The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1881-11-04 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

AIIPEI.B^d to have belonged to the man now in custwdy. Several knives have been food in the vicinity of the line, bit in the majority of cases they appear to he worn out articles of table cutlery, which have been rejected as uselene. and with which it could have been impossible to seriously wound any person. The Tceastiry, however, regard the case as cemolete. and do not think that further evidence is necessary. The requisite reminders were served upon the witnesses for the Crown or. Saturday. Mr. F. Scudamere. the under-sheriff for the county, has made all the necessary arrangements for the accommodation of the laity, who will not be allowed ta separate after the prisoner has been given into their charge until they have delivered their verdict. Owing to the public interest connected with the trial of Lefroy, the London, Chatham. and Dover Railway Company have arranged to ) run special traina 'or the conveyance of councl, witnesse,, and there to Maidetone. As to the probable duration of the trial. varinna estimates have been formed, and in some quarters it lute been anticipated that it may he c inelneled within the space of three days. Jr must be remembered, however, that the Newest occupied no less than five day, the Court sitting from en early hour in the morning until late in the evening, its time being, with the exception of the coroner's Bumming up, occupiedl entirely with the receptiss of evidence. As there in no announcement of a diminution In the number of witnesses, and as in addition to the evidence there will be the opening of the AttorneyGeneral, the speeches of counsl for the del, nee, the reply of the Attorrev.General, and the summing up of the Juchte, it is difficult to see how the proceedings can be comer sseed within the sparse of three days. Lord enleridge 'arrived in Maidetnne on Monday evening. and proceeded to open the commission for the united ceun,ioa of Kent and Sussex. There are 31 prisoners for trial. inelnding two err signed on charges of murder, beads Lefroy. Lird Chief Ju,tice C &sedge, in charging the grand jury on Tuesday on the case of Lefrov. said that haring for the first time hero me acquainted with the facts of the case that day by r Wing the depositions, he thought, from the general out me of the facts, as they appeared to him, it would be their duty to send the case down for invest:Tatter). After detailing the facts, he said the story An I conduct of the accused were astonishing, and bearing In mind the facts which [mime i to give a reasonable ground for the charge against him, the facts that Lqroy wan a imitle llv in the caniage with Mr Gold, that the watch found on him w s ides t fled as Mr. Gold's, and that he Was in poe s ion of a revolver at the time, would justi the case being cent down for trial by the petty jury. He also c mm nted on the 'Orange conduct of the Brighton police in the matter, which had made it necessary to Cal! more witnesses. . .  The grind jury returnel a true bill against I,lfroy. Since Lafray has been in Maidstone Gaol he has maintained a moat orderly and respectful d meimmr. On his arrival he asked t be supplied with daily newspapers, as ' he had been at Lewes, and, there being no objection to this privilege, it was accorded him by the governor. Ho lass also been furnished with writing materials, and has been allowed to see the clerk of the firm of solicitors, to whom he has intrusted his deferce. He is t•eated in ev ry way as an ordinary prisoncr awaiting his tria', and is not specially watchsd or guarded. In unsiderat'on of his p,c pos'ti in he is permitted to take bis airing apart from the other inmates of the gaol, and other minor privileges are accorded him in the shape of spsehd diet, which, however, has to to provided by his Mends Mats side.