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company with witness's broth nese at his desire, arcons-
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partied him and ',yawner to the . Inn, where they drank a pint
of cider. The prisoner accoinpanied witness hom the Castle Inn to
her lather's house, where he remained about half an hour. It sags
lair time at Frome. and prisoner asked witness en walk down and
as. the fair. Witness assented, and accninparjed pintoner, who
told her that he had an aunt living on the Coated' Walk, and
asked her to accompany him there. She went to where the houses
terminated, and then said she would go no further. Prisoner re-
plied that it was not worth while to turn back then, as itis aunt
lived at a very short distance forward. Witness then walked on
beyond the turnpike gate, nearly a mile. When they had arrived
at this place, the prisoner laid hands on witness, and thing her
violently on the ground. rfhe witness here described minutely
the prieoney's situation, and her own as she lay or. the ground, and
the indecent liberties which he had taken with her.l The witness
screamed violently, and pristim.r mita "d
—n thee month," and thrum
his hand into her mouth. At this moment a man came tip, and cried
out " hollow.". The prisoner answered " hollow" anti the man said
" have you got any one there but yourself ?" and the prisoner an.
steered" I have not. ' At this time witness was beneath the prisoner,.
but just then he withdrew his hand from her mouth, and
she shrieked. The man then raid," thee villain hart got a woman
them, and do'st want to murder her." The primmer replied
" I'll murder thee if thee arn't off" Witness by this time had
risen from the ground, hat prisoner threw her down again, and it
was only by force the man could keep him from her. Witness beg.
ged the man to proien her, and he and prisoner had a acuthe,
during which she escaped anti ran off. Not knowing her way, abe
went the road from Frome instead of returning to it, but had not
proceeded far whe> the prisoner again overtook her, and infOrmed
her that she was going a wnmg way, and that a lane which he
pointed out on one side of the road was the right way to Frome.
With much reluctance witness went down the lane, and prisoner
with her, and when they came to a gate, the prisoner too her in
his arms. threw her over the gate, followed himrelf, and then
snagged her to a hedge that was near. II ere he repeated his at.
tempt. and when witness would not consent, lie beat her violently,
end torn bee clothes into shreds. Ile asked her " whether she
wou'al sire up ?" and witness replied " she would not." Prisoner
thin carried her in his arms and threatened to drown her in a
• tream, unon which she cried out for mercy. He then put her head
under the mire and water, and witness felt herself nearly suffocated.
Prisoner detained her in this field for severalhours. At length a
dog came near and began to bask, and witness said, " thank (iikL,
1 ere is my father," upon which the prisoner became alarmed, and
cft her. Witness followed him that she might find her way to-
wards home. She arrived home about three o'clock in the morn-
nd was let in b her brother. She was confined to the house
tor three weeks, and during that time was nearly tlearivett of her
sight. Wantss is twenty-three years of age. She had never known
the prisoner before this occasion.
James Chilcot. a hatter, living at Frome, said, he was walking
on the road about two miles from Frome, and wits attracted by a
shriek, es if some one was in distress. He hastened to the spot,
and found the proaecutrix and the prisoner in the situation described
by the fernier; she appeared in a state of frenzy, and ran away
inimedietely.
.John Smith, the brother of the proaecutrix, opened the door for
his sister the night she was assaulted ; he &set ibeit her appearance
when she came home as most lamentable. She was blind, and
kept her bed for three weeks after.
krilltam Hash, a surgeon at Frame, was called upon to attend
the prisoner the day after the assault was alleged in have been corn.
she appeared to have been treated violently ; there were
marks on her throat, evidently from pressure, and her eyes were
much swollen, as if she had received blows on the face.
James Smith, the father of the prosecutrix, and a man of decent
appearance, proved that his daughter had detailed to him all the
circumstances of the assault the morning subsequent to its
occurrence.
In this case Mr. BAILEY conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
tivxNlwo, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, addressed the
Jury, insisting that the mosecutrix's conduct was imprudent, and
her relation inconsistent and incredible.
The prisoner was found Guilty. Sentence not mimed.
John Gone was indicted for aiding and assisting Mary Ann Gone
to conceal the birth of a female bastard child, with intent to ob-
struct justice.
The prosecution was instituted by the Parish Officers of Sheptnn
Mallet, where the prisoner lived, and was conducted by Mr.
JEREMY. Mr. JAIDIN appeared fur the prisoner.
Berne the case was proceeded with, lie. JAR MN said he felt it
his duty to submit that the charge made against the prisoner was
not a legal offence.
Mr. Justice LITT ernac Er confessed the prosecution was a very
navel one, but under all the circumstances, as the prisoner had
pleaded to the indictment, lie would allow it to be tried.
