The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-04-11 00:00:00

L GAZETTE. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 871.

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ALITIMPTIID euiciDS.
Joke Cashiri, 34, tailor, was Indieted for attemptiss
to oonfluit buicidu by jumping into the levaletrater at
Wegtunutil.--lh• Liauk,a ilosecuted.— Prisoner pleaded
not guilty ; but alto-war& withdrew the plea, and
, threw himself upon She morel of the Court, promiainmi
ti,mt to commit time off uOOO again.—Mr. Banks, suggerdW
that a tuedicti man ahould be called to speek as to
prisoner's 'date of mind —Mr. Lawnwol sad prisoner
WM peat:gay ammo —Discharged.
This ooneladed the session:.
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WEYMOIJTH.
GUARDIANS 01 TUC POOS.—The following gentlemen
have been appointed for the Weymouth Calm, without
onposition :—Abbotabury, George Walbridge, James
White; Bincombe, William Cake; Broadwey, Riohard
Lutichnin ; Buckland Ripers, Tom Oale ; Chickerell,
William Tucker; Fleet, Jasper Marsh; Langton ilsr•
ring, John Marsh, jun. ; Meloombo Regis, Thomas John
Avery Bock, Rowland Thomas, and John Angel Talbot;
Osmington. William Chilcott ; Owermoigne, Thomas
Masters ; Forteshant, Isaac Byrnes; Portland, Edward
Pearce and Richard Lana; Poxwell, John Mayo;
Preston and Sutton 'Wets, Charles Short° ; Radler,*
orge Frederick Wadsworth; l'pwey, Israel Noake ;
Weymouth, Henry Devenish, John Groves ; Wyke
Regis, Charles Joseph Stone.
DEATH or MB. TATIAMt.—We have this week to
record the death of Mr. William Taylor, junior examis.
jug officer of 11. M. Customs in this port Mr. Taylor,
WAS promoted in October last from St. Mawes, Fal-
mouth, where he had been stationed for some years
previously, and it is to be feared that the arduous dude.
which he had to attend to whilst there laid the seeds of
complioateel diseases, to which he stumumbed on
intents), last. The flags at the Custom House, and on
the Jersey steamer were half-masted on Saturday, and
continued so until Wednesday, on which day hie remains
were interred at Wyk.) churchyard. The bearers were
the thle.waiters who had been under Mr. Taylor's
Immediate control when on duty, and the hearse was
followed by the officers of the Custom House, who thus
testified their respect and esteem for • brother offioer,
although ho had only been • short time with them.
DORM:GiI PCITT Sustains. Monday. Before J.
Ayling, E.g., J. Drew, Esq., and G. Reynolds, E.g.
Ens.sto Itircints, seaman, charted with asesaiting P.C.
,E,nonglola.:lB,,,innd.thyomeositcluntgi,onwhoef.hrois
f, lying on one of
the challis on the Fisplaniole, Was tined 404., or in default
fourteen ilays;---Coinwittand
JOBS MKT, Of LitOcUluur, labourer, Wan brought up on I
remand front Saturday, charged with converting to his own
104. 6d., wages, belonging to Richard Stephens.—Proses
cuter and defendant, it appeared, had been working together
at the new railway station, rime), and on Saturday Burt
eolunteerot to cone to Weymouth and receive the wages for
both of them, from the ganger, John New. Re did so, and
kept it.-11r. llowaril mid this man and his relations very
much regretted the position in which he was placed. Re had
had a regular drunken bout, and had loin his own money,
stephcm's, and his trousers. The relations felt for Stephens,
l by
-.';,?id,totalUioryuk-ledsitFuelhinli:nhare-evYel:62-treated"A).piniri'w‘tiorule.rid sePlrsecuvetrehely'%-.l"'l.Thea"eiegoneontedne-
sidered the offence of naisappropriating another man's wages
.ine of the worst that could be. ills conduct had been very
unsatisfactory' before, and If he had lost the money in a state
of drunkenness, it was still more to his discredit if he even
con there again for a similar offence, he would he dealt with
:old he ought to be very much obliged to the
pro -cod, 1.-r a alt. trawl.; the charge. —Dismissed.
CitsZT ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
John Cada*, bricklayer's labourer, of British
America, was brought up for attempting to commit
seicade, on Sunday.—Prisoner looked round wildly,
asking "Oh ! where is my wife 1 '—Mr. William
Dibbens said that about a quarter to nine last evening,
he saw prisoner near Chapelry stairs, with • crowd
r ,uu I ;he went across and attempted to throw
himself into the water.—Prisoner : drive me
out of my miteL—Witness: Ho appeared to wish to
throw himself into the water ; bat some one stopped
