The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-11 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday a young man named Henry Janis was
placed at the bar, before Mr. BROUGHTON, on a
charge of violating the person of Miss Louisa Da-
menbergen, the daughter of a foreign merchant, de-
ceased about two years since.
The offence was alleged to have been committed
last Tuesday week, and upon application made to
the Magistrate, an assault warrant was issued, on
which' the prisoner was apprehended by Waters,
the officer.; but he was now charged with the capi-
tal offence.

The young lady, a pretty and delicate-looking
person of 18, was exceedingly distressed, and in n
fainting state (luring the examination, and was sup-,
ported by her mother and other friends while giving
her testimony, which was to the following effect :
The prisoner, who lives opposite to them, in Kent-
street, Hackney-road, was employed about a month
ago to whitewash part of their house. On Tuesday
week, about ten o'clock at night, the prosecutrix
had been from home, for the purpose of meeting her
mother, and the prisoner met her, and wished to
walk with her. She refused, but he walked by her
side, and took her by the arm, and continued walk-
ing with her, until they had reached the second
field from the road. When there was no person
near, he threw her down. She screamed out, but
no person heard her, and she fainted.—(She then
proceeded to describe the situation in which she
afterwards found herself and the prisoner, which
made it appear that he had committed the crime
with which he was now charged.)
The prosecutrix was strictly questioned by the
Magistrate, and declared that there had riot been the
slightest approach to familiarity between her and the
prisoner previously, nor had he ever spoken to lier
of love or attempted to pay his addresses to her.
She did not inform her mother or any other person
of what had taken place on the Tuesday night, nor
till Thursday, when she told a neighbour, by whom
her mother was informed of it.

Mrs. Ann Lane, a married female, said that on
Thursday the prosecutrix told her what had occur-
red. She was exceedingly agitated, and said she
would drown herself.

Mrs. Damenbergen, the mother, gave evidence
confirmatory of the statement of the prosecutrix, and
described her as having been in a dreadfully dis-
turbed state of mind since the unhappy occurrence.
On the Thursday following she wandered about the
banks of the Canal for two hours, with the inten-
tion of drowning herself, but was watched and
brought home by some friends.
Mrs. Hopkins, a married sister of the prosecutrix,
gave similar testimony.
The prisoner declined questioning the witnesses ;
but stated in his defence, that on the Tuesday
evening in question the prosecutrix came to him, as
he stood at his own door, and saying, '‘Yon!lg man,

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I'm going to a shop at Edmontonraslied him if he
would walk with her. She then went home to get
her bonnet, and returning in about a quarter of an
hour, they walked together down a street leading
from the Hackney-road ; but as they went along,
she said she was afraid of meeting some one who
knew her, and led him through a back street across

the road, and towards the fields, where she got over
the rails. 'When they were in the back street, he
remarked that it was very dark, and she said" Yes,
but don't be rude, young man—don't be rude." He
said," No, I won't." She repeated two or three
times afterwards, " Don't be rude, young man;"
and when they were at the field she spoke of, there
was a watchman near them, and a young man and
woman standing at the corner : so that if any thing
had passed, or she had called out, ske must have
been heard.

He made his statement with considerable hesita-
tion and difficulty, and trembled excessively..
Waters, the officer, went three times after the
prisoner before he could meet with him, for he hsd
been at Chelmsford. He told him he was accused
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rvhim. He added, that the mother of the prosecutrix
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had told him that if the prisoner would marry her
daughter, she should not wish for his punishment.
Mrs. Damenbergen admitted that she had said so.
A surgeon's certificate, stating that the prosecutrix
had suffered injury, as be
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must have the evidence of the surgeon himself, for
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preserved the prosecutrix from suicide, the prisoner
mitted on the capital charge.

The father of Mrs. BRADSHAW, late Miss
M. TREE, died last week at his house in Torrington-
square, after a lingering illness of more than twelve months.