Police.
The Times, 1824-12-16T00:00:00

MiiAVSIoN-lHoUSE .Y csterday a great number of persons of all ranks brought subscriptions for the relief of the unfortunate Spanish and Italian refugees to the justice-room. Mr. Byng, Al. . for Middlesex, and Air. Williams, the banker, of Birchid.lane, were amongst the number. These gentlemen observed, that too much praise could-not be given to the Chief Magistrate for his prompt and persevering exertions in the cause of thc refugees. They also ex- pressed thefr warm approbation of the fixed intention of the LoRD JMAA0on to consider the subject wholly divested of political tend- ency. His Lordship has received intim3ations from some of the highest persons in thc kingdom, that his humanc views upon the subject will flnd powerful supporters, where aid can most effectually be administered. We believe that already upwards of 1501. have been received at the Alansion-house. His Lordship observed, that he entertained no doubt, from the commencement of the applications of the liberality with which the public would co3me forward on this most distressing emergency. He had taken tip the cause of the unfortunate lbreigniers, not becauae they had fought for this reason or ror thatj but because they were starving in our streets, and had a claim to our compassion, whether they were martyrs to a just cause, or the promoters of rebellion in their own onuntrv. A gentleman applied to Al r. Hobler. the Chief Clerk, to knowv vwhether the LoRD AMAYOR could remnedy a case in which it could not but be considered that a very gross imposition liad been prac- tised. The case, he said related to an old cow, which had been sold, and foisted upon the seller very saon afterwards as a young one. MUr. Habler requested to know how the deception was practised, as the imposture was to be collected from the circumstances. The gentleman said his friend had been already so much laughed at fbr allowing himself to bhelmposed on, that he could scarcely ap. pearaniongst his neighbours. It would therefore, perhaps, be inju. diciouS to mention the case in a place, every thing that was sWid in which appeared before the public at breakfast next morning. ilr. 1tobler said, that perhaps the public woulti be benelited by knowing the nature of the imposition, and that the trick, if exposed, would stand no chance of being repeated. The applicant theD made the following statement:-About a fort. night ago, a farmer residing at -Epping-.iorcst, having Tather an el. derly cow which began to be vcry slack of milk, he deteiimrined to get rid of her, and to purclhase another. He accordingly took her to Roinford fair, antl soli her to a cow-dealer for about 41. IPs., but he did not see any cow in the market promising enough in appearance, and returned home without a cow, but satisfied at the price he had got for the " old 'un." 1'he cow-dealer calculated upon Smithfield-market as a better emiporiuam for disposing of hig baTgain, andI accordingly drove her there, in order to sell her to the polony-pudding merchants; but there was a glut in that description of dainty, in conseqtience of the late floods, which have rroved fatal -to rnany peor beasts. The cow would not sell even'for the money which had been just given fbr her, and the owner was- about to ,dispose of her for less-.when a doctor, who had been regarding thelbeast for sao;iae time, pffered, for a fee of 6s., to make her as young as she had 10 been years before. The fee was immcediately pdid, the d6ctor took hin pa- tient to a stable, carded ber- all over-presciibed some strange diet for het-sawed down her horns from the rough. aned irregular con- dnitoetn to which years *uad swelletl them, into the tapering and smnoothntess of youth, and delivered her to the owner, more like a calt; than the venerable- ancestor of calves. The cew-dealer was struck with the extraordinary transformation, and it immediately occurred to h}im (a proof that a cow- dealer can be dishonest as well as3 hoisetlettler) to Bell ber for the dafi;ctnand infirm6ities. Hlavinsgjearsi4 that the Epping farmer was in want of a cow, he th6ug ihtise pould-it sesd wi.aipn to bettet quarters thun those she was aecusto'mt to,, and he ftthwith, di4. vatchetl her to Romnforl mnarket, where her 6did niaster was on the look-ot tfor a beast. She Immsediately' caugit ,his eye, fig asked lier age. The driver didl not kniow, buit she was a"1 fine Young uno." I've Reen a cow yery like her som-e-where," said iuse farmer, "Av," sald the driver, "thLen you mutst have seen hier a long waty off, for I believe she is an Alderney." " An Alderney ! NVhat (10 you ask for hier ?e" The price was soon fixedl. The drivei~ got the sunm of 151. 