Old Bailey, Thursday, Jul...
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r jejore itir. ,R/ZItCC 15UP-tOUGH.) . Eliza Duckinghanz, a very handsome young woman, about 20 years of age, who was encincic, stooi4 capitally inditctd, on a charge of stealing, in a dwening.house, a gold neck chaill and locket, value 41. lOs, * a coat, value 3Qs.; and.a pair of stockings.. Nicholas Jermaihn a, person. about. sixty years of age, dressed in the style of a gentleman, wearing poieder, wlio.'yas described as the box bookkeeper at the Ttailan 0 pcra-husc, being sworn, stat- ed, that he resjded, In ,Uay last, at No. 16, Baiwick-street, $oho- square. The prisonLr at the bar came haAkWrdAsf'4d 'fr;ward's to do things fer hini.- - Onl Saturday, 'sUay'8, he left the prisonter at his hous, and went to the Italian (dpera, and did not returnh'homie till Sundav morning, when he fonatd thhe prisoner'was gong, and the ahove-.mentioned property carried off: Ite saw nothing-of her t1l. aboolt amonth afterwards, viseti he mem her atcidentallyinthe street hle lc8ized her, and carried her to MaRlbsraugb-street:oflce. I-lc subaqoentl discovered that the gold chain atl locket had been pavwned by t he yprisoner at one pisvnbrokee 's, and th cbat at another. (,lesnents. so ufflcer vt' 2arlbeoou'h-streitt, said thlatshe prisoner. was brought to the office on the 7th of .h::e, by the lrosegtJtor, and charged with the felony. He asked the prisoner where she resided, and she took him to tite horte, and there he learned that the prisoner had pawned'the property which the prooecutor hatl alleged to have. been stolen. A pawnbrokcr produced the 'gold chiain and locket, whieh was pawned on the8thofrtay at his shoptby a feinale, btut he could not say the prisoner was the person. Another pawnbroker produccd thecoat, and identified thc prsoner, who pledged it on the fth of lMay athis sbop. Dlr. Jermain was calUcd up again and underwent the tb3llwing crese.examination by the prisonerT ;- believe that we lived together as man anS wife, did. we not ?-PNo- Did Inot. sleep in the sante nouos wir, vou in Berwick-streeti-V cs, for tivo nights only in twv monihs. Did I not dine and stip vwith you frith'day to day as your: wife ?-You took your food occasiopally wvith mre. s'?r. Justice tilstaouGS{.-X Oniday she slept with you; is not that acting somewhat like mron ard wite ?-She slept twifc with ine, Did vou give her the property ?-No I ditl not. JMr. JuStiee Bu4 xo UGIr.-Have yon any thing to 2say to the jury, prisoncr ? Prisoner.-Yes, my Lord, antI I wiAh to ask' more questions of the prosecutor. To thc jurv, I have to say, gentlemen, that I amh soon likely to hecomo a mother, I wvas met by the 'prisonei, wvho eatezeil into. conersaton with mne, nd tord *mei he . wS a gentlemans'of. trtgnc mui invitedme homie wjtll' hll,l; I declined goiaig, but I tol&,h.. here I lived, as ltesaid he gould. k4c me a situation .I eceived a note 1rm him neXt d.'y to citl upiri hirn at h;fhoaye in Borbie;.strcet, ' and by ht5 petsua. sions lie prevailed up l me-to hte with him; I' was dout of a Aitostion, and alnf;seletticutc at t ine i41 lived nvitli hito till he grew tired of me, jlrid asked.:ni iif? woimiad lilt to gt idio a .ituatlortn .I told him that 1 should above lli tbings- .Lc aid'ie could get rite inw service jii a famil ini lisle-5treet, e,ei . fields where he had got situations for two feinmale ..ho Iritd hlved' with htim, an& th-y wese delighted vtit their places. I told hint I would go wzherever he thoneic prope~r. He ttald that' he shosild give rne -a notet emcarzy to else lady, vrho kept four servaut7, arid ibe' rwouldl admuit mie. 