Old Bailey, Friday, Oct. ...
The Times, 1824-10-30T00:00:00

P,awUTura tari-A, egeta u7, was iniitited tor as~saultingz Sarah Drew, on the King's highway,and stealing from hier person 17s. andla shawl, berT money and Property. .MIr. AL.LEY stated,the eae for the prosecution, and caUed the following witnesses to substantiate it : SaTah Drew.-I aini a servanit in the famnily of Alr. WV. Bale, of 14.% 9, WVood-street, Spitalfields. Mr. Hale is a silk-manufetctarer end master weaver. I recollect that his housec was robbed on Mlon- day, the 27th of September. On that dlay, previously to the coat- pnission of the robbery, I saw a person about the premisies ; he came into the house; but at the timne of his comiing in, I did niot think there was any thing in it. After therobbery. Imentioned that circumstance to the police-officers. I told them *tfiat I shiould know that person again ir I ha-ppened to sce hiim. In consequence otf miy ain so, I received instructions fromi the officers, if I ever saw him again, to folloV him wherevr he went. Oni Wednesday, the 2ilth, twP daYs after the robbery was committed, I accompanied I flandleyki a4aeVHstfield, two officers belonging to the police-office in WVorsl ip-wtieet, to a Piece ofground, where I saw a great many men gambling, and tossing up halfpience. WVhilst I was -with them in that Place, I saw onib of the officers go tip to the 'prisoner at thle bar, pl ace hit hild upofi his shoulder,- and sayi something to him, which I did not- hear. Miy gttentian Was attract- ed to the prisoner by thiit circlsmstance, anKI as I ~ontinued to look at himn all thc;time that thle officer yo4s talking )to him, J had a sufficient opotritk fOr Observing hitiu. I hiad e.ftefwa+i~ oZrmc conversation with (be o'mtrs rogording that'mtna, and I'Vill them that he Was not the persons whoin I hatl geen oh the Alont?sy in my master's house. Indlecd, I neVer SasW t'4e prisoner, to MVY knowledge, before that We'dnesdlay. Io the couxse of that day L had another opportunity of seeing fiim. I observCi 4im on that oc- casion very attentively, because Hran4lei' the.p ilgr,iesirt me i.0 do so. Handley went up to him, aod i thj6k We aitl., "11kiddy, how came yotu here ?" I am still of' the same os In w- It I had the Sutnday following, being the Iii of October, 1 ientti Sof ic church to 'hear a charity sermcon. I left Mr. hill1e'shtiea past two, Anid thne churclh soon after five o'clodk. -Whe chuircli. I had in miy pocket a five-shilling piece, twoh crw , Pweizght shillings, unti one sixpence. Igave away aFt illgintl churtch to the cha'ritty for which they were begging. I hnad sso an um- brella and a shawl with me. As I came ouit of the church, I saw the roan who cameinto the entry ofra y aster's house on tbeday that it was robbed. He was on the urido the church.-rails, leanintgon it, with hsis hiandis outittretchedi. In consequence of what I had been desired to ~do bY thne officers, I followed that mail. He went down the Hlack- mey-road. I followedl him a sihort way down it ; then I went up a 1UTming,, then I went over a field, theti over the carial, then up) a turning, earl thien Again over the canal. I then went tip anothet tslning, which took me Into Hackney-fields1- I was engaged fol half an hour in making these various turnings, so that it WOUld hr about six o'clock when I got into Hackney-field. Ac this time it ws tcy-igh. Icoud se qiteclarlv, and I had never losti sigh ofthe an wasfolowin. Wemi I got into Hackney-field. the ~~erat te br cae beind e, ook me by the arrsi, and asked~9?1f knewhim. Ilooke at hm, anid said, " I do no, knowvon Sir" Iknewhimall he ime but from fear I said thal I di rio. Hewas he mn wih whm Ibad seen the officers con- versing on the WVednesday. The prisoner made a beckon, atnd an- other man immediately came up. [ Here the witness was much a1d- fated, and burst into tears. Mfr. JUStiCe PARUa desired her to be =omipoed, as nobody wouild harm her in that court.11 That mar sezdme by my, other acrm. The prisoner told that man tc put his hand on my mouth, to prevenit my halloeoig. The man slid so. D)uring the time that thtis was