The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A NOBLEMAN.

At the &refloat petty sessions, yesterday,
Hector Graham Toler, Earl of Norbury, appeared before
the beach of magistrates to answer a charge of unlawfully
assaulting Hannah Isaacs, a girl under the age of eixteee,
at Velem., near Weeterhain, the seat of the sable earl.
The magistrates pissed were Mr. C. B. O. Pettey
(chairman), the Earl of B,uckeock, Sir N. Byaroft, Bart.,
sod Mr. Mutton Lambarde. Mr. Healey, barrister, histructed
by Mr. West, from the °Moe of Meths. Bluth and Roscoe,
of 8, Bedford row, the solicitors to the Society for the Pro-
tection of Women and Childrth, prosecuted ; Mr. Crippe,
solicitor, of Tonbridge-wells, appeared for the noble de-
fendant.
Mr. Bewley said that he bad been instructed by Meows.
Shame and Boerne to lay before the bench the circumstances
of the ease of Hannah leases, • girl under these years of
age, who had made the complaint stated is the summons.
The ease would really turn out to be of mush greater mag-
nitude than it appeared on the first blush. The complainant
was the only daughter of • gardener, who had !odds wife
in 1838. The girl was born in June, 1850, and at the death
of her mother she was plead in the charge of her father's
sister, Mrs. Hill, a laundress in Candies-tows, who brought
her up. The learned omens.' then detailed the sate of the
defendant as given in evidence, end said that the
alleged assault having been talked about it come
to the knowledge of a lady living in Prthothgardens, Hyde-
park, through whose mesas the girl was taken away and
the mammoth obtaised.
Hannah Lew% examieed by Mr. Healey—l am the
daughter of William Isaacs, whole • gardener. My mother
died in January, 1858, and I was brought upp by my aunt,
who is • latudress, living at Jeffreyertreek -town.
On the sth of Jose next I shall be lb pawn el age. At
Christmas lest I saw Mr. M*Dennott, the butler to Lord
Norbory, at High-street, Marylebone, and was 'mowed to
go to Valence, Dear Weaterbein, Is wider laundryinsid.
On the 19th 1 went to Valence, and got there betimes
six an Neves in the evuliog. I saw Lord Newbury, who
approved of my taking the situation. Up to Wedseeder
week I continued to do my work. Then were six
ether fermis servants in the limes and three male ear-
theta. I slept os the first floor by myself. Bondman, the
cook, slept to a room near me, and two hoessmaids in the
other. Mine was the middle room. On the evening el
the 15th of February 1 woe in the hashes den% and
Lord Norbury cams is about 10 o'clock. Wises he ease
is he asked me dot when the kiteben-maid sad tie ashy
maid were, sad I answered him, "Up slabs" He said,
" How matey shifts and Meetings have year I mode so
answer. Ha said, "Hare you half a loser and 1 mid,
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say hair was so smooth. " No, bat bad a hard ono,
which mode it look all the smoother." He thee odd me
if I thought 51. would sat me up, sad I said it would.
He said, " Come with me bsto the library, sad I will
give yea 5!." 1 went ia, and he mad me Y I did not
think 51. was • very lisedossoe prese
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said I preferred gold. He meted one in had a pale to put
it is, and I said "Ns." He said he lad cos, and ow be had
sot had it gives to kiln he would giro it to am He pre
me this parse with the smog is It. He ties bawd so
and I idt the room. I lit my (smile in the ball sad weal
to bed. I took my purse and money is it. I bepa unarms.
leg, and the hoonsenaid mane is, cad I wed to leer tees. I
then retuned to my owe seem I west to bed. and after
some time I west to sleep. I wee awakened
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had on hi nightohirt. Ha blew the
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to my room.
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his daughter wee born in Jeer, 1850. Heist a sumusas
epithet tie defeedeat, end west to Lard Itorbery's hook
sad fetched awe/ his girl's box.
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