The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-14 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

THE kING V. ABRAHAM' HEAR ST Asn `CT N!'.4.
This was an indietrnent against the two Det-e.td-
ants,. for assaulting the Prosecutrit; first, with an
intent to murder; and, in a s:-.Cuad cuunt, -i‘v:th an
intent to ravish.

This was a very singular case. The Prosocotrix
was a very pretty and decent looking young woman,
and the story she told was as follows :—That not
being very well, she had resolved to leave London,
to go to her friends at Stowmatket, and on the s'iith
of July she took he& place in the waggon. The two
Prisoners, Abraham Hearn and Ann Crann, SVCI.
also passengers in the waggon, and Hearn, she
understood, was brother to the Proprietor. As the
night approached, she made herself a bed in the
fore-part of the utg-gon, and at night went to •
sleep ; near Stanwav
.she was awakened by Hearn
taking some indecent liberties with her; lhe
called out to the waggoner for assistance, who
desired her to put her head back, or she would
fall out of the waggon J she drew back, and
fainted; but, when she recovered herself, she
found the Defendants taking her out at the
side of the waggon. Crann asked her to go
walk a little way; she obje6ted, because she had
lost her shoes; • but Crann prevailed upon the Wit-
ness to accompany her down a lane ; when she
had got a little way she insisted on returning. Just
at that moment she received a blow on the head troll
some one behind, and a kick in the hack. A nr,:n
at that moment,- whom, by his voice, she knew to
be Hearn, took her up in his arms; and dashed her _
against the ground. What happened afterwards she
did not know, for she became insensible. When she
recovered herself, she found herself alone in the
lane in the dark ; she crawled along upon her hands
-and knees till she reached the high road, and then,
as it seemed to her, she fell asleep, for she dreamt
that she was in bed, and pulling the bed-clothes over
her, which awakened her, and she found she had a
handful of grass : she was-too feeble to rise, and she
saw, several coaches pass, but she could not make
them hear; at last a guard of one of the coaches
saw her and took her up. She. was carried to Col-
•chester, where she wandered about for six hours,
sometimes sensible and sometimes not, her senses
coming and going ; at length she found- her way to
Mr. Hedges, a Magistrate ; she did not remember
how, but she told him her story. He ordered her
to be taken care of. The next day she was quite
delirious, and remained so for six weeks before she
recovered.

On her cross-examination, she said, she was ifl
when she left town, but she had never been deliri-
ous, nor was she so when in the waggn.
Abraham Hewett, the waggoner, stated, that the
Prosecutrix called out to him near Stanway, saying,
" I'm interrupted by these vagabonds." He told
her to draw back, or else she might fall out of the
waggon ; she did so, and he thought he heard het
crying. Before begot to Colchester, he heard Hearn
and Cann talking in the waggon he heard Hearn
say, ,he wished.he had not done it. The woman re-
plied, " never mind, it will be thought somebody
_else has done it." When they got Cr.lJses.:er, he
missed the young woman, ann asKed the 17,-..oncrs
what had becomeof her ? They both said, they
did not know, but that she bad been out of her
senses in the night, and probably had got out whets
they were asleep.
The Guard of the Norwich Mail proved he found
the girl in the situation she described, and that he
carried her to Colchester.

Mr. Perkins, a surgeon, proved, that he had exa-
mined the girl. From his testimony it appeared,
she had been most cruelly ill treated. Het head wag
much bruised—enough, in his judgment, to have
produced the delirium ; her neck was scratched ;
and there was a mark round one thigh, as though
from a tight ligature, with a rope, or some such thing.
Ann,Crann, in her defence, said, that the Prose-
cutrii had shewnevident signs of being out of her '
mind on the road, and that she was very disturbcd
just at dark; she persuaded her to lie down and be
quiet, which she did at last; and when she thought
that the Prosecutrix was gone to sleep, she herself
also went to sleep, and never waked until they
reached Colchester. When they arrived they missed
the young woman. --

Mary Squirrel was called, but she completely
confirmed Hewett as to the conversation ; and stat-
ed that Crann, in the latter part bf the journey, be-
haved so indecently with Hearn, that the Witness
rebuked her for her condua. She stated farther,
that Crann had talked of what had happened on the
road, and said they bad used a young woman very
and she was afraid " bad would come of it."
The Jury, without hesitation, found both the Pri-
soners Guilty.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, _ARCH l3.

