The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

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A PRACTICAL Joel WITH A Bilious Sagom..—At
the Edgware Petty &melons. William Chad, of Hendon,
wee charged with cruel, to an ans. The defendant, by
way of a good joke, attached a stray donkey to the tail
of • art he wee driving, and whipped him horse into •
rapid motioe. The donkey was not able to keep up
Its speed, fell in a roadway, and was dragged along for
thrim-querters of a mile. It was horribly lacerated.
The defendant alleged that his horse set of. and be
could not stop its weed. The bench sentenced the
defeadanttotwo months' impriamimeat with hardlaboor,
without the option of paying • fine.
A BAD WIVE AID • PHOVOMID 1113•BASD.—At the
Winchester Amines, Rickard Warwick wee indicted
for shooting as Elisabeth Warwiek, his wife, with
divers intents, on the 314 of August, at Ringwood.
The woman had been out drinking, sad an retaining
tower& house at midnight in company with ay
man the primmer discharged arm at her and wona
bee with about 60 small shots on the arm and shoulder
blade. In his defense the prisoner mid that li. war
eery sorry for It, and aboald net have done it bat his
wife behaved to badly. Be had been ill for six months.
She used to give him • bit ot breakfast ; elm th•ii went
out, dad 414 acrt Mani iill tbs middle it tie ski* NA

oho mould this pall Um oat of bed. Ha should ham
died had it it Met for le, neieleema Ws did not
lama to hart ker. Tbo ',Pry buillb. priereor many,
bat wader groat provosation. B. vas sentemed to Mar
',oaths' imorimement

A Huntovasa.—At the Wormiest AmiemOrldlem
Packwood and Oarollae Paeltwood were (WNW for
'1 to provide esilsiest food sad other seeesearlee
fO/1= Psekwood mad Herbert Peeving, aged
respeetivoly elm and SIX 711•111, &Wren of kb* male
sod step-rendre@ of ' forte pidemier.
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wee gives showing that the two children were
found in the early part of January late in • MOOS
emsciakd and filthy stage ; that they wens me& te
sit•P ret a wretched bed, whibt the female grimmer
loin" her owe ohlldrea sleeping on a feather bid; and
that they were shamefully ill-fed, although titer* was
Pleat/ of Mead and pork in the bolus, and a sash of
The husband- was a farm Wroarer, is the habit
of working from ma to six p.m., sad could then.
f°r° little about the ill-treetaneet of the ailing,
or do much to prevail it. It also appeared that be berl
c'err'i&ed to ths police the way hie wife treated the
th. was sequittodrimadby
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Blorwe MY Barevr.—fil the Winoheeter Amities
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ing company. Another semi shamed an uttering. The
pnaorier bad deposited with the hank • promise=
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prisoner honestly thought HIM the wan aci hams
Hampton. The judge told tho jury that ii prima.
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honestly believed so, the intention to defreed WM not '
made on The jury retired, and at Loeb Mono& a
verdict of guilty. Elestenes lb months' imprieunmeat
with hard labour.
Tan Ours or Banr-manaria.—liary Manninj. a
pals-famed
ocis% woman, who carried sn 'slant in her
arm,, was es remand, at Hanamenwaith murk
with swing the death of Hareem Sweeney, aged ten
nitlethe, by berates her over • Int The primmer,
&wins the temporary sheens, of the mother, took the
I deemed from • arsine sad put It upon the it., burning
It so shockingly as to oettre its death. After the
prosemitrix had given evidence, tha following conversa-
tion ensued.—The prisoner: You were drinking with
me all day.—Witness: Yes; I we. not drunk. You
were not very drunk, for you knew how to put your
own baby to bed and to hake Any child out of the candle.
—Prisoner: How often ham you said the child was •
fairy, and not year husband'sl—Witness : I never said
It was • fairy.—Prisoner: Yes, you hma—Witnees :
I never said so.—Prisoner: You mire it medkine to
kill it, and said it was not year WM.—Witness : Oh,
no. I never moi the Mild say medians to kill it.—
Cornelius Driseroll, also living in Provideomplace, mid
shortly before two °Week on the day in emotion be
saw the prisoner in the road. She was swearing and
threatening to have some person's life before night.
She did not mention any person's name. Another
woman was talking to her. In reply to the magistrates,
the witness said he did not think at the time that she
was drank.-11r. W. B. Lee, surgeon, said be was
called to the police-station, where he saw the child, who
was very nineb burnt about the lower part of the body,
on the thigh, and one kg. The Mild was taken bouts,
sad died on the neat day. By Mr. Denton : The child
ma not drowned in long clothes. The burns could not
have proceeded from mmident, as the elothas were not
burnt. The elothes must have been raised, and the
Mild held over the lire. He also stated WM every part
of the body that could come in contact by sitting was
burnt.—Mr. Darman: were there any marts of Mrs
on the body.-11r. Le,: No. The child died from the
effects of the burns. The prisoner, in Mimes, said they
bad been drinking together all day, and that was all she
knew. Mr. Delman eommitted the prisoner for trial
for wilful murder.