him. Witness then went to tell the police: Had beard
of his character, and believed that he was unfortunate,
and no person would employ him. His wife had two
children by loin', and he wanted her to live with him ;
but she could not, as he had no home for thcm. This,
witness believed, preyed on his mind.—Prisoner : God
blms you, sir. I have waited all over the c auntry and
worn the but, off my feet to get work. —Witness
feared that front prisoner's habits, he would not get
work. His (witness's) wife bad given prisoners wife
erotic, an I assisted her in her eonfinement.—Prisoner
here wep: Litt. rly.—Elisahoth Marian Telbot, whose
rather keeps the Fishonnaa'a Arms, said that on
S.turdiy night pridiner came to the house. and had
belg'tere th •re. He Was also to sleep there on Sunday
night. Tony persuaded him to go to bed, and fetched
him • candle; but he said he would not go to bed; if he
went upstaire,he would hang himself. Her father said he
should not hang himself in his house, on which be
went ont.—Prisoner : Oh I my poor widow wife !
Witness continued that a man named Dowell followed
him, sod she saw him go straight down the steps, and
jump over. She went up and told his wife.—John
ladwell WAS last night at the Fisherman's Aral, and
akW prisoner, who was "sort of noisy," and witness
sdvised Mr. Talbot to send him to bed. Prisoner said,
"If you put use to bed, I will destroy myself." Pri-
aoner said hew .nted to see his wife, and kept on about
her. On this Mr. Talbot said, "If you want so much
to see her, you hat' better go," and opened the door.
Prisoner went straight out, walked down the step',
jumped into the water, and Islam about ton yards, and
would have been drowsed, had not witness rescued
hint. When prisoner got mit about ten yards he tried
to touch the bottom, but he was out of his depth, and
went under, when he cried for mercy. Ile would have
been drowned "as wife as • clock," but witness got •
boat, and palled off, and seised him by the hair.—Mr.
Arlen : Wss Ito in an exhausted condition I—Witness
No, s'r, I aloa't I. Ii so anythin,; t, drink.
Ile was votaitiin.hke. They got Ithri ashore, and "Mr.
Mao" put the handbolla on him. Witness stayed at
the station with him all night. but be would not go to
sleep, or let any one else go to sleep.—P.C. McMahon
said they heard a man was overboard, and went to the
harbour. TM-y saw Lbw in the grater. and Dowell in a
boat, and waited till they came on shore, when they
took prisoner to the station.—Prisoner, in answer to
the Benob : 'Tie grief that's the cause of it all. Being
separated front my wife, and can't get • living. ra
not fit to live, not fit to do nothing. I cannot got any
work. I'm no special thrade."—Mr. Arden: You were
eight years away from your wife, and never sent her •
ponny.—Prisoner : Oh! that was the cause of being
separated from her. I'll not live away from her,—
Committed to the Sessions for trial.
TICE9DAT.—Rofore the Mayor (James Milledge, Esq ),
and J. Ayling,
The Iliwnso of tho Royal Canteen was transferred from
Henry Strange to John Randall, on the application of Mr.
(move ; and that of the Boot Inn from John Owen to Robert
Felon:is Buttes, of the Military Arms from the late John
Pickienl to )I,chael Farrell; and of the Railway Arch Tavern
beerhousta from John 'tufo to Thomas Bugler—on Use appli-
cation of Mr. Ilumphrey.
TilMtBDAT.—Before W. Talbot, Esq., J. Drew, Iraq.,
and (I. Itlvnolds, Esq.
FRANK FORD. IN-LUJAN STANLItY, MOM. Cllents. StatlL
SVMga, JONATILOI BOST, &Uhl T 110111.9 POWILL wore sum-
moned for awritilting three bandsmen of the Royal Fusiliers
named James Wild, JOUVI Westway and Moses Biker—Mr
Howard defen led. The bandsmen came out of the }termini
Tavern a little before twelve at night, and went to High-street.
When they got opposite the Idiot, • lot of civilians
were there, and s row tout place. In consequence, as three
witnesses Ad I, of the bandsmen pushing the civilians off
the road. Wmtway was knocked down and kicked In the
toychead by bandsmen:and Powell attacked Baker. Constables
SUSI Mewla tried to quell the row, and had to draw
staves li'llahou took away Wedway's belt, but for all that,
Westway seems to have struek a young man named Llllington
who was standing with the eivillans:—Altogethsr it seems to
base been a hattie-royal only the soldiers were outnumbered.
-Dismissed.

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