The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-30 00:00:00

and thnntened el:I would do for her. Tina woe the only
offer.oe that day, tall he came home at seven, when the ..11.1
him to have hie tea, when he eat down In the other room. gbei
poured out his tea, cut his breed-and-butter, and took It to
him, but he would not lave it She then eat down by bland.,
nod had some, to keep him company ; but ho put on his coat
and went out, and would not take her, though she asked.
There was no pcnon present, at any part of the time—Alfred
Me Natnee, • boy ten years old, was asked whether he we. •
Protestant or • 1t...... Catholic. His father mid —" • Roman
Catholic," but the boy persined that be was t Protestant,
though he went to • Roman. Catholic ochooL —Mr W•lier
nonsked that the wife dated that no oilmen wee present
The wither said that about a month ago, his father threatened
his mother, called ber • foul name, and all he'd bar her
throat out—The eon Charles mid he non Roman Calhole.
Ills father was not kind to his moth..; but be heard nothing
of this dimpute.—Mr Waller was Instructed to deny the thenult
altogether. The. was • divot* between oath iind wile, Miele
fLogruently c,oc, cur.aud.se eirrybody boor, in certai
ere d.t.do si.roirm
medial man could be called, to prove the fact
Mr Waller mid they could scarcely call more evidence now, as
the clue no closed. Ile did not think that if a woman got •
kick from • powerful man like that, the would have been able
to appear, an she hod. It VIIIA • quarrel on thcount of lealoutty
on the wife'. pert, which he was instructed W. P.d.al,
founded. The INO1•11 had given a great deal of agg.sthorie
and • gnat deal of temper bad been shown on both aides, but
(ho Inn no hesi so the mari:—ln &newer to the Bench, Kr
Vickery mid the 1/0111.11 had complained before, but had not
Ink.. Proceeding.: Bbe had also applied at MrArtiOn'l ofSee,
about three years .—Th. Mayor mid he had had • letter
from the Rev. V, lcnoom. respecting thie awe, which he
would reed.—The letter Seised that the woman hod applied
to him before mewling Mk, mid he told her her course no
to obtain • eummoes.—Kr Waller hoped the Bench would
not be ingueneed by • letter from a perm who did
not appear.—Tbe Mayor eald they would not; the letter
ow only for the magistrate's information. —Mr Waller
submitted then no no evidence to proVo an asselt
The IBM', mouth wee domed* and the woman brought two
children who might Just no well be induenoed by bee as by
the man, and the herself stated that the children were oat
preeent —The Magistratee retired to wonder the COM, after
which—The Mayor said they entirely dieenimed from their
minds thy extraneous circuontancee, and would adjudicate ou '
the cam simply ou the evidence adduced. The woman came
and asked lor thedr protthUon, and am more that site wee in
danger of her life, and the bad also (boomed that she was
assaulted. It was very important that women dsould he pro-
tected. The decision was that defendant should be booed
over to Iteep the p.ce for three months, himself In LSO, sod
two threties In tIO each. In default of wetsoo he would be
committed to tee Imo —The wife (excitedly.) Lb will Nem
keep it, he will murder me when I get home ! I cannot go
home, he will murder m.! My blood will be upon your
hands ! You do not Ithow the man. The Mayor mid
the Bench would um great discrimination as to the
ball.—Mr. Drew: I think, rafter, that statement of
, the woman, the Bench wdi be quite Justified In
increasing the bail. —The magietrates reconsidered the awe,
' an I d,iubled the amount of the bill.—The : Caw you
persuade him to allow me • few shallot* • ousb live ou
, and take (ho children I meal go home I—Kr Waller pro-
' tested against the Bench doubling the bail on the eteleumet of
• the wit en hen the man's mouth .to cioesth—The wife here char-
ged her husband with keeping a prositut• for years, sod mid
she had not mentioned hie condact for nine months at a time.
The defendant *moved to monk; but was told that his advo-
cate ith.cs spat for horn. lbw of the moo who were named
asked if the woman wee to he bound over ilool Mr. Ardis re-
, plied "certainly not." This man replied then that be would
have nothing to do with ;It was the swath who weds all
the mbehief. The defendant was then removed below; but
Mrs. McNamee Wit retuned to go home. She Ins bdorowd
that leer husband'. suretion would not be moospial WI 11
o'clock to-morrow, but she remtined arguing nod protesting
apperenUy in great distrait, of mind.