The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-28 00:00:00

MALICIOUSLY ST %BRING.

George VelluZ7l;;(lsiTrieen,;.;;eapitally indicted
.r .I.4:iciously stabbing Henry Wake, with intent to
mirder him, or do him some a:i..vaus bodily harm. It
•,rpeared, that on the 30th September the prisoner, with
writer boys, were looking at a rowing match at Chelsea.
Several boys beset the prisoner, tracing- and fighting
him. He threatened to stab them if they. did nut keep
off. They persisted is pursuing bin', and lie stabbe.l
too of them with a penknife, without, !loom:, doing
theirs any material Injury.
U oder the dire c ieo of the Learned Judge the prisoner
was Acquitted.
Two draymen. named if and Lacy, were in-
dicted for stealing front Mr. George Hale, and Co., ale
and herr breuers, four casks, their property, value 31.,
and John Turner, porter to the London Workhouse,
stood indicted for receiving the same, kooa log them to
be *role 1..

Fr. as t!:e evidence it appeared that within the last

THE STA

twelve months, the firm of Mr. tale bad been plolderedl
of casks to an amount not less than moot. tieing
naturally anxious to ascertain the source of each con-
siderable losses, aktlmployed Clinton, one of ths city
officers, to watt&{meets, Wallets and Lacy. Hip
at length obseenill them depositing four casks in the
yard of the Lo 'Workhouse, wbl b were received by
Turner.
The prisoners were all found Guilty.
George Massey stood indicted for endeavouring to
extort money from JMees Lockwood. Itsppeared that
the prosecutor, in fbft Month of September late was ac-
costed by the pristAbt, .bo charged him lola taking
liberties, at s print {bop in St. Paul's church- AtdtThe
villain even followed him home, andloockodleledly at
the door, demanding money.
The guilt of the prisoner was fully and molt satisfac-
torily proved. He was immediately fosad Utility, and
senteuced to seven years' transportation.
SHOCKING CATS OP RIPS.
Edward Edridce, a man advanced in years, was put
to the bar, on an Indietwent, charging him wish the ca-
pital offence of assaulting, and against her will, car-
nally. knowing, Martha Mahon, a girl, only 13 years of
age, in thesarish of St. Pancras, on the 23d of Septem-
ber hit.

Mr. Cs MI. Prawn conducted the pnssecotion, and
called the following witnesses:—
Martha Mahon.—ln September WA, the wheels lived
in the same house with the prisoner, who passed as her
father-in-law, and she did not knoi th ibe contrary bat
be was. On a Monday, in September, the witness
awoke, and found the prisoner in bed with her. She
was asleep when be came into bed. He had nothing
lon but his shirt. When the awoke, she found the
prisoner taking liberties with her. (The unfortunate
young girl here described the nature of the assault, which
from motives of delicaey we forbear describing]. Her
mother was in a dying state at the time, and she (the
witness) waited and attended on her. Her poor mother
I died about a fortnight after the assault. She saw h-r
sister on the Sunday following, and informed her of the
assault, who desired her not to mention it to any body
else at the time; which advice she followed. The pri-
soner offered her insult about three days before. Oa that
occasion he pusbed her on the bed, and palled up her
clothes; but, she got away from him. She did not name
it to the landlady, who was the only personin the house,
because she was not on good terms with her mother. On
her oath she had not misrepresented the last act-
Cross-examined by Mr. PLarr.—On the occasion on
which the prisoner threw her on the bed, she asked him
what he wanted, and he went away. Mr. Murray slept
in the back parlour. The witness slept in the front,
and her mother in the back room on the first floor. Her
father slept with her mother, although she was so ill.
The reason she did not tell her mother was her illness.
There was no talk about any property of her mother.
What property her mother had, he had. The members
of her family bad said that he ought not to have the
property. The prisoner was taken into custody on the
Sunday her mother was buried. Her sister was making
tea, and she said, " My mother died of a broken heart."
Edridge got ep and went out of thecomn, when she ob-
d, " A guilty conscience needs no accusing." The
prisoner was taken into custody about tee o clock, be
baring been absent from the room during the evening.
She thought it best not to tell Mrs. Murray, her land-
lady, until she had informed her sister, which she did
on the evening of the day oa which the outrage was
commuted. Oa her oath she resisted. Did not show
her linen to her sister. Her linen was washed before
the saw her sister. This seeming contradiction was
explained.
rte-esaasined.—Tberf ';}id blips. so dispute abot4
tlo 'roper', at the ti Witold her sister of the`,
w%g..
Ann f the last witness, bore
t . of the ottseve.
appee nduced her to question
her. *nem, and the witness took
her oat of lisois, when she burst into tears. The
remainder of the evidence of this witness was fully cor-
roborative of that of the last unfortunate witness.
The Officer who took the prisoner into custody, swore
that the prisoner admitted the charge in the wet*.
house. -4 , •
The *goon. who was ealled to examine the tinfortn.
nate girl, proved the appearances he had seen, bat re-
marked that he had not been called on until a fortnight
after.

The prisoner, in his defence, said the prosecution was
brought forward to prevent him obtaining the property
of his late wife. He called Mr. Apish Manton, the
eminent gunquaker, but his evidence did not go to put
away in the least the heavy charge against the prisoner.
Mr. JUSTICR PARK summed up the evidence to the
Jury, with great minuteness and perspicuity, and put it
to the Jury to say whether they would entertain any
doubts of the guilt of the prisoner. If there were any
reasonable doubt, the present was an occasion on which,
more than in the generality of cases, the prisoner ought to
have the benefit of it. Ile begged them to lay aside all
prejudice, and say whether in their consciences they
could entertain any doubt.
The Jury found the Prisoner—Guilty, Death.
The Court was crowded to excess during the whole
of the Trial.