doing, themnwhr LIhad been foUowing continued to walk enwards. The pri- sonar, after he had compelled me to walk a yard or two further with him, crammed some hay into mny mouth, anid Raid to the oilier nann, Now, hiold youi hand over this," The man did so. Then the man wvhom I had beeti following, when he saw that the othet t%,O had hold of miy arms, crossed over to them and said, " Oh, di-n her, make her take off her pattens9, that she maY go on this faster." I took them off accordingly, or at leaskt I put themn off with snvrfeet.and leftrthem. They then walked me along to the end of the field ast fast as they couldl, ke~eping hold of me all thbe time. During that time the prisoner said nn)thinf'. We then went down a lane with a hedge on each side of it. That lane leads to a pond. T.hie prisoner still said nuthing; hut the man whem I had first followied said, "1Oh, si-n her, drier her down faster." When we came to the ponid, the prioner took off'my shawl and forcedI nsy umbrella from mae. He Ihen pulled out ot his pocket a rope, nearly a yard and a half ling. He then said, " I'll hang her she carnnot swear against its then." The other mani, who haicl hold of my arm, then said, " Search hler, and see whiat she has got." Hle did search me, andk he took out Of my pocket My puTSe, With the money it contained. Hec thrin pitt it into h-is left hand waistcoat pocket. I saw him do it. At thc sarne time he said, " I.-n the b-rs, they cannot swear to 'moneY." -he man whom I lied followed then gav m -e a blow on the left breast o'er the heart, and I fell from the effect of it with mly back against a rail, which was on one aide of the pond. The pri- sonaer at thie bar then took, holdl of me by the shnoulders, andI the mian who had held my ether arm took hiold of me by the f'eet, rais- ed rme up, andi flung me over the rail with great force. I fell upon a bank first, and thnen rolled into a pond. There was a goodt deal of water in the pnd. All my hotly was in it. hut my hiead was out. The *nian whiom Irhad first followed said, "1D-n her, poke her undler the water." Tue prisoner replied, "1 Oh no! she will tnever rise any more." Wnhilst I was in the water I heard siome of the paLrties snteak. I heard one of them, I can't say which, asking whethier moy shawl was atll silk. [Prhs poior girl was again overcome by the rccollection of the dangzer which site had undeirgone, burst into tears, and could not proceed for some minutes On recovering herself she continued.1 Another of themn saidI that it was made *of hard silk. One of them aflerwards said, but I cannot tell whiich, W 1e wvon't havfearoy thing belonging to hier-there may be marks on it." A ter tat, the prisoner at the bar came to the rail, anti after saying " Here goat," flung the umbrella and s.hawl into the poond. I then heard one of them ask the other how much mone'y lie had, lie made answer and said, " I have got l7s. Fid., aoil noW that lise is gone, see will go to the WVhite Mor'se, at Hckne, and regale ourselves." Te hnwn wy e mandi h pond siome time after I had ceased to hear their voices, lest they shouldI come back and poke me into it again. I then crept Out of it. I had pulledI the hay out of my meouth before I got out of the pond. The ponid is abouit a yard be~low the rail. I laid by the edge of it. Shortly atfterwardis I heard two men talking. I putti head to see who thiey were. Seeing that they 'were not tho,te wAtio ~ad so ill treated mc, ~I asked for help. They gave me it, anti assisted me over the rail. I was wet and muddy at that time up to us nck I asked tbhin to take me home to mv father's;, they said "No i, I had better go to the alehouse at the ena of the field." They went before, and I followed them to the Cat and 8houtider ~of Mutton. At the timne they dragred me through the field, I knew that there was a public-house at the corner of it. I could not, however, call for assistance, as their hands were tipoin my rnsu'h. The landllord ofthe CatandI Shoulderof ill uttongotnie a coach, and I went in it to the public office in Worship-street. 