Star.
London, England, 1811-08-15 00:00:00

ASS IZES.

YORK, AUGUST 11.
The conviction of William Hodgson, whose trial
was lately reported in our paper; has given rise to'
much discussion in the county of York, and particu-
larly at Leeds, where the offence was committed,—
From the following report of the sentence passed' by
;Saran Wood, it is manifest, that the evidence for the
prosecution was deemed by the Learned Judge satis-
factory proof of the commis' ion of the crime. After
sentence had been passed on the culprit, petitions for
a mitigation of it to transportation were presented to
the Judge, by the prosecutrix, her master, and the
witnesses who ha.l given evidence for the prosecution.
It will be recollected that after the trial, the Foreman
of the Jury recommended the prisoner to mercy ;
but on being desired by the Judge to state the ground
of such recommendation, no sinsfactory reason was
assigned.
YORK CASTLE, SATURDAY, AUGICST 10.
This morning the Court being assembled, Mr. Jus-
tice WOOD proceeded to pass sentence of death on the
following prisoners :
James Ward, Richard Hutchinson, Wm. Bayley,
Joseph Robinson, William Entwistle, George Jack-
son, and William Hodgson, convicted of a rape.
After addressing the other prisoners to whom he
held out hopes of mercy, he addressed this unfortunate
young Man in the following terms :
" You. the said William Hodgson, have been found guilty of
violating the person of a young woman, which is an offence of a
most atrocious nature, and ought to be impartially punish...l with

death.
" Your offence has been attended with every circumstance of 1 .
Tuesday the Master of the Rolls left town for about 1 I
aggravation : it has been proved that you, with the assistance of
youi' companion, who has been examined as your witness, but 1 two months.
whom I can consider in no other light than as your accomplice, ,
W licit the Chief Baron MACDONALD complained at
forced this young woman into a stable,where, '.l main str ungthi I, the Essex Assizes of an inflammation in his eyes, one
yoU accomplished your purpose, in spite of the resistance, the
outcries, and the entreaties of the unfortunate young woman, .of the Senior Counsel temarked at dinner, that the
Who resisted you as long as possible ; and when her outcries at ancients always pourtraycd Justice blind ; to which
last brought a light to the dour, you threatened to kill her if she ' his Lordship replied, that although they thought it ,
did not hold her' damned tongue.' 1 right to pourtray Justice blind, he never beard that
" Such a series of brutal and cruel conduct I never heard de- .
they found it necessary to have their Atka blind also!
tailed in a Court of Justice, and which I hope never to hear again.
This testimony of the prosecutrix has been ;treat ly confirmed by a I ADMIRAL Daunt'.--We, last week, noticed the
awn, to whose honour and integrity as a witness the country is ; death of Vice-Admiral Williasn O'Bryen Drury, Com-
principally indebted for brirging this crime to conviction. • wander-in-Chief in the East Indies. This distinguish-
-0! On your part a witness was produced, who boldly swore to ,
ed and zealous officer had not been in good health
dnumstanors which, if believed,wouve indicated that the
woman pie her cons ld In..ent. But the Jury, who saw ch. since he arrived in that country; but the severe ill-
=oil of this testimony, have declared, by their verdict,their ness immediately preceding his death was only of '
iperaiction of its falsehood i and if the evidence of the witness l twenty-four hours duration. He was waiting the ar- 1
Ito have any effect at all, it is that of isereasing the enormity a
oral
- , of some ships from Bencoolen, to proceed with
four offence by the addition of perjury. when you were with _,_
thy purpose, you said, the expedition against Java. His death took place on
611440.ns wonsan,accontitlisiiist Voir VI .. Wed d.
• Tbottart not the first I have forced, and i will be dampest i i nes ay evening the 6th of March ;he bad. two
days previously, fixed, that the expedition should sail
Mist be „mend by thee do that it,
seems, by your own deela. i
*wee, that it Le probable Dater illiformsait fwak's pave been . on the 18th; and, it is a singular circumstance, that
oicties• of poor brutality, who have not bad the courage •to the s i
awe! the tarn ,t, .
f6rhlimiaiNDava 74, which bad been fitted out at Bombay
avow end seals Ada, but who have pined.
edam eillisics.fiag and. the arrival of which at Madras ballad
156 And sees *diem beeoerabie Illib isdi come to beeresese, 1 bein so 41410U:giy expecting, appeared is
the
offing
Set unieetonetaly sot behatall inarstalig. 111°1 Itad,bl„ ,___l just as he espored. The remains Of this gallant and
milos,4o. views bagmen diedoors afiiiiinllwr ''' --y 7.,,' i otter= officer were interred in St. Mary's Church,
go, and be damped to you; inad en that belongs to you-You ,
bad the barbarity to 'unite repeated/I this iiefersteere *epee. ' Math as, aa the following ewmiais with nal mark
ma, I aed,l6 most, basest widi a brissiiii sidell has se pe; of honour an- d respect. ,

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