The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

DEATH OF A LATE PRIAOSER.

Ge mre gham. • seaman on laianl the ',ening/
"Eilio, who was commit•ed, with five others, to
the CAI dy Rrivon in the month of I leoember, iiv the
Weemmill Lie .ch, for iisol.eing lawful commatids
On board, and sentenced ac,vinliogly to 12 week: hard
Labor, hfim la.t in the Gaol I nfirmary, to
which he was sent shortly after hie committal, as be
wee then auffedlig from weaknrax Hit *entail*
expired on the a. he waa then too ill be
I:•li"xeirwl be was permitted to remain in the
Joanna/7. ti appears to have beim dead Mg ute of
nialiv" what:Tic It is awed tkat Ihe was a soft,
ol Norbik.

BRE fiCH OF PROMIiIi.

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The following action wee tried in the •41ierlire Dart.,
au Thursday. before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and •
Jury.— l'en v. loochings.- Thi. action had been
brought in the Exchequer Divieion fir breach of
pro i tee of IS arrive, end ju lonnit ha been allowed
to go by default The joresent proceelin.ce were to
eases the pecuniery comp nsatio to be awarded. In
the claim for damage, no amount Wa4 specified. —Mr
Granth .m, Q.C.. M.P., with whom wee NI . Sycloey
Ha.tings, appeared for the plaintiff. Hiss Eleanor
Allen; and Mr. F. J. Smith for the defendant. John
Edwarl Hutchi• ge —Mr. Granthain remarked that in
this nee the engagement between the parties hal
lasted 10 years. which was • aerinus matter in • young
lady's life. The defendant owed hie position to the
plaintiff and her family, and in all his experience he
(Mr. Grantham) hsrl never met with a more heartless
case. The plain-If (29 years of are, the defendant
being about the same age) resided with her in her at
Weymouth. where she kept a s-hoot. The brother of
the plaintiff was acqnsioted with the defendant, who
wee at the time the dispenser at an h *Pita' at
Dorchester. and be afterwaris went to Derby. T..
enable the defendant to qualify himself in London as
• medical man the molter of the plaintiff had
advanced him £lOO, an 1 the plaintiff 1.10, and her
sister a like sum. lie (Mr. Grantham) had along
correspondence between the partiat, c .nched in very
loving terms, and he always acknowledged his obliga-
tions to her family for the position he had obtained
In the medical professi..n. The eng egeinent WWI made
In 1867. The defendant had become assistant to or.
Colebrook. at Southborough, near Tunbridge-well.,
where be had been some four years, and where he had
two • year with the prospect of a partnership,
and his income had increased to upward. of £2OO a
year. The wedding had been fixed, the dre•see
purchased, and the school, at the recriest of the defen-
dant, given up, ant then the defendant broke off the
eat .gement. It would seen Um' the defendant had
set his affections on Miss Colebrook, and they
were only waiting lor the result of this case
when the marriage would take place. and the
partnership would, no doubt, occur. In his letters the
defendant called the plaintiff hi. " Ever fondest
hi.' Nellicums," and also " His darling
I've Nolly." In such a cam he ('sir Grantham) irked
for considerable pecuniary ilamegea— I he Pleietiff
Wl4l called, and stated the the losers she had sustained
in expecting to be married to the defendant. In May
last .he provided her wed ling dresees, and she gave
up the school, by which she had Let £5O a year.—
From the science of her mother, Mrs. Alien, it
appeared 'hat the defendant had repaid the a leaner.
made to him to quali'y for his medical pn.ition.—lt
wee stated that Dr. Colebrook wad in court, and the
Under-Sheriff thourht he should be called. That
gentleman stated that until October last he did not
know of the attachment to hi. daughter. The defend-
ant was not his partner, and his inc I[o3 was about
£2lO a year.—Me. Smith, for the defendant, *dimmed
the jury, urging on them to give mcelerate damage.,
as his income wino about 000 a year, and the damages
must be paid by him. He thought that such matters
should not come into public court., and if vindictive
damages were given the sooner the Bill before Peelle-
neat was passed the better for all parties. He prayed
the jury not to be led away by the inflammatory
address of his learned friend, who had onened the case
not as he had promised, but in • different kind of
speech; and he (Mr. Smith) told the jury that if
vindictive dammes were given they could not be paid,
and would be the defendatt's utter rain, because his
, friend, Dr. C debrook, could not pay, but ont of a
, small income the defendant would have to pay—Mr.
, Under-Sheriff Surchell, in placing the case before the
, jury. said they must consider what lose the plaintiff
, had retained in not marrying a man with £2OO a
. year.—The jury retired for nearly an hour, and could
not agree, and mike I whether the verdict of a majority
/you'd be taken—Mr. Grantham consented, but Mr.
l Smith, for the defendant. declined. on which they
were remitted, and prayed to c .nailer the expense
and Anxiety of another trial. After tsru bourn and a
half the jury roahl not acre., end, at th end of the
, day, were &charged without giving a verdict.