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London, England, 1856-06-16 00:00:00

MIDDLES fi X-- S ESSIO NS.—Jitne 14.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Solomon, Hymns, a middle-aged man, surrendered to
take his trial on an indictment, in which he was charged
with indecently assaulting Catherine Samuels, a girl II
years of age.
Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution at the in-
stance of the Society for the Rescue of Young Women
and Children ; Mr. Ribton appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutrix, who gave her evidence in a very clear
and straightforward manner, stated that she lived with
hir parents at No. 3, Wentworth-court, Spitalfields.
Trey were of the Jewish persuasion, and so was the pri.
soner. Her father was a general dealer. The prisoner
was also a dealer, and he lived opposite her father's
house... One night (7th of May) she went out to buy a
cucumber, and on her way home, as it was getting dusk,
she saw the prisoner in Wentworth-street. He beckoned
to her, and on going to him be said, " Kitty, will you
go and see if my wife is indoors and the candle alight?"
She did as he desired, and went round to a place called
Irish-alley as he had directed, to tell him the result of
her errand. His wife was not at hone, nor was there
any light. He said, " Very well, Kitty, come along
with me, I'll get change of a shilling and then give
you a halfpenny." He took her across the road to
a public-house, and asked her to, have some gin,
which she refused, and he then called for a pint
of beer. He pressed her to have some of that,
but she said she did not want any; however, as he
bothered her a good de d, she did place the pot to her
lips and pretended to drink. 0:. leaving the public-
house he took her across the road and down a court,
where he thrust his hand down her bosom. She told
him not to that, but he said it was nothing, and pooh-
poohed her. He then took her to a house in the court ;
the door wit open and he went in. A woman came into
the pi male and he gave her 61. The wetnan asked him
where hii female friend was, and be nodded to witness.
When the woman saw her she said to biro, " you nasty
scandling vagabond, if I do keep this house for people
to come to, I don't keep it for beasts and children." He
said, "Nell, what's the :natter ?" He then went out,
when a woman took him by the shoulders and pushed
him. He said, " Come along Kitty, there is 'nothir.g
the matter." When she was with him in the public
house, she saw a man named Sheen, and she saw him in
the passage as she left the house the prisoner took her
to. Mr. Sheen took her home. A lot of women col-
lected round the door and threatened t kill the pri-
soner if he 'lid nod get away. Tire house in the court
was a brothel she had since htlard.

Ir. Ribton cross-examine l the girt, but she did not
vary her evidence in the lea:, t.

John Sheen, undertaker, 88, Wentworth-street, de-
pos: d that on the evening in question he was in the City
of Norwich public-house in Wentworth-street, when he
saw the prisoner and the girl come in, and heard him ask
her to have some gin. This caught his attention, the
girl being so young, and he noticed them inconsequence.
She refused, and he called for a pint of beer, of which he
asked her to partake. She did put it to her lips, and the
prisoner finished it. He then took her by the hand, and
witness watched where they went to. He took her to
a brothel in Angel-alley, and suspecting his int ntions,
witness went after him, and heard the woman of
the house ask him where was the female he had
with him. Witness then went into the passage,
took the child by the hand and went with her to
where she said she lived. He met a polica-sergeant, and
told him of it, and he went with them. He heard the
woman say to him, "You ought to be ashamed of your-
self to bring such a child to my place ;" to which he re-
plied, " Well, I don't know, it is not the first time."
Elizabeth Hodson, widow, stated that she kept the
house, No. ,l, Angel-alley, Spitalfields (a brothel). The
prisoner came thera one night and gave her al. for a
room. When she saw the little girl he had with him
she was indignant, called him a vagabond, and Mr.
Sheen came in and took the girl away. She sent for a
policeman. A mob of females got round the prisoner
when he went out of her passage.
Catherine Sullivan, a woman living in a court in Petti-
coat-lane, said she was going through Angel-alley on the
night i❑ question, when, seeing a mob round the d3or
of the last witness's house, and hearing them cry shame
upon the prisoner, whom she knew to be a married man
and the father of a family, she joined in with them, and,
taking him by the shoulders, pushed him away. (She
looked a person well qualified for such an office) If she
had not done so ho woubi have been wore treated,

Mr. Itibton, in his address to the jury, urged that
there might be a doubt as to the prisoner having bad any
evil intention towards thv girl.

Mr. Creasy, in summing up, said it was quite suffi-
cient for the purposes of the indictment if the jury were
satisfied that the pri,quier bad but once laid his hand on
the girl without her consent.
The jury found the pri:wntr guilty.
Mr. Creasy, with a good deal of indignation, said be
never met with a more disgu4ing case, and it was diffi-
cult to conceive conduct more hat:e than the prisoner had
been guilty of. Great credit was due to the conduct of
the witnesses Sheen and Horlson, who no doubt had saved
the grl from ruin. He then sentenced the prisoner to
hard bihour for ten calendar' months.

James Gibbons, a plasterer, was indicted for having
assaulted Elizabeth Millar, with intent,. &c.
Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton
f r the prisoner.
The prosecutrix, upon whose evidence the whole case
rested, stated that she was a, married woman, and lived
at No. 2, Upper Cavend!sh•street, Maida-hill, and the
prisoner and his wife formerly lived in their house. On
the 231 of May she met him at the corner of Church-
street and Salisbury street, and he asked her to take
part of a pint of beer with him. She refused at first,
but afterwards went into a public-house with him. On
le,-.Virig they had some conversation, and he told her
that he had :heard that she Lad said disrespectful things
concerning his wife before she was married, which she
denied having done, and be then said if she would ac-
eompany him to a room, where they had lived, he would
show her a book in which his wife had written the
words she (prosecutrix) had uttered about her. She re-
fused to go with him several times, when he said with
an oath that he believed her guilty. She said she was
not, and'would go and see what his wife had written.
She went with him to a house at the corner of Luton-
street, and he took her up to a room on the second floor.
When they got in the room he locked'the door and put
the key in his pocket. He went to a corner cupboard
and appeared t> look for something, but ho said he could
riot find it, though he was sure his wife had put it there.
He then threw leer on the fl.)or and committed an assault
upon her, which she described. She resisted him suc-
cessfully,
and made as much /wise as she could. He
used very bad language (which she glibly repesteel), and
when he desisted from the-attempt he swore she should
not leave until she promised to have something to drink
with him. For the sake of get' log away she promised
she would, and directly she got out she ran home, where
she fainted. She was insensible nearly an hour and a
half; and when she renwered she told her husband's
mother what had occurred. The prisoner was after-
wards given in charge. There were persons in the house
at the time, but none were present to say they had
heard her call out.

Mr. Ribton made an able address to the jury, and sug-
gested that it was a consistent ,iew of the case that what
took place was with the woman's consent, and that she
made'the charge to save her own character.
Mr. Creasy, in summing up, remarked that it was im-
portant to take into consideration the demeanour of a
witness in giving evidence, and he did not see anything
improper in that of the prosecutrix. It way for them to
decide the ca,e upon her testimony.
The jury retired, and after about an hour's absence
returned a verdict of not guilty.

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