This day's market afforded but a short supply of
different kinds of Cattle ; Beef and Mutton are
rather dearer than our last report ; Veal and Pork
sold at last prices, and the trade for the most part
was not over brisk.—The sale; in the Haymarket
were somewhat dull ; Hay, Straw, and Clover ob-
tained better prices than Monday's market.—We
subjoin a corre& statement of the prices and num-
bers :

To sink the Offal per stone of Sib.
Beef ss. od. to 6s. od.—Mutton ss. 6d. to 6s. od.—Veal
6s. od. to Ss. od.—Lamb os. od. ,to os. od.—Pork ss. 6d. to
75.24.

, -
Beasts, 5 ss.—Sheep and Lambs, 2370.—Calves, 90.—
rills) 407.

SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKE'r.
Hay 31. 3s. to sl. °S.—Clover 31. tos. to I. 155.—Straw
21. 165. to 31. 55.

CORN* EXCI-lANGE, MARC& 13.—The quantities
of Wheat here are 'considerable, and the samples
principally of second and ordinary qualities, sales of
which are extremely heavy, and. at a redu&ion in
prices; Rye at less ; Barley in middling supply, and
keeps its price; fine Norfolk Malt is dearer; Grey
Pease rather higher; Beans of each sort nearly at last
prices ; Oats are in tolerable supply, and sales at
little flutStuation ; Flour in plenty, with little varia-
tion iu prices.

^'-::~C:~ ~r--Sr

CA PT/4 IN GORDON, THE SWINDLER.

Among the recent arrivals from the continent
we have to announce that of G,,rdon, the Swindler,
whole feats are spoken of in our-Gogenburgh Cur-
resp'ondent's letter, inserted on Monday last.'
landed on the sth inst.-at Gravesend, from on board.
(he Primrose, of Aberdeen, G. RAITT Master, into
which-Vessel he was received from the Fanny Gun-
brig, off Gottenburgh, as it seems, but a few hours-
piyvious to the Officers of the Police of that place
going on board the Gun-brig in search of him.
The Captain, tin. his limding; represented-himself
'to be Capt. GottpoN, of the 3d Regiment of Guards,
Jamemed that lie•ad nothing lot what •he stood in,
as, uniOrtymately, he had missed his passage by the
Fanny, cu board, of- which his, baggage remained,
under the care 'of one of the. two servants he had taken
cut with hiin, h"aVing:lost the other fellow at Ham,
burgli.on the en trY of the FTen Ai, when, itt order to
conceal his the honoUr to be an Officer in
his'Majesty's Guards, he was compelled to sink his
dress regimentals by filling them with stones, and
added, by the bye, that as the fellow was a sol-
dier in the .id Guards, who the Colonel-had allowed
bird- to over with him, he should have a man
to
.find in iiula of.him. •

'The Ciiptia honoured th& White-I:fart Inn, at
by• inakiiig it his head-quarters, intimat-
ing hi-, in:ention cf waiting there the arrival of the
remittances for which be should write, 114 it was
pcssible for him to appear among his connexions so
horribly, as ,positiyebr be should te.
hoaxed ere he s'eint sO but that, he must not omit
,
tozepo-t his return to hts t_.;ornmanding Orfeer ; to
'the comfort of :Its Captain he learned that a Gentle-
roan of his oWn name, a Lieutenant in a Volunteer,
Corps; was in the.bouse, and understanding that he:
‘lx•as iloscended from a North Briton, his joy became:
ineffable, as' he' no longer doubted their descent
from the sat lc dam He sent a most pressing invita-
tion to his Hahne-sake to take v inewithhim, w hick! was
'accepred„atid the Captain being so overjoyed at the
meeting. with a GORDON, he insisted on his honeur-
Mg him by supping '‘,vith him ; this too was com-
plied with, and the captain entertained his guest
with atieed'ot6 of the several Continental Courts at
which he had been introduced; and dwelling much
On' the importance of his military charal.iter.:
Ilavinrr,iacrificed Some,-vhat too freely to the jolly
God, the'Captain was'off his-guard, and some things
e‘ic,iped him which roused the suspicions of the
Lieutenant, and rather abruptly broke up this agree-
able tote-a-tote ; these thelatter communicated, with
-the must cutting remarks, to the Mistress of the
:house, who, in conieqUence, on the following morn-
(igotirjoii last) presented her, bill, which, as the
Captain was going to take"the air, he desired Might
be-laid upon hi 4. table Until his return-7,that period
has not yet arrived. By a forced march which he
• ,was enabled to. tualw," being quite unencumbered
with baggage, thought without the "sinews of war;'
t iCaptain evaded the pursuit made after him by the
s of the Mistress of the Inn, who had pilau tlyde-
t,2. mined, should he be so fortunate as to, come up
wish him, to fall with great fury,upon his rear,