SHOCKING MCIVER AT TODIIOIIDIII.—A most hor-
rible and atrocious murder has jut been committed at
Todmordan, near Manchester. Ons Miles Wetherell,
• weever, had for some time put been psying his
addresses to • servant girl in the family of the Rev.
Mr. Plows, a deroymen residing at Todrnorden. The
girl eras disabused in consequence of Wethersill's
attentions, and the bloody-minded weever determined
to wreak deadly vengeance on her master, her mistrals,
and a housemaid in the family who was supposed to
have been hostile to him. At half-past tea on Monday
night Mr. Plows, who was going to bad, head a noise at
the back door. He went down, and saw Wetberallorith a
hatchet in his hand. The weaver immediately snapped
a pistol at him, but it mimed fire. He next Attacked
Mr. Plows with the hatchet, and on the clergymen's
closing with his amailant, they went down together
in • struggle on the stairs. Mr. Plows managed to
escape by the back door, but not till his heed had been
frightfully mangled with the hatchet. Wetherell,
meanwhile, permed the housemaid, who barricaded her.
self in the dining-room ; but the assassin contrived to
force his pistol between the door and the jamb, and
shot her dead. Next arising binned with • poker
from the kitchen, he went to the bedroom of Mr. Plows,
who had recently been confined. Thrusting aside the
nurse, he aimed a blow at the Invalid lady. Miming
his also, the monster attacked Mrs. Plows with the
poker and nearly battered her face in. At Ws moment
he was arrested by the 'lamb organist and two other
men whose assistance Mr. Plows had ievoked. Three
pistols as well u the hatchet were found upon him.
He was very soot, and only expressed sorrow that his
weapons had missed fire. At the coroner's inquiry on
Wednesday, • vordiet of wilful murder was returned
against the prisoner, but be did not seem at all moved
when he heard it. Whilst the jurors were signing the
inquisition the prisoner made a statement to the effect
Mat if Mrs. Plow Ited given him the privilege of visiting
his servant he should hare been a devout Christian, •
teacher in the Sunday school, and • communicant of
the church. He hoped to be forgiven by the rev, gentle-
man and his wife. The following letter was found by
the police in the prisoner's possession :—" My dear
Mites,—Please do not some any more, because there
has been such a row. My dear Miles, I am very sorry
to disappoint you, but mother says it cannot be now
for one thing —you must guess the rest, as I have to do;
but I can tell you it is quite as great disappointment to
me as it will be toy you. It it is convenient for Jou to
be at the station on Friday at seven o'clock, I should
so much like to see you again. It is bud to pert with
you, my own dear boy, but you must not fret, for I
shall have you as well away as here You hum it is
"hard hearted long parted." so I matt say good night,
my dear, for it is bedtime', with • kiem—l remain,
years ever, SARAH E. BaLL