The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1862-11-04 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

IOO.--Cross-examination: He rented a house and about 40 acres of land, for which be paid £l2O a year, besides rates and taxes. He was (mite sure the goods in his house were not worth £5OO. He bad never told Mr. Hillsrd's traveller that he had executed • bill of sale to prevent other creditors from taking possession. He had no books to show what money he owed his sou.-Mr. Trenchard, in addressing his Honor, observed that lie was quite sure there were a good many suspicions connected with this case. It was nothing but a fraudulent transaction between the claimant and his father to deprive other creditors -of their share of the property. The whole of the -creditors were tdren in, and be thought his Honor would not be satisfied that the cheques which had been produced had passed through the bank, and he thought It was • very suspicious circumstance that the claimant Lad not produced his bank-book. Several creditors were paid, whilst Mr. Hillard and others were not. He contended that from the very beginning the bill was signed to prevent other creditors from coming in, and was intended to defraud the creditors.-His Honor, after making a few observations, said he thought the case was not a fraud, and he was at present inclined to give judgment for claimant, but he would reserve his decision until next court day.  Poticx.—At the Townhall, on Friday, before G. Harbin, Esq., William Mitchell, a mason, of Monte-cute, was charged with assaulting and threatening to murder his wife on Sunnday, the 12th of October.—The defendant admitted the charge but said he was provoked to do so from finding his wife and a man named Warry, a blacksmith, having criminal connexion with each other. From his statement it appeared that on the night in question his wife manifested great anxiety to get her husband to bed, and after some persuasion he retired leaving his wife apparently deeply engaged in reading. She, however, tied her husband's bedroom door with .some string, which aroused his suspicions, and he determined to watch the result. After waiting about ten minutes he discovered his wife and Warry walking about very lovingly, and saw them enter a stable, to which the husband, with noiseless steps, wended his way, and there he found his faithless spouse and Warry,in a very indelicate position. Being exasperated at such conduct, he wired Warry and threatened to run a pick through him and his wife, and which he would have done in hie passion, he said, if he oould have found one. Warry, however, made his escape, by falling from a height of about twelve feet, and the unfaithful daughter of Eve was left to her husband's fury and anger, who then ill-treated her. The wife stoutly denied the charge of being unfaithful to her husband, but she said "seeing was believing." Mr. Harbin endeavoured to affect a reconciliation between the parties, but to no avail, and husband and wife were very free in making use of terms which were anything but loving ones. The husband stated that he had placed the matter in the hands of Messrs. Nieholette, solicitors, and nothing would satisfy him without being " deborced" from her, and he would not give up any of her clothes, although he was urged to do so by Mr. Harbin and herself. He said his lawyer had told him not to give anything up, and he would not. The defendant also stated that his wife had taken away almost all the goods in his house and had placed Item in several houses in the parish, but he had had a search warrant and had found lots of them. The defendant wished the case to be adjourned, as he had made his complaint to J. Wood, Esq., a magistrate, and he could not pet the attendance of his solicitor that day. Mr. Harbin said that as his brother magistrate had been privily consulted, he thought it would be the best way to let the case stand over until Friday, and to this the complainant consented.  _