It will be well, perhaps, as this mars will no uoubt
pursue nis netarioni pradices, as far as in our power
to prevent the Poblic, suffering, by giving his de-.
scription :—He is -about twenty-six years of age,.
/five feet six inches high, _fair complexion, smooth
roon,i visage, ratter ',gilt eyes, regular set of teeth,
light broW:-.1..hair,)11(1 genteel. Slender fis2-ure ; he is
oti .S°l-t
nll,-,,,fwgrn-rashiOn-able stile"i ex-
rresSlon ; and had on a .st4aight bodied dark green
coat buttent'd 10w410,0,11 before, nankeen coloured
cloth pantaloons, black gaiters, with shoes much the
Worse for'We:ir, and;round.' his neck a Belcher silt,
C. - - ' , •

SLIGO, FE:7. 27:----We have the painful duty of
stating another most • atrocious' murder. •committed
.on a man of the name of :Thomas Gallagher; late.'
Iy residing near : it appears that this un-
foam-tate person: was known to have given infor-:
roation against those- miscreants called Threshers;
who have for such a. length of time disturbed the
peace oil this .and the neighbouring- counties and
justly fearful of their, detestable resentment, he bar-
ricadocd his house itl the beSt manner he could
eff.:(it ; but ultimately the poor man ''fell a viaim-to
tkeir insatiable rage. The following is the most*
accurate account we can.p..-ocure' of the abominable •
tratis3aion • • ,
,Wednesday,: the 18th instant, about six
o'clock in the ,afte.rnoon,. a person-(apparently a
stranger) "called at the house of the deceased, under
pretence of being unacquainted with the road to a
neighbouring village, urging the, owner to accorn7:
pang him for the purpose of poiutin out the way.:
this unfortunate cottager, lir the true spirit of Irish.
hospitality; importuned, the supposed stranger to,
make his residence his abode for that night, pro-
mising him every comfort that his habitation could
afford.—but he resisted his entreaties,. and having,
proceeded together, they had t3'ot gone many paces
from the house when two .shOts were tired at the
objea of their; fury, but without eifea ;' Gallagher
retreattM to. his house, which was immediately
after assailed by those aSsassrns, WhO adain fired and
Wounded him in the neck ; he then -made . his
escape through a back window, but was soon ,pur•
sued by his. determined- murderers, who put a pe,:.
riod to his existence by -infliaing .on his body seve-
ral bayonet wounds -and lamentable to relate ! by
this dreadful aft, A Wife', with live helpless children,
are 'left todeplore the loss of one, by whose indus-
try alone they were enabled to. get their daily sus
tenanee.

•
Yesterday afteimoon about six o'clock, as a cart,.
With three hogsheads °A dry stores, was; descending
the4Hll near the . Albion Mills from .Blacktriars
Bridge, the thil; horse tell, and one hogshcaL that
was on thil fore copse, rolling over on the driver, he
way killed on the spOt.

The following melancholy accident occurred on
Sunday se'nnight, in the cricinitY of Glasgew A boy
abo.it live years of age, having absented himsdi.frorn,
home, his father went iv search. of him, and found
hint diverting himself on ti►e'ice, on a pond, about
two miles from Beith. The tither, when he seized
his boy, shook him for his miscrdndoEtr—the ice broke
aicl both fell in, and were uutortunately•drowned.