The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-04 00:00:00

house was conducted badly, but there could be no
doted that • great many bad woman and other loose
oh -ratters went there,.
Me. Tracers sail he agreed that it was a very bad
neighbourbo .d.
In sawyer to the Foreman ,d the jury, the witness
added that the I),n. a would not have stopped if they
had not been spoken to by Outheridge. They were
c niter at the time from the Quay, but he had no
'ea where they were g ing.
By the 001.03 r : Chriotensen (one of the I),ne.) had
not a black eye when be came up on Saturday night
jted before the row.
Henry Parker said : I have peen the body of the
deceaeed. I maw him at the Coach and Horses Ms tut
ten "'elect an Saturday night. Hs came in alone.
Several petple were in there at the time. I remained
there oathl closing time. I nnticed the Danes come in
about ton minutes before it. They came in and at
down, hut they said nothing to anybody and nobody
said a.,ything to them. They ,toyed long enough to
have a dunk and thee went away. They appeared to
bee her. S,ou after turningeout tbne I heard some
words in the lane-- ontelde the first Irene. When I
In nod the row I anti James were stsnding together.
We stood there +cooking, an I while we were there the
two Dann c sm. up the I sue. Got betides, who kopeared
just at that time. tuee I Larsen for come tohacco.
Lateen replied : " I havee't no b-- t .bacc ~" sad
then Gutheri hre cal'ed them two 0-- ,I— Dutch-
men, to which Lar.en teolied 014 " one 0— d
Dutchman we. as go el as one d-- E iglimhe
man." Outheridge then atrnck Larsen in the face, and
waggle then took piece between Gotherldge and
La•oen nod h•tween Chriot nan -I James. They
were all PO mixed nit thet I c tuldn't make out whether
ut hnei wmerye.efigi h;t i
to r yaattr,ugh Irciiti notarker see a
fe
_
"They've drawn lends." Abut a c tuple f sec.o.ds
a,terwarde I sw J .m..e let no inst the well with his
heal banging down. While Jam- s wan in that position
I Pa. Lenin run tenon at him and strike him a fair
blow in the ch• et, het whot he struck him with I
cannot say. I did hot hear dece,eed say anything, but
beard Paul e ,y—" He's ot bhea." I turned over the
deeeatted, and saw a wound on hi. foe. I ran down
the lane after the Dane., bet when I got down there
I altered my mind, and turned bock to see bow Tommy
was. I help d t starry him into the bowie. He never
spoke. Dir cly after we had carried him in I heard
a rattle in his throat, and he died directly. I was
about to go for a doctor when I mat • polioe offieer,
and we west back.
By the Foroman : I cannot say why James struck
the Dane; he heti not been epoket, tt. There had
been no quarrel before that I know of. I had not
wan these two Dense about Paetle before.
Thorns+ Allen, a sailor, belonging to the port of
Hull, said that about fire minute. past 11. he was pass.
ing from the Strand, through Coach-lane, to the Quay.
About half way down there wee • row about Seine
girls breaking windows. 8. I stopped in the lane to
hear what the row was about. The two Danes now
present were standing don by me. Chriotensen said
t Larsen: "it'. only a row amonget •he girls."
Jame+, (the &hewed) then came up, paned through
the lane, and *eked Cnristeneen for a chew of tobacc t,
and he said be hadn't any. He said no more, but
walked on to the end of the lane. Then latrine Ige
came up and asked Larsen for • ahew of t Ammo.
Larsen said be hadn't any, and then Gutheridge made
the remark about the Danes being G-- Dwelt.
men, to which Larsen replied "I know I am, and you
are one G-- ,1— Englishmen." Larsen and
Christ-wen then walked away. Githeridge following
them. I heard n thing more until I heard the' James
was stabbed. When I got there I found that the Dales
had run away. The deceased was lying en the ground.
Paul said, "Land we a hand to get him Into some
house." I belied to carry him into Mary lin Iden's
honer., and rem hied with him until the doct r came.
' By the jury : Ndther of the Danes had anything to
I do with thequarrel in which the windows were broken.
