The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-26 00:00:00

.otp BAILEY:.

' • •Nos y Scptendser 24; . • •
I, Charles Lawrence and John Jefferson wi#e
convitted of sitoling a inure of vain Teen;
value 51 4'. in the ilnellin4-11.,use of Messes.
Smith and Mite, woollen.dr.spers,.FrithAitreet,
Solon, on the 31st of July last.
1" ,f 1 • servant of the

:hey were caught in the fact by*
proaceutors.
Thymus Smith was also convicted of stealing
a Si. Batik mote, in the house of Benjamin Prit.
chat, a In►hltcut, in Southa►upton-buildings, on
th►- 2.2 d of August.
The Pc-mutter had been a customer of the Finale,
and owed a bill to the amount of five pounds. On
this ilarmentioned in the indictment be went to the
v►ifo of the Prosecutor, and asked fur change of a
tetstpounil note, .desiring her to stop live pounds
on as►•bunt of his hills She went to her husband
and obtained the Gee p.iiintls in question, which
shulaid.uti this bar ; the Prisoner immediately took
it up, but did .not give her the ten-pound note.
Be. then said there was a gentleman at the dour
wl►rr•wae.ted to speak with him, went opt, but did.
not return, and was not again seen by the Prose-
cut..ir t►ll he apprehended him in larather.lana,
Milburn.;
Mary Anise Goldsnsith, a Papbian nymph, was
indicted fur stealing fr.nn the person of a Swede,
owned Christian) a silver watch) value three
pounds.

The watch was found in her possession.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Cornelius Sullivan and Denis Fitzgerald were
arraiinod on a capital indictment fur feloniously
and neinst her will committingA rape on the body
of Elisabeth Walter, on Saturday, the 16th Sep-
tember instant.
The proseetttriz, an old woman of at least 30
years et age, and nut of the most prepossessing
appearance, was first called-. She stated, that
she lived at Poplar, and had been to Shadwell
on the,•eight specified in the indictment, to pay
the interrupt doe at a pawnbroker's fur some arti-
cles of her's pledged there. She had been de-
tain'sl in the pawnbroker's shop till past eleven
o'clock, and was uu her return home through a
foot thoroughfare, celled Evans's-yard. The
nightises• very dark ; but as she passed along she
saw the two Prisoners standing by a pig-stye, a
few paces-from the footpath, one of whom, when
oho ratite up, she believed Sullivan, flew upon her,
and seized her round the neck, and the other
by sonic part of her body, and without hesitation
iiroceetleil to tear the clothes fiont her back.—
Sh • shrscked with all her strAngtb fora consider-
obit: time, hut no our cane to bfr assistance ; at
frn~;h, overcome by their superior strensib, they
threw her across the paling of the pig-stye, and
the prisoner Suilitati porpatrated the crime with
'which they stood charged, ritageialti holding her
by Abe ants and ley, knol keepitig his hand on
her mouth to prevent! bet, vies. She succeeded,
however, at 100 4th, iw.removing his hand from
her mouth, and again screamed must violently,
and was heard by, the pelvic, who were going
their rounds; he; came to her assittance, and
succeeded in apprehenilingtbe Prisoners. Witness
said she was perfectly, subs' at the time, lid swore
pusttitcly to the prittihers,. whom she had never
See, *fore.
Robert IVebster„ one of the patrole, was nest
called; he said, that ho mid his comrades heard the
most violent screams proceeding front Evans's.
1E74 and on going to ascertain 'the cause, found
the ,last uittiess in the most deplorable situation,
and.the two Prisoners, one of %boot etideatourk
to make his escape, standing near her. They
tuuk them into custody, and pro-
_la the watch-house, where the Proaccu,
tria..told the sane story she had this day, in bee
evidFitee.. She was perfectly sober, as were bulk
the prisoners.
Two other police.officers corroborated the last
witness's testimony.
The evidence fur the prosecution being closed,
several witnesses were called, four Irishmen and
four women of the same country, for the purpose
of iuvalitlatiut the testimony of the prosecntriz,
by ii.roving that she kept a house of ill-fame, had
becridriiiking with fhe Prisoners, and had gone
voluntarily with them. .
They contradicted each other, however, 4n the
contrite of their evidence, in Scieral must mate-
rial facts, and were evidently tutored for the oc.
casion.
The Learned Judge, Baron Koos; summed up
the evidence with great minuteness, dwelling on
the Itlinottstie.s of the offence with which the Pri-
miners stood charged; and the Jury, after a short
consideration, returned a verdict of Guilty--
De a4A.

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CLERKENWELL SESSIONS.

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,Monday, Sept. 25.

John Jones, a mast of most respectable appear.
ance, was indicted for an outrageous assault, with
intent to commit a rape upon the person of a
young woman
_named Elizabeth Stevens, on the
6th of September inst.—
The circumstances of the case, as stated by
Mr.GI-acts,. Counsel for the Prosecution, and
afterwards sustained in evidence, were as folluAls:
—The Defendant, who is by trade a carver and
gilder, and residrut in Bream's Buildings, Chan.
cery.lanc, was a married.man with a family, and
upwards of .60 years old. ' The Prosecutriz was,
.bests e!ght years since, introduced into his family
'in tie name of Mary Blundell, by means of a
draft, for 201. which was sent to her by a friend
frontabroad, and was made payable by the De-
'fendant. In consequence of this circumstance, an
acipaintance commenced between the Prosecutrix
and tie family, and she was induced to become a
resident in•thn Defendant's house, as a domestic
compaaless. ,She still went by thename of Mary
Blundell. At tkend of three years the Prow.
'cutrix livF in the bums; but occasionally
continue,l to aisit4sq4iamil, as a friend. On the
day moutons keal• in tge jitgrennent %he his
gone to
the liefeadant's kuuseas asoil) to see his stifo4soil