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London, England, 1829-08-06 00:00:00

family. I was no --, and it 9hould be settled in
a different way. The prisoner then went away, and
I was left with Smith, who toel me to his house,
where I saw his mother. I went the same night to
make my complaint before the Magistrate:
Cross:•ektimined never be;
fore -drank N-ita any lean►ep.l lived
once with a man of the name of itichardQ, in Stour-
bridge. I left him because he made a charge against
;ind I can make a charge against him ; he w:,nt-
ed to b,ehate improper to tne, and so did Nervy; he
is d relatioii of Mr. Richards rio one else eter took
improper liberties with me. I peter wnhited arms
in-arm, with a. married man: If I wished to have a
beau, I Theuld helve thought it no harm; but I think
myself too young. I never snood hands with the
prisoner or beckoned him. I said no married mail
rihould ever have to do with me. I said no married
man should get ends of me: I did Sly to the
prisoner, when he talked of his sovereign, Let me
see your sovereign; you're a liar, - you are you;
yorrhave ne'er a sovereign."
Benjamin Smith said I lice at Qldswinford, arid
on the 22d of May was in Love-iane. I srfw .the
prisoner in a barley field, about fifteen yards frond
the gate. I saw the girl about four yards from him,
sitting with her hair over her face. I saw him kiss
the girl, and she rose her hand and struck him. She
then called out to me to come and see her righted.
I went to her. She pulled towards me, and I held
her in my arms, as she appeared sick. She said,
" This man has been giving me drink to make file
drunk, and he has ruined me for ever." I told her
she had better go and lie under the hedge, as the
liquor would make her so hot. I asked the prisoner
who she was. He told me; and he asked me if I
was going to have any thing to do with her. He
said he had had what he wanted, and if I wanted
any thing with her, to go and have it, as he would
not leave her. I said no, I would not for 1001. in
the state she then was. I then left him with her,
and returned in about an hour. The girl said he
ruined her for ever, and she would go and drown
herself. She stayed at my house about half an
hour..

Cross-examined—When I returned to the field the
second time, the girl said " No married man shall
have his ends of me." She cursed the prisoner se-
veral times, and broke into tears. I did not think,
when I first saw the prisoner and the giri together,
that she was there against her will. If there had
been any crying out, 1 must have heard it.
John Partridge was, on the 22d of May last, in
Love-lane, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and saw
the prisoner and hest witness, and a girl, lying on the
ground. I heard her say, " I shall be dead—l shall
be dead." The prisoner's face ran down with
blood. The girl seemed to be very much damaged,
and could hardly speak. She seemed to be in a very
sad situation, and bent her neck over Smith's shoul-
der as if she would die.

The prisener, on being called on for his defence,
said he was innocent of the charge, and had never
done such a thing since he was married. Several
gentlemen in Court could speak to his character.
Mr. WIIATELY then called the following witnesses:

William Adams, a stone-mason, was Working at a
building near the field in which this transaction was
stated to have occurred, and saw the prisoner and
Justina Hall corning from Stourbridge, near upon
three o'clock. They were coming side by side,
laughing and talking together. They went through
the gate into the barley-field, and stood at the gate
15 or 20 minutes, talking. I thought there was
something going on not right, and 1 said to the pri-
soner, " Sammy, I'll tell your wife of you."
Hannah Moss lives at Stourbridge, and knows
Harnborough-hill. I was near there on the 22d of
May. I saw the prisoner there with a young woman ;
they were shaking hands together. The girl moved
on first, and then prisoner stood by the wall. I saw
the girl hoik (beckon) her hand to the prisoner; he
then ran up to her.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN then summed up the evi-
dence, and the Jury, after a few moments' consulta-
tion, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner is an elderly man, of rather forbid-
ing aspect, and seemed considerably alarmed at his
situation ; he shed tears several times during the
trial. The girl is not ugly, and has good dark eyes,
but with a sulky slatternly look.