The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-12-29 00:00:00

A SCENE AT ASSIZES.

An occurrence, perhaps; without &parallel, wa.suitnessed
at the clove of the Assizes at 'heater, of which the Yam-
cheater (kirdiati gives the following account :-Mary Lan-
ea.ster, 31, was indicted for the tnastslaughter of her
bosh auk John Isom:ester, at Birkenhead. The deceased
hod long tel the primner a wretched life, and on the 13th
September be Caine home drunk, and kicked over the
meat the was preparing fir his dinner. Ile then thrashed
her, and in a passion the prisoner threw at Idea a sharp,
Cliill4 404 and causisd his death. The prisoner was •
bard-working woman, and in spitg ether huithand's brutal
treatment of her had done her best to make his home
comfortable. The jury found the priginer guilty. Mr.
Justice Brett, addressing the prisoner, then aaid "I
believe that if I thought it right to art an-ohling to your
own feeling. I ahould say nothing about thin unhappy
husband of yours. As far as I can see you are • nopec-
table, hard-working, well-behaved wile, and I feel bound
to Ray a greater brute than your husband wee I have
aeldom heard of. There are circumstances in the depot!-
thins even n mile than those which have been brought
forward. They show that, even on the very last day
you were together, you were doing all you could to make
Isis Mime comfortable and to make him happy. With
a brutality which niaiie we shudder when I read it, he
igst away that whirh you had prepared for him, Ile
has leen beating and ill-treating you for months, probably
for years, and it is nothing but the tendernesa and for-
givenes, of the woman awl wife whieh prevented you
from having hhu punished for crimes he rom witted against
pot time after time. It is only when he has driven you
to desperation by ill-treating you the whole day. and I dare
say wagon the point of ill-treating you again, that you,
in a moment of passion, took up a fonnidalde weapon and
threw it at him. I believe, without the intention of strik-
ing him. It did strike him, and you ilnuurrliatcly ran for
assistanee, and did all you could to save him. All the
rod right in thin case was on your able -all the real wrong
on your Inslrmil's ; coal God holibl that I should punish
you. will be no party to it. I win not even make this
judgment complete. I will not allow It to be said by any.
holy that you are a convicted f et -now, liearl-for
is not complete until n sentence is passoil, and
to pass no sentmee at all - (load cheering, whit-h
hie some time the Midas of the Court vainly endeavoured
to suippresO. I shall merely ask you to enter into your
own ms'egisanessi to come up for judgment if "ilk-1 upon,
and nolasly in the world will ever call upon you 1:0.1 for-
they ever Medd -(rencwixl cheering, during which the
totkolUT left the dock.)

wo • No,
.1 is .lesir,.,l by all, but with articles
that ,31111.4. 114,111.141.,141. amnia-alio; careful purehawni
rely oei the Lie stafolin4 ..f those %%lid& n 1 thy deaL
For Jo years, llorifiluan's l'ure Tea.' in P:icket: ha% I, gi .on
ot; no they eau at all tirour be relic•l on
Pialoiar :pooh, 1111111!y. •eat ntel p. efret
trilt. Leiria imporic.l fro,. (nod the artificial
"(awing " p.s. ilcr, or•linarilx mind to
disguise inferior Ina% es. To prevent tli.ppointment,
I fornitoan's l'ere Tea.- are sold only in jackets, bearinglL' la.pirter's : eymmith
I 'Milord I Eircliester, Evass, Chetunit ; Warehaiu,
Ikeek,eller ;I:ridport, 13Escii ctc., Chemist&
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LIVISSNE OF PIRSTIeaL ILITATIoNS OV
l'i.annit.—Owing to the w lerful sale these
celebrate.' plaster. have obtained by their curative
properties in lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, pains in
side .m 1 Lel:, and, in short, all pains and local :dim-
-ome unprincipled parties have been manufam
~ffeno fir s,do eintrion4 plainew, !'it up in
t leicive the unwary, and, as sole
•;it, for :r,at I:ritoila and Ireland, I can ~marantee
It. ofe gefoli.ue ~ate they le•ar I 011 the Revenue Stmnp, in
v. him left.o,f, the words "Tn... Au.cocg and to.
I sPi ryas," nto I the puldie,by never purchasing
th ii.4l, will .ceure to themselves the :multino
f kr. -111:vitv BILINIgurrH, Liverpool,
.nt Europe and the Volenies. Dealers in
plaster.. will be pnfsecute,l. Agent for
Weymouth and Portland, W. tlitznonY, Chemist.
AJ:tifts for l'oole, W. Pringv, T. W. kritl(s, and
W. IltvwroN, Chemist. Agent for I)ms:heater, W.
flow. Chemist. Agent for Warehatu, T. Itannal.4
I lou.ow tv's FilLs. —Hale ConstitutMa..—The experi-
ence of year. ha. shown that when the human frame has
become debilitated from the effect, of exposure, exne.en, or neglea, these Pill; taken according to the directions
will repair the mischief. Holloway's pais esercim the
mod wonderful tonic properties in all cims of nervous
depression, whereby the vital Ismer* are weakened, and
the circulation is midered languid and unsteady. They
improve the appetite, etrengtheu the digestion, regulate the liver, and act as gentle aperieute. The 11115 are suited
to all ages awl all habits. A patient writes: "Your Pills
to he s &heel required .011 Y to be kigurn- During manY
tears I sought • remedy in vain,. Warn daily becoming
weaker, hut when I heard of your Ms, and had recourse
to them, they soon restored tee."