The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-17 00:00:00

Tit CLiVEk ISCAPIt YROII. T.lll ASTLON.

moms Ls*, who spin appeared in tsars, was brought
up in custody. on remand. &wised with assisting a
criminal lunatic to escape from the Dorset County Asyinm,
at_charininstss.
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.".Elovrard, in opening the cam, said he appeared on
the pert of the prosecution, and he would place before the
Bench the evidence Ire was about to call. On the 3lst of
July lest year. the woman. who wee now the prisceer,
described as Emma Ilisabeth Levi, and one Isaac Levi,
and another woman, were charged at Weymouth with
stealing wahine firma • Mr. Royal, a swe, of Pat-
land. On the hearing cif the case the charge against the
prisoner was dismissed, it being considered that she acted
r:der marital control, and Isaac Levi war committed to
ke his trial, so that at that time this woman had full
knowledge of the fact of the man haring bash so coin-
mitrad. In pursuanoe of that committal Isaac Levi was
taken to Dorchester Gaol. Whilst there, from his meaner
and conduct, it ws• suottontd that ha was wrong in his
mind—whether he was so or not It was not a matter for
him to discumt but it would be necessary for him to allude
to the Acts Furst of all he would allude to the 3 aud 4
Yee, which wee reheated by the 27 and 28 Vic., c. 20, for
making further provisioes for the maintenance of the in-
sane. It enacted that if any /emu implicated in any
place of confinement or under • charge for any oilmen be
found or supposed to be • lunatic. • mortals course ot pro-
eedure was to be adopted, and then the Secretary of
State would nuke an order for his being sent to • lunatic
asylum—such order being to the effect that the asylum
bad been found • fit and proper receptacle kir such
busatic. In pursuance of those regulations an order was
made foe jaw Lori to be removed to the county as mm
t Charminster, "there to be kept until further
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Ibis gnu Wad the Ilth of August, and on the 14th Levi
am taken to the prison, sad there delivered to Dr. Sims.
Byth.flrdendUthVat,Cn 12,itwassnactedthst,
If any person rescued or assisted to rump any person so
confined, they should be guilty of felony, sad liable to
four years penal esrvitude or to imprisonment not wend-
ing two years, and that was the offence with which the
woman before them now stood charged. Whilst the man
;rat the tarmac Asylum the prisoner, who represented
eel( as his wife, visited him on several occestoos.
And there he would reread' that in interviews between
man and wife the greatest kiadaess was shown by the
authorities, and after a personal inspection he could
iohartip say he had been arurprised at the considerate
mode in rich the unfortunate inmates were treated and
the entire abeam» of all harshassa. In conformity with
am minis, when tie woman came to see her husband
were snowed, as they had been over and over again, to
~ •. 14 the visiting room alone. On the 13th of
retool,. - alp called for the last time, and permission to
Septerube. o.rst ref used her asnels=„bsers there
seethe man a. • Loewe", her that she
so recently. Upoe, 0.4 earl out he able to come
I we. going sway to - ormovisestersdent, with the
, again for rushy months, tho -4 s era, slimmed the
kindness which they always -adonitrred in the
interview. He would now tell them woo 441
visiting-room. Whilst the two were there, ann..
the daughter of a patient, wee shown in. Whilst v._ -
for her mother she hoGosd the conduct of them tw,
people. Levi got up three or four times, and he happened'
to hear her tell her mother she was coming on the
mono., argil to Ye her, and upon that he said, if so, she
had better not stop long or she would not be allowed to
do so next day. Slur questioned him as to whether he was
a plating or an attendance, but, at all erects, he ultimately
Induced her toles." Shortly alter that the porter found the
door of the room closed, contrary tothe rules. mad on lookir g
in discovered both the man and the prisoner had gone
also. Alter that, search was made. and the waistcoat
and jacket of the man were discovered up • chimney, so
that it wee evident other clothes had been brought in to
enable him to escape. And the result was be had not been
discovered up to the present moment. The woota., when
apprtmanderl very recently, stated to the police that he
would not give her Mr Pesos natal the had brought them,
eha every time the came be threatened what he would do
if she did not He cheated his clothes, and they both
walked away under her umbrella. The case wse
because not only were the *oda of Janice 'rostra:dn. timiela
it would act egged such kindnesses being shown in the
future, and would bring punishment upon patients and
their friends by Compelling the °dicers 4,
be more strict.
He hoped, however, is would not be themes, as nothing
of the sort had ever taken pleas Wore. Not only did the
prisoner know she was 'misting • man to escape against
whom there was that charge of stealing watches; but one
against whom there were several previous omrictiohh
-rh. Bench thought they had nothing to do with that
Mr Howard said be would withdraw that observation,
and called the following @vides°. :
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—(isorge Riggs BardaZdaputy-gorernor of Her Malady's
Gaol at Dorchester, reosivad the man Isaac Led on July
Mat, 177. by drum of a warrant from the Secretary of
State to =MO, • charts of falony at the nart quarter
isadonfr—via., fueling five gold and two silver watches
from one Joseph Harris Royal, of Portland. Ha remained
In custody until the 14th August, when by virtue of
another order he took the prer to the Wind at
Chanidnater.
Dr. J. G. twa Loastie is=damer.assittatouleat et the Omit,
Liteet resetwed ea order as