7s. fdr the cow, And the farmerseent ser-honie. Themi. genuity exercised might be e.tisessd at from the fact, that the erso wh droe te beast home had been at her tail for the last seven years at least twice aeday, and 'yet he didI not make the discovery, although shieplayed someof betoldItricks in thejourney; and turned into the oldI cow-house, assd lay, dowes in hier old bed, with atll tefaniniliarity ofan old acquaintanc~e. At length the discovery was to bemade. The cow was milked, and milked, but the most that culd be gotfrombher for brealcfast was apint, and that waslit-. ti,etrta sky-blue. The farmer, in grief aed astonishamerit, sent her to ai cow-doctor, who hiad beeni in tile habit of advising -in her case, and complainedl that she gave no miilk. "1 Milk I" said hie, "1how the devU should she poor old creature 1 Sure it is'nt by cting her horns and giving lser linseed oil-cakes, and scerubbing he.r olId limbs, t'hat you can expect to make hier give mnilk." The farmer was soon convIncedoftheimposture,and wrould indeed forgive it iftelugls agaisist him could be enduredt. DIr. Hobler r'egretted that the Lord Mayor could not interfere. He believed that the farmer must be content wvith the benefit de- rived from his experience, wvhichi, it was to be hoped, woald niake him take a j'udge wit himi dhe next time lie went to parchase a cowV. Some facts had Teachedi him about the tr,nfrnino l ae horses into spirited steeds, but he had not heard before of the effect filing down a cow's horns had in restoting old age to youth. He supposed this was whiat was meant by " grinding young.'r The Lonrs MAIsost was afterwards informed by Alr. Ilobler of the nature of the upplication ; and his Lordship, who, however, could not help laughling at the deception, also regretted that nothing couldi be done, and declared that he wished it was ip hid power to punishba person capable of eo scandalbus a transaction. AIA5tLBOROUGtI-STREET....Thn following case, possessing ex- traordinary interest, as well for the atrocity of its natture us the cit.. cumstance undjer which, it was perpetrated, came on yesterday to be heard before DIr, Rev asid Air. CONSANT, the triagistrates arthis office ; but although there has been no wishi, eitlher exprestsed or implied, on the part of the magistrate,,, (whiich had there been, in assyinsanc, w wold lwas ceerull acedeto), that for any end ofpubic ustce o ublcaton houd tkeplace, we were so compltelyexclued fom th priate romwhre te ease was heardl, thatwe annt vntur togiv wih f Ithuness or accu~racy more Oni Vednesdlay, the 8th instant, Infrainwsgiven at thfis office that a -rape and robbery,, attende wihcrustances of gzret violence, had been committed upon at young woman the night before. Schofield,an activeofficer,was directed to take the neecessary mceasures to siecure the perpetrator; and, as it accidenitally hiappenedi, no per- son could have been pitched uponi so likely to attain the endis of jusiceas hisver ofice, ad, y acasual circumnstanice, which shal heeaftr apear hewas nabed esterday to place bef'ore the Magitrats to me naed crneIu Vood and FrAnkc Day, chared ith beig cncened n te emtsission of the offence, and the ollwin isa crret smmay o ih evidence given in support It appea-red by the statement oft-he cesiplainants, two young wo- men of respectable appearanice, one niamed Aiary Ayres, and the other Jane Green, the latter a mnatried vioman, of very slender f'ramec, anti far advanced in a state of'pregnancy, that on Tulesday, the 7til inst., they both proceededI from the hiouse in which they lodgec, in Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-squaire, to the vi11age of Finchi. Icly, to inqoiule after a, situaation in mervice there for Mlary Ayrcs, which they heard wvas vacant ;-they remained at Finchlejunti five o'clock in the afternoon, and at that hour calleA at the White Lion public-house, from whence stages start for town, to inquire if they were likely soon to meiet with one. Dilr. Paris, the landlord, toldI them that lie feared not for a considerable timie; but 8eeing a one- horse light cart near his door, withi a mian in it, about to proceed to London. Alir. Paris asked him if he wotuld take the two young wvo- meon to town., which he agreed to do, and they accordinigly got into the care, and soon after a young mAn got into the cart also, and all four set off for town. The driver proceeded at a brisk rate, keeping the youtng women in familiar coniversation along the toad, but the oilier man scarcely speaking to them at all, so that they noticed himn very little until they arrived aLt Hlighgate. when studdlenly the dlriver turned a3EIle out of thie puiblic road, and direoted hisi course to\varsis whiat is called Hollowvay-road, assigninig as a reason for doing so, thiat it was to avoid the turnipike, whiceh satisfled the young wonsen for the time. Af'ter proceedinig sorme dlistance along this road, thie cart stopped at a public-house called the Cock, opposite a by lane which leads to- wards a very intricate paryt of tie country, with which the young wonmen were wholly unacquaio ted. At thlis public-house, the driver and the other nian, in a