The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-14 00:00:00

havi attempted the complainant's chastity in the presence of Jane

isick.

Mr. Alden-nail ATICINS.—I cannot answer,that, except elabo-
lately, and I will not tell you what I think before so many ladies.
Defendant.—Upon my honour I had no intention to take liber-
ties with the girl. I really meant but to kiss her.
Witness.—You said as soon as I let you in you would come to
bed to me, and in the bed-room you said you were ill, wanted half
an hour's repose, and wished me to lie down with you.

To this the defendant made no reply.
Mr. Alderman Airs then heard the statement of Miss Cox,

who was admitted within the bar, and delivered herself in a very
low tone, so as only to meet the Alderman's ear. He then said
that he had no authority to punish the defendant for intruding
upon a gentleman's premises as he bad done, but he would be
made amenable for that in a civil court. Miss Cox confesses that

she associated with yon, a stranger, in a very indiscreet manner,
but no actual harm has ensued. For the assault I shall order you
to find bail, yourself in 80/. and two sureties in 40/. each.
Delendant..—Allow me to ask Jane Spansick a few questions
upon her oath.
Alderman krx.nrs.—No, sir; I have separated the case of the
apprentice from that of the other girls; I do not desire to go into
the latter, and I cannot suffer you to travel into them.
Defendant.—litit it is a part of my defence. She can speak
to the degree of force that I used, in her presence, towards the

complainant.
Alderman Armes.--I cannot go beyond my authority, and try
the case. She could not speak to what occu••ed in her absence,
and that is the material part of the charge.
Defendant.—Surely you will not commit me without hearing
my defence ?
Alderman ATKINS.—You must foul bail, sir.

Defendant.—lf I cannot get my friends here in time, you surely
will not send me to prison. lam a man of property, and known
as a merchant.
Alderman Auttis.--If you were my brother, I would do
en ; I must perform my duty to my Maker and the public
faithfully.
Defendant.—lf for merely playing with a girl, and taking such
liberties as she allows, I am to he punished as for an assault; I

never will play with a girl again as long as I live.
The defendant was then removed from the bar. Miss Cox
_ _

immediately fetl into an hysteric fit, and was conveyed out of the
office. She had another fit in the morning when she first entered
the office.

MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A :gentleman named Coleman,
of Odill's-place, Little Chelsea, informed Mr. BaouGuTox that
twelve sovereigns had lately, been obtained front a Person who iy
proprietor of the above house, by a foreigner, who introduced
himself under a pretence of taking some apartments for his mas-
ter. Mr. Coleman banded The Sun newspaper :of the Bth
instant, to Mr. Broughton, and said, that the description given
by a Miss Tovtnshend, of the party who, fifteen months before,
had committed a similar fraud, upon her, as reported in this paper,
answered so fully to the person who about ten weeks ago, obtained
the twelve sovereigns, that he had no doubt it was done by the,
same man.. -

