The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-23 00:00:00

PIO BILL.

Dsgebel Baldwin. 45, comailen, charred with feloniously
and maliciously mauls fire to a stack of wood, consisting!
of 2,00 faggots, ilea property or William Edney, at Chal-
t ng, on the Oth July.
PLIUDED OUILTT.

Jolla Donnish. 31. cook, shop assistant, pleaded guilty
to unlawfully concealing Um bit th of a child of which she
had been delivered at Doabral, near Shaftesbury, in
August lad
The ',namer bad a dill two years &on, which was still
alive. In this case prisoner was confined of a stillborn
Child, and having hid the holy in a cellar for a time, she
then cot it op and threw it down a privy.
His Lordship told her It was a bad case, and eentenoed
bar to six months' bard labour.
Kr. Udall prosecuted.
A NOVI Cu!.

Jolla Newberry, 22, servant, imperfect education,
pleaded inilty to endeavonring to cenceal the birth of bee
female child, at Foothill Mason, on the nod July, and
was sentenced to *lx week. bard labour.
Mr. Rareakill ptooteuted.
SUROLAILT AT FILICSIIMATIM

Edward West, 22, moldier, imperfect *dilation, plaided
Wattle to • horiilarr at the knows of Richard Shottar, at
Fresheatar,ni tbe 29'h of June, and stealing money,

plam. a-,
IL sppeating no one from primes''o rogiment was in
attendsnee ho could speek to his promo* character, Mr.
Holfmeieter, for the prosecution, said the usu .1 notice was
given to the ofil,o-rs, hut he believed there was • question
shoot he c.lits nit being paid.
Lirdship mid there could be no question as to that,
and it was oaiv proper that somenn., should he in ettend-
ance who caul I speak to prisoner'. character eith, r one
war or the other. He dine., thet the offic, of the
rig mont, who kr.ew most about him, sfiould be onmmuni•
cared with, and directs I to be in attendance to-morrow.
After some deter, Mr. Hoff meieter said the battery to
whinc prisoner belonged was now removed from the hie
of Wight.
His Lordship said be would not pass sentence till he bad
exbaustd every means of ascertaining something of
prieoner's antecedents.
An officer in command oflprisemer's battery now said his
character was bad. Ho had been convicted by court-
martial of insubordination and absence without leave, and
by tbe civil power of being unlawfully on a gentleman's
premissewithoat leave, and committing wilful damage,
and of assaulting &civilian.
His Lordship told prisoner there wee not the excuse for
his crime that might be Put forward by persons who were
, not comfortably provided for, and sentenced him to five
years' penal servitude.

CONCLALMLIST OF BIRTH AT SOUTHAMPTON.
Elisabeth Edwards. 31, servant. imperfect education.
pleaded guilty to endeavouring to exiteal the birth of her
Illegitimate male child. at All Saints, Southampton. on the
25th Auguet last.
Mr. C. Mathews, for the crimper, aaked tube allowed to
may a few words oa her behalf. His lordship would see
by the dispositions that some provision bad been made
for the child. More than that she bad gives notice to
leave with the idea of being confined, but that took place
piers before she expected. Thus were no marks of
violence on the hody, and trough it was concealed beneath
wens wood It was el near the top that anyone going to the
'madhouse would have seen it. The defendant bad been
in prison two months. He had a letter from her mistress.
Mrs. Hearn., which state/ that on her own account she
would be glad to take her back Into her service, hut that
she feared her doing an would subject her to comment and
annoyance from the occurrence.
Mr. Warry, foe the prosecution, said he ha 4 nothing to
add to Mr Mathews statement.
His Lordship said there were circumstances in this dies
which justified him in passing a lenient sentence, but
the same time there mu.t be such a sentence as would
mark the aeons of the law of this most dangerous offence.
which tended to Increase immorality and led to mar
chierous crime. A. the prisoner had been in gaol • con-
siderable time, he should order her to be imprisoned for •
further term of ultras weeks.
ASSAULT ON TRH NIGH SEAS.

Prank Gilroy, 99, mariner, imperfect education. was
indicted for feloniously wounding Richard Dily with ',liana
to kill and wieder him, on the high .es, on the 294 of
August lasr. Pri.oner appeared weak and ill, the effects,
It was said, of suffering by ablperrerk, and he was accent-
tone_latal with • chair in the dock.

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Kr. Warry prcsseuted. and 'Aid 'het though die alleged
&maul wee committed on the blab s-se. yet as it was on
heard a British ship, it was brought within the jurisdiction
of the C not. . . .

The penweut, was second mate of the herque llargerek
which, in the tirel of Augnia, aas in the Go I of Wexler.
Prisoner wee • molar on board, and on the day named he
was sent by Daly to cut up some rigging wire. Afterwards
teeing he wao not &dog it rightly, prosecutor told him he
how nothing shout suet, work, and prisoner replied—
That's where you filth, the mistake. I served three
piers at the trule." Daly %colt the wire sod cut it, and
give him a petition to put away, and shout twenty minutes
afterwards he gave him wine rope yarn to plat. and then
wont a few yards off to an. Chi r railor named Greth, ahe
was cutting Canes.. Ile told him he was not cutting it
straight, and he soewered that he could cut It as it-aight
as any man in the air. Oily said "YAM be telling rue
next you have a reed three years at the trade," and
=turned round and said "None of your allusions."
tor toad Mut to go on with his work re he wanted
neuanarrelling, but he said be would not. Daly said if he
not be would knock his head off, whereupon pri-
soner drew his hate from the sheath and went about tea
feet off. Prosecutor took • piece of wood and west towards
him, telling him to put the knife sway, as he wasted no
quarrelling, and then threw the wool away, sad as he
tamed to leave he now him raise his I..ind and felt wawa
stabbed in his left shoulder, Prosecutor took an old
broom and made • Now at him, bet h. midi not gay if it
Streit biro or not. The thief mote. Mr. Tkorborn, tialuo to
hie awatance, and stmoped no his wound. He Iran laid
110 for twenty daft. Ua the leih October thermos', which
was bound from Mobile to Greenock, became a total
wreck. They were picked up be the Norwegian berme
Atha_tic, and transferred to the Genera steamer Necker.
and Laded at Southamplos. He was taken before the
magistrates there on one or two occasion, but was ulti-
mate! committed for trial from the toasty gaol at
Wlncb.etsr, the sate of his health not permitting his

;igiosesator. having been examined in chief. said Ia
same( to his Lordship that be did Dot take up the broom
tin alter the Now was struck, but on the learned Judge
pointing out that this did not agree with his depositing,
mid it was, be believed, before the blow.
The leanted Judge said his memory prrhaps failed him
• little altar he was stabbed.
Walter Marburg, the chief agate, who said they were
0. the wreak for • weak sad Peter Green, a Norwegian
seamen, were called, the latter deposing that Daly said to
prisoaer. "If you don't dry up, you seeds rli
kopek Your brains oat,' sod this Gilroy drew • knife. Is
some further evidence to prove pragmatism, the whitesi
illustrated his endentents by laying ban& an the Jews
other, maid the laughter of his Lordship sad the whole
Gown.