AagUlh from the Secretary of State for the reeeptka
of us. man Levi from the oonel7 Priem, wbo_wini,,„nnn
Up remain in his custody until farther orders P in
Sepeember 13th he received no such farther order. On
the 14th of August Lvri wad brought to the
They bad • particular draw for patients received. wiTthot
slated of a dark green conluroy jacket, tweed nest, and
drab oordiimainEtrousem
Dr. eminatit surgeon, had the escape of Levi
I reported to and went to the visitors'oroool. Noticing
a lot of soot fallen from the chimney his suspicions weft
armed, and, having whored • smirch, Levi's jacket and
'raincoat were found up it.
&brio Longford, porter at the asylum for the last nine
years, remembered the prisoner coming t 0... LevL First 1
of ell she asked to see Isaac Levi, and afterwards she
Mud for her husband. On Monday, 13th of September_ '
she came again in the morning about U. After she bed
been told she mold not see him ea she had been then so
often, and she bad said she was going to LOO4Olll, leave
was given, and he brought in the patient to her. At the
thins that. was • woman there of the mane of Jane Cuff,
wholiadoome to neither mother, alsospatient Jane Cuff
and hey mother afterwards left Levi and the prisoner still
remaining. Soon alter that he mislead them from the
room and gave an alarm. Levi had not since been heard
of. if he had been men going away in the dries of the
establishment he would ham been ImOWII as a patient,
but. considering the number they bad there, if memo had
supplied him with other clothes he might ham menet
Jane Cuff, of London, said bat mother was • patient at
the whom On Thursday 13th September, oh. went
then to as. her in the morning. MS was shewn into the
visiting-room where there was • man and woman. The
prisoner she recombied as the woman. She had to wait
some little tinm before her other mm., Whilst doing
so the man said be thought tte porter had call.' itn. St"
got up to look for the porter and left the room, but she
found he had not called her. When her other came In
she told her she was corning toss, her ma on the I ollow-
int day. Whilst she was talking to her, Levi came up and
said she had bettor not stay long, as they wouldn't let her
come again on the morrow. In fact he fine ben an
Her mother asked him if he was a patient or • "MC':
what, but ha did not reply. Still, In consequence of what
he said, this being her first visit, she was induced to leam
Sept Batty was present when Isaac Levi was committed
for trial on the ilat of July at Weymouth, for feloor• Ths
prisoner woo also charged, but against her it wee
mimed, as also against another women. Os Sunday, the
Bth of September,Llss prisoner was brought to the County
Police-station at Dorchester, and upon her coming In Mt
charred her with having rescued Isaac Levi on the 1311 of
September last year from the County Asylum, he being a
criminal lunatic. She commenced crying very mann, and
said—" It was not ray fault, he would not give me any
peace until I brought the clothes to him; he used to
threaten we every time I visited him 11l did not bring it.
That morning. being • wet morning, I took the clothes
under my waterproof. He and we went away
under my um
11te prisoner had nothing:mem and she was committed
for trial at the Quirts to the lAth of October
next.

BOROUGH POLIO& —This DAT PIONDAT.)

Beton Kr. Aldsaasa Gaga:. M:. M. Doual'4 saa Kr.
J. F. Hodges.

