Police.
The Times, 1824-12-24T00:00:00

51A9LnoRouOGU$TREE1f.:eWd rted, a fev' days ago, the par. icalars of an obtrage, attended with ccrcimstAnces Qf-geat vXolehce- commnitted.dpon! Ma.y.Ayre?, ?lVt was rethrrnrigsto town fonm Finch- ley in -company-with la femAfe comipanion, narned'Jine Oreen';by! wUch it appeaed. th-at these young .WonEeb werie-idtnihig-ir. a cart- dritveh by. naYned ames D.ay, .whicli toolc tlfen. upAt 'the W*i'te LLn- piib i&hhisi:t: aflinehley' and in whte ihereWailsO a man.-t lmed ?iin Woods The cart' set the&uwong worien .down atthewCdeltk publid..houst, neir Hi9hgai1e,atd'Dahythdriver' refused-to take thorn gny Irai,;- sayshg that-he liied n that xiefi. bourhood. Ter.-he r-not proceedetfar on their way to town, when- they werd mertac man vwhom they did-:not theh-kh.ow but who turned out to be Cornelius AV-oods, whom tbey had left bqhintt 1tih-.the- Art.iMhis-mnanr tindertook to direct1hea ~ tDiiort wag ihto- town, and with.th.th viev led themiiitos sone fie!ds- where he is charged vith thaving.knocked d-own :Mary Ayres,. violated her per- qwyw rantI'robbLd, her -of a shawl and some money, while her com- -panion, Jane-Green, wrss sunk: up ta herlkneeB:in adlitch, intb which shQ:foll,l! and: thierer-hehl fasts' tkilethe- man vms eff'iting hiff brittal p&rpse upon her. friend, within her glt,gst and- shefunable to relieve.or nsslsvhitcr- - , ' -.:. - -- '. -~ Iia& . Wohls .odaos~ yestcIay. brought 'iup for re.examthition; swhen tbe.dep9sitionsiof-the-varjd,ut vwitneYSct.wera read oier.:to theni by the clerk. Those of Mary-Ayres, Jane Green, and"esnj?anmn- Schofieldl,.e h.offlcr-hoapprehended the prisoer,ias well as Day; jt! driver; whq-ras heltd to bail on the first examination, were pre-. cisely the t -aw7wsvvs gave-in bsrubsennceifterthe fonrer'exrnmina- tion. -Bokb the.yo ung.tnet in the!cleareat manner -identified the uritsonex, .ant ore;to tbe-ful lest.dteat: -th'ecommission of tlxe vio- cenceandirobkryicomplainedib ':.. .- -- .- *Wm. tlarral,a very- old uan depose*-that- abo tt 10 o'clock on thie nightof~ -7ihe;%tznst. hehad beenz m btd irn a, little hut, which he in - abits, in- King'a Hlaiaanej near-Cpeuhagen6hods-,ai-d was nwoke out'o* ,hil~~s.bp- a .-knock xngdiasr hedo6r.-'i Ue-got- up, andf went out, na4ed asle -fas,sto 8ce what was% the matter; when he tsa cwd young wmprae. ir a vcery disrreiaedstaiat, wvho tld him that they hrjd been eedpted intf a field, a:d 6neeot them lihd- bWen robbed and ra. vished.,- He-took theem into his.hut, ard-ass-,hey'wanted-to get to towvm he drestedl hbtsise11, :at least ha pat' his smock.fro6& on' nnd come wi,ththoin. until he put them intown- - 'he -two young women now present-were-theoiume that he soeoedrttd. - . - - - - .. -Milliam Purlsi,landloTd-. of.-the> Whitc1.ion- public-house at Zirchlay4 depoted4.that sl4aht fiveocloev on Tursday- the-7tt Inst., in tlh afterntqon,-two youutg. womien, -the same.wliw tvere novw pmsenc,- cpn3rItqhis house. audasked for a stageito town, Afary.Ayr-*8sayj ing her cojmpanion was very ill-He desired they might go into his parlouruutl tlw. oung- woman! tbetter,w..hichiheydild,but there q,8qSttigM thc:time: eand a cart being then about to strt tfo town, ~drivenby 4Jares Da?--the-yeutin tYouien got Aito:ii, as did also ihe-prisu<ri,Cornelhis it ootis, who waa-3tanding-by the-side of' the c;rt at t in-e-the,younn worneacame-into the hoasc1 snd:tthc ovoi flstefgt?e - TIeyQi>otg wyomen '.were perecetly soirer, lsnd- 4raiattheg-t htsuh,use . , - -.. -: : or{eam i~iuhbleto:.4eposed, that he--ais ostler ht theCock tublic- house; nie,.i.Jollowuyj and on thc.evening-bfthf7ih:nistant theprl- sonercsanle. ?ZB0 t,tke,o6r-in- a- cart- driven by-James Day; an-d in wlatwyatutwossou g-wdmncwhorn he believes -to- be Mllgry-Ayre6 and,J.ane Gfrewlow Vreserit; Day-noed Woods tdld hiin to- bring; the - opt some.ghi, whielh hdidl, and the young women -paid .for it. W oods then went out-of.the eart,-aidiithevoung woen, and'Diy dz9vo away'j-aying he weild-taki thetihno fartheri as he w?s nIot gp- ing,totowm;:Wnaods- 4topped-a- little tinte at! the- Cck- .