The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

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' MANsitoN-uous.— Yesterday a fellow named
Evans, was charged before the Lord Mayor, by a
girl named Anne Ralph, for an assault, with intent
to commit a rape.
The Prisoner was a milkman, and the Prosecu-
trix had been his servant nearly five years. The
poor girl, who appeared' to possess a share of mo-
desty and delicacy' unhappily not very frequent
her rank and situation, could scarcely be induced to
express the nature of the repeated insults ant'„
satilts she had sustained from the Prisoner, Wade in
his service, but fortunately without success in his
designs. She never had told her ruistre"s what had
happened from July last, when the first. attempt was
made, until she left her service, to kle en-ll:toyed it;
the family of a Mr. Ledwick, wklieh the •Prisoner
served with milk. Even there'll', continued to per,
secute her, and to attack her even in the street,
wherever he met her; and frequently ringing the
street-door bell in a violent manner, in order to
bring her to the dOor ; and more than once chalking
on the hall-door, the words, Here litres a w—,
Anne Ralph." -
The poor' girl ,compl;;ined to her mistress, and
told whom she sv.speccted of this inscription ; and
the prisoner, aft.r.tr having violently rung the bell one
ern Bing, was traced home to his own residence, by
one of the 'family, who remonstrated with him upon
his conduEt, which he did not deny. He still, how-
ever, persevered, and on Thursday evening last re•
Dewed his' attack upon the girl, who, by the advice
of her mistress (who had even caused an Attorney
to write to the prisoner) had him taken into custody:
Mrs. Ledwick attended with the girl, and gave
her testimony iw support 'Of the charge.
The Prisoner, Ev,ans, acknowledged that the girl
had beet in his fatuily five years, and said that he
had been as fond of hei. as if she had_been one of
his own children ; that at last, however, his fond;
ness becaMe too great, and 'that certainly he had
taken very indecent liberties with her, for which he
was extremely sorry; and, if making an apology to
her and her mistress would satisfy, he was 'ready to
do its; but he hoped thebusineSs would be carried
no farther, as he was a man with a large family,
having a wife and six children.
The LORD MA:YOH told him, that his story, so far
from palliating, highly aggravated the circumstances.
of his offenee towards a ~pocir unprotefted girl, of
whoM it was. his duty, as the father of a numerous
family, to be the protector and guardian, instead of
the. insulter arid violater. His Lord Shin therefore
held him to WI, to take his trial for the assault ;
and, •at the same time, bestowed a just and w:irni
commendation on the becoming modesty, fortitude,
and good condnet of the girl, and on the kind and
,humane support she received from her present•mis.
*tress, on this occasion.

Claude Crespigny has a very
pleasant,. convenient, and respedable cottage, in his
'park.at CaMberirell, in Which he very generously
-permits Mr. James Fletcher, an aged man; ,who,
has retired from business 'upor. a small property, to
reside in, without paying any rent. On the even-
ing of the. 30th of November, about a quarter past
'eight oclock, Mr. Fletcher was reading to his.Wite,
when a knock was given at the door; Mi.
Flet-
cher answered it, and opened the- door, when, by
the Itght of his candle, and it being moonlight; he
distinctly,saw three men. One of them had A very
• bright pistol irr_ his, hand, and he rushed in upon
• thew, swearing themost ;horrid oaths, and making
use of the most shocking expressions ; drove hint
from his sitting-room into,his bed-room;
.afterwards,
forced Mrs., Fletcher into the bed-room to him ; in'
his siolence he knoCked down 'a table, and pot out,
the candle; he, lighted the 'candle agati, and tied
INlr. and Mrs:Fietcher's h3ndi behind tits in with a
curd;, and, \•ith a 1,1;,:10/ m;his band; threatened to.
out they did not tell
.where ail
' their. property, wag;
.and
,*4t they had by their in-
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