Brighton Police.
The Times, 1824-10-15T00:00:00

Ilne Lieeildant haS for sOrne time pracied us surgeon in Brigb_ ton. The complainant is a yortng woman, about 17 or 18 yvsrs of age, of very mild and modest appearance, and is living as servaet in r family of great respectability. She statedto the Berntc, that on Monday evening se'nnigbt, having a complaint i her qts, she went to defendant's house in Granville-pla* who had atended her father's family for several years, to get some medicine. tWeallS a.,st sax o'clock, and whilst she was waiting for the medicene, the defen. dant committed the assaxlt which was the sutbject of the prsevnt complaint. iltwas of suchanature as prevents us from givingevetn an outline of it., She remained with the defendant about a guartez of an hour, and then went to ber home, where ihe s2as ategrvtee Her fellow-servant seeing her so much distressed, asked wbat otua the matter when Lower said she wished she had not gone near bibn meaning Bradshaw), nd afterwards told her vrhat had happenedL radthaw FaS now ssked if he bad rzy questions to put roecmm.. plainant, wlhen he asked her several. which delica:y preventa us giv- mR publicity to, but they were of such i nature as to placethep*or girl in asituation truly pitiable. At length he saked her " if he'idd not, unknown to her father and tnother,cisreher of acertain compipin2about a yeer anid a half ago?" " Nerer, Sir ! oh never !" cred te poor girl, whilst her tears bore testimony to the trith of the mssertionr. "But, I say that I did, as my books will prove" replied Bradashaw. The BeRch told him ttis was a very extraerdinzry mrode of defence, though ifthe sabstantiated the fact, it would of come make a diffi,r- ence in the degree of the ofrence he was charged with; but if he should be unRble to substantiate it, tie would render his case infi- nitely worse than it was befare. Bradshaw saidC, "be knew what he was doing; and thouglh nothing on earth but the situetion nwhich he was placed should ever have drawn the secret Jfkto hir, yet now that be was thus dra-ged forward, he must speak in his ow~,n defence; znd if he could not substantiate this fact, he should dserve to be severely troanced, and to be considered the grcatest rillain on easth." He then put certain questions to the gir, asl of which she steadtly denied. 'he Bench then asked him if he never used a certain medicine in any case tban the one he alluded to? H' e replied that he did. " Then how do you distinguish such as y: ave NOV spoken of from others ?" " Becamuse I put a private mnare in cases of this description; but any medical gentlemant by referrng~ to the book, can see what medicines I sent." The books were them sent forr. " Now, Sir," said one of thc MagistrateS, handing him over c sheet of paper and a pen, " have the gooduess to make om that pa- per the private mark ?" " No, I can't do that, Sir." No; why not ?"-..." Why, I had rather not" But what objection cay~`on have? we onlv wish to see if thr private mark ycut have gven us here will correspond.- The Mflagistrate urged hitm in vain to give the private mark, whidh he altogethet refused, without assigning any reason. The books were then opened, but there appeared no private mark whatever; there 7vas not a drachm of any kind charged to the girl--.he ..dls name even did not aDpear in the book,except in her father's acco=rt, whichi was paid. The Bench asked Bradshaw what he had to say, but he said little more, except that he formerly was . conmmzn sol- dier isn the 48th regimeent, and tha; he studied under a Dr. Thomp- son several Tears. TbeBench told him it wvas evident he was a very iIliterepEs ar,d after severely anirnadverting on his conduct, particularly derisg the exanmination, ordered hint to find sureties for his eppearance = the scssions to answer the charge of agsault with an attenpt to con- mit a rape, which Mir. Lower was bound over in reagnizancesthen to prefer against hini. The young woman's father end irothr werw with her during the whole of her cxamination, which ltsted up. wards of three hours. Bradshaw put in the neesary bail, and was discharged. SPICHroZw P(LXCR. EXTPRA0MID'AY CASE OF ASSAULT-ra?Crzs .1.OEiL V,. _ B]lADSfAW.