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same offence.
Mr. Price and Mr. Fowler prosecntla ; Mr.
Davison defended Osborn, and Mr. Camphill F 0134
ter, Jameson. _ ,

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Mr. Price said the prosecutrix in'this case was,
at the time the offence was committed, owe visit
to her aunt at Sedgefield. On the 13th of May
she left the service of a person with whom she had
E waslw
in i
service
itchee purpose
there.
been living at Darlington, and before entering upon
the service of another person by whom she had been
engaged she intended spending a day or two with
her aunt. On the 11th she left Sedgefield to go to
num-
ber of fields through which there is a public foot-
fnuortt
further
onw hsi ah: before,m et thaen
ps'aetdhg,eanneidd_wshhoenmsehtethheadpngostonaebrouotstbwormo milseshefrodinad'
to Sedgeljeld. She told him, and they then pro-
ceeded on in opposite directions. About a mile
who asked her if she had met a man sohneerrihe
Jameson,
dressed iri -
white clothes on the road. She told himshe h had,
and. he then passed on. On arriving at Elwickthe'
prosecutrix went to see her brother, who gave her
a halfcrown piece and a sixpence. She afterwards
went to the house of a person named Furby, where
she had dinner, and left there between 5 and 6
o'clock in the evening. In the meantime the pri--
Boners at the bar had been at Furby's house, and
made. inquiries about a young woman in black
clothes. The prosecutrix was dressed in black on
that day. A young man at Furby's house told the.
prisoner Osborn that her name was Gibson, and
that she had gone to tlwick to see her brother.
Osborn said he had a slight acquaintance with the
young woman. The prosecutrix proceeded a little
distance on the road home, when she met both
the pi isoners at the bar. Osborn said, "Well,
Miss Gibson, you have not been long seeing your
brother." Havin gno acquaintance with themen pro-
S ohdofet
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asked
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secutrix said nothing in reply, but walked on. She
proceeded on about the distance of two fields, when
on turning round she saw the two men coming "ter
her. She set off and ran away, pursued by the
prisoners, who overtook her at a stile about 140
yards from the nearest house. Osborn then seized
her and threw her down. The other prisoner also
got hold of her, and held her until Osborn took the
half-crown and sixpence from her pocket. Osborn,
on obtaining the money, said, " She's only gotps."
After that Osborn proceeded to violate her person,
the other prisoner holding her down, and placing
his hand over her mouth while his companion
effected his purpose. Osborn afterwards struck the
prosecutrix a severe blow on the mouth for shouting
out " Murder," from the effects of which the blood
flowed freely. Osborn then said, " I shall see you
again, and I'll give you back your halfcrown." The
prisoners then left her. The prosecutrix then re-
turned to Furby's, but finding a strange woman in
the house, she made no complaint of the outrage
which had been committed upon her person, but 'she
stated to them that she had been assaulted and
robbed. She then went to Sedgefield, where she
saw a woman named Jane Ross, to whom she made
a complaint of what had taken place. In conse-
quence of that complaint, information was given to
the police, who took the prosecutrix to Mr. Rad-
dock's surgery. Mr. Ruddock was clot at home
at the tune. The girl, ho*ever, was examined
by Jane Ross, who found marks of violence
upon her person, and observed that her bonnet was
almost torn to pieces. At 11 o'clock the same night
prosecutrix was seen by Mr. Ruddock, and she
then exhibited traces of recent violation,'-bnt o
other marks of violence on her person.„On. e
evening of the 23i of August the proneou
was in the streets at Middlesbro' /rhea aome
person tapped her on the shoulder, and; showing
her a halfcrown, said, "Do you remembei that ?"
Prosecutrix observed that it was the prisoner
Osborn, and she replied, " Yes, and I'll make you
remember it too." She then went into the hiOdse
of her uncle, who lived near, and gale informa-
tion which led to the prisoner bein,g taken into cus-
tody. On the way to Durham gaol they passed a
man who was working at a building, when- the-pri-
soner said, "Do you remember that Wednesday
taken up on account of that job." This obser-
vation led to the apprehension of the,p#Ktner
Jameson.

