Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-07
AN AFFECTING CASE.

!
 name of tho young Lady defendant, is in.
 tcn,ionally omitted on account of herself and Iriends--Ihe rcasun will appear more
 folly in the development of the iActs, wherein an NMiablo, educated and VlrtU- oUS girl has been subjected to R punish. mcnt of Imprisonment until the trial day arrived in the Snail-like chronomelOr'oflaw \ Mr. Emery, clerk in the English Goods store or MeSsrs. Mcllen & Sanger of this city,waS addressed by the defendant in late hour of the afternoon of NOvem. her 10th, with the question whether he would exchange pair of kid mits for gloves. to which he nssented, and forth.
 with he exhibited to her a bundle Ofgloves
 tho pricc os which was 4s. per pair, and
 tho mitS offered by her weru mGrkeH 60. 9d, which she said she had purchased of her hiend for 2s. Sd. Attcr his showing
 his own or rather tho gloves of Mellon G
 Sanger, to the lady, ho stepped Gas he swOre) to another part ofihe counter, and while he was at distance from her, he saw her deliberately select a pair of gloves from his assortment and place them in her handkerchief or bundlo---then, by his own story, he returned and observed to her that pair of gloves had dropped, and looked over whero she stood, as if he ex. pcc,cd to find them; and she denied that any had dropped on that sidc-ho then prctendcd to look on his own side, and found none therc-ho next took up her bundle and produced inc gloves from 1t, which ho said she denied having in her possession. and used language of reprehcn- sion towards him for accusing her ofsteal. ing, by calling him an iMpertinent puppy for the accusation---an RltercatiOn onsued, which ended in his retaining possession of the gloves and mits in question, tho one, as tho property of Messrs. Mellen CE Sanger, and the other as suspected to be stolen, inasmuch as that the mits were marked So. 9d, when she said she only gave 2s. Sd for them. This was tho subject of Mr. Elm. ery's testimony. Tho indictment which was framed upon the testimony aforesaid alleged that the defendant stole tho gloves aforesaid valued at sixty.six cents from tks store of said Mellen G Sanger. 1t appear cd in evidence in the Municipal Court, that after the transaction as above sworn ta- -hu- -aaid EsaAps 1~E~~1a~A-~l@~ssa..
 constable, and while On her way to the bucket in which she wns to take passage to another state, on board of which were her things, baggage, &c. and which packet was immediately to sail, tho defendant was arrested, carried about dark Co tho Police Court, at which she gave name, but not her truo ono, as was afterwards shewn, and sent to jail to take her trial for the alleged offence on tho first Monday of December next. Tho packet sailed without her, after waiting some timc, ig- norant of the cause of her delay, and none of her friends knowing of her situation tn respect to tho charge brought against her. she was committed for trial for want ot surety. Before the Grand Jury this MT. Emery, a lad of about 19 appeared, the bill was found, and tho day of arraignment came. when sho was to listen to the com- plain, for the offence above set forth. ln'. mediately after her commitment to tho walls of her prison, shc was, from the agita..
 ton of the scene through which she had
 passed, thrown into fits ofthe most appalling
 nature, and from thence she was removed
 to the Hospital ofthe House of Correction Deoartment, under tho humane and skil- ul carc and science of Dr. Flint, its ate
 ,endant physician--she still continued from day to day to suffer under these dan.
 eerous attacks, being thrown into them by the slightest excitement, such as tiatiiing
 her parents or alluding to the degrading
 charge with which she was accused. Un-
 der these circumstances, tho sympathy ot Mir. Edmund Parsons, ono of the over"
 seers ofthe House of Correction, was ex-
 cited, and with parental watchiulness, tens
 derness and care, he drew forth from her in the hours of her cslmness. the true site
 nation and circumstances in which she un.
 fortunately was involved. He employed
 counsel. saw her friends, soothed her afA
 fiictions and made preparations for her de-
 fence. Al length it was considered to bc
 safe to allow her companions of youth to
 vis, hcr--the meeting, notwithstanding
 she had mustered all her fortitude, and had
 notice of their approach, was too much h---a relapse instantly occurred--the lax strings of a broken heart gave way. and a scene
 of convulsions forbade for while the visits of any one. By degrees she became able , to see one after another of those who tel dccp interest in her cause. She prom , ised. and believed she could fulfil tha r promise, to Do still and firm. when she wa , arraivned at tho bar for trial. The da,
 came and a female (tbe defendantl wa | l. Kn6