The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

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rdiCted•for fa tape CM • Ellsibeth Clailbat;, a denten Amnia
is tif r.ge.
The first witness called wits the preset'lltriX, sod
*tidied die following stbiy:•-.She weswpoor 4risltwomanl
`that heri.lived a seetant in a respetrahle fandig
'fee Several years. About the end of Jolly last, she tesolrid
'to come to London. to fied eat her husband, who was
-carpenterrand had some time previously emigrated to this
country to better his fortune.. Thif,poor, woman landed at,
~,lhirerpool,,walked a considerable.way on her road to the
titetropolis„atid then proposed no Minh the journey going
as bowl cone of the bargee in;,tbe,fliains Janction.Carial.
:Nip Areed. lor„her koisege ,end ,reekeded safely
.nittil the'
vessel-
came mail° abootitwent miles of Tlndon, when
the master of the vessel, !nein' occasion 'to make some
`elelay;tranifeired hid pasted& to another barge, of which
liodgkinson, the prisoner, was captain. The other two
prisoners 'worked is the vessel. The proseengix wenti
down to the -cabin, and .found there a birth and a stool;;
she first sat down on • the stool,.and, then ley down on then
*bed ; • lint on the appearance of three men she resealed her;
see. The poor'ereattire then staled the partieulirs of thej
outage, In Which Hodgkinson was the principal actor,
aced the other two men, with brutal meanness, performed
'the °thee of assietante. As soon as Hodgkinson was about
to:retire, the prisoner Itawlinson offered to repeat the,
outrage, but with what strength she had left, the unhappy,
sefferer clung to Hodgkinson, and besought him so mo-
istly to relieve her from further violence that he yielded,.
and sent Rawlinson away... It was then late on the night
'et' the 3d of August. The proseentrix went Without
to a distant part Of the vessel. she believed it was the hold,
in orderto'pais.' as sbe•hoped to do, the rest of the night
under the protection of a man, his wife, and child, whom.
She knew to be there. Hat the man drove per away, pro.
bahly under the influence of some alaim, and she retired
lethe dear, where she was resolved to remain, expoted to
rain and Sind,_ until she bad arrived at her destination.
'Some time after this, Hotlekinson asked her If she 'Would
go to the st.bles, when they arrived at the Tunnel, and
pass as his wife. She answered, that she wolld Sooner.
throw herself into the canal. She did not proeeed'with
the boat to Landon: At the instance of Hodgkin's-On, she'
we, put on shore about twelie o'clock at night, he stein*,
yanying het souse short distance, to point out the ritaiL
lie treat some littht•way, sod 'topping at a spot Morel
there wets two, reads, be directed tier to take one of them,!
,which, he said, pandit bring her to Loudon, but hick, ice'
fect,.: Ted he teVibridge. He diet. left her, and re-
turned to his' essel. •.A satehnsan overheard their eoneir,
mina, and thought it; necessary to apprise the woman of;
•:hcr mistake,- She immediately related to him all thit
"wand on board the vessel, and he, with great humanity,
took care of her, until darlight, And . then sent her on herl
way to London. She,. without delay, mantled Poili;.e
Office, and the apprebenaitan of the.pdsoners was the ion-.
-s.
sequence. * . •
'rho prosecntrix was minutely eross-examined, by Mr.l
Aarnazirre, but nothing was elicited from her at Voidance
with bee first statement. .
• .Suediteote; the =watchman, who overheard the confer,' •
'ntioe- of* the proseetatrix *as' put out of time:Asmo,'
predefine part that'll. took in the trainattion. Hit-state-
meet Wag in every respect consistent with that of the
woman. • ,
Jame, !Hanley, an officer, •deposed that he asked .the
prisoners' if, there was not a short-made stiff Irish woman
on boned, 'which they. denied at first; but on Mr. Essex,.
the. maitealAag clerk on. Mr. Itobertoon's wharf desiring
them io the truth, they admitted there sac such a wo-
•man en the plank. Me told them be should take them all
into custody, end, alaxfield said Le wanted to go on board,,
liut-tikotiM.not iPt ilitn.. On exaininieg.the cabin, witness:
fatir.d a shawl beloaging to the prosecutrix lying nest the •
b.ic • ,
'Thomas Shaw-.-An d a farmer's floe,: the eettn.ty of
Longford, •in I relnad,., 4.ll*„.prosecu:rix was in the same
har4e with we and my sister on the 31 of August. Wne
diontrbeil'Oft' that night by the piesitiotriecomiwe to ire,
atatl sayisit,,,Oon pity the wronger. ,1 helped'ber,eutest thn
hold in thous half an hour after I heard her crying.
