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London, England, 1803-09-20 00:00:00

and left the two clLeittont taa the Jury,:'—irirsts
Whether the Ptisontr was the man who delivered
the 'note to the PrOsecittor ; Secondly, if he was,
whether he knew it to be t forgery- at the iime he
uttered it unless they were'satisil-eci of -both these
points they could: not,find the Prisoner guilty, but
if rl ey were satisfii'd Wit,. they Would' of course
Convid the Prisoner, if they had any doubt of it
thcy would ;:cquit.hiM.-'--Gudo—llead.t.

,attsuel Peach was f and Guilty—Nail'', for he:
inkakt larje, (having 'escaped ftom'.Woblwich),'
having been convielea of: a capitai CifPnee and re.
Ceived His Majesty's iard'on on' cOndititin.
,of being
transported for life.• • '
. ,
Daniel Bennet was, tried cip an indiaMent •for
an highway robbery on John Loden; ' and 'forcibly
taking from him .a -silver watch, hisfpr6perty; on
the 29111 of July, in Horseman-street, SVllite.
chapel, at 9 o'clock-at night.
The evidence wa quite clear ; Biter 'persons to.
gethet met the Prosecutor, the Prisoner gave him
a violent blow, and took his watch by force: they
all ran away, but the Pris:mer was taken on the
alarm being given. The Prosecutor never luSt sight
of the FFisoner,---7Guilty-7Death.

John White and Joseph %rave were indiCted
for breaking and entering the 'dwelling.tioUse of
Robert Dallas, Esq, and stealing a silver sugar
bason, and other articles of plate of Considerable
value, the property of the said Robert Dallas, iii
the day rim; certain persons being therein. A
third person was concerned, who was admitted as
an accomplice to give evidence. One of them went
into the house, and brought otit the property through
the window of thc area, and the others watched'
by the rails. The only article that was found of
the stolen property was stated in the indkitnent
only of the value :of xos.. but •the property stolen.
was a great deal more. Both guilty of stealing to
rlo amount of 2Q5. which saves the lives. of the
Prisoners,

CHARGE OF A RAPE.
Francil Thomism (an elderly, man) Was 'charged
:With a capital offence in felonionsly
.assaulting on
the tsth of August, Meliza Willis, and against her
will feloniously ravishing and carnally knowing
heroB;:e.
It appeared in the.cnurse of the evidence giien
in this case, as hr as the samc, froo its peculiar
nature can be (letailed, that the Prosecutrix is the
' daughter of a Cyentleman's coachman, and lives in
deorge,.streer, Portland Chapel ; that she is but;
just turned of eleven years old, got very well ac-
quainred with the nature,of an oath, she was ac.
cordingly freely admitted to, give evidence. She
stated that she kneW the Pris Oner before the affair.'
in question, he lived in the neighbourhood'
.Of her
father ; hetWeen eight and nine o'clock of the even.
ing of Monday the isth August, she was corning,
home in company with another girl about her' I/Wll
age; in. Titchfield.street they met the Prisoner,
the other girl was at the time a little way on be.
fore her ; when she came 'near the Prisoner he said
nothing, but stooped and caught hold Of-. her hand
or of her arm, and led her and pushed her along
Titelifield-street,. _through Clipstone.street and
through Charlton-street into Fitzroy-square. It
was against her will he carried her, she by no
means consented to go with him. He at -length
took her into a hollow place at the upper end of
Fitzroy-square. Here the girl; on being necessa•
rily questioned as to the circumstances," related the
conduct of the Prisoner towards her, and which
formed the grounds of the present charge; she call.
ed out, hut could get nobody to come to her ;
While they were together in Fitzroy-square she
cried out, and at length Charles &deft, one of the
WittlesSCSl came up to the snot. While they were
coming through Chatlton.street, she 'said,' she. saw
two,gtrls, but less than herself, and they heard her
screaming but did not come up to her. '
Charles Basletr, above.mentioned, stated, that
coming across Fitztoy.square about the time. men.
'jotted by the Prosecorrix, he saw something un be.:
fore him, but could nut tell what it was-till he had
come closer, when he saw the Prisoner With some.
thing in his arms; not, long, after this he heard a
cry—going up to the spot whence it proceeded, he
observed the parties together, and the Prisoner in
such a way as to leave no doubt of his having.at,
tempted to behave very improperly to the girl. ,‘
He asked him what he .was doing there the
.sower answered he .was the father
.of the, girl,. mit
believing him, he. called our fur assistance, which
one Charles Mayne,, who is since gone'tosea,tante
up; they had
,the: Prisoner secured,. aid
properly in charge at the Watch.house.
Surgeon who had examined the Prosecutrix,
'and ler lather and mother were ,exaininetl, and gave
evidence more or less in corroboration of the account'
gitersby the girl. .. . „

The Ptison—er being calla on for his defence,
said he ithould lelve it .to his Counsel.
The first Witness called, was the woman ;It WhOie
hoWe the PrOsecutrix'ip father and ourlier lodged.
She, was questioned by the Prisoner% Counsed, as
to a suppol.ed degree of forsvgdries, and incor.
redness of behaviour on the part of the girl, but
she declined answering alHrmatively to those pro.
4e
positions.
One or two other persbns were called who knew
that part of the town, and who declared their opi.
ytions that it was,v,:ry imptuliable indeed that a girl
-at that hour of the evening, could be carried along
the streets above„mentioned against her will if sl.c
cried out for assistance.

Mr. justice Cll.oastett, Oki ttisd the case,
charged the Jury upon the subjeet. 'He said, the
charge against the Prisoner was of the most serio4
and
,atrocious kind, ii)ut the greater the offence
charged, the more certain they should be of the
guilt of the party, 'ere they convided. Adverting
to the tender age of the Prosecutrix, he said, thst
a carnal connettion with a girl under the age' of ten.
when Ai consented not, was a capitol offence. lit
then laid down the law as applying to the offence
before the Jury, which front the evitiew they had
heard, they must be fully satisfied cant.