'Th note-w s given to me8 by Mtr. Jariato,u aed- dressed to Mrs. iYood,-lisle.streee. fHe accosnpsnied tne to Lisle. strectcand pointed onetho udoor2 and'I'went and gave the ijote to a personl who told thc 'to eall stW1; but I was advised' by a fr.-tale frIend not to go near. dIifr. Justice Buago u a4_.wliy not ?-Bccause it was a house [.of, il -ftte. jp-Jgi*UVAoRcGHRoW' do yo4,gow tllat?_.The po. 'cuia r canf.tdeiy"it i ai I know it is ieeautse he told me; wheh he Oiteaetpresent of .the.gold chaiji and locket, that.! thoutld hate logot~othe9persaadthe theatres,on WhichoccasonsI hould wear l e L8t4s_,Let the pros-cutor stand up again. L :ou give ibis girls Z.note -to go' to a house of ill.fame? -llf,Jer3.t._I id,my, Lbrc3- - * .lr. .JLsS.Bu3RtoUx3z-And Zid you go and show her the t}r..Jvermznai...._Yee I did. A!r. .Oqustice BuUUousxGH.-Is the house kept by Mrs. Wood a batl.ous? Air.Je,nain.It. is.impossible to deny that it is a- nworioUs house4 * -.. .. . * ' tr. Juistice BURfRotria..And you wished tG make twis yolng woman an inipat of it rs Jermam,In-f certainly did. . Te priqoner again addrecsted afewwords tothe juMrydeelariog her innocence and said 'slec had a' witness who could provevthat she and the prosectitorlive4 as mran and wife togetber for a considerable tnme, and;this cltargeof robbery.was made because ahe did notgbp o lve atte-house inu isle31,treet.- - . I Marire SAwardAs worr...She wvas a mirrled womnan, 'and-livde in Wonmouth.rourt. . The prisoner resided witli her fot twdlve fnonths and .assisted her in the managemenit of hei famnily I anore.bohesl young,woman she never knew she-had left property of'cohsidbtable value m ttheprisoner's way4 wvhich she miglht have stolen, 'had'she beerj so.inclined. 'She land' of-the.prisonet livin,:with'theprose. cutor as man.and wife for- a considerable period. rhe p.sbndr ac- Uaifltctl-her;.with rthe prosecutor giving her a note tOtake to Mrs. Woo.d', and she advised her not'to go and live there, and the pri. sonet sazd she wotld not; slie went on seyeral 'occasions to see the prisoner while she llted with' the prosecutor, an4 she appeated to aaye the ginagement df the hotidse, andsat at table-with him. The prqsccator, on one otasion, during the absence of the prisouner, at- tempted toGtt1ke liberties-with her . .Mr. Justice BlitEoTJ;tGj addressed the jury. 1He said the cate .hadnowassumed-a very extraordihary complexion. Therecould now be no possible reasdn for doubting that the prisoneeand the prosecutor had lived together-as man and wifefor sorme time, though the prosecutor at first denied it. Th3s charge was one aflfcting the lifepof the. young womati at the bar, if thev (the jury) should itiid her gailty, tlhe propertynalleed to .have heen stolen beinghabove the value of forty shliligFs. Phe question was; did they (the jurY), after the admissions fmade by the prweeutor of his wish to get rid of the prisoner, and of his' sending her to a house of acn infaindus-dcacriptidn, lelieve that they could give credit to liis testimony, when his. moral character had been so lo-vered in the estimation of every inidividual in court ? Did the circumstanceg .of his wishine to kid himselfof the voang woman, and the manner in which he attecmpted tG do it, excite in their minds a suspicion against him to, strong as to destrov hihs evidence P Thie young tio- man says that the property wa- given to her: the prosecutor denies it. If you believe him you will find her guilty ; if you credit her story, which is greaeiy strengthenied by the- very singular facts which have been,elicited, you will acquit her. The JuTy instantly returned a verdict of Not Guiltyv which ex. cited a-strong expression of satisfaction throughout the &urt. The prosecutor asked for his expenses, and the Judge refused them; but allowed the witnesses for their attendance. OLI BAILUEY. THURSDAY, JULY 15.