• Cerses-eatati.ined:4 went to bid's:l-night trcoitsing on,
and did :entire her (Manion board: .I•did not net boar any'
noise till 'the. time mentioned. There was a tarpanlint !
upon the. hold; .Shortly after the !reciting, I heart' her ,
say, I hope you are a gentleman to year stOrd.. I etw.nor
leard nothing ,more of the woe**. .Where wee np„eltriek .
or noise. ' • . , , , ,
Hy the 4.ltwav—l heard a rolee spy to her, Cainte„pwap:; •
mittishe !aid she would 00.{4 This person aid sl* pbo_itlyt,
as tin pike belonged to others who 'paid their
.passage.: •
title them WO; if you,,will protect me, ,1 will leave the
plartwasa will go on wfy.knees fog yen.: , Site was then
near me,' • • ..,!
Cetberioe Linden, sister ofthe Letwiteetts examined—
Aceompirsiopl , her brother ,in the barge front Liverpool
to town. ,•,./terollects the night of the 31. of August, and
Ives disturbed r.on after dawk,by the prearcutrix coming to
her. She was inclinedto poly with we, but 'would not
Lehr 11,r. •,,
Cross-examined—lt was dark when the prosecntrix came
to me, Nile did not say two semi. had ill-used her, or tall
upon 1110.to.protiet her. If there was any screaming I meat
hare heard it. The man at the horse could hear the man
at the helm: I did not see her take any improper liherties
with' lime moo. .. , .
Jobe Hill—l belonged to the passage boat, and recollect
the prosecutrix. coming on hoard. I drove the horse on
the 8i of Attestor. I did not stop the boat during the night
tier hear my master call to me. I wore the ;tame before
the -Magistrate. •• • • s.
Cross-examined—l first saw the prosecntrix in
.soother
boat at Massett's Lock, and she cause .41 boatel our. boat at
Cowley Luck. Them are four men on board, two at work
by turns, one at the helm and the other at the horse. The
bug conid not go on if three were away. It was about six
in the efterooon wiser) she came on board. I was at the •
helm ferias boor and a half, and during that time there•
avoid he no shriek without my bearing. Sbc came, to the
ste,•raer and told the elite was going to look for her busbeed
in London. I. asked her what she would do if phe did not•
tied bilis, anti. if I would do as well. Site said I would.'
tioigkinson was in, the cabin during the time. Althio
past nine' I and Rawlioson.tvent to rest, aryl tbe.mtker two
men Came on board. Itawlinson never ,left his bed US wp•
both gut up. White we were in bed Rawlinson poiatad,
gut to. one the Captain and prowentrix together in the,
everege.
Crow-examined—l did not tell this to tbp ,Priagietr:tee.
because I did not think of it.
Wm. Cowley—l hold a actuation en the canal at Cowley:
Lock,. nd it is in Middisteee:
tti itiipm goer, was called by the Counsel for the prose-
(titian that he mightbe,exatnined,by the other node.-Ale.
in the empleynat'nt of the company to, whom the baste be-,
lOrge.' !linos* The barge aveil, and I .11u-tiVtlil possi-
ble. tbit 'fddr piriag g be le the 'bed ()lien -let the sethe
tie* "lice ivoilaligit old
of 'this irlinesi Went
pet*, t'Ysq letpoisibility of violent abuse from the sitilatlbys
'aed ilitnensiena of the bed pltee. Iltedgkinich alidaYa
a Wood' • lonia! chsanter.' ,CA' plan' Wit here banded
WNIcIt• ite: edit Wit order tiit•
•F. anti • Wkii Lis • it,.itti Ettieteititibi'of the."l44,ltail:
lis4ittmentr.)lt. •• . •
t. ee'. thirrial4, "thighit -Irak refrAtitlit plan,
giveb OA niyot mad odiy ilairft44 Willie( on Wage
of Jury eipressing ,a •hir.t4k4.l 1.40411
'beat. The Learned Jodge,lnietti • tgieigent,'tliat
if they believed dre testimony Of,
,D'*eiex, tathieeldd tlbt
i.e substantiated, anti he et* '/Wthiltor •
The Jury acquitted all the prisoners.