The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

DECEMBER 5.

Was. White, aged 27, was indicted for an assault with
intent, &c., and also for an indecent assault.
Mr. Maunsull prosecuted, and Mr. Cockle defended
the prisoner.
The transaction in question took place as long ago as
Feb., 1854, and iu the meantime two persons had been
convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment for
the part they took in it.
The prosecutrix, M. Appleby, is a married woman of
middle age, and, according to her statement, she went
into a publichouse in Northampton on the Sth of Feb.,
1851, in which there were several men drinking, and
had a glass of gin ; that after she left, and had walked
some distance, several of the same men came after her,
' and one of them struck or slapped her on the side of the
face ; that the blow rendered her insensible, and that
she knew nothing of what happened afterwards until
she found herself at the police station. She did not
identify the prisoner at all, but it appeared from the
testimony of the witnesses that a party of four men (of
whom the prisoner was one) were seen carrying her
along the street in a state of drunkenness and apparent
insensibility. They were met by a constable, who made
them take her to a house, in which it was said she lodged,
and ho left her in charge of the woman of the house,
cautioning her that the men were bad characters. Not-
withstanding this the four men were subsequently seen
carrying or dragging her out of the town to a place called
Dalliugton moor ; and once during their progress she
was heard to call out " Murder !" The attention of seve-
ral persons was called to the conduct of the four men,
one of whom made a pretence to one of the witnesses
that the women was his wife ; and it appeared that no
fewer than three men (two of whom were examined as
witnesses) ac' Rally followed the four to the meadows,
and there saw the woman's person outraged by one man,
while two were holding her down, without attempting
to interfere—conduct which the learned judge denounced
in the strongest terms. At length, a parish constable
having been procured, the men ran off, leaving the wo-
man, still in an intoxicated and partially insensible con•
dition, on the ground. Two of the men were appre-
hended almost immediately, and the prisoner White
was sought for, but could not be found until the mouth
of September last, when he was apprehended and com.
mitted upon this charge.

The le.artied fudge, in summing up the case to the
jury, mentioned that some doubts were entertained
whether the offence cf rape could be committed upon
the person cf a woman who had rendered herself per-
tacitly insensible by drink so as to be unable to give any
signs of resistance.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of an indecent as-
'Ault, and he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment
and bard labour.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DuRn3i, DEO. 4.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie.)
Francis Donaldson was indicted for, a garotte robbery
at Felling on the 17th of November last. Mr. Seymour
prosecuted, Mr. Blackwell defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor, Mr. Thomas Hilton, at the time of
the robbery, was foreman in the Washington Iron Com-
pany, and on the 17th November last had been drinking
tea with his mother and brother, Mr, Joseph