The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-18 00:00:00

YORK ASSIZES.

..Tulin Armitage charged with Miss
Eliza Baynes, on the highway between- Embsayjand
Skipron,• and taking from her .an timbrella, and'
some articles of wearing; apparel.

The most material witness in this,trial was Miss
Baynes, a young Lady about 20 years of age, and
of a very interesting appearance. She stated, that
She lived with her father, who resides at Skipton;
and that on the evening Of June 10, shj left her fa-
ther's house to visit her'brother, who resides at .some
distance from Skipton, 'near Embsay, and perfealy
remembered passing the. Prisoner on the road, a -lit-
tle distance from Skipton, who, after walking be-
hind her for some time, turned on the road leading
toßolton Bridge, but in a-very short time she again
observed him following her; that he soon -quickened
his pace, and -Caine near her. ]Nliss Baynes‘ pro-
ceeded to state, that. after they had 'passed a field, ,
through which the foot-path lay; into the highway,
tire Prisoner advanced to her, and, without speaking,
took an umbrella from her, tore off her hat and head-
dress, and threw her upon the ground, and that in
the struggle she lost one of her shoes ;,,,she said she
was 'dreadfully alarmed, and screamed loudly for
assistance ; the Prisoner filch attempted to stop her
mouth, but was prevented from attempting further
violence by the approach of some person towards
the spot : the Prisoner immediately ran off towards
Skipton. The person. who thus came opportunely
to her assistance was her brolher, who only remain-
•ed 'with her to obtain a description of the Prisoner's
person, whom be immediately pursued. In an oker
to a question by his Lordship, Miss Baynes said, she
had no doubt but the Prisoner would have been rude
to her, had not her brother: providentially.come to
her rescue; she also added, thatthe Prisoner did not
ask her for any money, or indeed speak to her at all.
George Bayne, Esq. said, that being in his gar-
den On the evenhag, of the' 10th _of June, he-was
alarmed by a cry of murder,: which. apparently pro-
ceededfrom a person in great distres, but he did
not recognise the voice; he ran immediately to the
place froM whence the cry proceeded, and found.
his sister, in a shocking situation cher face .was di7ead-•
fully scratched, and her. manner and 'appearance
evinced the greatest terror and .distrss.77l:he
mained with.. her only to obtain a,description of the
villain who, had treated her With such outrageous
violence, whom he immediately pnrsued, and over-
took him entering into Skipfon, and instantly- had
him apprehended : the Prisonerlad an umbrella in.
his hand.
The Constable being examined, said, he . took-the
Prisoner into custody, and took from him anuiti
brella ; 7he aISO found- the next -morning in the cell'
in which the Prisoner was confined, a head-diess,:-a
_straw, hat, and-a lady's- shoe, concealed among-the
straw. These articles being .. prodticed in Court,-
were identified. by MisS Baynes to bethe same which
the Prisoner had taken from her person;
The Prisoner in his defence-said; he was so much
intoxicated, that he had no recelleCtion whatever,of
the transaction; and was surprised, • when he reco7.
vered his senses, to find himself in prison.
The Jun9E, in his address to the Jury, observed;
That the'Prisoner was charged -with having cciin-
mitted an highway robbery, and therefore 'the Jury
would-have to inquire,
,Whether it appeared to be the
intention of the Prisoner to commit' a robbery ?
conduct, in mating no demand for money, his violent
snatching from the person of the Prosecutrix the
articles of her- dress, evinced-that he meditated a
crime of -a, different, and certainly. of an infinitely'
: more atrocious nature, but which was not included

in the indiettnent, on which, alone, he was to be
tried. But if the Jury should suppose that the Pri-
soner, 'disappointed in his original intention, took
away the articles found in hispossession, with cn in-
tent to.steal them,' in that case the Jury could have
no difficulty in finding him guilty : but if his taking
them was merely accidental, occasioned by the hurry
and alarm of the moment, they would then acquit
him of.the charge." The Jury, after retiring for
some time, found a verdia of Not Guilty,
His Lordship addressed the Prisoner- on the enor-
niity of his-ConduB, which, be said, deserved a very
severe punirnent, and hoped the narrow escape
he had experienced would have a salutary influence.
on his future cormluet. • '

Thomas Richardson, late of Whitby, was charged
with violently assaulting and beating MattheW Mel-
boat), of Stekesley,. in the fbot-way leading from
Seamer to Stokesley, and taking from his person a
wakh, several country bank-notes, and some silver.
Mr. Melbourn, the Prosecutor, stated, that he
Was a hatter, and resided at Stokesley, and that on
Friday, the 28th of Mareh, he vent frbm•Stokesley
--to Stockton, and, on his'return in the evening, called
at a public-house at .Searner to get some refresh,
ment. At this house he saw the Prisoner; this was
near eight o'clock in the evening After some con-
versation, it was mentioned to the Witness, that
the Prisoner was- going to Stokesley, and it' was
agreed that they shouldgo together. The Prisoner
proposed that they should go on the high road, but
the Witness said he knew the. foot-path Very Well,
and it was much nearer.- After remaining about a
quarter of an hour, in which time he had two pints
of beer, they left the public-house ; the landlord
accompanying them to the door with a light, and
looking after them.. - The Witness walked first, and
the -Prisoner followed at a little distance. About
40 yards from the house the foot path left the road
on the-left hand, and the Witness here observed to
his companion, that it was a fine moonlight night ;
the Pr,isoner gave no answer, but followed him a
little nearer. • After passing through a field or two,
they arrived at some marshy ground, in which were
three deep drains ; when the Prisoner :advanced
sharply towards his left- hand, and struck him a
blow ;on the side of the head-wi:lalarg-e club-stick,
and said " D n your eyes, if you do not im,
mediately give tue your watch &Id money, will
kill you ;" and, without, waiting for a reply, .struck