1 am quiite Positive that the prisoiner at the bar is the man whio first came up to roe. I described to tse officer the man who did me the injury. As I was dragged along the field by the prisoner, I had an opportunity ofsaecinghis countenance. l was inlhis company for twenty minuites at least. I was face to face writh him at the time he drew the rope from his pocket to hang me. I saw hiim all the time. I have not the sliehtest doubt that he was onie of thie men who robbed and ill- treated me. Rc-examined.-T have an hesitation in my speechb at all timnes. ByV the COURT.-I lied no instructions to have the man I fol- lowed appreheadcil. What I had to do was to watchi his mottionii. sail to traCe him w-herever hr wetit. I do not know who robbed my niastet' house. The mian I observed in ithe entry observed me as wrell as I observed him. flu the Jury.-The last place in whichi I saw piersons from whomi I could receive help, was the Cat and Shoulde'r of Mutton. I do oqit know the exact distance between that spot and the pond. Nfir. Justice PARex.-NiVe can learn thiat Point from the off.cers,, atnd alsNo from the two men who gmve the Young womnan assistance. At present -he point is not material. Jlohn Bradshaw.-l ani a labourer in theservice of the East India C'ompanyv. Akbout 10 minutest after aix o'clock on the evening ot Siti(ady. the 3d of October, I was goinig actosr Hackney-field whitl Allr. Jlamieson Fieldi. At thiat time it was lust getting dark. When we camet Opposite the pond, I lheard a person calling null, as if in tdistress. Tule voice was that of a female. Shi said, "1 For God's sake, give mne assistance, for I have been a tubed by two men, and thrown into a pond." Mvr. Jai-niesn Field, vowas withi mne, jumpeel over the rail, anti assisted her up. It Was hilts Drew, the prosecutrix. She was in a drieadful state. Her I-ter paris were covered with mnud, and she was wet tip to the neck. At that time she hail got out iif the pond. NVe took her to the Cat anti Shoulder of AMutton public-house. It is nearly half a milefrcons shat house to the pond. C:ross-eamined...Tle prosecutrix was in a dreadful state of agi- tation and alzrm. These fields are a public way ; but we remarked that we had not mDet in them that evening more thian two personis, teho were g'oing from the pond in the dlirection of the Cat and Shoutlder of Alliition. I made no observations upon those men they were about lilil yards distant from the pond wheni we met thiem. I should not kneow either of theni saimi. .'tlr. Jamieson Field corroborateil in every respect the testimony (f the preceding witnessi. He added ,thjat after he had taken the pro. ' ,teutrixot of the pond, she wished him to go to her father's, in Av,ou!.-street, before he went with her to the Cat and Shioulder of )ihutton. Susain rlew recalled.-ftly fathier lives in Wiood street-tlsat is the Per I call my father-he is not, soy atMher, but lie hnas reared nceverInee I wras an infant. Cliarle.s Ro ers.-I keep the Cat and Shoulder of Mutton in Ilzckrieyficld. On Sundlay, the .3d of October, the protecutrix va,q broughit to my house between 10 and 251 minutes past (5 o'clock. Field anidBradshaw were the persons wh)obrouight her. On conning to my house, she complainedi to me of hiaviang been robbed, and fiurn~into a pond. I procured a coadch for her, and ordered it by her lie-ire to drive to the police-office in Woirsbip-street. William Hatfield-I am a police-officer belongzing to the office in 17srship-strect. On thie.2ith of September last, I and nay brothier tihicer, Hanstdley. accomipanied the prosecutrix to a waste piece of VNNenil belonging to a public-hiouse at thie back of Wentworth-street, nlkeJ " Blark Hell." Utr. 3ustice PARX.-I hope the house is not licciosed by the ina. lisratej under ao shocking a name ? 