The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-10 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT, ElArtraDAY.
(Before Mr. Jostles Kumla)
SIGANT At 7001.1.

William Bastards, • middle-wed man on ball, pleaded guilty
to unlawfully marrying and taking to wile one Martha Musels.
white, his former wife being alive.
Mr. Collins, who prosecuted, said InlP4B prisoner married bls
wife, and after haring left her some live or six years he went
through the marriage ceremony with Martha Musalewhite. He
was Informed his wile was a woman of loose character before he
married her, and that the second woman was also of had
character..

117-I;ck, for the priaoner, said there was no technical
defence to the charge Prisoner married In 1858, and lived
with his wife seven or eight months before going on board
H.M.S. Hannibal. He wee away several year', and on coming
back found his wife living in such a way that he Instantly left
her. He went to Poole, and there went through • form of
marriage with another women, but she was of bad character,
had • child before pawner knew her, and a second afterwards.
She gave the notice to the Registrar and ao on, and had now
turned ageing prisoner. She was in mob • stets of Intoxica-
tion yesterday that she could scarcely be taken before Um grand
'r. Collins said that was the case:
Mr. Lock continutal that when prisoner got his discharge
from the navy he had two good conduct marks, /sc., and the
foreman of the factory vrhcro he wee now employed would
sleek to his geed character.
Mr. Collins said he WWI Informal the prisoner was a man el
pad character.

The Judge said prisoner had pleaded guilty to blpany. II
was • crime that varied very much In degree. Sometimes it
mu, • very eeriowl crime indeed ; and at others of a leas
atilZravakall character In the present ease there seemed to he
Ifft.tlY mitigating circumstances, and he did not reelly
tuaiet=sniaire on the woman with whom he +eat throqh
6 cerrinoily. But he committed &crime In allowing
at to be perfonueaL U 6 ountonced to It dare imprison-
ment

ASSAULT OX A SAILOIL
Henry Pitman, 19, coal porter, and Elizabeth Slumlon, 30,
were indicted for aseaulting George Hollister with intent to rob
, from him divers monies at Weymouth, on With December.
I Nr. Noselfortle proeecuted.
Alfred &holler said on Christmas night about quarter past
I ten he was standing near the Three Tuns in Ilaidensttruet.
Along the street from Edmund-etreet, the two prisoners came
t"mmils him with • Bailor. They passed him and resir the
church railings a little higher up they stopped. There was no
one else about. A scuffle took place, and he heard Pitman my
"lie's down" On this he went up to see what was the 'natter.
Nobody but the primners vrere there. The sailor had a terrible
• ht of blood coming from the back of his bead and was insen-
sible me woman said " better take him to the inarmary."
When they passel him the sailor appeared all right, sad
walked properly. Almost directly • man named Perkins came
at, end went after • policeman. Just after Perkins had
etarted Pitman whistled to Perk ins end said "the man's getting
better, and don't want a policeman " The pollee mine, and
witnces helped take the maw to the Mallon, Prisoners went
Away before thepolies came.
Hy Pitman : tou lifted the man up, but west away almost
ghvaly, letting him .lown agnin.
Whams: Philip Rolls came by, and ho asked him to help the
manor to the station.
pitman denied whistling, but witness averred he did, and
that ha mused to help the man as soon as he saw blood cowing
on his clothes. Ile did not hear Pitman knock him down.
it Stainion : You 'eked for some MULISH:O to take the man
to the h ormuy. I Bald the station was most handy. You
wiped his lasi with your poolna-haadesrehlet. You Witt no
Own whoa the pollee mow