Star.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

Ito the eui,tence of Jacob Perry. He got Perry loose

from those two men, and ran aftestwamea .who ran
away. When faressisiria ifterifirs— sbexthlt
the man he: Cad kniCked down dr it 1.'7 He, Whirerhbrn,. .
went and took Perryby the cralar;,and 114,1—:" Don't
beat him any mote, we have given him enough ; don't
let's.have murder if we.can help h."
William Newton, the keeper of the House of Cortes.
tion ntNorthleach, remembers apprehending J, b Perry;
and Jacob Perry was afterwards in his custody. Jacob
Perry sent for me, and Said he wished to disclose the - 7
whole affair. I then asked him who the pat ties were
that were out? He said, three others and himself.
Mr. PHILLPOTTS, Villn conducted the defence, offered
some objections,. tending to show that the keepers
having used great violence without apprising the pri•
soners of their authority, the resistance was occasioned
thereby, and the offence did not amount to murder.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN having overruled the objection,
Mr. PHILLPOTTS called several withesscs, who gave
the prisoners a most excellent character, par ticularly
Whitethorn, who shed tears on hearing himself com-
mended.
The Learned JUDON then recapitulated the evidence
to the Jury at great length ; the summing up lasting
for nearly two hours.
The Jury then retired, and after an absence of ail'
hour and forty minutes,returned a verdict of Not Garay.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTON, Arau.
Br(ore Mr. Jastice GamsLea.
THE KING, ArTHeItROSECUTION OP— HAYDN, AG AINSt

TIM REV. PATSICK MATHIAS CUMMIND, CLORK.
This was ai indictment against the Rev. defendant
for an assault (accompanied with proposals of: an in-
delicate nature) committed upon a married Lady at
Bath. The defendant is a Clergyman of the Church
of England, and at the time of the assault was a married
man, but his wife has since died.
Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS stated the case for the prosecution.
Mrs. Elizabeth Haydn, a very pretty and modest.
looking young woman, was then called and examined.
She deposed that she was a milliner at Bath, and had
been far some time in the habit of doing work for the
defendant's wife, from whom she had experienced in-
variably the greatest kindness. The witness'ihusband
is a conveyancer. On the 13th of July last, -during the
Bath races, witness. was in her own shop with Eleanor
Bryant, an assistant, when the defendant came in and
said, " Oh, I see you are engaged ;" to which wit.
ness replied, " tint at all, Sir-1 can wait en you nosr."
Mr. Cummins said ;bailie came to pay a bill due by his
wife, but had forgo iten'hit purse, and that be would
return in- the evening and pay the bill. At this tine
the young woman (Bryant) went out *of the shop,
upon which the defendant began to make his addieues
to the witness in a very marked manner.. He said, that
from the first moment when he had seen her, about
two years ago, he had conceived a violent love for
her, and thet tip "to the' present time he admired her
exceedingly.' The witness exclaimed, " Good GOD,
Sir, what are you 'talking about The detendaist re.
plied, " Oh ! we cannot controul our feelings ; I can-
not help what lam doing." Witness reminded him of
the great impropriety of his conduct, witness being a "
married woman, and the 'defendant a married mail.
The defendant, however, only renewed his declara-
tions of love, and implored the witness to make an
assignation with him. This the witness refused' to
do, and desired that he would allol her to withdraw,
or that she must cart some one 'to her aisistanceby•
ringing the bell. He said she must not leave him, and'
attempted to prevent her from going. 'She, hoaiver,
got into another roomm(iinto which-ht'tollotied, and' at-
tempted" to kiss her. He then seized her hand, which
he held so fast that; in" endeavouring to get away, she
-was- Mich hurts He begged her to keep secret all that
had passed, and presied her- to make on appointment
with him, which she refu;ed to -do. -He then said he
would.retuin at eight in' the evening to pay his wife's
bill,. when he hoped to find her in a mare .favourable
teM per. - Witness, fearing lie would:return ais •he 'threat.
.ened,left the house in the evening, in order so avoid him
The Reverend defendant conducted•his own defence,'
arid' cross-examined: the prosecutrix at great length"
but she did- tint 'vary any of- the. principal- facts tle4
iiied -to in the direcerzatninationr She said th't she
had at one time taken. some 'refreshment Wt the defen.
dent's, The reason: of her not complaining to her !Ms.
aid' of this assault at the: time when it happened
was, that she dreaded that he would' institute some
law proceedings, by-which she Would be very pain-
fully exposed 'to Aptiblic• notice •in Bath, which- was
a very censorious • place. She, however, 'mentioned
the fact the day after it occurred, to sdme young
women, but with strict hijunetions to keep' it 'a secret
from her 'husband. In stating the facts to the young
women, she did 'not express any resentment against
the defendant She 'had hoped that the repulse which
he received would prevent him from making any further
advances, but seeing that, - about five 'weeks after, 'he
came again, and that she Would ptobably besubject •
to a repetition of the insult, she then told'her htiabadd
what bad happened on the 13th• of July. •The Witrieis
repeatedly denied that she had ever endeitiOuredM pre- •
vent her husband from taking legal proceedings spiral
she defendant.
Mr. Haydn deposed to the circumstantea of Mr.
Cummins's second visit. Witness was upon that day in
a private room in the house, when' his wife came in
much agitated, and told- hini to go out into the shop,
and receive a bill Which Mr. Cummini wanted to
pay. •The witness, without stopping to inquire the
the cause of his' wife's agitation, proceeded •to the
ritrop,• where •he found- Mr. Cummins, from' whoa
he received 94 on account of Mrs. Cummins's bill,.
Witness •then returned 'to his wife, who informed him
of what had happened on the 13th 'of July. Witness
denied that he had ever made any overtures for a com-
promise of the affair. Such overtures had been made
'to him by a friend of the defendant's, who told him that
if he came to the defendant's hotel, he should have a
good bottle of wine, and something to put into his poc-
ket. To this the witness replied, that 'if it cost him
•1501. he would' have legal satisfaction -for the' insult
which had been otered to his wife.
Eleanorsedthat Bryant,she
sin the assistant
shopistantoofnthtehep
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when the defendant came in, and that she retired when
the defendant said to her mistress, " Oh, I sue roe are
engaged." ' • . •
This was the case for the prosecution.
• The Rev. 'Gentleman then addressed the Jury ih his
own defence. He said, that conscious as be was of his
innocence of the'charge made against hits, he bad nibt
employed Counsel for his defence. Guilt might stand
in need of the assistance" of -art and ingenuity,. but in-
hOcence coold:rest*with•seturity upon its own strength.
Heboped that-he addressed himselt 'to just and rational
Judger, Whbse Wino *mild-not be warped by passinn,
nor their, intdprstindMgi blinded by prejudice.He was an
'lrishman and astrangetin this country, but then he was
in Irish IPLOtestant,-and Entlibh• and Iri%h Protestants
were chidren of the same country, and both equally
entitled 'tcs'•lbe privilegernf.tbe same free and 'happy
consiitutiOn. Hislitesent 'situktioni Abolish near nod

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