5the witness continued-No; the ground ars known by the name t1 Black Hell, and not the public-house, whicih was called the Prin- X, ' of Vales. I took the proseciitrix to that place to see whetiher t;t could identitfy any person there as the man whom she had seen o0 her mastet premises at the thne of their being robbed. There "I I aboxt 30 or 40 persons In that piece of around when I took her fhtre. The prisoner at the bar was among thern. I went up to him, 1t iV fiand on his shoulder and aaid-" Ah, KLiddy, what bringe raihereFe? I am sure that she observed me do so. I told him that undq5tood that fie was then in constant employ. He turned on his heel, and tisade some observation which I did not hear. After that Weretired from the ground. The prosecutrix did not recognize S' inan there as the person whoin she had seen in her master's 7| Ic ut fron that place to the City of Norwich ublic- itO, in *W7entwarth-street, for the same purpose as we hlie been tit Black Hell. In consequence of somethslig we learned litere, 1sent back to the Black lIl. The second time we went.theeo, kitiayed there some tine, as I went round the place to look all the h3lin the face. The prosectitrix did not fixon any man there. 4'5 was on the M 'cdncaday after the robbery. I saw the psrosern. FaSgain, on Sunday night, about half-past sieven o'clock, at the 5tt of MJr. (i,areoa the Chief Constable of Worship-street-office. a rent for by Mre. Clarto,n I found the prosecutrix at his housc. She told me that she had been robbed by three persons, and gave me information which led us toapprehexid the prisoner at the bat. Air. Hlandley apprehended him at the Prinees3 Of Walcs, on Monday, the 4th of October. I was not present at the ippxelhenslon, but came up shortly-afterwards. I was presentat the prisoner's examniia- tion before the mnagisErates ; but I do not recollect himn saving any thing that was not takcen down in writing . I went on the Tuesday with rosghia Armistrong to the pond. Wfedid not fi.d the pattens in it. Whilst we were looking for them, a person of the namne of Woods produced themn. lie marked them anddelivered them to usI I kept one of themi, and Handley thie other. Handley, another officer at WVorship-street, corroborsted the statement of thec last witness in all its materiel points, atnd proved that the prosecutrix mu.st have seen the prisoner bnthi the times hie took her to Black Hiell. "1 I gave her directions," hie continued, "1 in casC slit saw thte mian whom she suspected of having robbed her master'm. house, to watceh bis mfotionS, to see where hie went, to come lo Elhe oflice, and give its niotice oalit. r saw hier on the 4thi of October, after I had apprehendled the prisoner. I was alone whien I apprehended himi, but there were other officers in the neighbourhoodl. I and four other officers went to a gamibling ground~ in the neighbouirhood of Wentworth.street. As they went iii. I saw a womran run out of it in the direction of the Princess of NVales public-hours. I ran after her. Shie ran into that public-house. There are two doors to it. She ran in at a corner door, andI I went round to the other door in Wentworth.-street. When I got there, one man ran out past me, an the prisoner after himn. I said " Stop, Harris. 1 want to speak to vou."I laid hold of hiim by the aria, and put himn on a .bnli"cL~ jle sat down, wvithout otaking any resistance. In two minutes thec other officers 4zame in. Hatfield was the first of' I lienii. I then toldi the prisoner that I apprchiendled huin on kesicion ol i11.trCating ind robbing a youing womnan in Hackney- ~fcd he ivcning before, Ilie saird " It wvas very hard let what woald be done amiss, thiat he shouldI be charged with it." I ',en too, hI m away Hi went, with me Without reluctance. On the th of October 1 accomcipanied the prosecutrix to IHackney. field, *ehere she pointed the pond ouit to mie. I measured the dis. tance frqm the pond to thec Cat uand' Shoulder of Mlutton, andl by my waw5srz'ement it is 3 furlonigs and 78 varde. Croes.e3sined.-The prisoner said nothing to me as I took him to elieoffice.. [Io did not tell me at that time that he had beeni at home all t4.Sunday afternoon till eighit o'clock, though he told ,tn so aftlrwards in the course of the day at the police.otfice. I now Ge;o4ge.streqV Brick-lane. I searched the prisoner's house it ~not in thatt street, but in Carter's-rents, wvhich is a quarter of a mi?1,Jfom it. ItNm Shoreditchi churchi to the pond is oae imile, four f'urlosiy anii 209 yardIs and it is about balf a mile frons the psri- soner a '~Guse to Shc'reditrlt church. It would be about two mniles fromT his Viouse to the pood. Re.examirnyd.