The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

SEDUCTION AND ROBBERY.

At the Salford Sessions, on Friday, William Broadbent
was charged with stealing, at Rochdale, on the 21st of
March, a quantity of wearing apparel and £8 in money, the
property of Eliza Thorpe. The prosecutrix was one of a
family residing at Cotehill, near Halifax. The father was
engaged in a mill, and the prosecutrix and another sister
earned a living by dressmaking. On the 30th of January.
this year, the prisoner called at the house of the prosecutris
and asked to see his father ; he waited until Mr. Thorpe
came in, and told him he was in partnership with his
brother in a mill at Sowerby-bridge, and he wanted Mr.
Thorpe to come and work for him. At the same time ho
should not require Mr. Thorpe's services for severalmonths.
Before he left the house that night he asked prosecutriz if
she kept company with any one ; and on his second visit he
asked her to keep company with him. The prisoner kept
company with Mr. Thorpe until March, when he took her
with him to Bradford, under the pretence of ordering some
machinery for his mill. About the same time ho borrowed
£l2 from Miss Thorpe, for the purpose, as he alleged, of
paying some of his workmen. When they were at Brad-
ford, he took Miss Thorpe to see a friend of his of the name
of Fox—they had tea with Fox and his wife, and she re-
turned the same, night home. Afterwards the prisoner said
trade was so bad he was going to sell his share in the mill
to his brother, and wanted Miss Thorpe to go with him to
America. She consented. They afterwards again wevt to
Bradford, and saw Fox. Upon that occasion the prisoner
told them he and Miss Thorpe were about to be married,
and were going to America ; and Fox proposed that ho
should accompany them, and that his wife should follow.
This was agreed to. Miss Thorpe packed up ;her beet
clothes in a box, and £.B in money; and on the 21st
of March she, the prisoner, and Fox, proceeded to the
Sowerby Bridge railway station, as she thought, to go to
Liverpool. Her sister went with her to the station and
saw them off. It was arranged that they were to go direct
to Liverpool, and be married there, sailing to America the
same week. The prisoner and Fox, however, got out at
Rochdale, and the prisoner told her she must also get out,
as they wanted to see some of his friends before they left
the country. Her box was taken out, and they all went to
the Weavers' Arms, kept by Mr. Shepherd. That samo
night prisoner and Fox broke open Miss Thorpe's box, toot
her money, and pledged and sad all her clothes. The
prisoner and Miss Thorpe slept together that night and the
following night. They reached Rochdale on the 21st, and
on the 24th they came on to Manchester. She asked where
her box was, and they said it had been despatched to Liver-
pool, so as to save their being bothered with it. At Man-
chester the prisoner slept one night with Miss Thorpe, and
the following morning Fox disappeared. The prisoner said
he would go and see what had become of Fox, and went
out, but never returned. After waiting several hours Miss
Thorpe began to suspect something was wrong, and went
out to look for the prisoner. She did not find him ; and,
being, alarmed, thought he might hava gone to Rochdale,
awl so sne determined to walk there. On reaching that
town she went to the Weavers' Arms, and found that
neither the prisoner nor Fox had been there. She then
became so distracted as not to know what she did, and in
that state of mind entered several shops in succession, and
stole articles of wearing apparel. She was taken up im-
mediately by the police, and the following morning refused
to say anything about herself, pleaded guilty, and was sen-
tenced to two months' imprisonment, which she served in
the New Bailey. On coming out she was taken home by
her sister; a few days afterwards she went to Rochdale,
and applied for a warrant against Fox, who was tried at
the July sessions, and sentenced to three years' penal ser-
vitude. The prisoner Broadbent was in custody at the
time for another offence. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty. The chairman told the prisoner that the jury had
very properly found him guilty of this most scandalous
offence, and there could he no doubt as to the diabolical
scheme practised upon the young woman, who had been
the principal witness, whereby she had been robbed of
everything she possessed, deprived of her honour, and then
left in a most base manner by the prisoner. The prisoner
had been imprisoned on three previous occasions—once for
neglect of his wile and family, and twice for obtaining
money under false pretences. The Court would not be
doing its duty to the public if it did not carry out the ex-
treme penalty of the law. Tho prisoner was therefore sen-
tenced to seven years' penal servitude.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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COLCHESTER—Om 31.
There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, but the de;
mend was still slow, and the rates of last week were 813°„na
made. Barley of fine quality realised fully late prices, an r
grinding sorts rather cheaper. Beans and peas were 09.51 e
to purchase.
Wheat, white 3gs
44s 48s Beans,3lazagan..33s
red 42s 46s middle & small.3ss
Barley
Oats

GLOUCESTER—OcT. 31.
There was a good show of English wheat to-day, and
the currencies of lan week were maintained. Foreign.
wheat was dull, and prices tending downwards. BarleYt
beans, and oats sold slowly.

CHELMSFORD—OcT. 30.
At this corn exchange to-day there was very little busi-
ness done. White wheat was firm, and maintained the
prices of las-, week ; but red sorts rather declined. Barley,
beans, peas, and oats unchanged in value, with an inactive
sale.
Wheat, old white 30s 47s
new 44s 48s
old red 34s 40s
new 38s 42s
Barley 27s 36s
Chevalier ..28s 39s
Grinding 22s 31s
Malt 6ls 67s

Peas, Partridge 36s 39$
Ditto
otenew 3Bs 39$
Boiling .. 398 41$
Dun 338 36$
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Beans, Tick, :ad 343 39:
new —s ----
Harrow Ticks 3ss 406
new --8 ,;q:
Mazagan ..• 30s ""

Chevalier 64s Os
Oats 20s 28s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—OcT. 31.
We had good supplies of all descriptions of grain at 0°
market to-day, which sold freely at last week's rates.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
Fir5t....338 Od I 25s Od I 158 Od
Second ..33s 6d 27s Od 16s 6d
Third.... 388 Od 29s Od 19s Od

COAL N.
Frfoes of Cold per 'Von al
0. d.

ARK ET.
the clove of the market,

Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ...16 3
Lambert's West Hart-

$, d.

ley 16 0
Cowpen Hartley 16 3
West Hartley 16 3

Walls End.

Hartlepool 19 6
South Hartlepool 18 6
Hetton 2O 0

Walls End.
Tunstall 176
H.eugh Hall ........•• 18
South Kelloe.. l° a-
Ituseel's Hetton lB •;,
BraddyLl'a Hetton lB 07
Haswell .. 20
Trimdon Hartlepool...lo °6
Cassop •...... 18
K elloe
Riddell l7

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