The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

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KENT.
MAIDSTONE, ale. 10.—The Assizes commenced here to
clay at one o'clock. Mr. Justice 'Bayley arrived last night, but
air. kiloton Graliain did not come into town instil this evening.
Mr. Justoce Bayley charged the Grand Jary.
George Groombridge was indicted for bowing, on the 30th
of November, assaulted and ill-used diary Ann Wiles (with
. ititent to commit a rape), at Speldlitirst, in this county.
Ann Wiles stated, that on the abuse day, ns she was walking
• from Tunbridge 13 rile to Speltiberst, between one and two
o'clock in the ullernoon, she saw the prisoner following her,
which be did for shout half a mile ; when she arrived at Shad-
well Brook he passed tree, and ran up a oteepiiih, as she sup-
p• sed,do see if any one was in sight ; he then descended, sad,
its site was prising along the bottom, he again overtook her,
and suddenly took hold of her by the shoulders, cud forced her
noon upon a bank, and exposed her person iu the moat violent
roomier, using at the same Cute the most disgusting language.
Wittiest,' pegged for God's sgke that Ile would desist, cc she
wean married woman, to which prisoner replied, .' D—a your
eves, 1 don't care who 'ma are, or what yna are, but I will ;"
lie theustreated her with considerable violence ; and hut for
the fortunate hareuirig,of Melo' gentlemen who were limiting
in the neighbouring wood, Would, in ell probability have
erected his brutal purpose ; lie, however, alarmed, dsaistetl,
and run away ; witne,.s on her arrival at home immediately in-
formed her husband of the anmanly treatment she had expe-
rienced at tiv hand. of the prisoner, from the orliects of which
she still starers, basing been at the time considerably adraueed
in pregnancy ; on the following Monday (14ec. 2), the prisoner
was apprehended—and witness now, in the 1111011 i positive man-
lier. it:minified him as the. parboil who committed the assault
upon her.
The learned Judgetwitlty reeapitulated the evidence, sad 'the
*fury returned a rennet of—Volk:or.
A second indictment was ountediately preferred against the
prisoner, charging him with having, on the 21 instant, assault-
ed Anti Eisler, an interesting little girl, only a eleven years Gf
age, with intent to commit crape upon her, in the pariah of
Penshurst, in this cosunty.
The case was 'somewhat similar to the preceding one, mid was
. Cully proved.—Guilty.
Mr. Justice Bayley, after addressing the prisoner in terms
of the strongest deprecation, sentenced him to one year's im-
: prisotionent and-hard labour for the assault upon Mary Anne
Wiles, and cis mewl's (to he computed from the expiration of
the previous sentence) tor that upon Anti Foster, and, at the
conclusion of big imprisonment, an enter into a racogniaance of
431. for his good behaviour for tit e years.
Al AIIhiTUNE, D.c. IT —Menotti Hartley was indicted
under the 43.1 of Oec. 111. c. :in, sec.!. and conntiatilv
called ImidEllenborough's Act, 14 assaulting S. Owen.
•t the Ville of Sheerness, on the 19th of August, with a
teem tain sharp instrument, nod telosiimisly and inalieionsly
stabbing, with intent to kill and her him. Second
count, alleging the iiitent to sliaable r and the third, to
du hit lIIOArCIIISE rota.- grie‘oll% bodily harm.
it appeared that the prisoner, having been convicted et
and sentenced to death for a burglaiy, at the last assize*
for this Collsity, and ordered tor executhoti, obtained a
en spite of his sent. lice, on the wound that ii et as Hide to
vomininnicale some important info' mati 111 l I-es:teeth/ g the
reorder of the late Airs. lionatty. '1 lie sentence cilia
kites wards committed to transpot cation for life, sod the
prisoner was removed on board the convict slo;.Balleropitoa,
at Sheet stese, preparatory to the 'twilit' ,1 that ben-
loore. The plowco:tor was captain or ovei aver art the
Jillellervphon. 'lime prisoner then said he raw 110 Calls-- !Om
removing Min on the lotilks; and lloal it illsltee 11441 bee"
1"IIIe kill lie slionlil have beets limier,' lung since. Th.:
c twain repronctied hint at au unerittrit I st s etch, in speak-
ing of the forbearance shown lout by his King, tied the
sherry of his (loud ; and advised bins to conduct himself
'moth more submission in Inture. In am Instant the poi.
