Lancaster, Saturday, Marc...
The Times, 1824-03-18T00:00:00

i n0n0ws I -ay(or, n/cl/arO Di'nelow, Kay Aspinall, James Jolly, and Johni Trer'itt Lowe, were indicted for a burglary and robberv, sommitted on the 6th of October, in the dwelling-house of ir. James Allen, at Ratcliff, near Mlanchester. Dimelow pleaded "guilty; " the others pleaded " not giilty." MIr. COLT SIAN stated the case. 'he circumstances of this at. tack were most atrocious, and are fnlUy detailed in thc evidencc. James AUen, !un., said-I was awoke at two o'clock in the morning of the bth of October by loud screams, which proceeded from isy sister's room. I got up, and saw a man going into my father's room; the man had a candle in lis hand, and I immc- diatel.y seized hin, and puUed him half way down stairs. (Witness here said, he believed the prisoner Taylor was the man lie seizedl.) Two of the party then came up to us, saying " We will soon settle you." One of them struck me on the head with a fire shovel (pro- duced the shovel). I madc every exertion to get to my sister's room, but was struck several times, it might be with a gun. Whcn I got there, I found my two sisters kneeling on the ground entreating for mercy from four men who were in it; they were amied ; one of them had a gun, one a pistol, one a bludgeon, and the other man vith the shovel. As I went up to them,the man with the pistol point- ed it at me, and said he would blow me ihrough, or something of that sort. My sister Alary screamed w3ken she saw me, and said I was bleeding. I was bleeding in thc head from the blow of the shovel. The fellow immediately turned to her, and pointing it at her breast, said he would blow her braius OUL The others de- nean(led money from me. and not getting it from me, they said, " lI'e know you have money, asd you shall get some;" and the man with the shovel said to me, " On you want mc to strike you agatin ?" The others threatened to kill me; they turned to my siS- ters, and demanded money. iMlv sister M1ary then asked them " Will you go when you get it ?" One of them replied, " Give us 401. and we will go." MIy sister Alice then began to rummage in a drawcr, whiclh had been pulled out and ransacked bv them before, and found in it a purse, which I snatched out of herhand, and said, II will see them go first before they get it." One oftbem(Jolly)im- mediately wrenched it from me; he tore itin histeeth, and two gui- neas dropped out; fourofthens went out, leaving mysistersandme in the dark, saying to the man with the pistol, " Keep him safe here." They had two lights with themii. The man with the pistol was Diimielow. The nman with the gun was like Lowe. I observed he was taller than the rest. I tried to get out of the room, but could not; it was held fast. I then opened the window, intending to go out, but a man stationed underneath struck the wall wvith a heavy bludgeon. I then placed something against the door to prevent their coming back to the room. Whilst doing so, I lheard footsteps retreating from the door, and I lifted the lateh,and went down stairs, and saw three men leap through a window. The fourth man was just going through the window, and I said to him I woulI let him go through the door instead. He said, " WVell, open it," which I did, and he went out. I watehled them to the next cottages, about o00 yards off' and returned back to the house. On my return 1 found my father all over blood. I only saw mn father at the time I had left my sisters' bed-room-door. On the 5foudav night follow- ing, I saw the rive prisoners at the New Bailey, I\lanebester. Jamnes Allen, senior, deposed-Thc windows of mny lIouse were closed on the night the party got into my:iouse. I also was alarmed b'y my daughters' screams, and got up, when I saw my son strug- cling with the mnan on the stairs. There came another man up to him, with a candUe in one hand and a weapon in the other. *ly son was struck on the head. 1 told my son to get out of the way, or thev woould kill him. One of them said, " Get you to bed, or I'll kill you ;" and he struck rne on the hcad with a fire shovel, which cut it to the bone. (The witness here showed the marks.) I was knocked dowvn, and heard the men go up to my daughters' chlamuber; I went to my own roonm, and I believe soen after thrce of thten came into my room. One of them said, " Deliver your money, or you are a dcad man." I said my moncy was in the drawer. they might take it if they pleased. They took out of the drawers four or five sovereigns, some silver, and some capper, be- longing to my dauzhter illarv. WVhen they had taken the money out, ihev went into my son's room, and I went down stairs, andi ecsned the back door, a man was on the outside,whopointeA some- thing at ine, saying " If you stir you are a dead man; I'll blow your brains out." I then wenit to the front door; but I was afraid to open it. ('\Vitness corroborated the statement of the preceding witness, as to the party leaving his house; he identified Dimelow, and onily exprassed his beliet as to the others.) Allen, jun., re-examined by the Cot RT.