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London, England, 1847-07-30 00:00:00

JULY 301 1847.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE
NORTHERN C7RCUl7'.—Duritani, July 27.
CROWN COLlRT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
George Gisson, Robert Green Jonathan Dixon, Josebh
Green, and !Mt.= Potts stood chirged with having, on
the 15th May last, at Jarrow, in this county, feloniously
assaulted Elizabeth Danaw, and committed a rape on
her person.

Lorington appeared as counsel for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Matthews and Mr. Otter defended the
prisoners, the four last named of whom had been out on
bail, and all of whom were very young men.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix, who
was examined and cross-examined at great length, that
on the night of the 15th she was on her way from Jar-
row towards East Jarrow, and was on the South Shields
side of a turnpike-gate, when she was attacked by six
men, the prisoners at the bar being of the number, and
that she was then very savagely treated by the party.
She is a German by birth, and stated herself to
be twenty-three years of age, having been brought
to the port of Newcastle-on-Tyne by her brother
about four years ago, since which time she had
travelled about this country as an itinerant musician,
carrying a hand organ, which was slung over her
shoulders by straps, and which she was carrying at
the time of the alleged offence. The young woman,
who spoke English perfectly well, gave her evidence very
intelligibly, and apparently without exaggeration ; and
if her statement was correct, there could ba no doubt
that the felony had been committed. But she had had
an early opportunity of making a complaint and of de-
scribing the nature of the outrage, and she could assign
no reason for not having done so, but the shame she felt
at what she had endured.

John Glover, police constable, said, that he was near
the spot in question at about eight o'clock on the even-
ing of the 15th. He there saw the young woman and a
man together, but could not say what man it was, though
at the time he thought he knew him. He had thought
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together th? prisodersaisac..o, Dixon, and
the two Greens, come -.out of. a pablic.houSe, and the
men "were follo wing bets ; and later he heard a partiCular
cry. which proceeded from the direction of Temple
'Town, and he Went towards it, but perceived nothing:
At first he presemed, that it was a man beating his wire,
a`s it.wasn very common thing for men to beat their
wives in that neighbourhood. On Monday, the 17th,
the girl made a statement to him, saying that she had
been very badly used by six men; and that she knew
four of them, and the other two she could swear to if she
saw them. Told him the names of the four. He asked
her very particular what had been done to her, when she
said that they had knockill her down, a: id struck her
very much while down. Witness asked her very parti-
cularly if they had committed any capital offence, and
she said they had not; but that they had punched
(kicked) her. He was very plain with her, so that .she
must have understood his question. On the Wednes-
day following she stated that they had committed the
charged. She
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Tuesday,
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offencebeiore t nowhe
magistrates on
His LORD6IIIP inquired if she then made her state-
ment on oath, and it it was taken down in writing?
Glover answered that it was so. The information was
fora violent assault.

His LORDSHIP then asked, if the written statement so
made by her was here in court?
Mr. LORINGTON said that it was not here.
The Learned JUDGE said, that it certainly ought to
have been. It was very material in such a case to know
what the prosecutrix Lad in fact complained of on the
Tuesday, when laying her information against these
men before the justices. The prisoners ought now to
have the means of knowing that; and it was a very great
want of proper attention, on the part of the prosecution,
that the intormation she had given could not be pro-
duced. His Lordship said, that in this state of the evi-
dence he should ask the Learned Counsel for the prose-
cution if he could carry the case any further? lie (the
Lord Chief Baron) thought there could not be a convic-
tion under such circumstances. . *
Mr. LORINGTON submitted that there was at least
evidence of an assault committed by the prisoners.
His LORDSHIP thought that they could not, upon the
present trial, be properly convicted of that. They might
have been indicted at the sessions for an assault. '
Mr. LORINGTON said, that it had first been intended so
to indict them, but it afterwards appeared, from the evi-
dence of the prosecutrix, that the prisoners could be more
properly charged with the felony, and therefore the case
had been sent to the assizes. •
His LORDSHIP---lat the case be presented again in a
proper court, and in a proper shape. The young woman
made no complaint to any woman, and on the Monday,
when complaining to the officer, she said nothing of
this charge. And yet a warrant is issued for a
felony.

Mr. LORINOTON suggested to his Lordship whether,
if the prisoners had a general acquittal on the present
charge, they could again be tried at all for the assault?
EiSIORDSHIP thought that if they could not again be
tried,-they ought nevertheless now to be acquitted: nut
the Learned Judge added, that be was of opinion that
their acquittal upon this indictment for the felony,
would be no bar to a subsequent indictment for the
assault only. The present charge involved that of an
assault, but they were now tried for felony, and if ac-
quitted here his Lorship thought, should there be a plea
of autrefois acquit to the indictment for an assault, that
plea could not be supported by producing the present
record.

The prisoners were then all Acquitted.
On application being made for the costs of the prose-
cution, his Lordship said he should not refuse the costs,
but repeated that there had been a great failure to do
that by the prosecution which in such a case was a part
of their duty.

OLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Mr. Basil Henry Stronsberg, the manager
of three building societies, was brought up for final
examination, charged with defrauding them of various

sums.

