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London, England, 1803-02-15 00:00:00

LONDON SASSIONS,

Yeilerday the London Sartori% commerced. at
Guildhall, before the LORD MAYOR, RICoRDPR,
Aldermen SKINNER, Sit R. C. Gt., t• re, SHAW, Sir
IV. LEIGHTON, and CLARK, and the Sheriffs.
Tkomas Robin*. a journeyman printer, wastried
upon two indiernents, which charged him with
atEaulting two handl-or:lc young Ladies, in a moll
extraordinary manner, by brutally biting their
cheeks. _

Elizabeth Bell gave in evidence, that about two
months Since, palling through Flect-street, the pri-
fmcr cause behind her, and catching her head in
his arms, without any words, violently bit her
cheek. The other Lady gave a Similar account
of his biting her face in the fame voracious man•
ner. Both (hewed the marks of his teeth, and
laid they had him taken before the Alderman at '
Guildhall, who was (hocked at the recital, and or.
dered indiements to be preferred againft him at
the expence of the City of London. The Jury
found him guilty, and he was fencenced to one
year's imprifonment in Newgate. The prifoner was
a genteel looking young man, and verywell dread.
Carr llLTY.—ina Breton was indieted for afrault-
ing and cruelly ill treating Ann Harris, her ap-
prentice.
Mr. KNowLes opened the cafe, with his uftral
abilities. He Rated that this indiftment was
brought forward by the Churchwardens and
Overfeers of Bifhopfgate parifh ; and that a more
diabolical charge had never been exhibited againd
any individual. He obferved, that the child, who
had been the viaim of the prifoner's cruelty, had
died a few days after the had been taken from her,
and that, fortunately for the prifoner, the Coro.
ner's Jury had brought in their verdia, Died by
the vifitation of GOD, or the would certainly have
been inditted for murder. William Brown, the
hutband of the prifoner, had been included in the
indiAment; but as be bad fubfequently died in
piton, Mr. Knowles admitted no part of the evi-
dence which related to him Should be Coffered to
operate to the difadvantage of the prifoner.
Mr. Gunn Ey, who followed Mr. Knowles for
the profecution, then called Rofe Bedford ; the
Paid, that on the ilk of July laft, the went to live
in Skinner-Bract, in the fame bode with the pi-
llage, and worked at the fame bufinefs, which was
that of a pin head maker ; that (he knew the de-
tested Ann Harris, who was a little girl eleven
years old t that the had often heard the cries of
the child, and witnefred the cruelties of the prifo-
nen and had Sometimes interfered, and enquired
the mire of her challifement, when (he was in•
formed by the tniftrefs, that the deceafed had not
earned fourteen pence per day—a talk which the
vritnefs laid was impotlible for a child of her age
to perform, efpecially with Such tied implements
as (be was obliged to ufe. She Paid that fourpence
or fixpence was as much as the could have been
expelled to have earned. Among other ads of
cruelty which (he had Peen, the witnefs declared,
that the prifoner had beaten the child's head
againft a large lead weight ufed in the machine.
Hannah Blewitt, a girl ten years old, depot-
ed, that (he, Ann Grace, and the deceafed Ann
Harris, were all apprenticed to the prifoner on
Shrove Tnefday laft, from the parifh of St. Giles.
That they were with the prifoner a few weeks be-
fore the premium given by the patith was paid ;
Coon after which the began to ufe the deceafed
very cruelly ; impofing talks which it was utterly
impoffible for her to perform, and for not per.
forming which, the inflieted the greateft cruelties
upon her; fuel) as beating her on t' le head with
an iron file, till the blood ftreamcd from the wound,
and flicking pins into various parts of her flefh ;
that at one time the ptifoner compelled the de-
ceafed to Rand on one leg, ou thy bob of the fire-
place, with her head up the chimney, holding a
brick in her hand, extended at arm's-length, with
a log of wood fufpentled to her other leg by a rope,
for the (pace of two hours.
Ann Grace confirmed the evidence of the laft
witneft, and raid, that Since the prifoner had been
in cuftody, the and her fellow apprentice had been
under the care of the parifh officers.
Catherine M'lfaacs Paid, that flie lodged and
worked with the prifoner, in October lan ; that the
bad frequently witneffed her cruel treatment of
the deceafed ; that the had teen the prifoner beat
her on the head with a hammer, and scratch her
face with pins, until the blood ltreamed ; and that
to her knowledge, the deceafed had been deprived
of food for the fpace of thirty hours. This wit-
nefs farther flared, that upon her remonftrating
with the prifoner upon het enormous cruelties, She
uttered the mull horrid threats againft the chil-
dren, and made ufe of the moll (hocking language.
Witnefs at length gave notice of theft tranfaffions
to Mr. Barnfield, who went and took the child away.
Mr. Barnfield faid, that having information of
this cruelty, he went, with cne of the gentlemen
now in office, to the prifoner's honfe, where they
were (hocked at the appearance of the children ;
the deceafed, Ann Harris, feemed in a dying Rate,
and they ordered one of their beadles to take her
to their work houfe, where She died in a few days.
Being carried, before her death, in a woman's
arms, before the Loot Mayor, the charged the pri-
loner with cruelty. A fchool-maker, from St.
Paid, the deceafed was a fuse healthy child,
when bound apprentice.
l Sae prifoner, in her defence, pleaded her pn.
verb y, but did not portant deny any of the charges.
The jnry found the ifoner Guilty.
The Ricoanre ohlerved, that the was found
lnifty to the great fatisfaCtion of the Court ; and
aid it was well fir her that the Coroner's Jury
had brought in their verdi& fo favourably, or her
liie mutt have been forrciretl, as one woman had
come time Since tun her life for a Similar offence.
He exhorted her to devote her long imprifonnient
to fincere repentance, and fentenced her to—
Three years imprifonment in Newgate.
The crowd were much incensed againil her
that they clapped their handh for joy when the re-
ceived her sentence ;—and the coz.flables we e
obliged t..c. nve! I'r in a evade to Neseg.ste,lzar-
t it .4.1('-'ll. ti at Lk, vtuu:..i lay vio-
lent handa upon