The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-02-13 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A STSPXOTHER AT BULL.-00 Tuesday • youth named William Turner, abouteighteen year* of age, was brought up at the Hull Police Cost, before Thomas H. Travis, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, on a charge of attempting to shoot his stepmother, Mrs. Ann Turner. The circumstances of the ease are as follows: The prosecutrix resides in Norfolkstreet, Beverley-road, and on Friday the prisoner called upon her and requested to see his mother's marriage lines, which were in the prosecutrix's powiesaion. In the evening the marriage Linea were given to him, and he appeared quite friendly disposed towards his stepmother. After he had read the lines he went into the yard for about five minutes, and upon returning into the house said, "Good bye, mother, lain going back to London in the morning." Priam:ldris accompanied him as far as the door, with a lamp in her hand, when prisoner suddenly turned round and discharged a pistol at her. ! Fortunately, however, it took no effect, the contents of the barrel passing her. When prisoner saw that his attempt to shwa her inid failed he said, "I've missed," end thou ran away. On Tuesday morning the prisoner gave himself up at the Hull Polies Station, stating that he had stolen some money while he had been working as • glass stainer in London. He admitted that he had attempted to shoot his stepmother, and said the barrel of the pistol bad • large bullet in it, and he expreaaed his regret that he had not killed her. The magistrate remanded the ease until the following Friday, for the productiou of WOO further evidence. A youth named Andrew Slayuard has been committed to take his trial at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder of a lad named Henry Holland, aged 18. The two lads had a dispute at play, bet there was no quarrel or fighting between them: All the bystanders heard was, "I'll stab you, you."—aoinething expressed by • blank—" I will," the words having been spoken by the accused, and diately discovered that lie had been dabbed bi the abdomen. This took place on the evening of the 10th ult., and Holland died on Tuesday, in Gey's Hospital of morti fie .tion.  A Haman Vetoer= Lscrcrase iT NM Melees& —A correspondent in• certain Highland parish, writing to the Elgin Courant, says :—"One of our worthy usiniateni in this quarter heard that ore of lita =Weirlion, who had been a volunteer, had given in his rangnation. Some evening, while lecturing in the church. he told his hearers generally that he did not approve of cowardswho would realign when they would hear of wars and rumours of wan. He said that if he were the officers of such men he would rather hays& sat of Skis about him than mush coward.; and, addressing the defaulter in particular, be said, 'Stand to your arms. Mc—,' which he has since &motto his credit." A shocking crime, reminding us of Italian or Spanish scenes of violence, occurred in the High-strest of Marylebone on Monday afternoon. Four or five drunken coetermongen owning up the street seised bold of a earl loaded with bones at • respectable butcher's door, and commenced assaulting the carter by throwing the bones at hint. The butcher cense out of his shop to assist the carter, when the gang attemided to enter his shop, and on his resisting one of them stabbed him with a kWh', from the effecta of which it is doubtful if he will recover. The whole of the gang are in =seedy, and several witnesses swear to the perpetrator of the cowardly sat,  FRIGHTFUL ACCIDRIIT i