
applicable to the current outlay. It is undergood that
the only additional capital now Intended to be ralaed is
the small sum that will bring the total to £BOO,OOO, and
which ix required for the various stations, ice., that re-
main to be eutabliehed. The colonial coneesaions of the
ooinpady give them an exoluaive right for 50 years am
regards the Newfounillond roost mid the shores of
Labrador and Prima Edward bland. They have oleo a
similar privilege for 25 years from the State of Maine.
From the reapeotive Ckiverninents of Great Britain and
the United States the terms obtained are a payment of
£14,000 perannuinfrom 011.0i1 for the tramunigion of their
oscomPs for 50 yeas*, until the dividends amount to 8
per ant on the original espies' of gaoo,ooo, after which
each Government hi to pay £lO,OOO a year, such Pay-
ment to be dependeol on the efficient working of the
line. Preciously to the failure of the Arst expedition
which sailed on the 41m of August, 1857, and log 383
miles of cable, the £1 800 shores touched about 21,150 or
£l,lOO, and the lowee 'mint hae been 000, a sale having
been made at that price shim the attempt last June,
ahem there woo an aliditional Ime of 480 miles. On the
meant eocasion it appears that nearly 1500 miles of
oible "WSW, the tols paid out from the two ships hay.
big beet only 2,022