The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-24 00:00:00

DORSET lIIDSITMDIER ASSIZES.

The minim for this county were held at botthester
list 'eclat. The judges arrived ow Thursday from
Saliabury at 3.47 p.r.. and were met at the matins
hy the undies.Nheliff (T. Rashes. q.). and the
uuty Clrrk (G. J. Andrews, Pig.) Tbe High
sg,.,,tr wee absent by petrolatum Their lordship.
...oral the town in the usual carriage, but usacoom.
p„,e4 by the county unkind, and rstimie of javelin
wee. This was by the judges' request. The javelin
men, however, were drawn up in front of the
Shireball, and the trumpeters performed their
weneioned duty. There was net • very large
number of perms present, although. as this wee to
I* the last appearance of the javelin men, • one.
siderable number assembled to MO their final
attendance on the judges. The commission WM
opened in the Crown Cart by Mr. Justice Black-
burn, after which that learned judge sod Mr. Justice
Ryles sttended Divine service at 84. Peter's ohuroh,
obru 'he Rev. 11.. W. Plumose, of Code Mellen,
Sberitl's chaplain, preached the serinoe from
I Km. iii., 2b :—" And all Israel heard of
the judgment which the king bad judged; and they
fearrd the king: for they saw that Um wisdom of
Cod was in him, to do judgment."

CROWN COURT.—Faioar.
• Before Ur. Justice BLACIDURIr.)

lb. court opened this morning at l 0 o'clock, wites ths
roll of magnoralee oil oslied, and the jestases fa !at-
tendance rece.ved the usoal invitation to dints with the
!wises: lbu followiog gentlemen erste sworn on the

grand jury

Sir Wat. C.
Rot en Willissis

Acarr (forelimb).
T. B. BOW.T.
T. B. Bower, son.,
W. T. Cox, gag.
It R. Itime,
R. P. GaDdry, Esq.
3. E q.
R. n. r PAq.
E. W. William ,
L eaandeni, Esq.
E. Atkins Wo4, Biq.
C. W. Psalm, Esq.,

J. H. ennank gnu. -
J. .1. Fangsbarson, jun.,
EA.
H. Villiml, 11. p.
C “nitn..Enn•

. ,
11.r..0.1.8. lir:lttisuia, EM.

47.5. Perko,

Esq.
E. A. Foll •

Ev.14,E.44
Wilivtt L. Adys, Seq.
Tre proolieistlon spinet vita, profeseoesv, sod im-
morality hewing bets read, hie lordship delivered the

Cltalo3 TO TOO GRAPE. JOST.
The fudge observed that the umber of cues on lb.
:dud r was not very considerable and none of them
were a character that would dentin them very lone.
and he did nut think they would And no tronhle in
dealing with most of them. It would not be net:weary
for hi.e to make many remarks. He was sorry to two
there wile two el. of unnatural mime. Asti general
rule in caws of that kind—not that it WWI particularly
called for in Urge instances—the grand jury should try
therm hefore they founds bill almost aa if they were •
piste Jury. In ordinary Owl* the grand jury were only
/required to look into • cue in order to suiely themselves
there see solidest ground I. r putting • man on
his trial. But in ehantee of this nature the public
investigation of them was tech • very great end
serious eeil that to prevent its being unnumearily
done, he sliwitys recommended that the trend jury
should try them as if they wort • petty jury,
and not to find a hill uteri the evideue was such that
they themeolue would untrict apes P. As to the rest
of the a.eo, their doer ill Tigard to .uort of them was only
t 0... whether or not they wore setialed with he identity
of the pumper with the peruse seemed. /Ism. was no
di 'belly in them in point of law. A young woutus
(Susan sills. Lyme Bata), was isainted for attempting
to strangle Itoraelfeldtkintitnikt thlirs.7 her life. He
need not tell them that It was a mums to murder ones
self, as well as t murder another. The aiteopt to
commit Pelf-murder was a crime, though it might be
difficult to say what sort of punishment It required, and
bow it would be prutiodly greeted, but it was not •
crime unless the petun realty intended to kill herself.
If they thoeght, at the time. *be merely sought to
rriehres other people into the belief that she was going to
k.II benielf, without the sotnel inient.on of destroying
tr..,lf. that was not the offence • ith which .he we.
clurud ; cell sho talked in a passionate unbridled way
with Osamu object, bat d d not reale loran to murder
'herself. a bill abould not be found. Bet If the evidence
that the girl Intentionally attempted to kill
herself. Suing of sound mind, it would be their (tete to
Awl a bill. In another case two persona (Ilisabeth
To tt and Peninah Barrett), were .hanged with eonual.
jet the gem body ot a (Mild. It whams& • substantive
off cc l. dispose of the dead body ef • *hilt,. for obvious
and proper rramus. In venr many eaves children
pershed from the negi.geoce sad I/Waleson of the
so..tt er when there ways secut delivery. sent when snob
drllvrry coolrl net be reread it ou made a luthotairtira
offence to dimmest of the dead body. Teo nritootit were
ohs toed with concealing thy birth, and from the evidence
it spiteered one or two others were also aware of it. But
tho e charge I went not only aware of the birth, bet were
to aropnoung of the body. If the birth
he-ease gener.lly known perecias would not he
guilty under the state* if they did not mist
in disposiog of the body. There wag soothe:
charge of concealment of birth. (11•rths fluuton. at
Khetbente), in whith it appeared that th• child was
preaseterely born—about a mooth before the time—and
dad. as indeed. a ehild born at theta,, would be, and
WOOMII put the hod, in • Int. If that wait done
it to eons.' the birth, It would be an offence,
'though • eery mitigated on.; but if the body was pet
Lb-re with st inch intention the chargs tumid not he
made out and there was no closadon to return a bill.
As to 'lv other eases it was not no much • rpseetioa aa
to whether or not mimes bad lwen onownitted as the
i 'mail of the prisoners, re...pectins which they would be
or r•rnpotent to judge or mons eo than Missed. Pie
thought the duties of the jury would not detain them
long. end not Involve any &faulty is point of law.
The jory then retired.