nicious and unrighteous system ; he does not admit with-
out reason that " serious and formidable difficulties are
hanging over the country." It is possible that we may
—for this time—surmount these difficulties. But it is
uoc impossible that we may not "get over it." A very
little more pressure on the social system, a little more
ruin to commerce, a few more hundreds of thousand,
reduced to destitution, and our institutions will break
down. The expulsion from office of Sir G. C. Lewis
would be one of the first, and most trivial occurrences.
But the country may yet escape. Its rulers are evi-
dently incompetent. The nation must manage its
monetary affairs for itself. We tell them that Currency
Reform is the question of the millions.

The prosecutrix, Mr. FurbY, Mr. Ross, Mill Mr.
Ruddock, the surgeon, were next examined, and
deposed to the facts as narrated in the counsel's
opening, but the girl, on cross-examination, gave a
rather confused statement of the locality in which
the offence was committed, and admitted that she
did not struggle very violently. When appre-
hended Osborn said he did not know the girl, and
denied his name, but on his road from the Stockton
police-station to the railway station he observed.to
Jameson, who was working in a cellar at the end
of John-street, " This is for that job ; re-
collect I" He then asked the policeman, "If you
knew the other man, would you take him ?" and
the officer said he would, and Osborn said, " Yon's
the man I spoke to." The policeman having,:de-
posited his charge at the railway station, returned
to the cellar and apprehended Jameson, who said,
without being charged with the crime, "I did not
do the offence ;" and subsequently, " I was half a
field off when the offence was committed. .1 told
him the cmsequences. I said, Tom, you know
the consequences, and must be a scoundrel ;' but
when he ran I ran."

The jury, after a short consideration, found both
prisoners
()Abort' (tapping Jameson on the shoulder) said
—lf my Lord Judge convicts this man he convicts
an innocent man.
His Lordship sentenced the prisoners each to 20
years' penal servitude.
This case occupied nearly all day.

FREIGHT OF SPEeIE.—It appears from a Parliamentary
return issued on Saturday that 5,1741. was expended by
the Treasury on the freight of specie sent abroad in
1856-7.
A letter from Marseilles of the 17th inst. states that a
new steam boat, called the Pausiiippe, has just been
launched at the Ciotat, for the company of the
Messageries Imperiales. This vessel is to sail between
Marseillee, the coast of Italy, Naples, and Malta. She
is built on a new plan, so as to afford the greatest
possible accommodation to travellers. There are SO
beds FO placed that passengers suffering from sea-
sickness may repose themselves without difficulty. Her
engines are of 300-horse power, and she has made 14
knots an hour.
ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—PROCEEDIEGS OF THE
ASSIdNEES.—The task of the assignees of the late Royal
British Bank to carry out the compromise proposed some
months since, and for which the act of Parliament of the
last session was intended to give increased facilities, is
by no means an easy or a pleasant one. Two or three
of the trade assignees meet almost daily for the purpose
of examining and cross-examining those of the share-
holders who are willing to contribute towards the fund
required to carry out the arrangement. The process of
examination is a searching one. All the secrets of trades
and professions are disclosed, the nature of marriage
settlements is inquired into, the present position, future
prospects, and the existing liabilities are explained ; and
these terrible judges, from whom there is no appeal,
decide whether the sum offered to be paid in each case
is such as the means of the party would warrant them
in accepting. One or two instances have occurred in
which the shareholders who have offered to pay four or
five hundred pounds have been found to be clearly cap.
able of paying as many thousands—in some cases legal
proceedings have been commenced, and in others a com-
promise has been entertained. Negotiations for the sale
of the Welch mining property have been going on for
some time. The works have been carried on by the
assignee, and a slight profit has resulted from the work-
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been made through Mr. Wyld, whose knowledge of
mining affairs has been of great service to the creditors of
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