+Our r swirls him a back handed blow with great violence
on the riglit side. At the inunient the latter did out know
that lie %as wonnoled ; but presently observed a hole in
lye waistcoat, and that blood began to Cow. The con-
duct of the pi isciler immediately ekl lied time vigilitice of
the other office is, and lie was seemed and hawker-led.
Acetudieg to the testimony of the ship's atirgioni, the
WOUIId woe in a 1111,4 Vital 1/11'1, and 111111104 time tile& stage/
tit the cone the captain's file scan um great jeupai ily.
The prisoner asked to questions 111. the %dm sows for the
prosecution, and In lug called on fur his defilit e, said
tout he committed the di t adroit act intimied to him in a
r*: • '' fit of insanity, Nitlttoft any malice towards the prosecutor.
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...—Goaded lay time coliscionsitese tit tot iner cm oitie, and
%Oland Op 10 a state of tieomy from the ililillelleliellilie Of
being transported for life, I.e became thOirionos, and in a
'amount of nations passion lie tint :tit act %loch, under
oilier in cm-natant es, he %mold have sited Ivied at with
'tailor. lie had been alusinksed the uncut eel vice in
coesequenee of iimanity ; but, deserted and abandoned
lox all who knew him, lie war 111140-e It. prove the Incl.--
fie trusted, however, that time Jut, would take his m oar
loth erm•ideratiou•
Mr. Baron Graham summed tip the case—ar I 'he Jury
immediately found the pi i-int.• r guilty—deal:4.
13 hen called upon to say why judgment art death should
cot pass agatiot hie n, the prisoner said he %tatted lot 110
alleles. Hairaesed as lie was iii mind. by O series of
triune,,, lie liod so pi uspec tof peace in this would. Lire
had 110 1.11'411111s rut him. Katlic. that. he I a anspoi led to
lite, be would pre ler instant removal to mite place of
dt dill. Dr pi rotting the pi esei Sal mull et ii!, llo•elalula
late, he eatitestly played %bat the leati.L.l Judge %veld
lease sum rot executives.
This add: ess I,_d excited general astorti•.litrocid. 'time
III'IN,ICIIIii plibuiler spoke no a siJauto 61 lorogloyge tar above
what ini;lit be expected sit a man tit Iti heiub/e condi-
tion.
Mr. fl.iron Graham ploceriltd to pass the awful sen-
tehee art the law, Mod Lottpurrtl lime poisoner to make the
lest use of the shut t time odour d lint oit this aide of the
grate, to prepare for an etet hal scene, wool told lout lir
laritat impro.t tu undet go the merited putitaliment awaited
loin et too oi•
Bell'ainill
j ' l'lockro‘e was indicted r!sr a burglary lit the
II it 11.111g-liUlleP ul ‘Villediel Jecves, in the bight of the 7111
art A newt, at St. Paiii's Depttuid, and .tealtrig therein,
gA. su gold mud sunset money, six silver tea options, two
o.m' er I/WiAl 1.1/001111, and a r heard gold seal, the piopelly
et W . Jo. eves. and Ai st.ot.ltigats, Iwo chased gold atoms,
ntid a combed gold key, the oiliest, of John Jteves.
A two-fold defence was Set op for the primmer ; first,
that he was p 1 of • colutioltiiihir quaintly of wild
money before the robber, ; and, secusio, that he Lad
li cr,isid the elkilitliCe sworn to by Ural prosecutor in
sisup to Deptivtd,
Llisuge of a half-Cf Otoff also olatel