The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-14 00:00:00

TILVNIER.

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William Atm, late barman to Mr. Dean, 100, Curtain-
road, Shoreditch, wa. re-cvonined on the charge of abduc-
tion pr, revved on Weilnesd,) Led. The inurt wa, crowded
to care., owing to the draw.'- and m 3 0.4 flout a•-pcet of the
factit which 'a, re elicited 011 the 'lrv% ions inquiry.

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Ann Harriet Newman, the emnplainaut, is the daughter
of a rope-maker, residing at S, Manning-gnat, i.inu•hou.s.
She has hitherto borne a most exiallent character as a hard
working, inilustriuue young woman, remarkable for her
strict integrity, and her else pillie26oll to business as a
ia•ugntrs-o. hough still cull Oiled from the dings and
rough treatment to which she had been subjected, the ue
count which sho now gave of thi. transaction was more
I clear and rillseted than her first statement. Flom her
lengthened examination it would appear that the house
to which she wag taken was in the west end. The
• meta in ninth she found herself when awakening
from the effects of the drug applied to her face in
the cub Woo rl P 1.36.011% lcw•k parlour. The young woman
who informed her that she was in a hnithel, and who fur-
nished her with the knife to defend herself, was tall and
Send-looking, dn•oeed in black silk, with white cuffs, and
wore a watch and chain. On pit ing her the knife, and
telling her to defend her-ell', she also inhirmed her that the
person who brought her to the place in a cab had 31. for
doing no. wad of opinion she would know this
young woman again, and also the out woman who cam
pulled her to drink the liquid, which had a spirituous taste.
rbw latter, who was about iU years of age, was dressed in a
rich fawn-coloured satin, and won• a eery flashy cap. It
aas after •he was comps lied to drink the liquid that the
three gentlemen came into the room. On seeing them the
witness, though very weak, gut up from the sofa on which
she had beat lying, when the old woman told her she must
make up her mind to stay all night, and she should have all
she wished fur, to which althea. replied that she did not
want anything, and brandishing the knife cried out " I must
go away, and Ido not can where or whom I strike." She
then made her way to the hall, which was well lighted
with a large lamp, but was pursued by the gentle meu and
was secured after wounding one of the in in the hand. They
sucieeded in getting her hack to the room, and the one the
had wounded threatened to have her hands tied with a cord
and thrust her into the cellar, but she still resisted. Two
of the gentlemen were advanced in year., and the third was
about thirty. One of them then tried to force het upstairs
to a bedroom, saying she must iiass the night with Win,
but she screamed so loudly that they began to be alarms d,
and forced her hack to the parlour, where they tried what
bribery would do, and a handsome watch with a gold chain
was Hung round her neck, which she dashed indignantly
away, and hung four or Hee glass tumblers at them. The
prisoner, of whose identity she was quite positive, was then
called up to fetch a cub, which he did. As they proceeded
through the hall the prisoner told her that if she would but
be quiet she should b• taken hack to her father's; and as
they went along, not knowing the place. she supposed he wax
conducting her home. When they arrived at a
dark street (Little Sutton-street, Clerkenwell) he
told her to get out, and after walking three
or four yards with her put a paper in her hand
, width was subsequently found to contain her address and
lIA her. She staggered on a little further, when, weary
sail stupefied, she sat upon the step where the constable (Hil-
lier) found her. The handkerchief put to her face produced
an unpleasant suffocating sensation, coupled with a ringing
noise in the ears and dimness of vision previously to pro-
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Mrs. Eliza Andrews, an experienced matron at the hospi.
tal, to whom the prosecutrix was delivered over at halt-past
two o'clock in the morning, proved that she was almost in-
, sensible at the time. Every effort to make her use her
limbs proved in vain, and the moment she was laid on the
bed she fell into a profound sleep. When she awoke she
complained of feeling very sore, but there were no marks
of violence on her person, nor any indication whatsoever to
show that she had been violated, an opinion in which Mr.
Robertson concurred.

James Roberti, the young man to whom the prosecutrix
was atbanced, and whose name had been used as the mean
of abduction, woo called to prove whether the letter making
the appointment with the prosecutrix was in the prisoner's
handwriting, but he was unable to do so.
Mr. Yardley said it was a most extraordinary ease, and
required the fullest investigation.
Mr. Lewis said they had offered rewards, and distributed
bills at the west end of the town. The girl's parents, by
whose directions he prosecuted, were most anxious to pro-
cure all possible testimony.
Mr. Yardley—With the exception of the direct testimony
of the young woman, the evidence rests on the prisoner's
boasting of what occurred in a cab on that night, and even
that would seem subversive of the purpose for which it
would appeal he had been employed. It may be consistent
with the fact, that he wee with a young womam in a cab,
but what followed would not be consistent with the pur-
pose for which be was supposed to be employed. It is a
most serious charge, and as it is of the utmost importance
that all the parties connected with it should be brought to
justice, I shall require the prisoner to trite two substantial
stmts. of 1001. each to appear here on Lunde, next.
The primes& was locked up in default of bail, wall
Thasoday wait.