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Sliottid darVlnan to lb. /Walk st FOrdingeOft,
wee summoned for keeping a dog without a license. He
did not sistusof.
Acting Sergeant Outer proved the service of the sum-
mama Knowles that be bad been keepiag it for three or
four meths, ha went to his house to ask Mm if he held •
Holum He sent out his servant to say no, but that the
dog was with him on trial, and if it suited him be was
going to take one out.
A letter from the defendant was read, in which he
data he was sick in bed.
The Superintendent said be had been at ths rifle shoot-
ing since the summons was taken out
When served with the 611111M0111. he told the constable he
thought ha =timed people • time or two before he did
that ! The defendant's news was not on the excise
register, but he had taken a harm out on last Saturday.
A fine of H. wan indicted with cats.

John Jew, of Chickeeel, was ranuacesed for having
been drunk and Incapable.
P.C. Gould, on Saturday, August 54th, about • quarter
to nine In the evening went to • disturbance near the
inaction Hotel, and found the defendant lying up
the railings quit* drunk and incapable. He took Mint!i
o
the policestatSon. where he was detained until he was
sober.
Pined se. and onek•

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WiZI Bawl, Gram of Fordington-hill, wee summoned
for wasting water.
He said he was not guilty. and further thought be
ought not to be summoned. The tap was not on his
premises, it was tithate in the public thoroughfare. It
was open of acme to school ohildren and others, in fact
he had repeatedly found it left running, and bad threatened
the children with a stick.
Supt. Coward stated the tap woe most outside the &fen-
dant s door, and on Tuesday be found it running about •
third on. It was • key-tap, and the key was gone; but
there was no difficulty in turning it off without it &nos
then a pad-lock had been attached to prevent bons being
had to it. When served with the summons he threw it
into the street. Mr. Chick bad cautioned blot before.
Defendant said a child wan seen knocking the tap round
with a stone, andfwben a neighbour called out to bush.
ran away, leaving It, running; and then, extraordinary to
say, the Super suddenly appeared upon the 40.6*, and
talked as If he were the Lord Mayor. H. bad not the
sligliteet wish to wane so valuable • commodity: but be
could not stand at his door all day to see no one touched
it.
The Bench expressed the opinion the be ought to be
removed by the Board of Health, and dial:awed the case
a&nst the defendant,
Defendant left the Court, but shortly after returned,
and with • polite bow begged the pardon of be Bench
for ban troubling them. But a remark had been made
abet the service of the summons. He wished to state
the policeman who served the summons had behaved in •
most improper manner. He told him he had got •
summons for him, for wasting water. He said be
should have summoned his landlord, but the constable
said he had nothing to do with that, and thrust the paper
into his breast with such violence that be nearly knocked
him backwards. (Defendant dramancally illustrated this.)
And this officer has been promoted. He wanted to know
if respectable people—be was an independent man—were
to be served that way.
Alderman Halpin said the matter should be inquired

Supt. Coward said the oonstable was kept at the defen-
dant's door for hours, no one would come down to take
the service of the summons.

Leei Roma was summoned for being drunk and
disorderly on Monday, 9th September, at Fordington.
P.C. Bartley saw a crowd of persons at the Orme, and
hearing shouting and swearing, went towards them.
Defendant, who lives close by, then staggered Into his own
Kate. Be beard his voice above the others swearing at the
people. It arose out of his beating • boy. He had ethos
offered to tight the constable. Defendant complained of
the wretched behaviour of the boys of the neighbourhood.
He could keep nothing from them, end because he struck
one they mobbed him, and the disturbance wee created.
The whole of the neighbourhood wee dreadful. If °me
went out they were assailed with stones and brickbats,
In fact a respectable person hardly dare to MOO. Bat
he denied he was drunk. The superintendent said be was
obliged to keeps man there especially. The Bench said if
It had not been for his threat to the police they might
have taken a different view of the case, but be must pay a
fine of 5. end meta
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"76;we—Sre-als. y7lia—enpieham. and Jahn JOINS. Chichewa,
were summoned by Zilmund West carpenter. of Dor-
&enter, for an assault on August Settled out of Cowl.
Pktlll GOMM, a wall-known parenymplt wee summoned
for using 3becens language to Mary Dowering on the 7th
Feeptember. Thu wag alio settled out of Court