The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

SOMERSET WINTER ASSIZES.

The Cemmiasiono .4J:lore for this county wax Nnually
en onto! at Irsionton oil 1 hostmlay eventur. by Me.
Jounce Williams. Me ealoholar contsiord the names
11 prisoneo a. aud the rothwees ;winded • eloarge
nounkr, too of f•orgory. Idol live of lour.orlary. Ole Fri-
day looorniud lois Lorddoipo attended Li% ine worship at'
m..ry stavialobse Church, where the Rev.
Ainslie. tilo•riff's Chaplain. preached the Isaorar sermon,
from Acts aril. 31 verse.

T 1... Court nt eleven n'eleek. when the
foll.nving gentlemen were swetu ttimu tl.e grand jery :
—Sir A. A. llmel, Itnrt.. M.P.. 'eternal' : P. P. P.
1.. Mont. . • M. Ptenielk • Y. 11.
Ltickine.m. EN.E; V. A. Nalfenl. ; .1. 11. K.ng-
lake. ;A. ilt". E•,4 ;J. 1141Ithy. E. 4 ;
H.Aller. jun.. Enl. ; It. A 1...,,. ; 11. 11. Uat.n,
;•Ntr . 11. P. Here I.mgrue, ;V. M. -
men!. ; H. G. 311teiny, Esq. ; It. M. King. jam..
Ent'. • It. T. Combe. En]. J. A. Lecke, Esq.; 11,
liana;ek. Each ; T. P. Bruatluientl, EMI.; and V. Salekey,
Eng,

The laain.d Ju.lge, in cliaigisig the grand turf, red
curing this winter ....size lie thou.:lit, taken eitogether,
the calendar might be fairly considered as a I:glit one ;
and he was glad to And that in t there was no cote if
arson, an offence which, in roue oilier r ties, liatl
Ikell.very prevalent of late. They would have to iii.
Tcatigate one very terietltt charge no lem a one than a
ease of murder by stabbing. if they found prime.
facie evidence that the pri-oner took the life of the de.
creased it would he their duty to fist.] a true hill, if the
circumstances of the case were atittleient to chow any
lotention clothe part of the prisoner to ile him serious
bodily harm.
MettiaLanT AT BATH. John Leader, ZI, French
polisher, was charged with foloniotialy breaking aed
enteritis the dwellitridemast of Muria Broad, with
Intent to steal, at Bath, on the lath of May. —Mr.
Mannilere appenred for the prosecution ; prisoner war
net defended by counsel—lt ariwared from the evidence
that on the morning of the 16th of May, about ono
o'clock, mu policeman named Collins was on duty at
°Mew Grove, Bath, mad, hearing s noise, he went to
the Lack of preaccetwes premise.; lie went round, and
turned on the light of Ina lantern, lie there saw two
Men, one of whom had a "jemmy" in...lied in the
shutters. The polieetimu caught hold of the man with
the '• jemmy," upon which the other man struck Min
and knocked him down. The second man escaped, but
the first one was lodged at the police station lion-e. He
was found to be • well.known thief named Johnmi.,
and was at the last Amime for Somerset septette.' to
four years' penal servitude. The other man was not
teen again fore lung time, but on the 19th of September
priermer was in cimtody at Bristol, and Collies, the
policeman, went ip,ul Rath and identified hint as the
other man whom lie lesd Owen outside pronecutor'n
whop on the morning of the 16th of May.
--The jury found the p•toner guilty, and the lenrued
jedge amid he should sentence hint to the name puninli-
nice as his mate Johnson, namely, four yearn' pr till
eereitude.—Prisoner, in an excited manner, declared
hi, innocence, sod mid lie would never tern,,' • day of
the time. He had to be dragged from the her.
Tale " MPH." UM DAV CONVICILI).—.I/Ury Day, 52,
widow, Wan inducted for having forged an acceptance to
• bill of exchange. purporting to be the signature of
John Persona, of Wilton Gaol, on the 13th of March ;
and also with having nttered the same on the 25th of
April. Mr. Warry conducted the prarrecution ; prisoner
was undefended. The primner made no defence beyond
stating that rue Lad been unable to make ;styli:sum in
eonampience of noine of I.er friend* who used to allow
her wean money annually, having refused to do so any
longer. The jury at once found the prisoner guilty, and
his lord•hip, after remarking upon the nerwasity of
severely punishing cud, crimes as this, sentenced her to
three )ears' penal servitude.
THE FleuXIS litteDEß.—Mr. Pridcans applied to his
Lordnlrip to fie • time for taking the cast of fle•rd
Ureenland, charged with the wilful murder of Uriaii
Greenland, at From.', on the 10th of Augte.t. -thie of
the tritsmoies was. medical gentleman, anal lie bad two
very serious ea& a a illneal under his care at Elwin..—
.rile learned Judge isrMl them applications mere no
nenteroun that lie could not fsvour one person more
than another.-11r. Pride•us 11. id tiles, were two Very
mime* eases of carbuncle —Thu learned Judge replied
that he em. 1.1 not iliCouveuieuLe the whole county by
"stave these •pplicationn. Ile would, flown-ter, give
r. Prirleaita aim asserAnce that lie would not take the
ease on Friday, nor on Saturday, if their were other
Ca•• atogo on with. Ile could proolue no re.—Mr.
Prideau• : Thank, you, my hold, that in all I want.
se.kn Wise.‘NroN.--John Gullick.36,and
Henry Andrewn, :18, both labourers, were indicted for
burgariounly breaking anti entering the dwelling•honse
of Walter Vincent, and stealing therefrom • quantity
of silver •poonn nn•l other article., Ills property, at
A unford, on the letli of August. - Tim jury found
Gullick guilty of burglary, and Andrews guilty of felo•
Mouldy receiving the property. Glintek having 44,11
previ 111 l sly convictel of burelury at T•runton, in IK-gt,
when his was sentenced to four yearn' servitude,
was now seatelleed S,. ilia years' penal servitude, and
Andrew*, twelveinontlia, with hard labour.