The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-26 00:00:00

on the Mil tary-road, on the night of the fair, was
a married I roman, and the daughter of Mr. May.
Her sister now lived at Mrs. Taylor's. She strug-
gled. muc 'inst the prisoner until her strength
was expo aistei 1.
Herric /4, Cooke, wife of Wm. Cooke, mariner,
West M,!l .sea, deposed that she resided in a hour'
at the bet, tom of Mr. May's garden, which vi al over
30 yards from Mr. May's kitchen. On Tuesday
morning : last, between 10 and 11 o'clock, Mary Ana
Roofe ca: me running down to her house, and al)'
peared to be very much upset. She was not crying;
but seems •d to be beyond that. She asked her it
she would . go up to her master's house with her,
and she fc Mowed her almost immediately. She
asked het • what she should do, as she had been
vcry, gro:ssly assaulted by Cudmore. She asked
her if sh e gave him, any liberties, and she said
she did. not. She .asked her what she should
do, and che advised her to tell her maker all that
had hap, nened. She remained about twenty
minutes of half an hour with her the first time!,
and saw , her twice again in the course
the day. She told her the first time that
Cudmore had assaulted titer. The second time she
w ent to Mr. 111:ay's she 'saw Cudmore, who cam
int`o the kitchen, but ncit her herself nor Mary Ana
Roofe said anything to hi In then about the affair'
He came to speak to Mr. i%%-ay as he was going t°
Colchester.
James Roofe, father of th prosecutrix, said thy.
on Wednesday he went to see his daughter, of
had not heard of this affair -until he got there.
soon ,as he entered the hous e his daughter be
crying', and on asking her what she was cryillt
about, Lle made a statement , concerning Cudmore'
conduct towards her ; the r text day he came wit°
his daughter and applied to the magistrates for 0
warrant for' Cudmore 's apprehension. His daughter
had a very -weak voice, and : he never knew her t°
shriek or cry out in her life.
Mary Aim Roofe, mother of prosecutrix, said+
on Thurs day last she came t( i their house from Wet
Mersea. She examined her r and detailed appear
ances indicating what had occurred to her
daughter.
Police-coosta.ble George Re mney deposed that ol;
Thursday night,, about 12 o'etock, he apprehend
prisoner at his It ouse at We t Merbea, he was ia
bed, and when h. e came .dow n stairs and openel
the door he told him he hai I come to apprchola
him on the charge of committing a rape on Mar{
Anne Roofe. loner replied, " All right.
expected it, as I km, ew the girl had gone to Col'
chester concerning ;,4, but I did not expect it to
night, not before to-A1 iorrow. I intended to hale
seen Mr. May about i St." He then brought hiO
out and put the hande\ •iffs upon him, and on this
road to the Colchester
p, olice-station prisoner said'
" I did it, but not agains,t her will ; she never re'
sisted me, and I wish no-'c I had not meddled WO
her, for the sake of my wife and children."
Cross-examined by Mr. Jones —He thong
he said twice that she was a consenting. party.
Mr. Church said this watt the case for the prn'
secution.
Mr. Jones said, the pris oner, acting under bit/
advice, declined making his statement here.
On Mr. Howard, the ma ,gistrates's clerk, read'
ing over the charge to pris ioner, and asking, 11
whether he had anything to say in defence, he sal
he wished to leave it to his ; elicitor.
Mr. Jones—Acting under my. advice he will re'
serve his defence. The who Ile gist of the case was
aye or no, did she consent ? and he has never 0'
reed in his statement from f. bat time until now.
The magistrates said they must leave it to ajol;
to decide.
Mr. Jones applied that the prisoner-should be
admitted to bail.
Mr. Church said it was a c harge of a most seril
nature next to the capital charge of murder, a.n_,
formerly punishable by del tth, and as the assig"
were near at hand he must I appose the application'
The magistrates refused la ail, but at the solicits'
tion of prisoner's attorney, they allowed him to re'
main at the Colchester county police-station Wl'
Monday, when he was remove d to Springfield ga°'

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