The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-16 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OP MANSLAUGHTSR.

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At ih.• I; ....ugh Poiie• ••••tirt oil Moniloy. before
the Mayor Oertory I. Mr. I. I hinlen, and
Mr. .I. Tailor. Ilror v carter, and Charles
I 'i.e. hoe. w. le brought Nip e'largetl with the man.
.13Uglite. Pattinion• on tic. 4th
T. 1 oOtolo 01,1031,41 for 1110 priornwro. —The whole
of the en before the 1...r011er at the
oolOco4, contirmisl by I.llc 111rloon
I William How seeing the deceased in a drunken
, staggering against the is ill in 14•11. street,
Whillt it, that 1.0316011 3 W3OOll loaded with
loin Iles, and in the charge of the primmer.. .4141. A the
'tree'. Staples hail bold of the bridle rein, and at the
• turn.'rested his haul on the shaft. if,.
appeared to lie the *one for N nicing
. hanger of decra.al, witneoo shouted hi ',Homers
in the lime'.. The boy pulled it, the lood
nano.. 1,4 carter did not 'nal in his horse.. 41
the moment of the accident the deceased erns still
leaning against th.. wall. Witneoo us/ the shaft. of
the waggon strike the deceased awl knock him down.
It. rolled round and fell under the front wheel. The
wheel did not go over I W113..1,1 sold lo the carter
N.llll lsight to If. AaliAllied Of POIM.II. 10 rile o‘ sr
an old MAW 111 Co that." Priooner made ti reply.
,Witues.. thought he waa twiintovicated to understand
what he mi.l. 11,e boy said "lle ought to have got
1),11 0.1 oolf VrOy he now ta. ci gc The ierter,
I.oligyeol, stopped the honwo a soon as lie could
Witness iv:wowed 1111•Ccirotl (folio wider the wheel.
did not speak. They got ii chair from Mr..
Ilartlett's awl sat him down. Beee.i.eil -poke. 1.0
witness did not know whit lie said. He Wao after•
w.iril. removed to the Hospital by Mr. David awl
otlii•r.. Ilefore this was done the sorter went away
to get police moistener. —Mr. Coombs • What is the
sridth lk.ll.street where the accident °mums' ! -
Witness About !Pfc. din. where it occurred. In
npiy r., N 1 r. I hirden, witneos amid there we. a
eloitotlre of from 3 foot 141 Is inches between the
wheel in.l the kerb. - Ity ‘ll.. Coombo : if.. conki not
tell the width 14 OW Waggl.li ; it nearly tho
oto•et. Ti.. shaft, weir, wider than the waggon.
Prisoner could hate willed in ,I. or to the kerb, but
if he had ,lon,'e. there wouhl have 144-n the chance
of striking anybody en the ivith. Ilk. had walksl iu
chews the carter would Flare lied to walk on the ;sive.
inert. Becemed was very drunk. He woe riling
against the wall, and could wit shind steady at the
tune of the accident. Ile W 3.1 looking away from the
waggon, the ahaft,. of which struck Lint in the left
side. Witneos del not think th.• carter e,u1,1
see over the shaft liOnes. Ile pulled in
sufficiently 1.. clear tim lamp at the owner
of Mr. IVright't store. It was an awkward
corner bi turn float High-street huh,
ilell-
street. Ile could not have been PO very drunk, or he
cud not have turned R.—Mr. COOlll6l : But you
sael ho cue so 41111111 k 1110 C• 131.1 COI 1113!Ak.—WiLOCSI:
I don't know whether it was the drink of fright.
Mr. Coombs : Was he drunk at all !--Witness :
woe the wonc for liituur be:auer he " rambled
against the shalte.
Robert Shivery, baker and confectioner, repeated
lii. former evidence, which fully corroborsted
statement. This wile.** also proved calling out to
the carter to pull in when hen- tio..ltho danger Patti'
more was in. The. boy hevnl hint, and looked round.
11. Willed the leader in, hut Staples took no notice.
lie might not have heard him. on areount of the
noise of the wheel. ; witness JO not notice if the
prisoner Staples had been drinking -lw wao frightened
or something. Mr. Sym"ntl. : Wao Staples drunk or
not !—Wihnoost. Me had had some drink, but I could
not say if he waii drunk.- fly Mr. Tudor: If primmer
had pulled in door it would have interfered with
..i.lo pausing.'ll the path n account of the
hardbis projecting over the kerb. -By the 37a :
There ts.as yolsoly I.:cooing at the time. . .

