The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-08 00:00:00

THE TICHBWINE TRIAL
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE CLAIMANT.
001:111 of qvuire 81708, TO•DAT.
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Dr. Henedy asked that the ddendast's promotes
might he /Meowed with for • few dere, so the ground
that ho era. eafferios from espipdas he one kg, sad
oymptoma in the other, reodorisg it memory that be
should be in a reclining position. There would be no
oti,„t,„o to his being examined by radioed gentlemen
wo behalf of the Crown.
Hawkins mid he bad no objeotioo to make to the
appJloatlon other than as some witnesses wore still to
he called as to identity, who had not yot is.. the de.
fondaat. It was neesesary they should have an oppor-
tunity of doing so. If an adjournment of two or three
days was ceoessary it would be better to adjours alto-
gether for the limo.
Dr Kone•ly : I don't want any &troop/sent of th•
proceedings en the part of the ddeodant. I here no
otPotion to tile wither/ere seelog him in hM bed or bed-
room, and deo medical gentlemen on the part of the
Croon.
TM Lord Chief Jostles : Mey leak yea, Mr. Hawkins,
when the pro.,ftstloo is likely to does/
Mr. Hawkins Subjeot to one or two witnesses I hare
not yet be.. able to /minim, In all probability on
Widosoday. Ima 'about to embark one oomperleon of
handwriting, and thid In all probability mapping now
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Tbe Lord 011ie( Jesting : I think it is Deorseary for
the defendant to be parent to be 'detained, especially
when the wattage's are aross,sandoed. If the defog-
dant is likely to be ablo to retura in two or 1t,.. days,
It will be degirsblo to adjourn for Ott period —tbot b.
It be will be able to come book without do ;or of
eirrasating It. complaint.
Dr. Keenly : I will Imre the matter In your lore•
shim' hands.

-.ria-st-Ts• Lush : It Is desirable that the defendant
should be present when ths witnesses ere examined im
to Identity.
Mr. Hawkins: I don't think it will be satiefaotory for
them to be examined In the 'been** of the defendant.

Mr. Jostles Lush : The defendant la his own interest
ooght to be present.
The Lord Chief Justice: I think you said the wit-
nesses to be celled kayo not yet nets the defendant ?

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Mr. llswities: They have not.
The Lord Chief Justice: They ought to sire their
evidence of his identity in °mat whim. the defendant is
present, but I should not think whilst the defeedant is
nimbi, from this oomplaint of forcing him to be pre-
sent lentil be has had a reasonable time to recover.

Mr. Hawkins: I ',tumid not salt It to be _ . . .

The Lord Chief J natio* : The best thiug to do will be
I. let the mutter of adjournment rest ucitA the end of
the day.
The jury asked if the adj voinotent might be • short
one, se they wanted to get rid of the CAM%
The defendant was allowed to leave the *curt until
he wee desired to return sad the trial proceeded.
Mr. King, of the Stereoeoplo Company, spoke of the
normal appearaou of Roger's thumb in a dsgurreotype
produced.
Mr. Chabot, sad 'spirt is handwrlllog, lard he had
sureined all the letters and classified them under three
heads, those written by Roger, thou by Arthur Orton,
and thou written by the Claimant. Thou written by
Roger could not have been written by 'lifter Ortoo or
the Claimant, whiLt thou written by the two latter
were undoubtedly written by the mote parsoo. Wittier
then proseeded to point moth* pesullaritiee of Roger's
luindwriting,
Thoreau peculiarities were tab* found In the letters
written by the defendant and thous written by Arthur
Orion. Whams pointed out words la several letters In
Illustration of tile outdates

Tt• remainder •1 the day was uoeu pied in observios
tie monliarity of the handwriting pointed out by
witness.

