The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-21 00:00:00

TEI CANTERBURY PETITION.

TWO TOMO' UN/11471W.
Thie case was resumed on Wednesday morning,
lest, and farther evident» given in support of the
e.t.ii.wonen' caws is to offers of money to vote for the
ail wee
Mr. Clarke (for the Hon. R. Gathorne Hardy, and
Colonel Laurie) said he should rely on the point of agency.
Mr. Alfred Hardy deposed be gave instructions to carry
on the election in a pure manner, and had no know-
ledge of anythinglllegal. Colonel Laurie made a Silllll4/
statement. .Toe Denman maid In reporting to the
Speaker they should express the strangeet sympathy
with the reeciderita, on amount of unsubstantial of
personal bri .In accordance with the expressed o ion
of the Court, r. Murphy apologised for the
charge
The Court &glared the election void. and l=
the
caste of the petition to be paid by the respondents,
except those expenses to which the respondents and their
relatives had been pat to meet the personal charge

MURDZR AT MUTH.
The Leather Softie Tea Gardens, • plea of resort at
Belvedere. in the parish of frith, was the scene of •shook•
ing occurrence on Tuesday A carpenter named Morass
Berry having there fallen in with Caroline Adams, a
young women of his previous moque/stance. Mobbed her to
dee* with • chisel, which he is sold to have wbetted and
carried about with him for the purpose. The afternoon
was rainy, and tits gardens were almost deserted, but the
deoseeed as eittlog in OMB of the arbours with her sister
when the ooturrnmes took place. The man is • widower'
with two claim about tee years of age, and be lived h;
one of • row abeam at Belvedere, overlooking the nil.
way and the rim Thames. The tuner of the dammed bad
for a short time resided in the mars house and taken care
of his children, and the deceased herself bad formerly
occupied the same dwelling. She is said to be • married
woman, the wife of • sea captain, from whom she has
been separated. and she is described as • well-favoured
nerson of about SS years. After the deed wee committed
Bern walked away along a footpath which leads through
the Leather Bottle Gardens. pest Abbey Wood, sad seeing
that be was pursued, he threw the chisel into the wood as
he passed. He was ultimately stopped. sad handed over
to the police, by whom he was taken to Stith polies
station and locked up. He was afterwards brought up for
examination Wore Mr. Salgul. at Woolwich Police.
court.
Susan Dot*, • sister 01 the:deer/mod wonslis,_stabed : I was
with my slater when the deed was does we had been
into the Leather Beetle Tavern, and took some breed end
cheer to the summer-house under the wainuttree. The
prisoner was in the house when we were there, and had
'token to my sister, but she would not answer him, and
es left the house to avoid him. My sister had been his
housekeeper for about two years. but left lilm about seven
weeks ago. When we wen In the summer-house about
two minutes the Tifilollar ca4lll up and said to her, "Will
you does! ask your and she replied that she did not
want to speak to him. He said, "' Ton won't r and she
answered, " No." Then he took hold of her by the neck
and rims and stabbed her repeatedly In the breast and
heart. She has Apt nitre stabs in the cheat. I went to
help her and laid hold of the prisoner's coat, but he said
that he would terve me the genre if I did not go away. and
I then went to the tavern for wastenon When I got
beck to say eider she was Vim in her Mood es the green,
quite &MC and the prisoner had gone away.
The prisoner tarsier to witness angrily_ awned her of
wog the cause of his troubles, saying that U she had
kept away from him he would not have found himself in
Idepresent position.
Mroosaisded him until after the opening of
the
Tee who is shoot 31 Tars of ma looked
and anxious. it will be stated in evidence that he
easeperied the easiest on the
g dayserriens to the occurrence
asoardried it about with verrueiy hinting at
vesgersoos.„ and it was browns is the locality
that he vas erscesSingly Jealous of say attention Wog
pedi te the Sseseesd wrens'by other men. After his
nensee its was telesu_ksok to the LiM Beia, and end-
ed Oil WAIL nalla by a ask he ‘vereil the
in" and NM " No ow Woo EN ow low* woe