Mr. Lewis and Mr. Hurephrey's clerk attended as
before on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES inquired whether the pri-
soner had been able to make up his accounts to the sa-
tisfaction of the different trustees ?
Mr. Lewis said, he believed not. He had no friends
in this country who were disposed to help him. He had
not had time to receive answers from his friends in
Germany. His client was willing to submit to the
mercy of the magistrate. He hardly knew whether the
directors of the Times Buildihg Society had any right
to appear there as prosecutors, as the Guarantee Society
_was bound to pay them every farthing of Stronsberg's
deficienCY.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES could not assent to this
proposition. If a man committed a felony, he could not
be purged of the crime by some other parties being
oound to make good the pecuniary loss. He asked if
there was any further evidence?
- Mr. Digby said, he represented the directors of the
Times Building Society, and in their case he should call
another witness. He had shown, on the previous exami-
nation, that a shareholder had paid the prisoner a sub-
scription of 71. 175.; but it was said the prisoner could
not be charged with embezzling that sum, as he was not
bound to pay it over till the monthly night. He pro-
posed to call a witness on that point.
Mr. Crellin, the acting manager, deposed that the
monthly meeting at which the prisoner should have
accounted, if not before, was held on Wednesday night.
He did send the money. lie had left his books. con-
taining various. entries of money received to the amount
of 50L, and the 71. 17s. received from Mr. King was the
last item.
Mr. Lewis said, his client would submit to a summary
conviction. The societies would not lose much by him.
The Times Society would recover the whole from the
Guarantee Society, and the other societies would have
the 191. taken from the prisoner, and the 301. he had
paid for his passage to America to divide between them.
And in mitigation of punishment he would state that the
man had a family, and that he had had an opportunity of
carrying off 1051. a couple of days before he absconded,
which chance he did not avail himself of.
Mr. Digby said, he should be satisfied with a summary
conviction.
Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES, having consulted
with Sir C. Marshall, said, some difficulties had been
started as to how far the law, passed for the protection
of the friendly societies, extended to building societies.
The preamble of the Benefit Building Societies Act set
forth that such societies had been established in different
parts of the kingdom principally amongst the industrious
classes, and that it:was expedient to afford encourage-
ment to them and protection to their property. It then
proceeded to enact that all the provisions of the Acts re-
lating to friendly societies should extend to building so
cieties, so tar as they may be applicaWe ; and be
founderty
one of the enactments for the protection ofo the_eefr:pas
in
of friendly societies was, that if any officer
society and
possession of money belonging to
theshould be adjudged
fraudulently withheld the same,
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three months. laanbdo uihrne for default
not of
felocae,,yeindtiehnnigst
rd to the grounds of
4th section of their Act. With_ rirgamag
magistrates felt that
clause was extended to the building societies by the
mitigation that had been urged, the
as the misconduct of the
they
judgmentmake him an example to
prisoner merited, and
ought to give such a
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savings of the industrious classes
due protection of the .
the officers of other building societies,. and tend to the
to have
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Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES amid,
money paid by the prisoner.
as the money
they would
hthimeSoptmaossage
into the hands of so respectable a concern as
it. It had been stolen from the
hthelGraelilieenral Steam Navigation Company,
give up the whole of
Societies, and it had been forfeited by the company by
their non-performance of their contract. They were to
sail on a certain day, and they put bac& not from stress
of weather, but their ne.ligoice in taking in bad coals.
The prisoner was committed.

Viscount Diorpeth arrived in town yesterday froze
Vernon Hill, Bishop's Waltham, Hants.

AQUATICS.
ETON AND WESTMINSTER BOAT RACE.
This very interesting event, which has of late created
much excitement in the aquatic circles; came off laid evening in the presence of a vast concourse of spctators,
bith on the shore and on the river. The Citizen L had
been chartered for the occasion by the Messrs. Searle,
and conveyed a large party of the Etonians and other
gentlemen; and the Waverley which had been engaged
by the Westminster party for themselves and friends,
was crowded with company; there were also a great
many small boats out. The distance selected for the
contest was from Barker's rails, Mortlake to Putney,
Bridge, and at a quarter to seven the rival crews appeared
at the station.

ETON St. lb.
A. Baillie
G. H. Holden lO 0
H. H. Tremayne 10 3
C. H. Miller ' - 11 4
A. de Kutzen lO 7
11. J. Miller lO 3
A. R. Th,,mpson 10 10
W. L. Bagshawe
(stroke) lO 7
J. Greenwood
(steerer)....

WESTMINSTER. Bt. lb.
IJ. R. Armistead 8 7
2R. Burton
3N. R. Smart 9 4
4 W. M. Parratt
SP. M. Robertson. 11 12
6H. Williams .. . 9 10
7C. W. Steward 8 9
H. R. Barker

(stroke)
E. Balfour (steerer) 6 1

- -
Boin parties had been for some time in active training,
and appeared confident of success. The Westminster
crew had been trained by Nou!ton, a waterman ; the
Etonians were indebted to a Mr. Shadwell, for paying
great attention to them. Betting was six to four on
Eton.

Mr. T. Egan, late of the Cambridge University,
having taken his place on board the Citizen L, as um-
pire, and Mr. E. Searle having given the signal, they
were off.

Both crews started at the same instant. For a second
or two it appeared as though the Westminster crew
were about half a foot in advance, and then they were
oar and oar, at an immense speed. They continued at a
must rattling pace, and after rowing about two hundred
yards, the Etonians began to draw gradually . away.
The Westminster party put on a fine spurt, but their
opponents went further in -advance, iiiaintained it all_
the way, gradually leaving their adversaries more astern,
and won by one minute five seconds, accomplishing the
distance, nearly five miles, in twenty-six, minutes. The
Westminster crew, although defeated, rowed a very
gallant stern wager throughout, and their style was ge-
nerally considered superior. The winners rowed in a
beaut.tul boat, sixty feet long, built by the emine t
Searles, of Stangate,