him another • clesperate blOw. -The Witness then
endeavoured to defend himself with a 'small ‘valking
stick, but Without effea-; the7Pri-soner repeated- his'
blows, until hebrought lihn :0 the gr6und) in a state
of insensibility, which was not, however; so coml.
plete, :as ,to prevent him from feeling the Prisoner
jump upon his breast with his knees, and afterwards
viiie his _pockets.. The Witne'ss said, he could not
tell how long he remained on the ground, but, as
soon as He came a little -to himself, he crawled, as
Well as lie-could, ti, the Inh he had left. He also said;
that he had on his .persen, previous to the robbery,
a black • leather pocket-book, 'containing. three fie
guinea 11Qtes, ten small notes, of , one pound each,
and a purse containing fifteen shillings in silver,
and a silver watch, to.3.vhich.was attached a string of •
unbleached linen yarn, in three plaits, and, a black
steel key, the-lkhole of which property was taketi
from •

. .
The Prosecutor's evidence being corroborated b3i-
. several respeelable witnesses, the Jury, after retiring
for a short time, returned into Court with a Verdid

111"At,tsioN-House.—On SaturdaylastMoses Joseph;
a.notoyious pick-pocket, and two or three ()fliers of
his companions, were brought before the LORD
MAtoa by some of the City Officers, who appre-
hended them the day before, lurking about the Ex-
change. ,
The. Officer stated, that he had no particular
charge against the Prisoners, but merely that they
came under the description of rogues and vagabonds,
being ,Continnagy idling about the streets, without
having any visible means of livelihood. Shortly be-
fore they were apprehended, he observed in the
hands of' one of them a quantity of Bank-notes, and
he was ,very sure, from his general knowledge of
the whole gang, they could not have cone by them
honestly. • •
Some of the Prisoners, it appeared, bad friends in
a. reputable line of life, and the LORD MAYOR re-
mauded..them.,. on their, promise of giving security
to leave the country entirely.
A young Man named Rope, and an elderly man
of the,name of Picklti, were charged with commit-
ting an
,a;-:-,ault on a Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and also on
the Constable of the night.
Mr. Clark stated,
,that the night before, he was
coining up the Minories with his wife andson, when
he met the Prisoners in company with another man.
The Prisoner Pickle waS extreniely, rude to his wife;
ervhis' resenting Hope assaulted ciut in the
most Violent Manner. The watch N.k;ere then called;
and ..the PriSoners, •afierr;.a. lung resistanCe,, were
taken to -the Watdh-bou* * Here, alk, they cip-
du6teci 'themselves in .a 'very riotous matitiir ; and
Hope, Who was an able yotingrnan, took the:Con=
suable Oldie nighuby,:thc.'. and hung him oat
of•tbe Vrratch-hotsesinto :the -in iddle 'of the street.
This 'statement,, was :c=orroborated by other Wit-
nesse-s; anti they L0.6-I).'Moii• botiAci the.Pris6flers -
over to, take_their. trial „for. the. assault at the'-'.next
London•Sessions:' •

- An. Triiii..brick Atrayer,amed Dennis; was buried
a .feW:CVeiliilgS ag-0' in the Catholi.e-GroUnd,-Spah
.tields,• -.The funeral,:was attended- by .aericourse
bt his,.. countrymen') 'arat an thecorpse being com.:.
initted- -to..the earth, Irisir -pulled wit 4
compass, to see that it lay otie.east and.vst ; which
hot being the case, -he jumped into the•grave- to pub
it to rights, when, .4- the pressure of the crowd.; th;
earth gave way, and-tnany of the spectators fell
They were all got- out alive, but the sailor and seve-
ral of the others were severely bruised. - -

The prktice of defrauding persons, chiefly un-
fortunate women, by. 'pretending to have a writ
against them, and' thereby - obtaining .a sum of
money; has been revived during the last week, by
a. gang of sharpers. 'This. trick was successfully
played off at Vauxhall, on Friday evening, on a
woman known by the -name of Miss Sims. She was
accosted by. a man who represented himself as a
Sheriff's Officer, and.produced a paper purportin„g to
be. a writ against -het' for a debt of 361. The wo-
man protested her ignorance of the suit ; but by .
the-interference of the fellows to whom we have al-
luded, :she was permitted to remain in the compaby
of a person whom she was with, on depositing four
guineas in the hands of the Officer until the next
day,.,when on surrenderiug herself the money would
be returned. The imposter, of course, Was not to be
found. A similar imposition was praelised on an un-
protefted female as she was returning from the Hay-
market Theatre last week.

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