very presunsling tone, dema-ndedi of theyoung women to treat themn withi sodiiethiing to drink; and althiough thei neithier liked the mnanner of the demanid, nor the delay it was likely to occasoior, they consented, more throoigis fear tha'n any thing else,' and gave ue mnen a shilling to purchase som-e gin, whichi they did, a'nd drank ; anod immedliately afte r whichi, to the dis- mnay and astonishment of the young women, thec driver said, that tle-Y mnatt now get nuit of the cart, as he could take them no-far. tlier, andl thev niust make the best ot their way along the opposite lane, whicih the mnen told them would lead directly towards town. Comipelled thus to quit the cart, they procceded some distance alongp the lane, as directed, leaving the two huon behinuL; one, the drivcr's comnpanion; wrapped up, as he -had been the whole way, in a l arge roughi coat. rhe young women had not got above half way down thec lane, it being quite dark, when thiey were overtaken by ai nian is, the dress of a groom, who accosted thens, annd maid that lie hatd heard the conversation that had passed between them and the two men in tlse cart, at the top of the lane, and that seeing the man had directed themi in a wrong course towards town, he hiad followed to~ put themi in a correct line. The youaig. women thanked him, anid he then pointed out some lamps at a distance, wichiel lie said were tCue lamps In s Tottenham-court-road, and that if they would proceed withi hinti across two or three fields, they would, by that shiort cult, be within DOfi yards of home. 'rusie youing wom'en, delighited at this fintelligence, tired and frightenc4A a., they WeTe, consenited to accompaniy him, and ihe led themi across two =led, and into a third, where every tlsiisig was still as death. It now ocure to Al atry Ayres that they were not proeeeding in the direction to town at all, and she intimated as mnuch to the man ; and at that instant, looking in hisface, she discovered at once, even dark as it was, that he was tite saxme' man who had accompanied thiem from Finehley in the cart, and whom they hadl left behind witlls the driver. She instantly exclaimed to the other young wvomian that this was tlie csse, but she hiad no sooner done so than the risfrian knockedI her down with a desperate blow, and than threw himself iupon her; beinig, however' a young woman of scome Fstrength, slic disengaget herself fronsi him, and got up, whien he knockced her down again, and struck he'r a third blow. The other young wom'an, in her state., terrified beyonct all description, mathe an effr.t to esicape tup the side of a hedge about four feet in height, but shie had no isooner got lhalf way up, when, through fright and exhiaustion, she fell hack- into a ditch, anti probably was only saved frons suffocation anjd death bv com Int~ uponi her feet again ; but she suink in thie mud up to hier k~ices, and was as completely held fast there as if she had been screwedt in a vice. The villainous assailant of Aiary Ayres hadi by this timne comn- pletely destroyed all power of resistance, in her, and ahe now lay bleeding and resistless, the victim of the most merciless violence, until her brutal assailant had accomplished that act whiichi is now the chief. ground of accusation against him, within a few yards, and in sight of lier unhappy comnpanion, whio was unable to extricate herself,from the m-ire in which shie was held fast, and lend, as she en- deavourCd to do, perhaps at ilie hazard oflierlife, all the aid lier feeble franie could permit ofto herdistressed and fallica friendl; but the only aid shecould give was that ofher voice, and hier piteous cries for help was all that distiurbed the gloomny anid horrid silence that reigned around. Having effected liii brutal object, the rufdian was determined to add the crime of robbery to that of rape; and after the completion'of hiis first offence, he rose f'rom the ground, anti seizedl the 8shawl fromi his victimn's shoulders, and a liand.basket whichi lay by herside, con tinining, among othier things a hialf sovereign and 6s. in silver, withi which he made off. Poor i3lary Ayres made some resistance to the dragging of the shawl from her shoulders, and she got upon hier legs with the effort, after which the fellow deliberately took the mnonev out ofieTrbaskcet, which latter he flungat her head, and again knockead herdowvn with the force of it, and there left her to her flute. After recoverinog in soine degree frotisslher barbarous treatment, her first endeavour was to extricate her miserable friend, now mnore dead thanalive, from lier deplorable situation ; and s-o comipletely ex- hasted were both, thiat It took near an hour before sihe was got clear oiit of the ditch. The unlhappy creatures now endeavouresd to crawl hack towards thec lane fremn which they hiad been seduced, andt pro. ceedinig on to its extremity, they were sudd(enly overjoyed to hecar ihe baikioig of