-Wheml he toldI me lie was at his, own house atll the afternoon, he aid not mentioni in what part of it he had been. Sarh D)rerirecalled..-When assistance came to me, I took the shawl and uid*?lla out of the pond intowhich they had been thirown. Armstrong, anoth,fI police-officer, corroboratedi the statement of Hatfield respecting tlw manner in which they bad received the pat- ten oftheproecFiir from a person of the namie of Wood. He likewise denosee, that wi~len the prisoner was charged by the prose. cuitrix at the ~olice-officPd'le had said, "1 I can prove that I wa-s at homc in bed from two o'clodk in the afternoon till eight in the even. ing of the day on which tblq outrage was committedI." H-e was cer. rain as to the words used, as he had made a mninute of thiem at the Vann, aniother police-officer, wag present at thec examination oftshe prisoner before the magistrates, and gave a similar account of the declaration he had mari'e. IHe prodluced a rope, which he had re- ceived front a person of the name of Stretton. John Stretton.-I am a gardener in the neighbourhood of Hack. ney-field. On the 20th October last, I had occasion to prune some black currant trees in my garden, which is otily eight Yards from the ptwythrough H-ackney-field, inod not more than 60 or 70 yards frmtepond. In pruning these trees, I found a rope. About three we-eks or a month before, I had cur down these same trees. At that time there was tio rope aimong them. After I hiad found it, I carried it to the office in Worship-street, and gave it up to Vann the officer. Vann re-called.-I know that Mr. Gyarton had that rope in his possession. Thomas Garton.-I amn chief constable in Worship.street.office. I received a rope from John Stretton. I took that rope wtith me to the proaecutrix. I asked her to describe the rope with which the prisoner at thie bar hiad threatened to hang her before I produced it. zShe did so. The rope a-reed with her description in every point bitt one. It was m.tnplatted 'at both ends. Slite said that she thought that it was oniy miiplatied at one end. Edward WVcod.-I am a cowkeeper at Dalston. On Sundlay night, October 3, about 25 minoutes past six o'clock, I was in Hackncy. field. I picked up a pair of pattens, beside the footpath leading f'rom time hlalston end of it to thec Cat and Shoulder of Mulitton. Thiey were close together. The spot where I picked them up is about 240 yardis from the pond. I took them home with me. I went to Hackney-geld when the pond w2s emnptied. I saw two officers there. In consequience of what I heard fromi themn, I went home, got the Partens, and delivered them so thie officers, one to each. Itws thien proved that this field was in the county of AMiddlesex. Susan, Drew recalled.-These are my pattenis. I took them off about the place whlere the last witness says lie found them. The witniess Bradshaw,was recalled, Hie saihd, when I first re- lieved the prosecutrix, slite had a shawl on), and an umbrella with -her. I did nor observe whether they were wet. Her whole dress was dcifping. M1r. ,ield being examined on the same point, gave similar an- swers. The prosecutrix w astgain -recailled, and examined by a juror as to the state of her- bonnet. She said that the ends of it had been wetteri in the pond, but that the top of it hecl not, as her head had never been under water. 1Hcr bonnet waLs then handed up to the jurv for examination. T'his wastshe case for the prosecu.tion. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said that lie should leave it entirely to his coiinscl. On the day when this woman 8aid she teas robbed, he was ill at home in bed. Mr. A NDRtEWS called the following witnesses on the part of the defence : Elizabeth Harris.