Star.
London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the
LORD MAYOR, Mr. Baron GRAHAM, Mr. Justice BEST,

and the RECORDER.
William Darby, aged 37, was indicted for stealing,
in the dwelling-house of Francis Dashwood, Esq.
thirty-three silver spoons, and twenty silver forks,
value £lO, his property.
The facts of this case having very recently been
fully stated in the Police Reports, it is unnecessary
on the present occasion to do more than recapitulate
the principal points of the evidence.
Lady Isabella Anne Dashwood, the wife of the
proseCutor, deposed that she lived at No. 1, Monta-
ue-place, and that the prisoner was her servant.
During the, last six months she resided at Windsor,
and the prisoner also attended her there. On the 7th
of July she sent the prisoner to London on some
errand, and as he did not return at the time appointed,
her suspicions were roused, and she examined her
plate, and found 120 pieces missing. The witness
bad once authorised the prisoner to pawn eight silver
spoons, on the sth of Ju1y,1822, but never upon any
other Occasion.
John Taylor, a Bow-street officer, deposed, that he
apprehended the prisoner on the 21st of August, con.
cealed in a hackney-coach, in a Mews near Lisson.
grove. The witness asked prisoner his name, and he
said that it was William Darby, and he added, that
he was nearly starved to death. There was notbingi
in his pockets. The witness took the prisoner to a
watch-house, and there searched him, and found three,
pawrihrokers duplicates concealed in the soles of his
shoes. The prisoner then said that he had had more,
but had destroyed them, and that a man named Da-
niel Macarthy, who lived at N 0.7, Dudley-court, St.
Giles's, had some. Macarthy was apprehended.
Daniel Macarthy, the person alluded to by the last
witness, stated that he obtained a livelihood by hawk-1
ing fruit about the town, and that he frequently sold
urine to the prisoner atLady Dashwood's house. The
prisoner did not pay the witness for the fruit imam.
diately, but when he was pressed for the money, fie
gave him some plate to pawn, and out of the money
thus obtained, the prisoner paid for the fruit. The'
prisoner employed the witness to pawn plate on se-
veral occasions. Some of the duplicates the witness
gave to the prisoner, and some he kept himself,, by
Use desire of the prisoner.
LadyDashwood was re-called, and stated, that she
supposed her cook bought fruit for her table, and
the gave money weekly to her cook to pay all her
tradesmen's bills.
Samuel Lewis, a pawnbroker, proved that Mont-
thy bad pledged with him the quantity of plate men:.
tioned in the indictment. He advanced upon one
parcel of plate tf:s. ss.
The prisoner being asked for his defence, merely
said that he threw himself on the mercy of the Court.
The Jury retired for half an hour; and upon their
return found a verdict of " Guilty of stealing to the
value of 395. only."
Samuel Hodgkinson, aged2o, Joseph Maeseld, aged
23, and William Rawlinson, aged 22, were indicted
for committing a rape upon Elizabeth Clayton.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix,
who was a stout healthy-looking young woman, ap-
parently about thirty years of age, that some time
about the end of July last, she had left Ireland, of
which country she was a native, to come to England
to seek her husband, who had deserted her. .After
she arrived at Liverpool, she walked towards London
for three days, and then (on the 3d of August) got
into a barge which was proceeding along the Gland
Junction Canal to London. The prisoner Hodgkin.
son appeared to be the captain of the barge, and
other two prisoners assisted in the management of the
vessel. On the evening of the day when she went on
board, she was sitting on a stool in the cabin, where
Hodgkinson was also sitting on a bed, with his clothes
on. The other prisoners were in the cabin likewise.
Hodgkins en took her round the middle and threw
her on the bed, and proceeded to take indecent liber-
ties with her. Rawlinson and Maxfield assisted the
prisoner Hodgkinson in his wicked attempt. She'
screamed, and cried " Is there nobody to save me r
Rawlinson • replied, " Nobody can save you." Shit
also exclaimed, " GOD ALMIGHTY protect me!" upon
which Hodgkinson sea, " GOD ALMIGHTY cannot
save you dill have done with you.' After a struggle
of about twenty minutes, Hodgkinson effected hit
purpose. After Hodgkinson left her, Rawlinson
awed her, and wished to repeat the barbarous treat.
mast she had already experienced. She screamed,
resisted, and appealed to Hodgkinson to save bee
from that man (Rawlinson). Hodgkinson in con.:
sequence said something to Rawlinson, who let her go.
The prosecutrix then lett the cabin and went to the hold,
where there were a man, woman, and child passengers.
She told them that the captain of the boat had ill used
her, and asked permission to remain there all night.
The man, however, at the desire of Rawlinson, drove
her out of the hold. She then remained on the top of
the boat. Hodgkinson was then steering the boat,
and as it was raining he told her to go into the cabin,
or she would be " perished with the cold." She how-
ever refused to go down. Hodgkinson then asked her
whether, when she came to the tunnel, she would go
Ito a stable and pass for his wife? She replied, that she
would rather throw het self into the canal. Hodg-
kinson then laid hold of her, and repeated his former
crime, notwithstanding her resistance. When Hodg-
kinsoa was leaving her, Rawlinson again laid hold off
her, upon which she begged Hodgkinson to protect
her, and he sent Rawlinson away. When the boat
arrived near London, Hodgkinson put the promo-
triz ashore,and pointing out a road, told her it would,
lead to the City. A watchman overheard him, net.
" You are diiecting the woman wrong ; that is
the road to Uibridge." The prisoner then went on
board again. The prosecutrix told the watchman
how she had been treated on board the boat, and he
allowed her to remain in his box until the morning,
when she procured the assistance of Lamb, a consta-
ble, and caused the prisoners to be apprehended.
Mr. ANDREWS cross-examined the. prosecutrix at
*considerable length, but nothing occurred to shake
her previous testimony.
Richard Snelgrove, the watchman referred to in
the evidence of the prosecutrix, confirmed what she
had stated respecting him, and added, that thabeat
went nearer to London than the place where the
secutrix was put en shore.
Benjamin Loth, the constable, who apprehended
the prisoners, deposed, that when the prosecutrix was'

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