The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1871-01-31 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ILK. LI., belonging to H. ?LS. Ilu• prisoner to call her sheer for that purpose, and she Gauen, and in charge of Marines on board the tender thee left the room. Ste returned In about two minutes, Racer. It was his duty to see the meat weighed on a' 'I -"I h" sister non° be there In a few miaow/, board the Bowmen he entered the quantities ,i.i. oasis.,). II oae quickly behind me and placed a handker. weighed in a book. Entered 540th. the Ist of October, chit activated with something over nay nose and mouth ; as she did so the man rushed at are, leg and was certain that quantity came :on board; went on leave the same day at 2 p.m. returned on the 9th. clasped rue round the atom whilst the woman Ow Jo the 17th entered 5891 L, wash was correct. on tinned to hold the handkerchief to my face. I the 25th, 48811 i , also correct. Had heard the prisoner managed to get free from him. and got the leaadker. say he was leaving beet behind for boys' fend on *haat away' The man then seized me by the throat several occasions when in 00neemeien on the subject, and the woman at the game thus got behind me, and again applied the handkerchief. I then began to feel a Cross-examined : It bed been tbe duty of witness to stupefying sensation. The man continued his hold ofassist in weighing the meet ever since he was in the Commenced entering bathe books the weighing me. I continued all the time to struggle, In the and '...-., forced -  IWY overpowered, and the man ft me down on to the sots. Tyrrell was standing over me, and said, "If you move I will murder you I begged him to locos the strap acro+l my chest, as the pain was so greet, and he loosened it a little. I struggled to get mpg/ in a aittimr posture to look round on the table, whir* wee befoul me, in order to bte what wax bsing done with the property that was left on the table. Tryroll foroed in, down, end tied a hendkerchief over my eyes, Ho said, "If you are quiet some 006 will be sent le you in tvn minutes." I heard him leave the room. I oil not hear the female leave the room. Before he left the room he said to the prisoner, " Quick, Lucy, quick with aly hat." I heard the street door slain, and I th.o made an effort to rise. I untied the strap that bound my wrists with my teeth, and then undid the other atrium. I got the poker, broke the window and called for assistance, which Came iii clew minutes, at imusedi stely. Mita Emma Jane Goodrich, of Upper 4atien'sSouthampton, said .he knew the prisoner. Hirt: name was Martha T,rpey. The photograph predated was a portrait of hsr husband, Michael Torpey. 0. tbe 16:h of January witnem ree.ived a small parsed 'ad the following letter : _  L:smington, Jan: 15, 1671.  . " My dear Erama,—Just a lino to wish you snug happy returns of to-morrow. . . lam going to ask a favour I you--that is, that you will kindly take charge (for A little while) of • little parcel which I aka lend y.,tx to-morrow ; keep it cartfally for me, ma send me a line to let me know whether you received it safely. . . Baby is getting on 'nicely. and I us myself again. With kind love to all, believe me to be, affectionately yours, "Perris."  Witness did not open this packet, but on bearing a the prisoner's apprehension on • charge of being one. mined in the jewel robbery delivered it to • magistrate, in whose presenoe i was opened by Mr Harris, inspector of the Southampt .0 ,30i0e. Ur. Lewis sal that upon this evidence he should ink for • further rrivand.  A solicitor's clerk who app•ared to defend the pri• saner urged that, as she was acting under her husband, ahe was by law exonerated from tbe oonsetittenoes of 13.. r set, supposing her to have taken part, am had bees alleged, in ice robbery. Mr Mansfield remarked that if this was the law Mrs Manning was most unjudly banged. The prisoner was then remanded formally until Thursdity.