The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-04-16 00:00:00

WIMBORNE.

CA rri OSi To I:erculats.—.ltwynn Brandt,,,Nr,
butcher' of Wit:donne. uaNlllllllllllibell before Aids rinan
Moon, at the Guildhall. London, on Satuiday last, for
unlawfully sewliw; tu Newgate-market, on the 2iith of
February lad, :10411b. I 1 toe( which Ira, unfit for humm
food awl dam:crow to the health of I let Majesty'o rub.
jects.—Mr. tituclibury, (win the llty Solicitor's office,
conducted the ewe on biludf of the ruminissiuners of
sew,.rs,—Sninuel John I lose, a railway porter at the
Wituborne Slat ion, proved that on the 19111 of F. hruary
the defendant brought four quarters of beef, packed in
cloths, unit directed to Mr. Sketebley, a salesman in
New,,uatwinarkel, awl they wore fin warded in four
paeltie.;4l4. There was a Wed to the one 0,-
4110401 s Mein, Ann at' inuelio....,iu4l.e talk viol was
the defendant's. The letter of t'ae saute date yid was
sent with the meat was in the Milne handwriting.--
Walter Tyler. a porter empluyo.l by the 4outli•Western
Nailmuy C pany, proved the delivery of the four
package:6 referred to liy the hod witreoi at Ntr.liketchley's
preinises.—Mr. bketchley said he hail received
talents of meat .41 pr i den:4 occasim.s from the de.
readmit. Each of the four lack:iv:4 in iclicStioll Con.
'Wined A quarter of and ai WWI 413 lie tillicieked
ihrin he discover...l that the *neat was unlit fur human
lid,:llthough it WAS all 4:res.:A after the iwinner that
good meat is prej arc.l for tworket. In ono II the pack-
ages he found the fullewiug letter from the iiefeiniant :
—" Feb. 19, 1861.--Sir,.- lilauden:l to kill Aollie inure
Beef this week. But you mud, not Let the alit Man see
this won, it is a bad Jobe for we.-•VOtir's--11.
" toull.ill, What). Dorset."—Wit-
ness called the albutimi of the in.peetur of meat to
the bid, and he out:tem...4l the whole of it. Of seven
sheep sent to him by the defendant on the lattli of
January, three were condemned as unfit for fo.l, and
the certificate* of condemnation were forwarded to the
defewlant.—Mr. Charles Fi.114.r, inspector of meat in
the market,, said he raw the tibel and the litter pro-
:lured taken from me of the packages in which the lis.l
rueat arrive.l The nu or faur quarter: of
the carcass of a eoW wILI, kin wmilintly dim in a state
of disease, and from tl.e appearance of the flesh the
animal twist have been dead Vr ?MIMI time.— Mr.
James Newman, also an inspector of meat, said he also
SAW the boa. hi question, and it WAN nOeitbAllif unfit for
food. On the following ,Is Le saw the at t., i,.1 int at
near W hula:rue, awl told I,im,m the eAreo,s of a
cow of his had been so-it'd, upon whieh tin defendant
said the cow hail met with an aceident and died, wid It
was a tool less to defendant, in answer to the
charge, SAM the animal in qoe4ion was a four-year-odd
heifer, for which he ha I givea 1:12. lie put the animal
into a nein, Min in Att..lllpting to jUllip a mitch it fell
la.wk and broke its neck. As .oon as he hearol of it lie
dressed the carcass, which looked very well whim lie
sent it to: market.—:ll. F. G. said the prao.tioe of
sending bail meat to the market fir sale as human fowl
was highly dangerous to the health of the consumers,
and the Con 111 l issioners of :.'ewers could not, therefore,
be too Stringmit in their ineautres to protect the putlic
I the con ;equences of such meat being mold la the
London markets. The ea,-e was very clearly proved,
and it would, therefore, rest With the def. iniant to, OM.
simmer a jury of the al:, roe of tiny guilty intention in
his cowleet.—The defewlant ova: dem committed to
Newgate to take his trial for the offence.

Zontrrsrtshire.

-4.-

YEovit. CATTLE M.tio: IT, Friday, April 12th.
There was a large attendance awl a very short supply
of stock. in fact we have seldom been SO little MI
"HIT. Trade very brisk, and the price of both beef
and mutton was dearer.

ItaisroN.—lrsole,o'c Pokoning of Childred.
The greatest excitement prevailed in the city of
Bristol on Wednesday evening by the report teat a
Large number of children luul loan poisoncilly eat-
ing nuts, which tiny hail found in the streets.
Upon inquiry being made at the Royal Infirmary it
was found that there was good foundation for the
report, no fewer than sixteen children Laving hen
taken to that institution suffering from the elkets cf
wane poisonous substances which ha .I been Mimi
into their stomachs.. Upon the arrival Id the club
dren there emetics were at once adniinistcred, and
ono of that wards presented the appearance of a
cabin of a ship during squally weather, the children
whose ages ranged from three to ten years—lying
their full length upon the floor, writhing mailer the
influence of the strong petiou given to them for
the purpose of throwing the poison car their
stomachs. Up to 11 o'clock at inght twelve of the
sufferers had been discharged from the infirmary, but
four of theta still remained in a very dangerono Mate.
The muse of this wholesale poisoning is attributed
to the children having eaten some nuts which were
being unloaded from a ship at the quay, anal taken
to Messrs. Miller and V igger's. glue manufacturers,
Ropewalk, and which the children hail somehow
become possessed of. The nut is somewhat similar
to an acorn, and containa a white kernel which is
saturated with an oil useful for ilyeihg purposes,
and which is of a verY poisonous nature. About
two years ago at similar occurrence to the present
took place, but it was of a more serious nature—
several children Laming their lives through it.
Dittamocrxri, A l'F'Str.--(in Tuesally mei-fling lad
one of those disgusting exhildtians, called a prize fight,
took place between Shocker Shipp, ea ly known
as the " Bristol At," mat l'at‘ay Heard ~,,, loath of
whom are well known in Ilristol. The party first
pitched a ring in the neighbourhood of Bathe:Won,, hut
beh.re the combatants had commenced operations the
police interfered. They then repaired to Umiak),
Stoke, a village in the adjoining ...linty of Wiltalaire.
koked exceedingly ail ng i:nal ha althy an enter-
ing the ring, Rearalon looked pale anal unwell. The
first r'aun,l lasted halfawhour, and the vast ,nperierity
of Shipp over his opponent WAS made apparent,
Iteardon early in the fi,:lat receiving a severe Idow on
one of his eyea, from which the Mood flowed freely.
They fought rine rounds in an hour and ten minutes,
throughout which Shipp is reported to have stood his
ground well The police interposed. anal another move
1110 to be made. The party than took tr :in mmmii re-
turned to Saltfurd, Where they crossed a
ascended Lowdown, at.l esso)'ed to renew the fight :
but the constables, having follam,al them, prevented
the ring fron in t ,
Wick, Irme,l. On Thursday, the fight
h` .!?
was renewed at ick. It cotumenced at four o'clock,
awl lasted till seven nahottel past seven, leave occupied
three hours aunt seven minutos. At the mit of that
' time, neither man having been enabled to defeat his
opponent, the battle was drawn.