The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-08 00:00:00

FATAL QUALIZL BETWIXT! CONVICTS.

The ingsret on the body of James Bristo—w Baker,
the cooviot who died la sousequeace of kinks Wanted
on him by Joint Barlow, • fallow.occivlet, was held at
the Infirmary .1 Ow Prises, before Hr. B. N. Howard,
canner. sod • highly nesomitehle jury, on Tlisriday
afternoon, ootontsoodog sherd, &tier three
The following is • summary of the evidence taken :
Mr. Georg* Clifton, 'oversee of the establishment,
said the dowelled was admitted Into the prison on Doc.
30. 1872, under monteass of 'seen years' penal servi-
tude, for horleeteeliog. He was of had chamber ; he
wss coostantly being reported for wrangling with his
fellow convicts. and vas quarrelsome. In February
he tried to make his etespr. He was in his 45th
year.
William Leeriness Barker, assistant me licit officer,
said that on Monday, the 7th lost., be was attending
11,. ism olitiolvg sick, and WY gent for about hell •past
12 o'clock, to aro doomed io the separate oils, where
he was then coolined. it. was sensiblo, sad miaowed
questions rationally. A wound about the else of
a hen's egg was visild• immediately I. front of the
right ear. Withers told kin to open and .but hie
mouth, in order tbat *teem might see if the lower jaw
was injured- The deseesed did so, without soy ex-
presalon of pain. sad his polo was natural. A slight
pot:on of the eirlit yea abraded about the centre of the
sarelliog, and • few drispe of blood had looted from M.
Witness asked blot how the swelling had been 06011•11,
sod ao Geyer standing Mal. and in the passions of tho
deceased, said it was owed by a kick. Tbe donor
ordered deceased to be °least under medical observe,
tioo—that la, forth. officer to report at.... if he caw
any °hangs in his oonditlos. He was anpeelally te to
reported on at eight. Dr. Barker thought it was •
serious ease ; bat ffid not senteutplate at that time that
It would terminate fatally. Witness reeneammided his
punishment to be deferred, ite he bad beau seatensol
to to placed on breed and water, end ordered a warm
app lattices to the smelling, and a 'limekiln( draught,
and then left him In the operate .all. Three
hours after witness mat to wee him with Dr. stalkers,
the medical Alper, who them took dome of the ease.
W iteal bad oase attended • post-merm made by
Dr. Askham' sk
and found the ald f ractgvsd. with •
largo outpo ariog of blood Weide the skull crap, at •
point whish oorrespoaded to where he had seen the
external loittry. The ether organs were healthy. The
ousel of death yea the skull being (restored. • very
violent kick or Wow from • hard substecups would mum
each a fracture. Deceased was in cholas when witness
saw Ida oral.

Hoary Pram& Askheat, midis& slim of the Priam,
said between three and lour o'eleek on illooder evening
7th Joly, he wee seursoxed la great haste by meat the
allows to go to the demeeed, who wee la a @swot*
1 *ell. Wittman west with Dr. Barker, found the
prieener in an tteooaselose slate, direeted hie removal
to the isiirmary, and aemeapenied him, and he won
pleoed in bed. Dowsed 1111.1118001111010Ullaall paralysed
on the lel t tide, the right Ode wee convulsed, sod the
arms and legs twitehed. Witness out this hair from
round the wound, sad adopted treatment usual Is
sash eases, but without effeet. Visited him
several times during the &florae** and evealag,
and the next morning. He gentinued in an anostmedose
state, and died shortly after • eolock en Tuesday
evening. Whims nude • peel moreen, In the presseee
of Dr. Barker, who s . There woe an external
braise aid swelling jest la front tf the right Map and
on cattle( through the geolp to remove the skull eap,
the right temporal snarls was found much braised
and infiltrated with blood. On the skull-eep being
removed, • Will MN/ 111 clotted Wood was found
betweee the skull-asp sad the brain, and indented the
latter to a eossideratile depth, into which witness Gould
almost pleas his let. Os removing the brain and
examining the lower parties of the skull, a star.
shaped frustum wee dissented, such es would be
I caused by • violist kick. The cause of death wee
I fracture el the shall. No possible mesas could have
been used for his recovery. The splinters of bone
from the skull must have levered oat of the arteries,
which caused the needs( eat of blood.
Capt. 'Hot Salter, or deputy governor' acted ea
governor daring the abases of the governor,, and beard
reports against primates. Among the came wee nee
against deceased for fighting with his feßow-priaoaer,
John Berle.. On reading over to the daeseeed what
had beim said, he replied in very stillest toes "1 bays
aothing to say," but thee he added "N. kisked me."
Witness gave him two dere breed and water, and
ordered him to the separate sells. WitneweS attention
hieing called ton bruise on the Nide of hie bead, he weed
deceased what was the matter. He did not reply, sad
witness asked liint to tarn round. He did not, bat the
°Near In &urge turned him rotted, and witness new •
swelling in front if his right ear, and immediately
ordered him to be takes before the mediae' °Neer for
OLSOIIIIIOIO6 before the seatence was carried oat. The
man made no itomplaint, and appeared reluctant to
itairnewledge anythisg.
George Darling, meisteat warder, mid that on Holiday
he went to the %carries in elterge of • party of convict.,
among the.. tau deceased, and another named John
Barlow. About 950 he saw diseased lying down near
the stone that he was squaring. Immediately went to
Wm, and John Barlow come tip, and said that deceeeed
wanted to fight him, and made a blow at Itim, and fell
down and Barlow admitte I that he kicked hint.
DeceLsed could bear what Barlow said, Wittier asked
dossesed what wee the matter, and be said Bestow bad
kieked him. The later was near enough to bear what
Coe said. There wee blood tie deceased's fees, and
marks of • blow' es if he bed been kicked there. Wit.
Deem with two otber s had the two 'omelets head-
water!, and sent In. Demoted was woridng la chaise at
the time, on sespount of hie triftli • few mouths ago to
make hie agape. He wee a bad ecoviot, and would not
work, arias others work, and wag very quarrelsome.
The kick must Lave lima gives while the warder's bask
wee turned, sad if there was fightiag, it must have been
done in a snomoot. The length of witness's beet was
about 30 yards, and he wee walking idowly backwards:
and forwards, and bad only just pored them, sad they
were not fighting or wreaghng. (Bellow's boots were
predated). 1