a (;og, which, al though they could see no) trace of a human habitation, gave them hope thiat sossie one was at hand. Pro. eceeding on a little further, they suddenly fell against what thley supposed at first to be at hedge, huf wlhich happily turnedl citC to be a miserable mud cabin, inhabitedl by a poor olti man and hisi dog, and the barking of the latter having awoke its master, whoi hail some time retireid to bed, it being now past 10 o'clock, the old man got ouit of'hii cabin, naked ats he wa~, to see from whence proceeded thie lamenitationis and cries for pity dieat juist then st-ruck uponi his ear. He soon discovered thie two unhappy you wmen, aiid led themn into hiis poor harbitation, where having hei ar their mnelancholy tale, lie pressed themn to reusiain that nighlt in his cabin, and sharve what hospitality he could afford them. Thiis, however, they de- clined doing as they require(I surgical atid othier aid, and besought the old man o put tlieni on the rls,ht roadi towairds their home. The oldl man instantly dressed, and arming himself withi a bludgeon, and accouipaniedt by liis dog, he proceeded with the young women towards their hiome, declaring that with his life he wouldI defend them front fuirther molestatiots. After he liad got then, clear of all intrcc, lie imet withi an acquaintance, whom he knew to be a con- stabe,'ad isito his charge hie delivered the young wousen andI this latter personi conveyed thecm iii safety to their litouse its dleve. land-street. Fortunately for the etids of Justice, Schtofield (the officer) happen- ad to be on otilier busiuess at lPinchley on the very day that the cons. plainants were tbere, and happened to be standing near the *Vhite ion public-bouse at the very time that thev see ofi' with the two men in the cart; and as lie himself wetted a conveyance to town, he observed to AMr. Paris, the landlord, when the other man got in with the driver,thathe wished he had been a littlesooner,and be weuld have hal that seat. This circumstance induced him to notice particularly the driver, the otler man, antI tle colour of the catrt and horse * ani the moment lie was employed on thebusiness,hslrecollected the whole tansaction at Finchley; 'and although the young women could give him no clue to the offenders, he did isot doubt but that lie -should soon have theni in suslody. He has been ever 6ince actively en- gaged in tracing them, and from his exertions he discovered that the principal offbnder was in the haIbit of freuenting a public-house in that nchiglibourhood, caUed the PlouR ci;and in a room in this house he placed the young woman, Mlary Ayres, on Tuesd4y, at an hour tbat lie had tnforination thie nian would enter, and in a few minutes after the prisoner, Cornelius Woods, catne in, and the moment the girl saw him she made a violent hysterical exclamation, and fainted away. Sabofield instantly secured hins, and in the course. of the samne (lay apprehended the other prisoner, Francis-Day, the driver of the carLt Day at once acknosledged that be. had driven the.'cat, aud- that. Woodks got out of it soon after the young women, and followed them, butdeclared that lie knew notbing whateverof thc intentionsof lyoods or any connivanceswith hiinn in the afthir.; WQe-ootiatfiratdenied- that he knew any thing Wlatever, of the tr4nsactio&nJl-lHued to; or, tbat he had been ih the cart at all; bitt wviti lie l'ouia tilat Day had recog-izd hitm as the person who was in the cart. he no longer de-. niel it. The young woman Diary -Ayres, now-fuUly and clearly proved Ihe commission of the two ofEnces clarrged upe'i Woods, Ind ire was rcnandled.to precure the attendance of onenmojewitnesa with an understanding, however, fromn the magistrates, to a sociito, 1he iatt6ndedfoqtheprloner, that Woods should be fully committee for trjalon tie next tlay of exarninration. Day wa- for the prcsent admitted to bil in a considerable amount The dress wori on the night in question by AMary Avrcs wag pro- tInced, and never was there exhibited a stiongerproof of the violence she had suflered, and thc resistance che must have made. A stronR boibAsin town was torn to pieces in every part, and covered with mire and blood, as was her cloak; and her under dresses were in a state that r.e canrot attempt to descrilbe. She bore on every part of her person irafkes bf the wmost brutal violcnce. WVoods is understood to be a farmer's serant in the country; and Day isra carrier wlo moves goods about, auid resides in Duval's- lanet near Holloway. The scene of the outrage on Mlary Ayres, on beinig examined by the officer, and a number of persons whs have since gone to inspect it, was found to be torn up for several yards of the field, as if some furious nvima. had been prancing on it. The depth ot the ditch where the other young woman got fast was measured by the officer, and It was found that her legs 'were sunk to the depth of a foot and a halt.-. POLICE.