The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-27 00:00:00

inhl her what bad hopet.,6a, wl(e,t slowing that
tee prnmelgation ot this sliest Injure her husband,
and his family, begged of the girl that she W,Ould
nut tell what had been done ; and told her t hoe II
wuelti bring shame and disgrace to her tate girt),
anti requested her toego into the seleiol, -end not
take Huy notice, but to keep up het spirits. She did
go iota the school, but could-not be celittied ;. she
was observed crying by 11.te sehool-ftelow, who
went to her, and asked what was the matter. The-
ads ot the child are evidence of what; had happened
404411 cases of aetuel rape they would - be evidence ;.
when she is. Seen in trouble', inquiries are mede- by
the other little girl, and in coesequence• elle asked
that other little girl to go-with her, and shenecom,
• pained her out of the ,thorn ; when they came te
the door of the school, they' saw the man -talk bat
walking in the church-yard ; she cried. tette" Lie
is there," and ran back. into the school. Stec had
begun to write a letter:whilst ie the school, brit she
could not finish it ; tt was to her mother-in-kW,
(or the purpose- of telling her what bad happen-
ed. When she tame. out of the_ sehoel she agate.
went to Mrs. Sheridao ; but hearing the pri-
soner coming up stairs, the girl went up • into
the garret, first pulling oft. her .Shrrese that she
might not be heeitl, and 'then made her escape,
and Went -bottle to the house ut her-el.:Weir and nne-
- •
• The examination irechier of the girl proved all
the circumstances :as stated by Mr: Dauncey ;
and in a cerlss.examination by Mr. Jers is, the evi-
dence was fudy confirmed. It appeared that Ole
poisoner had put his 'w
itch into her hand, Which
she belt : ii was also attempted to obiain from her
that to..e prisriner had, taken liberties with her be-
fore, arid she admitted that the night before, thi4l
th e2d May, he had begird her• on his
knee, :red that he had done:so once before oti.bis
!ego: strum Stafford, after hat ing been There a
mouth: but it appcare..d. on that. occesion he' had
seta for three of hi' scholars (t o girls -and-e boy),,
and Oat' he hail taken each of them on his knee
successively, and expressed his pleasure at again
being ,at home with them ; that during the illnesss
of Mrs. Sheridan, 'Miss Taylor had frequently,
indeed Mostly, prepared her breakfast, air& took
it to her up stairs; that she had 'on the morning of
the 23d Ailey, before the transaelimi took place,
4emrOured to extract a thorn tiotii the prisotter's
finger.
' Mrs. Taylor proved that her daughter-in-law
came honie unexpectedly about, three "O'clock in
the afternoon of the .;.Li; that the tears were
pouting down her face; that• she exclaimed—
" 0 ! mother, never. let me go to that Sheridan's
school again ; I am ruined."--4lrs. Taylor begged
she would compose herself, and said that if any'.
'thing had happened amiss she would pay for it (sup-
posing that her daughter had broke. something va-
luable) ; hut she answered---" Money can never
pay for it." Atte: seine time, Mrs. Taylor sueceeded
in soothing her, and then learned from her what
had happened.
Mr. Jeitvts, Counsel for the priiener, in a speech
replete with genuine feeling, said, he didnoestand
tt-ere to ji:ist}tlv, to palliate, or to excuse Ilia( of
which the prisoner, had been guilty, viz. that he
.04 her sehuolinaster, that she had been i,laced
tinder his. protection ; that he had violated his- trot
and her ; that by committing thnse ads he bed loot
the esteem el all goad men ; "that he wits for et-et
core:igeed to infamy and disgrace to whatever parr
of the world he might retire. But the duty of the
Jury stould he to Ilty aside their indignation, and to
grve a Verdid -with sober and cool judgment.
though it Might he smistaclorily strewn-to therri, that
the prisoner bad not been guilty of the crime im-
puted to him, yet that he had intended to deflower
this unfortunate child, to sink her into ruin, and to
'deprive tier Leone of the first and dearest' virtues,
was too apparent to admit of an attempt at rkoial ;
ibut J, contended, that the liberties which the
areseocr bad before taken with her-e-that ,her not
having been thrown on the 'ground, her not having
,cried out, her holding the watch, and her want of
resistance, were proofs of consent, .
Out the Judgq had recapitulated the. evidence,
1111 'Jury consulted a ihott time, and returned a vet'
diet of Guilty.
Sr S. La 13‘AKc; in. paising sentence, said, that-
the prisoner had been friend, guilty of a crime called
a miademeanour, but than which, there -were not
any of greater magnitude in. our; code of -crrenittal
:laws. The situation of: ;flamer and scholar whs like
that of parent end child.; :it was his duty eo. hove
led thitechild in the paths
.nt virtue; be had endea-
snored to lead her to those of, vice ; and he bad.
been obliged to shelter himself- from theerefnahmeht
due to that crime, by saying that he' bad seduced
her—sedneed a -child of:tourreenlears, placed un-
der his care and claiming his protection ! His. Lord-
ship -,noosed Sentence upon Mr. ,Sberidaa,,-
which :was., that he should imprisoned in the
county gaol for theripace of, two years, and bhOUld
bedste in the pillory, for One hour, CM a market day,
at Stafford.

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