Elizabeth Mansion sworn-1 live at Tanner's-grave, near Shen-
ton. CM the morning of the 2lith Slay_, Mary Ann (Jane came to
my house. She appeared in an indifferent state of health. She
asked to be allowed to lie on the bed. I allowed her, and in a few
hours she was taken ill, like a married woman after having been
delivered of a child. In two days after I accompanied Mary Ann
(Yana to a Magistrate. The prisoner is the father of Mary Ann
Slane. I saw the prisoner on the 3lttit May, and charged him whit
le sing his daughter at my house pennyless, aleno t naked, and
w ale as • Tromso must be. The prisoner replied, " I did
mot know she Ire a child," and I answered, " You must have
known it." The prisoner then told me that if I would keep Mary
Ann (lane for a few days he would pay me for my maintenance.
I said I would not, anti threatened to apply to the parish, and he
begged of me not. Mary Ann (lane gave me a garter.
%Villiam Parker said—l am a turnkey et Shepton Mallet Gttol,
and by direction of alt. Morgan, the Magistrate, I accompanied
the prisoner, who voluntarily said he would show me where the
child was secreted. He conducted me to a pond partly hid with
bushes and brambles. lie pointed to a pavicular spot, and said,
'• It w•• there I threw it in." A search war then made, and a
pavan nam I Norton. alto had a rake, discovered the child. It
was alien up, placed in a basket, and taken to the gaol. Next day
a coroner's in I test was held upon the laxly. There was a garter
round it. 'a as: pristine; atterwanta said to tile, he supposed it would
be worse for him now he had told where lie threw the child.

The !prier given by Mary Ann 6anc to the first witness, and
that found round the body of the child, were now produced, and
a...peered to be precisely of the same description.
John Mines is a surgeon at :Menton ; attended the inquest at
S'iepton Gaul ; examined the body of a female child. The garter
yruiluced by the last witness was tied round the hotly. The child
v,:ts full sized. as it the mother hail gone her regular time. There
e. eft certain appearances about the child which led witness to be.
icve that the mother had not been attended by a person of any
bk'll. The um'Alical cord was not tied, and the child might have
tied from hemorrhage foe want of that precaution. In thin respect
the treatment of the child had been impraer. There were no
marks of external violence on the body. Witness subsequently
examined Mary Ann thine. llas no reason to suppose that the
child was not born alive. It appeared to have arrived at the regular
perio3 of gestation.
air. JERE asw stated that the mother of the child had been yea-
tuMed before the Grand Jury ; but considering the relationship
which existed between her and the prisoner, he felt that he ought
not to place her in the witness box. The CAN for the ptuaecution,
therefor., rented upon the evidence already produced.
The Learned JUDGE was of opinion that it had not been proved
that the child was born alive: he, therefore, directed the Jury to
utquit the prisoner. Ilia Lordship added, that if the prisoner had
beet found guilty, he would submit the ease to the twelve Judges,
as it was a perfectly novel one.
Mary Asa Game, the mother of the child, was also indicted fur
cooctaling the birth, bat Mr. Justice byrrtnitiol.t having in-'
formed the Grand Jury, that although a woman could he punished
for secreting the birth of a child, it was not an indictable offence,
sad they could not find the bills unless they believed murder had
been committed, they hod, in their discretion, ignored the bills
Although it did not appear on the trial, it was uhderhoot; tint the
es!dence heron the Cir.utd Jury was of a nature, which gave reason
to aunt-ode that the Frisoner was guilty of the horrible crime of
tecest.
PROSECUTION USHER THE GAME LAWS.
J. 0414 Palmer was indicted for being found at night in a wood,
r..l!td tslillah WOW, armed with a gun and with the intent of kill.

ipg game.
Ronras conducted the rrosecution, and Mr. By MPAS ap-
peared for the prisoner.
James George sworn—ls the son of Mr. Luttrell's gamekeeper.
Knows the prisoner. Was employed in I,y her %catching a
wood of IV r. Luttrell's, in the pariah of %ritnr,nnb. A bout two
t.'olock on the morning of the 24th November, witness heard the
tso shots. Boon eta he observed two men arinvil with gums
Laming towaeds him and his psr.y. The luisei.er's brother was
tine of those men. and witness imtnediately apprehended hint. The
other man escaped. NVitaess searched the prisoner's brother, and
totintl a loaded gun in his hand, and a powder.boen, suog..p:ich,
ard a brace of Pheasants, in his pocket.
George Griffiths was in company with James George at Shilah
IVood en themoming of the 24th November. ithent piActl up
a hat and gun in the wood that mornin;;. The gun and That now
produced were the sante be then picked up.
John Smith, • guntuaker, theta swore, that the gun found by
Grifdzha was one he had repaired fur the prisoner. It Wigi Wino
proved that the prisoner wall overheard to say, " Isaac Palmer wan
caugin in the tact, but I ran away." It was also sworn that the
bat produced was the property of the prisoner.
C. Buransa, for the defence, contended that the evidence was
I,of sufficient to warrant the Jury in convicting the prisoner.
Ater consulting a nu: anent, the Jury returned a Yeitlict of