The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-21 00:00:00

A.3.3,1L) LT ,17' IT 0 RTRING:

W. have 6lready:stated, that the pisron who as,-
saultqi the yhung lady at this place had been taken;
and undergone ,an examination. , The Gentleman
who stooil charged, is-Mr. Barrett, a.wine and bran-
dy nwrchant, in great trade in the City ; an, be un
devwein an ex:aMination yesterday, at i\lariborougl.
street' Police-office.

Mr: ALLEY, and Mr: WlLLwr,.Solicitor,•of Fins-
bury-squire, attended for the defendant; acid the
foiMer Gentlentai; briefly addressed 'Mr. NtivE, the
Ligistiate, and requested, on:behalf of his client,
that then examivation should , 14e ,public, in oldei
that the case might be fairly represented to the
public.
The testimony of MisS natham,' the prOsecutt ix,
and the daughter of the eminent Latham, was
read, over, and Which was as tbllows :—She Was
walking along South-street, Worthing, at seven'
o'clock in the Morning of the loth of June, atter
having left her I)rother and maid-servant at a bath,
lug machine;wheasht was overtaken by. the dtfen-
dant, who took her by the.arm, and pressed his con-
versation to her. ' •

The young lady declined- his .Company, lut he
still solicited her to grant'him the minutes coucersa-
lion. The defendant followed her to the door of
her lodgings; where he left her. The next morn-
ing, being the i Ith, Miss Latham saw the defend-
ant pass the house,.-but she supposed he did-not see
her. On the morning of-the t2th, the young Lady
had returned titan bathing, and whilst sitting on her
sofa, and perusing a Wok, she heard.thetock of the.
door opened, and staspetting it to be t he,son of Mr.
King, of Bedfordrnw.„ she went doWn stairs, and
tOli,r-sutprise beheld the defendant, who followed
her hastily into her drawing-room. He imitynedi-
afely btgan to take liberties,.. and Miss Latham
fainted.' She, did not knots what happened until.
some time 'after, when she partly recovered, and,
found herself on her sofa, with a handkerchief tied
over her mouth, The defendant had taken Off-her,
. Vvltite•saSh,' and tied her hands at the Wrist: He,
Observed that she-should not be hurt, and advised
her not to be alarmed. After, having violated 4,er
person,"tte defendant used pressing. solicitations to
prevail on. the Young lady to elope, and. he added,
that a posteleaise should be waiting for her at the
door of Ogle.
He assured tier that he would treat her affeaion-.
ately:; Shc.shoUld go to his country house, and have
servants at her command. ..Tlielleferidant loosened.
the handkerchief trotn ~the young Lady's mouth, in
order, as I,e said, to• receive a gratifying answer to •
the ;:roposed clopement ; but on her indignantly ex-,
pres,m, her abhorrence of his cOnclu6t, he again
fastened the handkerchief over her mouth, and lett
•
the room, alter having placed the furniture, &c. in
order. Miss Latham lobsened the handkerchief, by
placing iead against the table; and she contrived
to ring the bell Aoi• her st-ivant, Lawrenee,wlio untied
the'Whte sasOt aid. loosened. her hands.. The.Pro-
secutrix swore positively to'the Defendant, as. tieing,
,t he man' w bb' hadvinlated her person, and vThoni she
Lad had opportunities of knowing; from repeatedly
•- seeing I i .0.
Mr. ALLEY, in defence of his client, begged to
offer such evidence to the Magistrate, by alibi, as
,should onvi!tic4lol..of the total innocence of Mr.
Barret and which w•ould be prO‘ed by a host of un-
iinileachahie
Frariei's Tehot., an Ekcise Officer, proved
havutg executed tWo bonds in the presenee, of ihe
•Def-ndatii,, On his premise's in Tharnes-'street, on the
121 h of inee (the day the rape was said. to have been
coynntitie,l).b,:tw.ixt the hours of twelve and two,
which boltds. were produced with the Defendant's

signature.
.21r. Rob'ert Follow' saw and conversed with the
Defeodauf on the 1311 x. •

Ms. Hale received a-chectiue of the Defendant, and
signed t his own hand, which he paid into a bank-
ing hou's pa tile. t ;as (lid also a Mr. Grubb,
Mr. ljubip,a'ipercliapti. aped in a arty with]
tire D'etnclant„. at the house of a friend in Cork-
street.,'Boud-Street, on the I s.;th of June.

Backhouse called on,,the Defendant on the
10th o( -Time, and. ordered some ale, Which was sent
in on the• t Ph; and on the iQth the witness called
affain• and saw Mr. Barrett, with h whom e had some
conversation on the excellency of his ale, and lie
gave him another order.
Mr. 11iorley, a merchant,- effetSleCha p-olicy with
the Defendant on .the morning of the 13111 ; and se-
veral other witnesses proved an.a/i4i; as completely
as ever was proved in any Cdurt.
These several witnesses, who wereof.the first to-
spe6tability;desct ibecl the Deft:taint as a man of nice
morals, ate exempla'ry husband, and the father of five
children. • •

• IVIr. BaFrettind'betn at Brighton in:the early part
of the seas in, as k usual for hitia to be, but he was
there witiiMrS. Barrett And his children. •

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Miss Latham did opt attend at this, examination,
but Mr. GURNgY watched-the evidence on, her be-
half. The Magistrate expressed his conviction of the
-innocence of Mr. Barlett,. but he felt it his duty to
order examination, give an Opportunity
for, other witnesses to be brought iurward on so se-
' ri;Ais a diarge,
-.Miss Latham, the Prosecntrix, is a, handsome
young Lady, st 6 Years of age, ud she had aci:oto-
patiedher parents to Won hit,g, wito•leti her with
her brother and a female. servant.

On Sarutclay afteinooni Mr. Robertson, of Wal-
woith, very narrowly. escaped being sbot, by a- ball
&OM a pistol, fired off accidentally 'in afield adjoin-
ing 'hiS residen6e by one of his nephews, who
,Was
amusing himself there, in' company with others.
The ball' entered. the parlour 'window where his
uncle was sliiii;tr, and took .such a direction as
would, most prob7tbly, have terminated his existence,
had he not rprovidential4 risen Iron) his seat a
minute before.

. -
John Fosset; •of South 'Butley, Wilts, a very
dissolute ch:na,;,ter, wai taken before some Magi-
snates' tor prolanina the Sabbath- day on Sunday
se'nnight, and he nip.derwent a few hours iMprisbn-
metir: In order to be rtiv(4ng42,l (0 the Parish Cler-
gyman, lie codrnitted deprefl..:i.,ns on several head
of cattle, and whilst ;destroying pheasants in the
Ilarsoh's pheasiiitr tha
.can Last, by which his
head'and arm ',vete so.sh4tered that he die on Sun-
day laq, • . • • •