The Telegram. — 1893-02-28 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

AGAINST A CHGTIIOLL CAAMITER. —Frank TlrMter Yea:, carpenter, of Chetnote, was summoned fir indecently assaulting hearty James, wife of a carter, at Leigh. on Jan. 00th.—Mr. ininey Watts, of Yeovil. appeared for defendant. Peosecutrlx stated that on the morning of the day in question, defendant, without knocking at the door, eante into her lionee and asked her if elle would get hirn a cup of tea by 12 o'clock, and she said that she would. lie had never beta in the house before. Ile looked at the things to the house and then took hold of her and kissed her, after which he pushed her up against the wall and pulled about her clothes. Witness told him that. she would tell her husband. Before that he had offered her hi. She was struggling with the MSG to prevent him assaulting her for about a quarter of an hour, and then he let her go, and butjt of thorn left the house. Witness went for her husband, who was working in a barn near by, and defendant went away in an opposite direction. She told her husband of what had occurred, and they both went home to lee if defendant would come to the house again.—Crosa-timanined Defendant was, on the day in question, working about live minutes- walk from her house. Subsequent to the tint occasion on which he came into the house he came again when her husband was at home, at about 12.15.1 In answer to witness's husband defendant said that tic had not been saying anything to witness, and her husband then told him that he would have to go to Sherhorne. When she left the barn with her husband Mr. could, his einployer, was there—Charlet James, husband of presecutrix, deposed that on the Inersing of January 30th, 'when he was workitny in the barn, hit wile came to him vying and complaining to him of what defendant had done. After staying three or four minutes his wife went back home, and *tans h.:r after a few more Ink:Mts. When witness nail been home wean 1.11/11e aelusidatst caLico in, at about 12.15, and witness asked him what he had bean "at with his wife, and  told him he would take ont a summons ^st him. Defendant said that he had done nothing at atl. In the afternoon of the saute day be came to witneas and offered him Is to Say no mete about the matter, bet winless told him he did not want the shilling.—Crossexarnined : Before going home earlier than usual en the morning in question witness asked permission to leave work.—ln answer to the charge, Mr. Watts, en behalf of defendant, pleaded not gunny, and, addressing the Bench, pointed out that, if , defendant had been guilty of the offence with which he had been eiretwed. he would not, had he any cease, have duue to the house the second time. Condoning, Mr. Watts said that what the proseeutrix and her husband had said was lies, and Mem called defendant, who said that he had lived at Chetnole ell his life, and was a married man. 011 the day 'in question he was working with anion named Bridge about 100 yards from preeccutrix's Louse, and, having ,a vciy bad headache, went to the house at about 11 o'clock. Yrosecntrix came to the doer, and witness asked her if she would make a cup of tea for him, bud he wSh ould pay her fer it. e said she would, mid witness went away. The state'nimbi of Mrs. James in regard to his assaulting her in the house were absolutely untrue, as he only atsyed at the house for two or three minutes. Witness was only out of Bridge's eight on the morning in question about ~,eren minute.. He did not knew who lived in the horse when he went there. About 12.30 he again went to the house for the tea, and asked the woman tor it, bat she made PO answer. Witness was about to leave when the woman's husband came out of a cupboard Under the stairs and accused him of Insulting his (James') wife. W nines' told him he hieinot doue so. Witness then left the house. It was untrue that in the afternoon he offered James la. Be did the man in the afternoon, and told him that he onaht to be ashamed of himself for hating accused him (witness) of such It thing. Witness had never been accused of anything before and bad moll been numinoned.--By the Beech: He did not enter the home on the brat oceasion.—Paitip Bridge. who was working with defendant on the day in question, said that defendant WAS only absent for about seven unuutes when he went for the tea.—Colohel Chadwick, railed by Mr. Watts, said that he had known defendant ever since he was a small boy, and he did not believe him to be capable ef the offence with which he eras now charged.—The Bench committed prisoner fen trial at the next Quarter Sessions, and granted bail, himself In gbo and two Jambes of £25 eacti.—Defendant's two brothers— tico. Neal. or (Thetuole, and Arthur Neal, of South Permit, Crewkeme—beetune asset ice. DiSelleB6l).—Ben.ianin Coop.r, of Newland, Slierborne, was sounioned by Kate Noake, of Lang Street, rtherherne, to show cause, &c.—Mr. S. Watts annealed for defendant, but as complainamt did not put in arl eneemance the case was dismissed.  Williaw I.l.ialitt, 37 years registrar of int London Bankruptcy Coin c, died on Wednesday. The body of the fats Col Oliver Montagu, who died some weeks ago at Cairo, hes been brourcbt to Huntingdon tor ildertbenc. _ -  Lord Pembroke is one of the latest victims of the inflmenza. So far, however, there is every reason to suppose that it is only a mild attack. Mr. R. 0. Roby, • solicitor, and twice Mayor of Liskeard, and fur many years an alderman of the borough, committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself. Hobbs, Wright, and Newman, charged at Bow Street on Thursday, in connection with the Liberator failure, west committed for trial. Bail was accepted for Plowman. On Tuesday, tie Luke of Edinburgh rioted Exeter and handed In the officers of the Volunteer forces of the county the decorations whieb hed been conferred on them by the Queen. Robert Struts was reinaeded at Manchester on Thursday shamed with attempting to murder his brother-in-law, whom he is alleged to have shot in the head during a clue.rtel,said to have been prompted by jealousy. An iinnieuse erowd on Wednesday witnessed the trials in the fret and second rounds of the Water. lon Cup, at Altman The feature of the canning was the defeat of Colonel North's Ballerton by Cap.:stet MVlduroutes Pull Captain.  IJTSTSILIOUS DEATII OF A 80LIcuroo,—An in• quest was held an Monday at Llandudno on Mr. itowlasid H. Crooke, solicitor, Mancha4ter, wise NVA4 last seen at Widnes on Wednesday, and whose body was found off Great OClEllid Head on Saturday. The jury returned an open verd;et. A