Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-22

following. from the Boston Gazette Of We'd
nssday last:
AN AFFECTING CAUSE.
MUNICIPAL CouRT, Dxc TEAM 1899 BosroN.
Commonwealth vs - -. lhename
Of the sou"g L. y, defendant. is IN entlally omit
ted, on tie accom- IL h-rself and fieDds-ihe
reason will apptsr m"re fully IN the develop
nenI Of The facts, wherein IN amiable, educat-
ed, virtuous girl has been subjected 10 pun
ishmen, too severe to be rad without tears
viz. the punishment Of imprisonment until the
trial day arrived 10 the snail-llke chronoms,er
Of law.
A Mr.. Emery, a clerk in The English Goods
store Of Messrs. Mri!sn & Sanger, OF this CRY,
was addressed ny the defendant in late hour
Of Inc afternoon Of Norember 10Th, with the
question OF whe, her he would sxchsHge pair
Of kid n,fs Tor GLOVES, to which he assented,
and forthwith he exhibited to her bundle Of
gloves, the price OF which was A. per pair, and
IN. nits uffered by her were marked Is. Cd
which she said she had purcha.ed If hrr friend
10, 2s 81. Aftee his showing m. own Or ra
Their he gloves Of Mell,n s Sanger, to the la
dy. he stepped Gas he sw"rt) to ano he, part of
the counter and while he was at a distance
from hst, he saw her deliberately selecI pair
Of gloves from his assortment, and place the m
in her hand xerc ief or bundls; then, by his own
story, he returned, and observed TO her that a
pair Of gloves had dropped, and looked over
where she stood, as il he expected to find Them.
She denied that they had dropped on hat side;
hr hen pretended TO look on his oSn side and
found none here; he III rock up her bundle,
and produced the gives from II. which tie said
she denied having IN yer possession, and used
language OF apprehension towa,ds han for
eusing h r Of ste aling. by alling him an imper
linen, puppy for The accusation-sn alteration
crsu d, which ended in his reclining possession
Of the gloves and mis- in question; the one, as
The prop.r'y Of Msssrs Mell' and Sanger,
and The other, as suspected 10 be s'olen, i"os-
much as hal the ults were market S. 81.
when she said she only gave IS. Sd. for hem.
This was he SUBSTANCE Of NJ. Emery's ties
,inony. TIE indic'men which Was framed
upon the tes imsny aforesaid, alleged rhsr the
a,fsndant stole the gloves aforesaid. valued al
ak six cents from, Rc store Of said Melleu &
Sanger.
II appeared in evidence in the Municlpsl
Court, thar AFTER the iranssc,Ions as ah"vs
sworn 10 by said Emery, the defendant, lea,
ing said store was pursued by some one with
a constable, and white OH her way TO he pac kst
in which she was % take passage 10 ano hvr
6 att, on board Of which were her things bag
gag, Sc snd which packet was immedet y 90
sal, the def-ndan, was arrested. Carried alb u:
dark to the Police Cour', a; which shr gave =
Mans, but not her tue one, as was afterwards
shewu. and sent to Jail o take her trial for III
alleged nff nee on he first Monday of Decem-
htrnrxt The packet sail, d without her, fer
waiting some time, ignorant Of the csuse #
he, delay. and move Of hrr friends knowing O,
her situation IN espe"t to The charge brought
against her. she was committed f,r trial 70,
wan, OF surrey
Before the Grand JUICY this Mr.. Emery, lad
Of sbou' l9 appeared, the bill wa, fund and
the day IT arrangement came, " en- she was T.
Iis,en TO the complain foI th- oH nee above Sc,
forth. Immediately alter her s"mmi,m en' to
ihe walls OF the prison, she was, from III, agi
tatisn IF the scene through which She -ad p,s-
srd, thrown into dange lou, & Of the mos
appalling nature, and from thence she wa re
moved 10 The Hosp,Ial Of the House Of Co'rro-
zion, Department under the charge Il be hu
name and skilful care and science IF D Faint,
iIs ., endan, physician She still continued
from day 20 day 10 suif'r under these danger
Gus attacks, being thrown into them by the
slighsst excite ment, su, a. naming her parents
or abiding 10 the degrading charge with which
she was accus~d. U"de, these cir, ums snces
the sympathy Of Edmund Persons, ono Of the
Oversevrs Of the House Of Correction, was
excited, and. with parental wa,chfslness, en-
deruess, and care, he drew forth from her, in
the hours Of her eslmness, the true situation
aud cir umstsnces in which she ubfortunateiy
vas involved. He rmplnyed counsel, saw her
friends, .oothed her fiji ,ions, aud made pre-.
para,ior> for her defence. Al length j. was
considered safe to allow her Companions Of
youth TO visi' her The meeting, no'with
Standing she mustered all her fo,li,ude and
had no ice Of heir spproa b, wss 90 mueh-a
relapse instantly oceurred-'hr lax rings #
broken heart gave way. and . scene Of eonvnl
sions forbade, for while, the visis Of any one.
By degrees she became able TO see one after
another ,f those Sho felt a deep interest IN her
Gauss. She promised, and believed she could
fu sfI ths, promise, TO be sill ana firm sh'o
she was arrsisned ., The bar Tor ri L. The
day cans, aud female he defenssnp vas