The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-11-06 00:00:00

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Juba Whltriorr, ezed 44, n meet ncroa•-lnokifig
man, ......I'nint,ll) luditt..l for roonneitti.g r It.4l*C
011 3.111rY 42. the %%Ile of W. Deorme,
4 I 4 curer.

Mary Browne deposed,, that on the eld October
she left her hushiend's house at Hayes, in Middle-
sex, to go to %Vest Bedford. which w.ee only four
miles distant, to carry her son, *irons site h.d I). it
former husband, a change of linen. She gave
him the horn, and informed him she would go to
the Three Crowns public-house, and wait until he
brought Isis foul linen to her. She went into the
tap-room of the pulitic-isouse, and virus soon laslnes-
rid by bar son ; they hid proof beer: the Prisoner
was in the interim's at Cie trine ; be a-ked her Irmo
part of the country she came ; she Intorrued Line ;
Ire then mentioned the name.. of seseral respectable
people who lived in her iseiglshetirliood, end .aid
one of them lass his uncle. lie lb• n iii.laireil which
way cite had rune from Haves ? Sire told him by
the high road ; he expressed ins surprise that she did
not know the short cut across the common. which
would sere her at least a mile and a lia!f walking;
Ire was cuing that way. as he worked at the pow& r-
mills, Harlisigion Commet. She told Lim a:ie emir
much obliged to him for his information, aid would
accept of his c impany ; her son wsr present at this
conversation. She and the Ptironer Ira tie Three
Croo hi at fen- o'clock ; they had eery little- coil-
versasion. When they came to a remote pars iif
the Common he se d, he wort:4 he d—d but lie
would have it then." She did nor marlet.tarril wkat
he meant : sae quickened her pace. no which the
prisoner caught her by the cloak. and tine* her
dorm, a id after she hail atrugghil for au hour, tie
perpetuated the crime laid its the i .dictmesit. As
moo as she en& I extricate herarif site run ug, auei
wandered about the common for n-ar two hours,
until at 1..-t she met a gentleman ; she Was to tears;
he asked her •• whir *All the flint fcri ' sae told 'turn
she hail I r-t her say ; she rear :.shamed to RII inns
what hid happened ; fie kindly unilevionk to con-
duct her to the road, and assured her thi-ie was urr
way across the commou to Hayes. They were half
an hour before they reached the road, sod then she
was three miler from home. Whigs .11.• cot home lit r
husband evened thedoor ; she wrs no. then in tears,
but it could be ea‘ily perceived she irail beta cry-
ing. It was eight o'clock; the string of her gown
and cloak were broken. and her arm, audit up
the front. She did not tell her husband what had
happened, fur he was in the habit of chiding her
for being so attemerve to her children whir is she lied
by a former husband. When she entered the house,
he ma lie was ashamed (or her to take so long u
journey; that her son woe better ali:e to walk tbaa
she was. She wan at a loss how to act ; she could
not WNW the idea of going to her husband's bed
aftettwhat had happened: she sat up until he was
fast asleep, and thin went to tied as quietly as
possible, that she might net dirtoits Ma. ; and
acted in the same way for five tuella. On the
sixth her husbirrid demanded an exi.l%,, omit of her
conduct in not going to bed ausisaual, anal the was
obliged to tell hint the • truth. He sent oo the
following day. and, front herelescription of the Pr-
sorer, had him -apprehended. list husband was the
_that imago inelasuaehiugesitioned Ina circum-
stance.

The Pr,inn.r pot several questions to her in the
moat acrop4e•exastiuditiva, but they may teudcd to
cnaunute hoo,elf.

William Browne. the httahartri nrth• Proarentrix,
.I.orated the lattrr pert of her tr.: no y.

The Prisoner male no def.nce, 1-itt said. if he
had done the Prostacutrix any iiii.ciatf i.e was r,ady
to ray her for it.

Air. COMMON SCRJRAIT su.nmed op the eri-
de9re. an.l th. Jury. without hesitation found him

All. Common SeRJEIIIIf dirwed that the Pro.
sicntria should hire tier evuer,ii s a. fully as c0..11.1
be al!orned. He then calie.i nu her hissietud,
told h In he and his wife had lunch inpusd by
the Pflsotier, but that nut the Iran evize.tw was at-
tached to has wife. She had contlu-ted Iterself ns
• two+, virtuous woman, and hid, by liir subisrptent
conduct towards Imo (the litiiikcid), ivn that -he
was possessed of twist delicate tilviis of virtue,
Ly avoiding his Ind after a forced pollution.—
Ile, therefore, frosted that the husliand would not
mike any alteration in his conduct too ardi her, as
she deserved his gre.te►t itinduesi and itteotion.
%Volitive, Ilrowne :Ist,,,ared that he
would lie wipe kind is bet far tl:e filture than he
had ewer 4tta.