The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-07-05 00:00:00

A MARQUIS THRASHING A LORD.

At the Wilts Sessions, on Wade/easy (btfore Mr.
Swayne (in the chair), Lord Hevtothury, Mr. C. 4.
Phipps. Mr. R. L. Phipps, Mr. N. F. Barton, Rev.
B. Farrell, Mr. H. F. L. Astley, Mr. J. ti. Jacob,
and Colonel Everett,
Jobn Villiers Stuart Marquis Townthend (50),
Colonel Henry Nepeau (54), and Mr. Francis E lis (54)
were chaued with assaulting an I beatin4 Edward
Thyune, c .mmonly known aa Lord Edward Thynne,
at Laverstock, 03 the 24b of May.
The patients/a of he aseault were detailed by Lord
Edward Thynne.
Croar.examined by Mr. Trolock, Lord Edward
admitted going with Lady Towashen I to Paris, but
declined to say whether Lord Fife th:ashed him. He
cool posiive.y swear that he did not recognise the
Marquis at ihs begiuning of 1872 until November. lu
the adage year he vowed at Lord Townshend'a h use
In Dover-street, and was kind enough to take Lord
Townsbind's wife away. He (Lord Edward) was
married at ths time. He could no: sty whether he
had previously written several letters to Ls ly Towns.
head asking her t go away with hi .., but he might
have done so. Lady fhvmse unfortunately f•rited one
of the Ictere. Lady Townabood wee sot in a cab
when he took her away. It was untrue to say that he
took her away am site wee pleg to her sister's. He
did not take her fr.oce Dover...street, If. declined to
say where he took her from.
fh• Chairman seicl that he thought the question
Irrelevant..

Tatiock mid that hi wished to show provoca-
tion, aod that it had been aggravated. lie wubsd to
show that L .rd Edward met her in a cab, and there
and then, undrr very provoking circumstance', almost
forced her to go away with bum
Lord Edward said that this was untrue.
. . .

The Chairman ruled the que4ion in-aZi-Misaible. and
Mr. fetlock °xi:wowed himself satis6e I witb lviQg
obtained Lord Edward'a

Cro a-examination centinued: He Lord Mynas% did
live iu retirement fur some Own time aft wwarde,
Lady Townsheq4 returned w.th him ad far Si Chariug
Cross. It was nut true the: be then put her lutiacat,
and left her. He declined to say what be did. He bad
eines been &Wolk I and in different parts of the country,
Laverstock being him headquarter.. He first took
possession of Laverstock in 1872.
By Mr. Lope.: The two other defend ante did not to
Ws bearing eeconrage Lord Towashrad by words. He
had never seen them before.

By Mr. Emil : He had never seen much of the
Mugu*, but be behoved that hie perms'sl appeeranoe
had altered very much during the last 10 years He,
Lord Edward, led • very retired life, but when he went
to London all his old friends at the Carlton were always
very glad to see him. He had been in the nonage.*
habit of driving from Levenitock to Salisbury, and
Lord Townshend would have had no difficulty in find-
isc him.
rbe
jury retired, and on their return found the
prisoners guilty of common aisaqlt and besting and
causing 'cgs/ bodily twai-
n* Cheiraten said the Marquis we" liable t be sent
to penal servitude for three years. H, was fined £OO,
and would have to pay cost, aid o her yippee*, and
the other defendant' were lined £lOO each. The
Marquis would have to enter into his recognisance@ to
keep the peace.
The Marquis of Townshend refused to pay, and
informed the chairman that his conduct during the
case had been • disgrace to • Court of Justice.
Writing on the Towashend asesalt case, the London
correspondent of the Leeds Mercury declare, that
"extraordinary efforts have been mede to hush up
this disgraceful case, and to prevent the iniecooduct
of the man Thyme from being brought to light.
These efforts, I am sorry to say, have
from • very high quarter, and have not fetuseeia.d short
of simethlog like an attempt to murals the who*
London ppm."