The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-16 00:00:00

following manner :—Part of the pins were run into
her arins, and in different partsof her body till the
blood flowed from the wounds, At One„tnne two
steel files were broken, by beating her over the
head, which injured her much, and caused her to
spit a quantity of blood. At another time she
remembers the Prisoner placirig,,Arin Harris on the
hob of ihe.fire.grate, with a log of-wood suspended,
from one of her,: feet, and her arm extended.up the
chimney, holding a brjek.bat,-andln that situation
she,Was.cobtinued' two hours.; and when redUced,—
from:Weaness, to let the brie;~ fall; she:was corn.
yelled to take it dip, nd :resume her former position ;
and that the 'itours allotted-her for hißour, wire
from; seven, o',Olock.in the morning 'ten at'
• ,
night : but, incase her t isk was nor firoslted,'she
wa'S then.employed,an hour longer.
Catherine M4lsacks, a 'womati who IQ Worked)
with: the Prisoner, had-Ofien cciinessed the 'cruel
treatment of Anti Harris ; among 'other th:ngs; she
had known her. tO hao;beeo kept without viCluals
for thirty' hours,-and her flesh .to have be.en torn'
ith pins, by t,l*.Prisoritr,, for no other reason than.
that ,she was not ;ab,tedio accomplish her task. At,
length the'Witneis;i frhm motives of liumaoity,,gave
notice of this 'brutal 'cbiidtiO to a Mr, llarnfield,
who brought her away from the Ilona:.
Mr. Ilernfielksaid,' having had the. infonmatibn
given him,, as stated by the formerWitness,.hc,
companiedi by the .ChnrchwardenS. of -,Esshe,:,zits
Parish, went to the;Plisoner's liquse,'on the 161 of,
December, and there found all the,Apprentiees itr rt .
most miserable; state, but more •.paitfetilarly
.Harris, who.apneared, to be, nearly approaching her
`end, bruised from lted to foot:L. lie took her and
' her fellow.sufferers' to ,the Wotkhouse, where she
died in a few days. The Prisoner said very little
in her defOice; and could riot decry, the fans.
The Jury, without hesitation, found her C'ailty'.•
and the RECORDER,, after consulting the Court,..
sentenced her to
,he 'confined in Newgate 'foi the.,
spice of thrte).ears. •
i'Lmas Journeyman Printer, Was
'charged on two Inditlrnents ; one with brutally bit.
ing the Gee of Elizabeth Peele, and the_ other for.
conimitting a similar offence on the check oT Ann.
Steaton.
Elizabeth Neje ,and :Ann Steaton,' both persons
of riespeaability, gave a.clear 4nd distind I,,C.c6Unt of
the manner of attack made by the. Prisoner. They
Stated,. that on a certain evening; aliOu't two months,
ago, they were Walking together down cc-street,
'when the Prisoner came up to them, and,. without
any previOus conversation, laid , hold of Elizabeth
Peek, and forcibly: putting his hands round.her ,ieck,
put his teeth to her face, bit it in a-violentmanner,
so th to leave the marks them to' this day. He
then went to the other side,. and serVed:Atin Steaton
in like norinet.. As soon as they recovered their
reeolleClion, they called for a watchman; and gaVe.
hilt into custody. The next day,when he was
taken before the Sitting Magistrates at Guildhall,
they were so shacked pt the eircunistance, that they
ordered the Prosecution to be carrik:d cm at the ex.
pence. of ,the
After the Whoh! of the evidence was gone through,
he %vas called on for his defence, but had none to .
make,-,--He was sentenced to six; months imprison.
meta in Newgate for each offence. .