The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1879-03-25 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SOLDINIS. —At the Borough Petty &eneloadt on Thursday, before D. Drew and Mr. J. X. Bobesa, Jame Bondman and Garr Ambler, two artillerymen, etatioaed at the Mahe Fort, were Zerwith stealing& shirt that had been left out to o Forestees Arms Inn Yard, the property of Dullteld. The prisoners went to the home tihrtlns afternooe, when they had something to and Ambler went out into the back yard. It for sale to Mr. Welter Nathan, outfitter, 137Thomaeatreet, but Mr. Nathan answered that he could mil him plenty of shirti, and did not want to buy say, when prisoner began to &bun him, and called him • " Jew." They would not take the shirt away again, and after 'ming most offensive language they left, and be threw the shirt out on to the pavement, went to the police station and rare information to Mr. Supt. Vickery, and when be returned he found Lb. primmer, had returned and taken the shirt away. —P.O. Barrett apprehended the prisoners the previous afternoon, shortly after four o cite*. Ambler had lbo shirt, which was still damp, under hie arm, and be admitted he had taken it from the Foresters' Arms for slash; but cm his say to the station Ambler said "Th. other bloke took the shirt and had got him Into that trouble." In mower to the charge Ambler pbodad guilty, but Bowdram not guilty. Ambler mid he had been taking too mush beer lately. tier. geaM Lyon gave him sat excellent character. owdrsm Lad 'Wing spin* his cissearAss but drunkeeness. tkrui dell issid Jam  Arran/Trim To Commit Rotmon.—Rinterd Marti, a short elderly man, • porter was charged with attempting to commit suicide. Isabel l'isard stated that she was prisoner's daughter, and resided with her parents at 16. Walpole-atreet, in the Park. That morning about five o'clock she saw her father take • piece of cord from one of his waist° .at pocks's, put it round hie neck, and then fasten it to the bed-p et. slept in the mine room as her father and mother, an I noticed that he talked • great dotal in a rambling manner during the night. lie was the woe. for driA the night before, but not drunk. When she saw what he wan doing she called to her mother, and she gut out of bed and snatched the rope from Lim. The cord was fastened round his neck, but he w s still lying in bed. The rope was the same that he brought home the previous evening. Ha was not black in the face, nor did ho say anything to her mother when she untied the cord from the bed post. About ten o'clock that (Thursday) morning be Lad attempted to hens himself with • strap to the closed doer. —Remanded till Friday morning at eleven o'clock.—On the cue being called on Friday morning there was • full Court, and the following magistrates were on the Bench—Dr. Drew and Messrs. B. Hopkins, H. Haggett, and J. R. lioliens.— ch. wife of the prisoner was asked by Mr. Arden if she had any complaint to meke against her husband, she replied, "No; only as to his trying to take away his ; own life.—Dr. Drew intimated that they could not take the evidence of the wife unless she were In danger , of her life, and on lying asked if this was the case, oho replied that she was nut afraid of her own life. lie had never threatened her life. He bad many times threatened totelt, away his own life, and this MAO generally when he was in drink; but he had done , the same when out of drink.-13.-. Drew asked the prisoner what he had to say, as this was not the first 1 time ?—Prisoner replied in • long rambling statement that hbi wife told him that if he would put • rope I round his neck she would drag him anywhere, besides : which she had also threatened to put a knife into him. He had not had • moment's peace for the last nine yeara. He had left his home on mescal mad ins, and had not slept in his home for nine weeks together, but under the window of a house in the Park. ills wife turned him out of the home lest Jane. On that occasion he met P.C. Harvey (pointing to hint) and staked hint if he would kindly give him • night's lodging in the polioe-station ; but that offioer informed him that " that was no lodging-house "and he milked the streets all night long.—Jane Baker, a next-door neighbour to the prisoner, stated she saw him in his house after he bad tried to hang himself in the closet; hew.. quite purple in the face and "all of a twitching." he asked him why he had done each • thing, and he replied " He was tired of his life, and could do as be liked with his own body." The strap wan h loosely round his neck, and she took it away trtfilliim and ran into her own house with it as prisoner kept on wanting It—Dr. Drew inquired if these people livcd harmoniously together? —Witness replied that this was no, only the prisoner's temper was eery trying at times, and that was the cause of the unplementneas ; and he had • comfortable hums If he liked to think so. Witness said prisoner asked her U he should have been taken into the church if he had destroyed himself, and she told him" Certainly not; they would have to bury him at night."— Prisoner: May I speak I only put the strew, which I wear round me, round my neck while I was in the Icloset, as there was no nail to hang lion. My wife has taken me by the hair of my head and pulled me round the room, and has thrown hot tea over me.— Mr. Thomas Court deposed that six years ago while ' prisoner, himself, and four others were going in • b from the Harbour to Greenhill, and when about halfway, Thad jumped overboard, and when the boat could be stopped he was picked up; he had a very narrow escape, being between two and three feet under writer, and be had gone down for the third , time. Prisoner was in I quor at the time. He jumped I overboard again and was again rescued, the witness threatening that he would give him a good thrashing It he did it again. —Prisoner wee ordered to And • entity for Ms good behaviour for three months. This I was dose during the afternoon, and he was liberated,