They had nothing to do with that. I only saw four
In the row in which the stabbing took tiace.
Thomas Gotheridge, labourer. nail: About a
quarter-pm-et 11 I was in C tnob-lane. I eaw these tw,,
blokee here (the Dutchmen.) (L aughter.) I went into
the lane to look for eomebody. I sew James there,
an 1 had • talk with him. Then, I believe, I ashel
the Dann for • pipe of tobacco. I can't say whether
they refu'e'l or not, but eetnelsody gave me a pipe
of tohacco. I raw a di.terbanc •, an i I ‘7. rtsinly
took a little :tart to it. One of these two men (the
Dance) wae running towards me with hi. heeds ever
his face, anti I did the beet I coral to stop him. I
had not heard that anyone In .el been PtabSe.l. hut I
did just afterw 'rho. I oaw James lying ageing the
wag, and helped t , pick him Ito. I eaw 1,1,, on
I his face. Iha I not seen aby fighting earlier in the
evening. Certainly I wes one of those wh , was
struggling,.
The C tuner : Did you strike that man there who
ha. the black eve'
Witness : I c uldn't say. I struck a man who hat
his hand over his face, b it I could not nay which ..f
1, the Danes it wa.. I was etruck tint. I can't re-
member calling either of them I--- Dutchman, or
any other names. James was enber.
The C wooer: Were you a doer?
Witte-se : Yea, sir. (Laughter.)
The Forena an : Y•tu say this man was running
toward-, you an I that yen -truck him?
Wit 1.•64 : He struck me firet.
The F'orem In : 11w could he strike you when, as
you nay. he la his hAtitl• .•ver hi. face?
I Witness : Well, he struck me first, and then be put
hie beetle nver his face.
By the Coroner : •rn s nail n-thing to ms it
having had a quarrel with the Danes. I ha I n
with them.
again
"delta:7l
In engager to further quotetione. the witneoi said he
did o t kn .w what the quarrel arose out ~fliwben the
win low leall broken.
A juryman : You were one of the four in the row,
and yon don't know what it was about?
Witness : No.
The j tryman : An i you were wher ?
Witnes. : Yes. Iha I had • little drop dnring the
night. hut I knew what I was abut, I hear of
say girl being concerned in the equabble-
Arthur Briggs. Labourer (one of the mon who was
stabbed), -all : I went to the Coach and How+ ahout
helfooftet five on Saturday night and reunioed there
until closing time. I saw the Danes come in early in
the evening. Christensen asked we to drink with him,
and I had three small glasses oat of those two ointo.
Larsen had par of tse hoer. The Danes at peel in
the hones about a tin .rtot of an hour ad then went
q darter of an hour after I sainithah
nt. They came back again between ten and eleven
:11"awbr:kea"raathneel.e:becbe:n:n".
o'clock. At closing time I went out, and about •
in the lone until /
in
nuoleueeri figmlitin,ign:ri:t,
the Coach an i Hone. during the evening I heard n
(Ic
coralhCl isehlohedie.;:citdentrhsankai
whatr
suter
akwioctmatk:wed:smsroe. on
;:shueit's Le,y:
ge
ttt, heal e:unyl)canaan.mn]
regraolanu.: As
nt
heal
ani found he the blood and pain th I hal been
ansdhoitoo‘eLhbee
fro:en:al:
haul
tine: Ivrh,,a,..l,,l.teetni
stahbei. I did not see James struck, but I did see the
Danes run away. Afterwards I wete down t the
*tabbed. On going hack I forind th at James had been
taken into Budden • how*. I had stelae Christettoen at
aitanh e The
qthi,ortir
;lt win-lowi
t w,,b,i
Ire, a
bk n eht at
.1,
the struggle in which the atabbing took. plea,. heael
Inform this witness of what Dr. Vern.-le had 'mid
about his case : that if he kept from drink prob.bly
he would recover ; hut that the great danger at
present was that erysipelas would set in, in whet' Ade
he we tad Inee his life.
flerintent Betaken said: From instructi tn. I r-ceired
early on Sunday morning, I went on hosed the
schooner Juno, and behind • chest in the s -amen's
berth I found the kulfs produced, which Larne said
thnaheno:Tßyt hdhy ehnrzt- lane.
