The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-02 00:00:00

111TIISKINITZU NEWTON.
ALLEGED FELONY AND FERJURY.

POTTY fianlitoss. Mraday.—Before Harwood S. Ireat-
man, firaq., ljaatailla Benham and Yeatman. It N., and
H. S. 11 oeer, D. 11 &derails and B. B. Mayor. Esq..
Job Trwebrieloa, of OA.. Cowman, Child Okeiord. eras
shamed with Indere, whereby Philip Charles Adam' had
been appnhended 00 a warrant aad bound over to keep
the peace t iwadt lint Cho defend.. t —Hr. Howard; of
Weymouth, lir ...cute., and in eating the fade remarked
Cott the tomrautor cod the delve/nut lived near each
other, sad the former, who was • young man about ei
)e .is et ate, rented premien close upon £lOO a year, and
win • molt respecteble young fellow. Oa the 17th of July
last La Went away ir as houie, awl OD Lis rctorn found
1.1 warrant out for ban, he was taken le the pilice
station, and had it not been for the courtesy of Supt..
Greet lie would have teen kept tear° for the night. The
eueecutor sees then boued down to key the peace, the
defend int weeeritag thet he had threstenr.i to do him
bodily berm and bodily injury ; aud ha ihouJbt anti they
had heard the eve they would have a' doubt that there
wee wilful p.rjury on the put of the defendant He
ahould call wituemes before them (the magistrates); and
Is. did not hesitate to say that the manner in whiztt the
prosecutor w. treated was, in • country like this, an
outrage on the bulwarks of liberty. —Philip Charles Adams
said he melded at Fiddleford, and we. boost there. Ile was&
manatee and brewetrentiug premien attn.!) 4100•Y•fir.
Os Thereday, 17th July, he went to Sherborne, returning
to Sturminater half.plat four in the afternoon. He
saw Superunendent Grant. who informed him that there
was • werrant for his epyr.hunsion„ and requested him to
to to the police-station. Tee &fondant woo there, and he
was informal that he hail obtained the warrant for his
apprebeusion. Ile was taken into custody, and remained
with a palm:man until the magistrate arrived. The
defend•ot was then ewarn, and stated that he (the
prosecutor), had threetatual to Orin his neck on the tint
app irtutaite. Prosecutor VMS lama( over in coesequeoce
to Keep the peace. He did not make any positive threat,
and the socueetion was false. Un the previous day be wee
rei his way on the Stemmata Corumkra WILL a mowlng
madame, and tne; the defendant. His brother Walter and
Janes Hurt, who lain his empli,y, were with him at the
time. Ile act hie brother were at the horses head, and
hart was behind *teed) tee the machine. A younger
brother named Septim. was in front with two horses.
Os the way they metal icase hone crane toie•rila them,
the ,Isf oennt helue behind. The defendant cried out
"St .ti hins,"•nd younerr brother tried to do so, but
witnout anuses. He di 111.4 try LO stop it, and the horse
pvcri bits, on the other side. When the defi. adult came
up he asid " I sell mark thee for that, and he replied "If
you touch rue I will twist your neck." To show that he
was not afraid or in bodily fear defendant went on shoe.
20 yards and then returned again to him, Baying "Kind.
I shall mark thee." He ropeated his former threat if he
touched him. He did not leave his horm's head at all, sad
the defendant ocr.t on. Ho did not use the words " the
tint opportunity, or anything of the kind. He did
not make any poritive threat towards him.—Mr. Cheeses
man proved that detendaut s aire romecutor Ind threats
mini to tenet his (lefentlant's) neck on the Itrst oppor-
tunity, and had made um of threws.—Welter Adams said
on Wednesday, the Pith July, he accompanied his brother
(the eraseenter) from Ficklieford towards Sturminster
Ocirumno. He paw • loaaa horse miming torrents them,
awl the defeuilantlethind it. Defendant called out "Stop
141 W !' and his little lowlier tried Is. do so, but the eaten.
went the fetter for it. Neither boor the prosecutor made
soy caret to stop it, and the defendant came up to them
awl add to his brother, "1 will mark thee for it, naiad."
Prurecutor replied that if he touched him he would twiat
his neck, that being the only reply he made Trowbridge
rent on 00 or 30 yardaand then turned to thena,not appear.
inc frightened in any way. He then told his brother that
he would "mark " for it, and the prisoner again
replied that if he touched him he would twist his neck_
Ilia brother did net lama° his horse or touch the man, nor
did he hay that he would twist his neck on the lint oppor-
tunity—Mr. Itherazd segued that the prosecutor was
hound over on the defendant swearing that praline threat
had been made towards him.—Jentes Hart corroborated,
and mid his master did not use the words, "Oa the first
opportunity."— Mr. Bower: Adams, what did you under.
stand the defendant to mean by saying. "I will mark
you i'—Proreceutor: That he would do rne bodily harm;
I could not take its, anything else. I should have meant
that if I had mid it. —C tptain Hayman stated that Trete
bride* swore that Adams had threatened to twat his neck
on the tint ocportunity, and had used other threats
towards him. He said he wee afraid to go home as he
thought Adarestraieht do it. Upon that witness leaned
the warn n The Bench Considered the maand adj edged
that suftlident evidence had not been adduced to warrant
the committal