-The miai at the bar is my 'father. Ile lived in October last in George-street, near H4anbury's; brewlbouse. I have a mother, a brother, and a sister. My sister and I dlo nor live at home, but with a Mlrs. Walker, in Carter's-rents. I heard of my father being taken iup on a Mlonday morning. On the Sunday be- fore that day I tacth gone to Mr. M'arshall's, in George-street a few minutes before 6i o'clock, to buy sotmue copies. Mr. Marshall lives on the opposite sidle of the way to my fatlier, and three or four doors lower down the street. I saw my father in hi-, shirt sleeve3, leaning out of the windowv, with lilt hand on the rails before it. Cross-examined.-I had been) walking out by niyself on that Sun. day, frstm half-past two, o'clock to five minutes before six. I went from Mlr. W1alker's to Spitalfieltls church. I stayed there an hour acud a half. I then walked round Shoreditch, up Bethnal-green road, and down WhitechapeL 1 didI not go home then, but walked past my father's windows. I did not buy any apples any where else tltat day. I only bouglit a pennyworth of' Mr. Alarshall. I don't know whether 1Mr. Marshiall was at home : he served ine. Mlrs. WValker was at liomem: she lives net many minutes' walk from my fathler's hous,e. It wasourtofmy wavliome to call at Mlr. Marshall':s. I did nor call on my father, thiough I had not seen binm for two or three days. I did not see say sister, or my brother. dlv sister dinedl at my fathier's. Ile generally dined at one o'clock. I didl not call for m6y sister, to take her hiome to Alrs. Walker. Airs. Walker is a silk weaveress. I work for wages. I saw my sister in Brick-lane, at htalf-past three, by accident. At half-past thiree 1 was going to Spitalfieltis church. I do nor kcnow whether it wa-s the rsermon or the servie that was beginning when I got to church. I did not see m siter again that night, till1 tan o'clock, when the came to bed. I w,ent~ straiglit to Mlrs. Walker's from M)r. Mlarshiall's, and sat on the ateps of her door for three hOurTs. I dlid not see my brother that day. He lives at homne. Spitalfields8 church is not far frein Mtrs. Wialker's. Briclclane is close by thie end of the street. Dutiing the houir whiich elapsed between my leaving Mlrs. WValker's and seeing miy sis-ter, I was walking up and down Brick-lane. The clhurch was rloiie about half-past four o'clock. Airs. Walker was att horne feomn 6 till9. I went uip lo bed for good at 10. There wyas a sermnon at .Spitalfieldis church. The prayers were over at thie time I entered. They wcre preaching all the tiFme I was there. Re-examinedI.....Thu clergyman was drmesei in white. Mlr. LAwv...Preacliing in whiite h M1r. Arso)n Fivs obrjectcd to Mlr. Law's makinig such comiments uipon the et-idence. Mlr. Justice PARtK thiought, that in criminal cases whtere. a man'a life was endangered, suich coniinients ought to be abstained fretii by the -bar MOSt religiously. The witness continued.-l c-annot write. I do not knew figures, bitt I can tell what o'c'lock it is. lThe learned Judge herseasked her to tell biun tlte hour by the clock in court-the witness ditd 80.1 I cannot tell what the sermion seas on that (lay. In general my father goes to bed on a Suntlay afternoon, Hle was not in bad hecalth on that Stinday to my knowledge. Richiaril Mlarshall proved that Elizabethi Harris had bought some apples ofhit-rn on the Suonday atftectmoon in question, about 6 o'clock. He dici not siee her father at the window. E,dward Harris, a boy of eleven years of age, sand a son of the prisoner Was then put into the witnesis box. Before he was sworn, he was examined by the Judge as to his knowledge of the nature of an oath). The Judge having allowied him lo be swore, he deposed as follows :-l-.remember my father being takecn-away by the officers on a Mlonday morning. On the Sunday before, my ii.- tlier was ver'y bad in health. He laini down after dinner, A1ly mo- the bad rue go to chapel. We diute at one O'clock in general. Al v father laid tdown about two o'clock. I went to chapel by mysel?. The~ chapel to whiceh I went is at the corner of Wood-street. The service was thein begun. The parson liad on a black gown). I returned from the chapel between 5 and six o'clocki. Mly fathier was then at home, and at tea. My mothier was with Ihint, but no- boyelse. After tea toiy father sat by the fire till eight o'clock in teevening. I wenit to bed about that timie. I knew the hiour from hearing Hlanbury's clock strike. From the timie I came from chapel to the hiour I1 wetit to bed, mny father was never out of the room. He war iii ihis shirt sleeves all site time. Cross.