The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-31 00:00:00

ASSikES.

IeFIELMSFORD, foLT 28.

John Ryah, a 'soldier in the 57th regithent.
,Was
'indicted fur ravishing Susannah Hall ou the 28th of
May last.
This was a most cruel case, as detailed by the pro- -
secutrix, a young girl of 17, who stated thatsshe
was nursery maid to Capt. Buntling, of the Q2d re-
giment,,and on the night in question she was going
from Warley Barracks in company with one Connel,.
who, it appealed, was
_her 'sweetheart : after they
had passed the -centinel some way, they met three
soldiers, one of whom she knew to be' Ryan, the
prisoner. One of them laid hold of her, and at-
tempted to free her from -Conners arm. - Connel
told them she was-not a bad girl; and desired them
to desist. Ryan swore he did not care what she was,
e.r he would have her : the. other two•then forced
her away from Coimel, and dragged her to a neigh-
bouritig field, while Ryan stood guard over Connel to
prevent hint iirre'rfering.. When the two other sol-.
diets got her in the field, they dragged het-through'
' a small pend, then threw her down and•vielated her;
afterwards Ryan did the-same.- This they repeated
twice, the prisoner R)an being the ;last mane She
was • positive to the per Son of Ryan, -as he had a
broken tooth in front, and his teeth projeaed.. The
prisoeer; evidently with great care,, kept his mouth
strut ; but upon being called- upon • for his defence,
• when he spoke, appeared that his teeth were as the
prosetittlix had described.
Her statement was corroborated by Cen.nel, who
also identified the person of the PriSranet. Verdict—
Guilty.
George Nelson. v‘'as indiCied for ravishing:Eliza-
beth, the wife of James Pool, on the 30th of MarCh
, last.
The Prisoner was an artilleryman, quartered at
Warley Barracks, and the Prosecutrix said her-hus-
band was ostler at an Inn in Brentwood. Oct the
30th of March she had been. at Wariey Barracks,
whither she usually 'went to sell small articles. As
she was returning home through the field; in the
evening, she found it getting dark; - and saw the Pri-
soner following her. She paused a moment whe-
ther to return to the Barracks or not, but found.
herself farther off than she expetted.. The Prisoner
asked bee why She was going so fast—she replied,
she thought-haw husband was corning to meet her,
and she expected him every minute. She walked
an, and shortly heard the Prisoner behind her, who
threw her down, and stopped her mouth with one
band. He perpetrated his purpose,. and just then
her cries brought two persons to her assistance,
Bombardier Roberts and Serjeant Duncan. She
knew the latter ; he seized the Prisoner, who then
pretended to be drunk, bur she was sure he was not.
Roberts and Duncan were both gone on the expedi-
tion.
The Jury found the Prisoner guilty, and he was
sentenced to be transported for lite.
• William Clements and Waller- Clements, father-
and son, were indicted for a burglary in the house of
John Burley, at Dagenham, and robbing the house
'of various articles, of mo,ncy, &c.
The above Prisoners were part of the gang who
had robbed several houses, and of whom Cook and
Sirnunons, convicted yesterday, were also a part.
Mrs. Berley stateo,that as she was sitting in her
. parlour, about five 'or six o'clock in the evening of
the 7th of january,, th:• Prisoners burst into the
room, and demanded her keys ; she gave them to
them, ane. they immediately proceeded to ransack.
the house, and took away all the notes and money`
they could find.
Shadbold, anaccomplice, the same who was ex-
amined 'yesterday, confiimed her statement ; and
added, that the) fisst bor.nd a cartcr, whom they
found in time stables., They -wercl both found
guilty,
John Tierney was. convhcied of the wilful' murder
/ of Samuel Watkinsuil, at Colchester,' on the 28th
of June last.
The conduct of the Prisoner was most unaccount-
ably
,wanton. He had do maliCe against the de-
ceased.in particular, but in a fit of brutality dedar-
ed be would knock down whot ver came near him.
The deceased, unfortunately came in his wav , aced
he struck him with his Widgeon, which• knocked
him down : when the poor man rose, be repeated
his blows, and aanally killed him.—He was imme-
diately sentenced to be hanged on Monday morning.
Waiter •Clements, Gale, and Simmons, for house-
; breaking ; and Ryan for the rape, were also left for
execution.