-but the yotang Werme -rwepbfftnwards lonedon. :Woods,. however, followed soon after in-,ithe sanie direction, and:witneesssa,v no.mo:rodf him until past 9O:o?clock-thatnighlti whenhe. canneu uain to the -Coek, and astceR if Day bad en-ther.csmce. - W'itneos -know-?Woods -very v.cll, and- is quite "rttn tie was the person who was in-the cart; '-- - Ainne Foselk deppsed, that;she reslies-at No. 16, Clevelahil-street, 'Pitzroy.square, where the-.two--young women now pretsent,- ary- Ayres anrd -Janerkiren, no.wresiide;. On-the7ch Instant they went to -Iinchley, -andl . returned home in a very distressed itate. Mary Ayres told -te laridltidv of-the-house ahe- had:been robhed-antr her person-violated-t -ahe hid a-deep wond onD her forehead from ablow; qer elothes,were'eihl a dreaidful state, corn atsd covered- wlth mud. William Rcorict*:ore of- the bendboroughsl of. the parish of- St, J6hi .,Clerkenivell, dedpotel,, that. -ha was at the--Plough pblic6- hbouseb near Holloways- on the day that- Schoficid,! the officer, came therei and placed ghe-yeung- woman,.l ary Ayr-s (Wow present)) in- the parlour, there to wait the arrival of a'hian who -was expected there, and against whom Schofield had a warrant, for an antrage upon Mary- Ayres.- -: In- -a fer. minutes. -the prisoner, Cornelius - Mrq,otj -epiterd, and the moment the young woman saw him, she screahicd -;ou%that he wa8 tue- villain who had violated. wid robbed her. -c,ohlthen-seeuredhin, ad left-hims-fora few minutes In care of. the-witnpss, who asked him bow he could bave been guilti of such condget. VThp pisoper.. however, said -that hewus:entirely- innocent of the whole transaction; thatbhe never was Ilathe.cart at all with Day; and niever sawvthe. young woman before in his life. Day, howoveveE came-in impmeditely after, with Schofield, and he fib- stqptly acknowledgeA thit lary Ayrcs was one of' the young wo- ien that-had been in-his crt,-:and that Woods .was-the y6ung man who hnd accomp2niedathern,- and whoFn le had set down at.the'Cock 4Jhu:geiiith depeed-,:that -hewsas atn ostler at the Crowu-public-. bousehetwveen Fi~inehley .and Holloway, and On -the. 7th instant he Saw .Jares D)y drivg.a catt, in -which-were- the two young-women now present, arnd tho prisoner Woods.i up to the door of the public- house, and Day handed out two. baskets, which he left there. Is quite sure-Wools waaon the cart, becaue he -know3 his person very wedl. -- - - The next depositxo wasthat of Jamt4Day, the dri.erof The cart, who,.after being cautioned by the magisttates as to:telling the-truth, and the whQle. truth, deposed, that on tlie imorning of Tueaday, the 7th inst., he was going. -to Finebley from iorrmey -road, where he resides, nd .where the prisoner Woods, .whom-he knows very well, alsqrepides. 'On bis way, he called upon Woods, and took him with him in the-cart to Finchley,'and abotit five o'cl6ck in the afternooi, as he wan-aboutt to. retiun, e took up- at the -White Lion-public.- house two young-womeot, the-amne now present; and brDught them in his carte-with Woodas so far-as the Cock- public.hloumse near- Holo loway, wherc Ite setlhd wlsole.party dotn, ashe was then nearhome, and did rot mean to go farther towarda town.- le then drove home, and- fiaw nothing-more of the young women, or of Woods; he had no crnvernation-whatever- with :.Woods about the youhjt, women, nor had-hecny idea that--Woods had-an intention -to foltow- them, or ill-cue them.. . . . . The dcothoa worn by AMary-Ayres on the night in question were agnilnproduaed, and Were in the state.we before descrlbedthem. --A clerk belonging to MIr.-iumphreys, the solicitor, attended for the prionmer andsnaid,- on his-part; that heshould'reserve any thing he- had to. say. until the trial, : - - . ' ' - ' - T-he-prisoner 7as-then -fully.committedl to Newgate, and all the witnesseahbouWd,over to:p9oSecutc upon the tv(o charSca of fape and robbery. - Dy,wa-dbound over .but V8as etill- held- in -the -recogni. zance of two 'osehohlders for, his appe rance.' , . : - . : The pm-sotter apgeared to listen wgrththe tttinest indifTerence.to the wlhole proceedings, and frequenUy smiled during the progress of them. itels a-veryeung- lad, -.and hy-ne-,aneans -of a robust or strong appearance. rhe complainant laryAyres,isa remarkably otrong, healthy, and powerfal-looking-yong. woman, about'25 years of age. ;. : ; --- POL1(E! .