Jowl% Braoksa, • fIOUVK Will worldag la tito
quarries at the time, with deemed aid Birk+, sod
three ethics • Barlow sad Baker were working st ens
and of the oboe, sad whams sad Wilkineoa ai the
other end. Baker said he Raiew that ha did not do
half at mash work as he did. Barlow lattlied that hi
did quite mash m Baker, iied Baker them eliallanged
Barlow to fight r bet Barlow said he did not vast to get
into any livable over him, sad missed tor. irmt
than struck Barlow in As jaw and .
sitompt to strike Mai, bat foil, sad as Barr ws• rotting
sp from the grimed, Barlow kiokod him with the toe of
his boot, just Is frost of it. right ear. Whams rushed
at Barlow, bat lio basked away. Baker inossed, bet
did not speak. Mr. Barflag wait the oilier. Whams
did not see say blood. a all took pima ia a moment
whilst the elfieer's beck was tamed. They wer• both
working as hard NI they Gould when Balm somploined
of Barlow not world's"

Netkaeiel Inkiase-a, soother 1101111114, earroberated.
James R. Groves, warder, proved AM the diseased
VII brouibt to him, sad be aetked Ike nark. He did
not Wok auoli &bout it; bat took hhe bakes the
acting (overuse &boat 12. Tbs. there was a great
rwirilibit at the side of the bead. Tbe seam Ir.:manioc
wroteueed &mewed to peatabateot ; bet before It wad
serried lota imeeitloo, deceased wee I. as. the owdloal
°Sew, which be did.

The COrollll, the. drew attendee to the feats of the
saga As to the whim wed when the sea died, that
simile.,, sod the °sly question was " How r wad
shown that the mta wits in good health till be had this
tick, which fractured his Mull, of whisk traitors he
died, that John Barlow was the ism who gave the ktok.
The question for the jary was whether Mk was man-
slaughter or murder. theaskaghter is the noleifal
killing of another without audios, and was either
voluntary or lavoluntarr, amain from the soomMeeloo
of some uniawfal set. This man was kisked by Saslow,
who had no right t• kich km. far.. prevention', how.
ever grave, could reader the killing of soother Pistil.
able or excusable. The sass was so diem that it.
Coroner thought It was melees to mploke what meg-
Abated murder.

The Jury Immediately found • verdict of maitelattgh•
ter wind John Barlow.

He will probably be tried it Um Amine in about a
fortnlght'e time.

ABBOTaBURY.

TRS FAIL—Yr. &moo, Home Seerstary, hawing
oonsiderod tits representation meclo to him that it
would be for tles militia advantage to abolish Abbots..
triry fair, has made an corder, snider dais July 3,
abarihine, from that day Nes fair here which hao bean
annually hokl on lily 11th.