11011-11111PAIS OW szoitwAT.
Thft greed jery f.saill a Was bin eindast the in.
I Aquila of the parish of Ow•nstip., (on nowrepair
•e highway there.

so MM.

Tin pand jury isnot, d lam but. against Protasis'
Seymour, 15. siusrmasa, of 8 sans's, sad WilHam
C ,ttridp, 21, IlAsmas, of Pools, for uranatural
,riilloll.

TIMM OW PIIIIIOI2II/
ATTIMPVID lIILW•KOIDES AT I TM. MOM

Swan Mills, 17, &errant. pleaded guilty to attempting
to strangle lwraelf, at Luise aegis, on Via lth Jane.
It was stated that tbe primmer was sn
chi d, and wss teased a peat deal by glee at Lyme. She
tad no one %amain( to bit bet a grandsotber, who
as. in pan. olrenmstancea
Santanes was deism&
MALT wrimulma AT DUSWEVFMC

James Bruehett oss lodietod for nettling four seek
boom, frau socks, ends queotity of malt, the property of
Alma., H. C. and W. Godwin, at Dominant..
Wr. Collin. prewar od, sod r. Hooks defendal.
it •ppared that on the 12th Judy hot, tar risme,
war in the areas of Hearn Godwin, the woll-koown
• snaltsters and brewer., at Unntrentao. Thtcy had
*maim to laud • laid of beer into Poole, and in order
• to reah that town in prnpor time it warn nommen that
the ...non and homes should start at 1 LI& It we.
• origin.l4 ioteoded that • man tamed lamontry, in the
service of proseeuton. amid go with the triegoo.
?noose', A...1r.-no, who was going to leave Howe.
God rshih• employ OD the following flaterdey, parasitise',
wished to go into Poole with the beer, sails' he had
beetroot 1b.,.; sad it oss ultimately armload that
.he thoult mitompany the wegym, It rry, 1.1,d
'over night, and placed outside lb. Mowery gnu and
one the morning is ourstioo, about one o'elook, prawn,
'was .ent cot with the beer. Ho west out of but way to
go by Uri malt bow•of the preemotors. and we. men In
0 ago Fry, • collannut, to take four bags of malt from
the stotro.house and pl.rie is the winos. . A ma. (not
in our ody) alien placed goes sail cloth over the seal..
Fry ~it to the foremen and told him what him
oceared. The foreman wait to edema. sad asked
him what he bad in the begs. Prisoaer replied "A little
molt dust" Hell °Marred, it Gals to we more like
malt." Prisoner asswered, "There may be a little
malt on the top, but underneath there Is dart ally."
The bogs when opened were found to contsia malt lw
longing to prossanars, and worth mime guinea. The
smithouse we. looked, and salmi was got to tho store
by • short addar. Mr. Oodwie mu. the prisoner, who
told hiss that be wart goitre to take the malt to •
curtailer of the firs at Poole, and get 3s. • wok too
,• ho limped his forename.
Mr. Plonks observed that in the dark, at the middle
of Om night, fry might ham mistaken the person who
lash ibe malt from be store, sengested several
doubts on other points of the evidesios, remarked that
no be. malt had boon pound, or that that farad in
the byre beleaged to prosecutors.
Hi. lordship is sawincing up, raid the only question
• for the jery was whether or not ;ohmict carried swat
his grestore melt, with the Mantas of appropriation
it to himself.
The jnry relented a verdict of
In rorerrr to hi. lord.bin, Vincent, the foreman, sad
he had 0r... before hoard anything anion wawa
" worth speaking of." He heard flat be was diseharged
• from hi. lasi plata for something—be did not know
what Wawa Godwio sesproad biro of steeling malt,
and so gays him sake to leave.
The Judge aid be should treat this as • fina °Penes.
though the sinmstelaness wore worst ass in AO
ordinary tummy. He was senbeneed to of moth's
hard labour.

BURGLARY AT imams

•aa le betls e
Willia Way, 1 m 11, etm,, *laded ..- T 1
at tie 11.-feemobery thdenol Intboree, sod aloulioe
theme a ma+ sell at elotboa, Wool:Jug to Yr. Jobe
bore 44k. Po abeo aoludatodietier,.. °nevi*.
11
Mon at the Dorset .sole anima, 1 '0
th ° l°4lo. abellt WA the erstuDer "I be" "I 'l"'
Deformetere lee about 19 smiths. Pe bad nol bad
*alualus to lad fault edela lud's Gonda* par4all*,l7.
ob ba illeoloyee a past deal of artfulness sad aansins.
Prima. told Ma th.t be hod beau aelerieled tole*
rty. Ho was sow meet maws al /To yaw'
Immeoar.
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