11:1r. Baouctralax said, he
.WAS not present when the. case was
brought forward : he understood .the report in. The ,Sun Was.
exceedingly correct. Be therefore advised Mr. Coleman to come
again to the office, and not to neglect to bring The Sun of that
day with him, and every information and assistance should be
afforded.
A watch, produced by Mr. Coleman, which was left in pledge,
exactly corresponded in appearance, and in the name of the maker,
with the one left with,Miss Townshend.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Yatman, a
solicitor, residing at No. 77, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury,
came to this office and renewed the application made on a former
day by Mr. Seal, of Surry-street, Strand, upon the subject of
Lieutenant-Colopel Archdall, who is at present confined in Tothil-
fields prison, in default of hail, upon a charge of an atrocious de-
scription.
The application of Mr. Yatman, as was that of Mr. Seal; was
that the amount of the reeognizances in which Colonel Archdall
WAS directed to be bound in, as. well as the amount of the bail,
should be reduced.
Mr. DYER, the sitting Magistrate to whom the application
was Made, said, that be had already given his opinion On
.a former
day to another professional gentleman who bad made the same
application, that he did not consider the bail required as at all exor..
hitantly inconsistent with the rank and means which the prisoner
Was described to bold tit the time of Isis committal.
Mr. Yatman assured the Magistrate, that the account given on
the limner day that this application was made, of the Colonel's
finances, was a correct one, and his means were very limited.
Mr. Dm said that lie perfectly agreed with Mr. Yatman that
it would be extremely unjust to require of a prisoner, on a bail.
able offence, such an amount of bail as it was impossible for him
to procure; but he hail nothing before hint to show that Colonel
Archdall was not in sufficient circumstances to procure two, per-
sons to be responsible for his appearance in the amount of 500/.
each. There had not been any affidavit made, either by the
Colonel himself, or any body else, to show that the prisoner's
means were on the low scale described, and certainly in the ab-
sence at least of any such affidavits, he (Mr. Dyer) would nut
think it necessary, even to re-consider the subject.
Mr. Yatinan said, that there was no means that he knew of to
get Colonel Archdall out of prison to make the affidavit . spoken
of, which he could as well as several of his friends most safely
do. The fact, he said, was, that it would be satisfactorily proved
upon the trial, that the whole of this accusation was a conspiracy
against Colonel Archdall.
" Then," said Mr. Dvrit' " the easiest possible way..to re-
medy that inconvenience to the Colonel is for his friends to bail
,m, and if they are so convinced of his entire innocence, surely
Ley ran have no hesitation in doing so." • •
Yatman said, that. he should wish to be put in a way to

enable Colonel Archdall to snake the affidavit As to his means,
which the Magistrate spoke of.
Mr. Dv Ert said, that if copies were drawn up of such affida
davits by Colonel Archdall and others, as were deemed correct by
his friends, and those copies, previouslyAo. being sworn, sub-
mitted to him (Mr. Dyer), he would not only. consider them him-
self, but would consult with his brother Magistrates on their suffi-
ciency, and if they were thought strong enough to support the
application made, the parties should be put in a way to swear
them.

Mr. Yatman then retired, saying that he would furnish-She.
Magistrates with copies of the affidavits required.

EXECUTION AT LANCASTER.

On Saturday last, Patrick Raferty,tiged 22, convicted of
having robbed Mr. Dennis Clisham, on the highway, near
Manchester, and John Wainwright, aged 28, for assaulting
and *tabbing Thos. Pomfret and Joseph Moore, with intent
to disable them, were both executed on the drop behind
the Castle at Lancaster. From the time of their condem-
nation they were both extremely penitent, admitting their
guilt, and the justice of their sentence.
On Thursday Rafferty was visited by his wife, who had
come over from Rathone, in Ireland, the native place of
her husband, to take her leave of him. Wainwright was a
native of Ashton, in this county ; he was also visited by
his wife on Friday, and their parting was extremely affect-
ing. :The prisoners partook of the Sacrament about- 11
o'clock, and at 12 o'clock were brought on the scaffold.
The platform on which the unfortunate men stand is
(hided in the middle, and hangs upon hinges, so that one
half falls on each side, and each Is upheld by a screw or
bolt at each end of the drop. After the Chaplain had read
thehan
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withdrawn three
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bolts
unfastened,eing placed
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co tiione half of the
platform 'fell. It happened that both .the men were stand-
ing upon the half which remained, and were consequently
left standing.
They were evidently much agitated by this
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unfortunate circumstance, for each part of the platform
being heavy, the fall caused the whole machine of death to
vibrate, and the wretched criminals were apparently petri-
fied with horror.
which they were
folindo,%ovnn, and they were
Two men instantly went down to assist the executioner,
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seemed to
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r sufferings'they had hung for an
hour, they were taken down, and the body of Wain Wright
was given to his friends,who were waiting to take it away.
Rafferty was buried in the evening at Lancaster.
We understand that the drop is made after the wanner
of the one used at Newgate; and when the immense
crowd of people had dispersed, the men who had the
Management of its erection several times put up the plat-
form and caused it to fall, in 'order to find out the
defect, and remedy. it for the future.—Manek"ter lifer"
enr,y, Ste, 12.