The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-09 00:00:00

PlzosiiecTioN FOR A RAPE..:

William Batten was indicted for assaulting Sa-
rah Gibbs on the 'evening of the. 14th of May,..vith
intent to vitriate her person.
The prosecutri saki she would be fifteen years
ins* ilext itsty she was 1a41.-lesv an4.l.ll(lther
less, anti the prisoner was a miller and a married
man. She was returning from Chertsey fair, in
company of John Stock% tile, who lived with hem'
aunt, Mrs. Waiter, near liallefoi'd, when she was
overtaken by the prisoner in his chaise, who
persuaded her to mount, and drove away pretty
smartly. He made inquiries concerning her father
and her mother till he reached a lonely lane, 'yhen
he stopped the horse ; it was then between eight
and nine o'clock, aud.dusliisht Here he coin-
menced and completed the attempt, the subject
of this prosecution. she streamed to him to let
her alone, else she would inform John Stockville;
he said if she would hold _he- tongue he would
give her money when they arrived at the mill ;
she refused any accommodation of their (lit.-
ferences.

In'her cress-examination by Mr. OURNgY, she
said there was only one
,bed in John StockVille's
house, in which John, her aunt, Mrs, Walter, and
herself, slept. The miller abused her in his cart,
which was very small. Ile held the whip and
reins, for the horse was rather spirited, and cried
" wooh," to 'calm his .temper. 'She cried—she
'strove---she struggled, yet the horse of the miller
stood still. Her crying was for the purpose of
'informing the miller that certainly she would tell
John Stockville. in a few minutes after she saw
Mr. Goodall and his daughters walk by; she did
not tell them of hersituation; she said, neither
laughing nor crying, " Goodnight, Mary Goodall."
John Stockville, and the aunt of the prosecni-
trix who accommodated her niece with the share
of her own bed, and John, were examined, and
their evidence was only material in this, that they
'proved the prosecutrix did not make any complaint
when she got home, she only spoke of the
soner's rudeness without going further.
The prisoner protested, that as. God was true,
so was the prosecutrix's story false.
After a summing up by Baron GRAHAM, the
Jury acquitted the prisoner, and the Court or-
dered hint to he discharged without the exaction
of the cus,oluary fees.

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Mr. Butriu, the magi,trate, whose house in
Russel-square was robbed abont two years
.ago,.
having reason to apprehend that Richardson was
one of the galig that broke into it, went the other
day to this convict in Newgate, and•plainly asked
him whether he was or not? when the latter ac-
knowledged himself to Ilsave been one, without
any hesitation. In his turn he inquired of Nix.
whetherthere was not at large knife fnimd
*the next morning on the stairs ? Being an -
swered in the atlirmitive, he added, 'lf your
butler, Sir, bad awoke when we entered his room,
and given any interruption to its, my, partners, it
to have cat his throat with it t for nay own
part I never misted myself to carry a knife,: for
fear of the consequence. The gang at Lady.
Dowtantaa's 'wanted to break into her chamber,
whichEtiy hark sgreat cc' idftiocot
b
difficulty 111 (Aby Putting
If probably saved
her Ladyslaif's
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