The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-01 00:00:00

CHARGE OF RAPE IN BOSTON,

At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, a German, by the
name of Simon Fishblet, Who keeps a shop at No. 42.
Ann-street, for the manufacture of furs, muffs, &c., was
brought in on a warrant. charging him with committing
a rape on a young. lady,named S. Manning, under the
following circumstances. The complainant, Miss Man-
ning, who l 5 a. girl of about 18 years of age, stated the'
ease as follows :

• On the :30th Of September, I worked for the prisoner.
In the evening the outside dour was h.cked by the tailors,
working in another part of the building ; I asked him
to unlock it ; he said it vas too late to -do so •- he then
locked the inside door of his shop, and said he wanted
me to lie down upon the table ;I replied that I would-not,
he urged me hard to lie down, and upon my refusing:, he
undertook to do it by main fierce. I then run to the front
part of the building and got up to the window, and
tried to excite the attention of the people outside by
tapping on the window ; he pulled me to the back part
of the building, shut the outer dour and locked it; he
then spread some of the cotton and fur used for manu-
facturing muffs, upon the table, and placed me down upon
it by main strength ; he wrestled with me until my
strength was completely exhausted, and succee led in
forcing me down.

In the struggle and agony I lost my senses, itni as
soon as I recovered myself I got down from the table ;
he had forcedme in the meantime. sat up in a corner
of the room until near four o'clock in the morning. The
prisoner was asleep in the back part. Towards morning
he carried me back by main force, and put me on the
table again ; he struggled hard with me, but I did'nt
quite faint away. I think this time he did'nt succeed.
He used me very bad indeed. About six o'clock, when
I went hothe, I said to prisoner. " What can I tell the
folks where .I board ?" He replied, `i Say you wurkei
all night." I first mentioned this case four weeks after-
wards to Mr. Marshall Smith, who works for Mr. Liver-
more, 51 Long-wharf. He said he would take. it up and
see that it was prosecuted, but he ,never attended to it.
I also mentioned it to Mrs. Bugbee, 8, Boylston-street.
"1w witness told a very straightforward story. The
cross-examination elicited little cf interest, except prov-
ing that witness had lived at a great many different
places ; that prisoner, before accomplishing his purpose,
swore he would marry her, but she refused him as a -
husband.

Clarissa Frith, who worked for the prisoner, said on
the 30th of September Miss Manning had done little
during theday,,and proposed working later than usual
in the evening. Witness and the rest of the girls quitted
work at ten o'clock, and rode home in a carriage, leaving
the complainant alone with the prisoner.
No defence was attempted. Justice Rogers and the
Counsel for the defendant held a brief conference, in the
Judge's private room, and the prisoner was then com-
mitted to prison; without the privilege of hail, to await
his trial in March next. The offence is punishable with
death.—Boston Mail. Dec. 9.

The Savannah Republican, of the 4th ins`., says the
Legislature of,diat State is actually engaged in business.
It adds—The Semite, on the 4th, passed the Bill of the
House to compel the Banks of this State to redeem their
liabilities in specie, with amendments. Holders of notes
are allowed to sue on the fives after the Ist of March,
the tens some months thereafter, and so on, at intervals,
up to the highest denomination.