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-Toe. I—Mit's was' re examined and iwored pang an
Rellatreet after the daresawd had been remove,l to
the 11.wpital. He •w..re vlehnitely tfie twieoner
Staple, wet drunk. and he took WC in 01.{t4Kly .os tha
charge of tieing hunk while in elege cf waggon
and three tam ww. Ile seemed eery stupid and iu../la
no answer whet& ha charged liin,. It,. sea, lockvd up
aid remained at the polgc: tuition till die following
meriting. Wane.* has *ince ufeatured in. road where
the afteideot lumnwned and be found that from dm
foot of the wall to the edge id the pavement WAS
nft. alucheii.--lky the May,,r; There wan no du,ulut in
his mind the prisoner lit.Sple WY in liquor.— In reply
t., Mr. (...onils. yid prisoner ItAllgered about
thin load ; excitement would nut make Alin stagger in
the way he hurdles projeated near the
wheal., lint only a little.
Mr. W. 11. C. Macartney. bowie .surgeon at the
If ...pita'. proved receiriUrr the decerwed on the after•
1,...n of Monday.. detailed the injtu ies
ret.i vegi ty the .leceswat gverything WWI done that
c.eild 1,. done. kit he died on the following afternv..u.
11. was very drunk when first brolight in.
This concluded the is.. for tbn 110*ft-titian, and
~....ners we,,. Joint charged.
Nl.r. Count. said t prisoners would reserve their
defence. He then milled . .

Edward Payne, who said he remembered %tondo,
hut, when the iwisontri came to the Ph.i.uia shone
e'clock. They it Orin henna into the waggon
Lout lialf.paat 2 o'clock. having drat given them
some corn. Wititem helped Stapler pet in the hem%
and gave it am his opinion that law had nothing the
matter with him. Ile waa not the rune for drink.
Is reply ti Mr. Supt. Onward, *ill**. *aid he
fetched primmer two quarto al lit. Ma. Fuer or tire
drank_ nut !if that. . . .

Symonds : lbecould say pritively 81.01,101
was bot the Norse for drink.
Bartlett. .4 ltell•street, proved seeing the
deueseed leaning up gaititt the wall in a drunken
condition. She eausd out to hins to get out of the
road, ea she saw there was not maw fot the wag; on
to isms. When the tecident oneurred Staples -had
kohl of the mink as did also the boy. Staples had
had woe drink, but he walked straight She did
ant se• him staggitiag about the road. B. was more
trightios4 than tipsy.

Henry VsHence, landlord of the "Dolphin,- said
on Monday he heard a noise in the evert, and on '
gi fling to the door he saw a waggon loaded with
hurdles, drawn by three horses, and a man leaning
against the wall with two pe.rpir holding him up.
Witness said to the boy Daw —" However did you
come to be silly as to diive against a man like
that '!” Ile retilied—" I thought there was room .
enough to jut.. Sitness afterwards saw Staples •
near the policeetation. Witness teamed a great deal ,
with the question--" Was the carter drunk?' And
after waste difficulty, the Ntagidratee. Clerk extracted
from Po the stateniant that the pritioner was
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Mr. Soo. Cowart He told P.C. Dunn he thought
the
_carter was drunk. . .

%ellen°, said he told the constable he thought he
was " &inky."
The Mayor said the ilencli hid gives the CAA* e 1,17
consideration, and they were opinion there was
sufficient evidence to semi the prisoner. for trfal-•
(Rail was allowed.)