-I saw five men on the Saturday I was first examined. I never expressed any doubt as to JoLLy. I was quite sure of himn and Dimelowv; not sure of the others. I do not know who it was I let out at the door; lie was a tallish man. Alice Allen deposed-I was awoke and alatmed by a man stand- ing at my bed-side, with a candle in -one hand, nd pistol in the other. I screamed out, and lie said " Silence, or I'll blow your hrains out." There were two other men in the room at the time. They rushed out of the room, and presently after returned into It with my brother and another man. (AVitness corroborated the first witness atestimony, and identified Jolly, Taylor, and Dimelow.) Tay- lor was the first tnat opened her drawers, and rumrnaged them out. By the Cou RT.-WVas Taylor in the room in thebeginningornotr? Witness.-No, my Lord, he came in with my brother. Taylor took out several articles, amongst the rest a silk handker- chief of her mother's. She has aeen the handkerchief since. Several witnesses were then examined, wbo proved that on the ereninz the robbery was committed, the prisoners wvere drinking to- gether in a public-house in the village of fley*ood, which is distant about five miles from Allen's house, 5Mr. lIavender, the constable, deposed, that he apprehended aU the prisoners but Taylor on the 10th of October, at Warringiton. They there denied any knowledge ofeach other. A silk handker. chief was found on Jolly, which he.said be bought from a pedler. Mliss Alice Allen identified it as one stolen from the house on the night of tbe robbery. When Taylor was apprehended, an old half- penny wasfound amongst others, which Mlary AUen also identified. The case for the prosecution closed. The prisoners .made no dbfence. Mfr. Justiee BAYLEY summed up the evidence. The Jury, after one hour's consideration, g8ve a verdict of- Guitty against all the prisoners; and recomnmended Aspinall and Jolly to mercy. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.-I wish to ask you upon what grounds. If you have any doubt that they were at the robbery, you should acquit them. Forleman.-We have some doubts. Mlr. Justice BAYLEY.-Gentlemen, you had better consider your rerdict. Ther accordingly retired for about ten minutes, and then found a verdict against all the prisoners.-Guilly. UTTEPIm5G FORGED 5ZOTES. | largarce Booth was found guilty of forging, and uttering know. ing to be forged, a note of the Huddersfied Bank, for 1l. Is. Robert Gil; was committecl by the Rev. Joshua Thomnas HIortot, (a magistrate forthe hundreds of WVest Darby and Leyland} on the 24th of August, 1823, for a rape on iMa' ret Spencer at Ormskirk. The Grand Jury did not find the bi' and the Foreman, Vil- liam Balton, Eeq., communicated to Dir. Justice BAYLEY, that Mllargaret Spencer, the person Gill was alleged to have committed a rape on, was in custody: his Lordship examined the calendar, and fiound she had been committed bv hi' r. Elorton on the 26th of Novernber, 1823, "for want of suretes to be bound vvith her, for her personali appearance at the next'general session of assize, to be holden at Lancaster, to give evidence against Robert'Gill for a rae" Ills? lordship directed' the gaoler to liberate her"itntediately, ant) at the same time publicly expressed hlis regret she sltould evcr hare been takeu into custody. SESerS3NCE ON THE Bu Ljsts.-Taglor,'DVrse<loeg, 4wingl!, Jarnet Jolty, and Lowe, who were convicted, of burgb'iy pna rob- bery of Mr. Allen, near Rateliff, were then'placedat tlebar; and after a most impressive 4ddress,.in which he told. thcinm ot .ta expect i.nercy here, his' lordship passed iont thct Use aw?T'ie Qatug, cEdeiath. Onthe cvil Mde5Miss Roiezebqvred ob~. damani'esgaiqitJ 31x, Oilier, fiQrbreaeh of pro aiof' itisdrae,-- LANCASTER, SATURDAY, MIARCE 13. CROU'N SIDE.