-examnincd.-Mylfathtlerhadl a violent cold at that time. He ha lnothieng on but his shirt, anti he remained in that condition till he went tobed. Ie had no coat or waistcoat on lam sure. I wesitalone to the chapel. iMly sister Anne dined with us, but what became of her after-wards I cannot tell. Between two and three o'clock I went to Spitalfields church; the clergyman had then his black gown on. I went to Wood-street chapel. There lvere a good ntany people there. A juryman here informed the Court that this chapel was shut up, and was now used as a part of AMr. Hanbury's brewhouse. The witness continue(l.-Thete is a church in Spitalfields with a steeple ant bells, but no organ. I did not go lhere. Mly motlier told me to go there; but on my attempting to go in, they would not let ine. I went to chapel. I mean the chapel which is at the ror- nerof Wood-street, and is near Hanbury's brewhouse. There is another chapel in Wood-street, but that is now shut up. The cha- pel I went to is not shut up. I got there at ten minutes after two, and stayed there-till half.past five. Re-exa,tsined.-I only went to one chapel that aftermmron ; it Is called Spitalfields chapel. Tie people wbo go to it have no particut- lar name. The chapel is not verv big. By a .Junon.-1 do not know the strectin whtich Msp. Hale lives. 1TromI the door of tht chapel I was at, I could see soine large build- ings, and soeie gootI houses. The JUROno observed that Spitalfields church was the ntost dis- tinct oblect for any person looking from the door of that chapel. By lr. Justice PARK.-AMy iather generally gets up at 10 o'clock of a Stuiday. le then dresses, gets his dinner, goes out, comes back, ard then takes his tea, ann goes to bed. I never knew my father to go to bed on a Sunday afternoon beibre. lIy sister Ann was not at chapel wiith me. I do not know what became of lier from two o'clock to eight, as I never saw her during that time. Arne iarris, daughter of the prisoner, in the service of lI!rs. Walker, was at honme on the Sunday in question, it tlirce o'clock in the afternoon. She left her father there vith his coat off, lying asleep on the bed 1 took a long walk, and rettid betw nne mad tel o clock, and found himn s 1 at home. He wa.. vften ill, and ai. ways lay down of a Stmday ftestnoon. 1homas Yardly lives opposite the houee whete Htatia reided; did not know him; had never drank with him; had he,ard Df 1idm as a noted character-as a boxing man. Witnes bad seen asinan standing at Harris's winidovr at about half-past six o'clock an the evening of the Sunday in question; had caLfed his wife and'his np. prentice Norvrood to obse-rve Harris, who was the man at the window, as witness believed, he would not swear to it; he firmly believed it. The mnan was in iis waistcoat, and looked as if he had just come off the bed. Heard that Harris was taken up, and went to Newgate to see if it was the same. Alrs. Yardly recollected her husband calling her to the window to nbserve " BKiddy hIaTris," with whrom bih brother had had a fight. t In this she was confirmed by Norwood, the apprentice, but neither of them would swear that Harris was the man whom they saw at the window, though each of them believed so.] Three witnesses, who were in the room tinder Harris's room, de- posed that they had seen him at half past five o'clock. The door opened intethe passage, but it was shut so that if Harris had gone out they might not have heard him, and would not have seen him- This WttS the diefence. Mr. Justice PARK expounded the evidenee, showing the agree. ments and contradiction,9 with great particularity. The Jury retired at 15 minutes past six o'clock, and at 20 minrutes before seven returned a verdict of-Guilly. The prisoner said, with perfect composure, " My Lord, I'm quite satisfied with my trial; but I'm an innocent man, upon sny word I OLD BAILEY, FRI1AY. OCT. 29.