The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-15 00:00:00

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INFAMOUS ceif'.--Yrstr.rday Saiah Perryman,
aged shout6o,
.tt as tree upon an indictinent,
charting her with ha ni •licionsly and diabo-
lically threatened to char-4c Mr. Ambrose Castle,
a respectable A turney, with unnatural propensi-
ties, with the view of extorting money from him.
Mr. ALLEY; for the prosecution, stated the case.
He obserVed, that 'clothing of tire precise descrip..
:inn of this off- nee had occurred during his pro-
lessi.onal experience. it happened that the threat
hail not the effect of inducing his client to part
with his money, a circumstance which would have
made this offence capital, but the 7th of ,George
the 2,1 provided a punishment for an unattiling
menace under such circumstances, and the 0, ourt
would see the necessity of punishing with-the ut-
most rigour a crime so damnable that no name
could be found qualified to give an idea of it. It
was painful to appear as a prosecutor. upon such a
subject, but the vengeance of the law was calleit
for in this instance with peculiar force, and to
overlook the offence would he an inexcusable aban-
donment of duty to the public. The evidence was
as follows :

Mr. Ambrose Castle is an Attorney, resides in.
Cursitor-street, Chancery•lane, and has twelve
children. On the 27th of May he was passing
through the Stable-yard, St. James's, at half-past
seven in the evening ; the prisoner at the • bar
came up to him, and accosted him in these.words,•
" 1 am come here agreeable to the appointment
you made with me lust night=you know you were
with me at half-past eleven last niabt, and gave
me a three shilling piece :" . Mr. Castle replied
to her that he had not been in the Park on the
night alluded to, nor seen her, nor made any ap-
pointment with her, or with any body else. Atter
having said this, he walked on, and went through to
St. James's-square. When he gut to the end of
Charles-street, he perceived that the prisoner-was
following him. As soon as he looked round she ran
up to him, put her hand on his shoulder, and used
some dreadful language. Mr-Castle walked on.
The prisoner still continued her abuse, and si;id
she had no objection to go to any Police•office, as
she was sure he was the man who had been with
her. She jostled him frequently for the purpose
of making him stop, and when they reached
Hemming's-row, put her month to his ear, and
in a tone which struck him with horror, used
some words, imputing to him unnatural propensi-
ties. No answer having been returned from which
the prisoner could judge that her views %you'd
be answered, she F 'mkt: in a louder tone upon the
'lame revolting subject, and said " y0u1,411 better
give :re some monev-7yolt shall not get rid of me
1 you do not." •Mr. Castle was so struck with
horror at the charge, and so apprehensive of the
probable effect if it %Vas pilhlicly made, that lie
%%EL: tunable to utter a word. He, however, had
presence of mind enough not to submit to a rob-
bery tinikr such ft ightful circumstances, and cou•
rinutql to walk till he came to the 'house of a Mr.
Jackson, near Catherine-street, to which he was
followed by the prisoner. lie entered the house.
The prisoner made a noise at the door, but upon
finding that a constable was sent ror, made an at-
tempt to escape. She was immed,atcly appre-
hended, anti excused her conduct in Ihe presence
of Mr. Castle and the officer, by saying she knew
the Gentleman at Bath, and had a child by him.
Upon being taken to Bow-street, she denied be-
fore the Magistrate that she had charged him with
that bort ible offence. but declared that a person
had been with her the.night before. Mr. Castle
swore that he had never seen her before tie even-
ing on which she had made this attack, and that
he was never in the Park at half-past eleven at

A Mr. Hempston deposed, that he had been in
Mr. Castle's company in a public room in Gray's-
Inn-lane, at a quarter before eleven, on the 26th
May, the night to which the prisoner alluded
,Then she spoke of the criminal meeting.
The son of the prosecutor swore that his father
reached home on that night at eleven o'clock.
The prisoner on being called ou for her de-
fence, said, she was ashamed that people should
think she mo.dd talk in so. nasty a way.
The Commoh Serjeant—" ,Have you any wit.
nesses ?"
Prisoner—" No, my dear."

The COMMON SEttJEANT, in summing np, stated,
that if the prosecutor had given money to the
prisoner, under the influence of the threat, the
offence would have been a highway robbery, and
of so atrocious a description as to meet with no
possibility of the substitution of a mitigated pu-
nishment. It was impossihle to di,credit the
slightest tittle of Mr. Castle's evidence, and the
Jury would exercise their judgment conscien-
tiously.—The verdict was immediately 'given
in---
Guilty.--Sentenced to seven years' transportation.
'lke trial of all the prisoners having been con-
chided, the IteconoEit, about five o'clock, pro-
ceeded to pass sentence. On 'l3 prisoners sen-
tence of death was passed : 7 were sentenced to
be transported for their natural lives, 8 to 14
years, and 51 to 7 years.
James Wrizht, for bigamy, was sentenced to 1
year's imprisonment in Newgete.
Two were, sentenced to be confined 2 years its
the House of Correction ; 6 to 1 year's imprison.
ment, 15 to 6 months, and 10 to 3 months.
Time Court then adjourned until Wednesday,
the 17th of September.

CAUTION TO OVERSEERS.-al TOeStfay, at the
Petty Sessions, at. Devizes, Mr. Joseph Brown,
Overseer of ti►e Poor unt►e Tithing of Chitioe,
was fined 40s. for disobedience of the order of_tt►
Tostice of the Peace, for the relief of a poor
person.