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London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

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ordered hint to he loaded with a double set of irons on end
lir, added to which was an iron weight of lifiy pounds, fast-
ened In his litmhs, and with thew dreadful ineumbrance► he
had been placed, with lian4leull's on bis wrists, in a standing
posture ft r many hours, with the nun shining iu stormier time
upon hia person. with no covesing to his head. These fads
were clearly proved by several witnesses. The defendant
Dawson was a principal in these hat parities, actin under the
orders of Mrs. Cawthorn.

After it tiial'whicli lasted for several hours, the jury fonnd
derend.utta Guilty. Mrs. Cowthorti, who appeared in
Court exceedingly well dressed, was sentenced to one year's
imprisonment, and Dawson to one mittith's imprisonment.
Dawson war then inflicted upon another elt.tr4e, fur other
cruelties upon the some unhappy being. The wretch was con•
icted, and only sentenced to one ationtli'itfurther imprisonment.
Felix Reynolds was indicted tor violating th•s person of
Mary 'rutlfain, spinster, at Harwich, on the 2tith of February,
and Timothy Quilligan, Francis Fitzpatrick, and Julio Nut-
cher, were indicted as accessories to the same fact.

This ease excited considerable interest from the extraor-
dinery barbarity of the offence imputed to the prisoners. It
appeared' that the prisoners, all of whom were under the age of
23. were privates in the 58th regiment, quartered at Harwich.
The proseeutrix ■ girl of IS, of prepossesaing appearance,
was servant in the family of 31 r. Stewart, ■ pilot, ►t Harwich.
A young seaman, named Finch, Will paying his addresses to
her, with the approbation of her frii.sils. In the evening of
the 20th of February, she was walking with her lover oil the
Esplanade at Harwich, when they were accosted by the pri-
antlers, two of whims laid hold of her, and hurried her off to-
wards the barracks, leaving the others to secure Finch, who
struggled to follow his sweetheart, and protect her from vio-
lence, I miring her shriek fur help ; but finding hi► efforts to
release himself unavailing, ho returned 10 the town to procure
assistance. In the mean time, the unhappy girl was forced
to a hollow place near the barracks, and in spite of her efforts,
she was forcibly violated by all the prisoners, who sneoessively
accomplished their diabolical purposer. The prosecutrix spoke
with certainty as to the identity of the prisoner Reyoulds, and
other evidence sass adduced to show, that the remaining pri-
soners had h. en ansent from barracks at the time the tramiantion
took place, and shortly afterwards returned and hurried to het.
No doubt was entertained of their indectity. The case in its
I,deteils excited universal horror. The unhappy prosecutris
was deeply affected, and her situation produced general *yin-
peaty. The prisoners said nothing.
Mr. Baron Graben' summed tip the evidence.
The jury immediately found the prisoners Guilty—Death.
The awful sentence of thin law wiat immediately passed, and
they were left for executioti.
Wiliam Chaplet alias Edward Ledsliam, • youth of 18, was
indicted fur uttering a forged and counterfeit check, in the
names of Messrs. Kingsford, Jekea and Co. of Mark-lane, upein
Sir John Lubbock and Co. fur the payment of 101. knowing the
saute to be furged. When the prisoner was put to the bar,
upon the arraignment, he pleaded guilty, after a warning that he
had better stand his trial.

.CIVIL SIDE.
RCMP O. AIMEE, AND ANOTHER.
' This was an station for trespassing on the plaintiff 's land for
the purpose of kifting vino after notice. The defendants
pleaded first, not guilty ; and second, leave and licence.
The action was brought at the instance of Lord Petre, whose
tenant the plaintiff was, of certain lands in the parish of Chit.
derdittl, with a covenant in his lease nut to allow any person
to sport upon his lands without the leave and beeline of his
landlord. The defendants were father and son, the latter being
a child of twelve -years old. It was admitted that the father
was qualified by estate to kill gatne.—The trespass proved W 34
that the elder defendant bad placed himself in Childerditch
church-yard; whilst his son sent a pointer into a shim, or cop-
pice, in the ocenpution of the plaintiff, adjoining tile chinch-
yard, to drive out game, the son going round the straw at the
same time. A pheasant sprang up, which the father shot at,
but crisped, in its flight across the church-yard. The notice to
the defendant had been served upon him four years since:
Mr. Baron Graham summed op the evidence for the jury,
aad left it to them to consider the probabilities of the case, as
proved in evidence.
fhr Jury found their verdict fur the plaintilT—Damages one
; but the learned judge refused to certify as fur a ma-
licious treapos, which would matey oasts.