• SHEPHERDS PERQUISITES IN SOMERSET,
At the tpart.r Sessions on Thuredsy and Friday two
ems" were tried before Mayor Paget. M.P., of greet
importance to flookmuiters and ithepherds.
Inflioss Ormond, on hell, took his trial on an
indictment for stealing 4 lambs, valued at £3, the pro.
perty if Charles Bugg, his ourater, at Milborne Port,
In or about the month of JaniAry last. Mr Wan,
itad Mr. T. W. Saunders were retained to pro.
moat* on the part of the Crown, end Mr. Folkezd
sondaeted the defenoe. The first testy minutes were
spent In endeavouring to obtain • jury to try the ease,
Mr. Foikard at first objecting to the entire panel with
the exeeption of eight. The ortioner, ub was heed
shepherd to the promeutor, had been in his employ for
the lest twenty years ia the slime work, and wan
readying 12r. a week with • oottage, Tb• promientor
proved that he had given the prisoner no authority to
dispose of lambe for his own profit, and that Mr did
sot know of snob transactions before the cam arcee.
It was impossible to ascertain, until the lamb, were
two or three days old, whether the eweeoould riser them
or not, and if th• ewes were short of milk, the
shepherd could obtain a supply of milk from the dairy.
He never toll the prisoner that be was to haw" the
ems perquisite" es the other shepherds in the neighbourtood, and did not remember having forbidden
him to do the same as other Back-tenders. Ordered
the prisoner to rear all the lembe he could. It rem a
shepherd's privilege to sell a surplus lamb to a wigh•
touring fink mamma or farmer when the ewe scold not
rear ill her lambs, sad the shepherd kept what wee
given hint, which WM generally L. The flock was of
horn sheep, mid the only in:oiler flock belonged to big
(premeutor's) sem
Mr. E. Smith, of Hatherleish, proved purithaelitz, 19
lambs of the prisoner, and George Aylmdepos,d that he
bought DJ lambs from the itommed.
Beveral flookineetege deposed that the eastern did not
exist fora ehopherdtodlapoa. of • lamb without the
knowledge of the owner.
The contention of Mr. Folkerd in opening the defense
woe that throughout the oounty the cameo, enreted for
a shepherd to enji the right of disposing of surplus
lambs as soon a. It we. seen that the ewe could not sus-
tain them. Several witnesses—farmers and shepherds
—were called to bear out this view, but in all ewes
the sossent and full knowledge of tha master bad
tertearred.
Kr. Liu agreed that Il the prisoner aced in the
bp. Me belief in the custom he should not be
eonvieted, but the member of the lambs disposed of was
ineensistent with a belief that they were all sorties
aaleartie.
The chairman, in summing up, said the jury mud
decide upon four palate—whether the Lambe were
surplus lathe; 'nether they were "old with the am-
mut of the proseoutor ; whether, 'opposing there had
been no absolute sonsent, the wage was eistablieke" ;
and whether, in the absence of such a siege, there
was any felonious intent on the pert of the prisoner.
After long deliberation, tits jury towed him guilty,
with • recommendation to messy.
The Chairman paned mentenee of Mn months' hard
Labour; and on the epplicatto• of Mr. I`. W. Saunders,
ordered the surrender of 17 of the lambs by the put,
&seer.
Mr. Folkard said be altould premed upon • or
err tiorari in the Queen's Hearth against the r • of
Beiseerd forward surrendered to his '
dietneent for steeling 38 lambs, v.I.- oeld on
an in-
property of Walter Bed& at £3 His., the
Port, in or ebeutthe,o lie"P" -Aster, at Milliteene
Ed". aa' and ., .
of last 'January. Mr.
promos ea, and Mr or. Sounders (graduated the
primmer. . Folkard was counsel for the
The ease
thr ..ed from the opening of the court until
afternoon, when the prisoner was acquitted.

The Bishop Primus heehaws busy amoog the northers
°harsher, taking overeight and setting many gallop in
order by his tounsel and ups, isnot% Coe6rmatioo
servisee were held at perszal of the Pt P'l churches.
At Mhealton, on the 15th of May, seveaty.four young
people—lnnlading twenty.air from Alston Ordiert—
wore confirmed, .which, in the Free Church of &gland,
means a personal profusion of faith In the Lord Jesus
quiet, sad a repuellaUon of the heresy of baptismal
regeneration. At Bolling/rood, thirty-three well.pre
pared eanthdetee were confirmed, and tbe whole of the
young people OWN to the Lord's table on the Sonde,
seating with every indication of semi...tame sod piety.
Oa Monde , May 26, s oosirmation was held at Bt.
o, when twenty-ive candidates were
cestrised by the Biahop.—Pra Church or Secifited

iilltmipocknoa acy anowiluorr BILL. The
Guardians of the Poor, throughout the country, are
Dow liedieg not only that the so-called amendment of
the hid Will answer so useful purpose ; but that, on
moral and soonornal rounds alike, It will b. saietely
0310011i0V000. From Manchester, Charlton, Wolver•
hampten, Gleamed, West Brem Ws, Buralem, and
other districts, the am protests are Wier sent In
fact, wherever the present administrators of poor relief
have eonsidered the question, they coned in &manno.
log the Ministerial plan. Keay et thew loop: authon-
bies hays beee taking part, both an their own meetings
ondlx representative conferences, in disousedons me to
the doselty and the possibility of effecdng • decrease
b pauperism. Tbis subject hes been comiderod, not
barely with a view of reduciog the rates, but for the
much nobler purpose of raising the character, and In-
lb. independence of the people. Moro than
oae Mater hes impaired • desire to amiss in this
• desirable work. Now, after all the efforts which have
been made to reduce the rel. the Government 00034911
down with a proposition whiekt those who have most
*swims* on the subject declare will greatly Mamas
la One great barrier to the bona of p•uperisin hes
boa the feeling of independent* and self -respect which
me kno• ts TINT widely spread &moors the industrial
down, sad which Weer the to endure prlvatiocs.
aad maks continual struggles, rather than aimed pariah
relief. That this is a sphit widish ought to be encour-
, so 000 will deny, It is, than, the height of
fr:gdio introduce a Mw widoh will not only offer It.
duesetate to paaperfa, but exert actual presser.
nob large number, of people to apply to the poor
law gualaollllloo avalataaaa This fa what the &usa-
ble& at handfeed Bill will do, if it is passed, end
Ids is the chief sad the gravest objection urged
egabat It by the Boards of (berthed. They unite in
oonaring that it will largely menage pauperism, by
waning into contact with the relieving officers BD
emormoss olsas of poor persona who, at primed avoid
womb, peepers, mainly bemuse of the Boob' degrada-
tion attached to the name. The faros of ntyieg that
whoa • man lid applied to the relieving °Meer, sad
be. obtained relief from the poor-nde on the ground
oi his poverty, be shall not be considered a pause r
dims sot seem to have mush weight with the amber;-
ef Wsßosnia Tber tag too well m(1;1418114
visb um, rya/dial area of We law be pay mash awed
leM tame verbal distimikaa.—Berimispelas Daily
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