Fent
threat..
By

was his.
Frederick James, labourer, living at Parkstone,
said : The body which tho jury ha. just ...en is th..t. ,f
my son. He was 2 ream of ag'• I la, mi./ him
adv. last Sam-day night at ten minutes to five o'cl..ck.
I left him at home when I wont out. lio wiO n the
habit of drinking ton much occasionally, hut never saw
hint quarrelsome in my life.
Neils J h in it • of the .Tiatto, said that Chris.
tenien and Larsen bang.. Itot ii i•re • f that ve-s-l•
He never heard onv thr, ats male tiv editor of aeon
previous to their goint a•h ire OA SAttll,l37.
By the Forema : They hail been *ober men. The
knife produced was used for c,,okin. aPointe.
lint it
might any time be taken by of the crew. They
would have no right to take it from the ship. lie di
not know how the knife CAMS in Laree..'s I, rth. The
men never had their suppers in their berths.
Ant in Iternmaien, master of the Juno, said that
Larsen ship:ied at Copenhagen en had been 17 day,
with him. Christensen had been with the vexed three
morths and Pix cl 'ye. It oh were quiet and very goo
men. At, seven o'clock on Saturday evsninz
Christensen and I. irien CAIIII4 to him for some money.
and he cave Chriatensen 4.. an 1 I ate-n Is.
The Coroner then reti, el with the Ory t • the
Council C,amher. In briefly r..aiewin.: the evidcwe
which hail teen adduce", ho said it was a very inn, 4."
tent Inquiry that thew had been called upon to in bke,
and he trusted that the evidence was sufficient to
enable them to arrive at a j Ist and pro;ter verdict.
He pointed out that it wonlil have teen A Wet
material point if it had been shown that there was a
preliminary quarrel, that the two foreigners had g
bark to the ship for the knife. and had then gime
with • determ:nation t t isdUct jnry with it ; but
thin was nothing in the evidence b..fore them t ohow
that there was any mance prepense. There eeemed to
have been a squ affile, and then blows ; and in the
heat of pission the young man Larseii etahn di the
d,vaewl and the other man. The Co nitre pointed out
that although the diffdr,nCi MI to murder and nist:-
slanghter was sometimes a very narrow one, to a
oertcin exteil the definition of each WWI clearly
' defined. He then resit some of the clauses ',earl°,Ofl
• the point, and sail he thought that. taking the whole
• of the circumstances into consideration, the Orr
I would no doubt find a verdict of manslaughter a:sitipt
Larsen. As en cetnel the other man.
1 there wee no evidence whatever of his c .mplteitY 'a
t the act.

The jury, attn. about 20 minutes' co-siderstion,
returned a verdict of manslaughter, an l by their
regret the Corner flll4 res.e 1 a few remarks to
Giitheridge, pokting mit to Mtn 'hit It wt. hi Pro
-
yoking and abusive Isagnage to the two foreialsr.
that led to the meMe in which the deceased lost his
life. He expressed a hope thst it groat act w •
Cantina to him during the remain ler of bis life.
Christensen wu dischorge I immediately after the
coroner'. Inquiry.

TIIE EXAMINATION BEFORE THE
MAGHTH ATE A
THOWIDAT. Mors the Mseor (Mr. H. T To]
Tani da), Mr. W. Pearc M-. F.lll Ile., Mr. O. Curt'".
Mr. E. J. C .away, JP. W. N. %Veetern. and Mr.
R. Aldridge (ex-May•
The prim iters were brought bef ore the ma.r4trat.4
I . riven o'clock yestxr by. Th. . younger pr ..ner
appeared .)mewhat dewoca-t, and V,. rid -r Pi ill re
a black-eye as evidence of the punishment he had
rowived at the hands of the P ole men.
statidNix. Trotbaremswin,Peorwoushargated on behalf of of
ththee pollee.