The Sun. — 1846-08-18 (London, England)

GREENIKICH. Yesterday a very respectably attired middle-aged man, described in the police-sheet as Ilenry Lee, of Haggerstone, Kingsland-road, London, linendraper, was brought before Mr. Traill, charged with indecently exposing his person, three distinct times, to nurserymaids, having the care of children, in Greenwich-park, under the following circumstances:,  (Mr. Hodson, of Commercial-road East, solicitor, attended for the prisoner.) Jane Long, a very pretty girl, aged 15, deposed that she is nurserymaid in Mr. R. Stedall's family, ironmonger, Nelson- sti eet, Greenwich. On Saturday afternoon, between half-past four'and five o'clock, she was walking with the children on the lawn fronting the Asylum wall in the park. The prisoner stood near the wall and deliberately exposed his person. 'Witness walked away, and the prisoner proceeded in the same direction near some trees, and again exposed himself. Had no doubt that lie did so intentionally. He turned round to see if any person observed him before the second offence. Witness then made her way up the park, and told a fruit woman whom she met what had taken place, and she went in search of a police-constable. James Jeffries, aged 12, deposed that his mother sells fruit in the Park. Ile was with her on Saturday afternoon. Witness was on Plamsted-bill, and saw the prisoner by the side of the Royal Observatory next Maize-hill. The prisoner had his back to a tree, and was exposing his person to two ladies with children, and was laughing at them. Witness ran away and told a police-constable, who apprehended the prisoner, but the ladies had gone away. A girl told witness's mother that the prisoner had been guilty of similar conduct about twenty minutes previously. Braddick, R 64, deposed that lie apprehended the prisoner, who was quite sober at the time. The witness Jeffries pointed the prisoner out, and told him distinctly what he had seen. The prisoner did not deny it, but said that lie was sorry to have such an accusation against him. Witness took the prisoner to Mr. Stedall's house, and while there he remarked that lie should like to palliate the offence, or some such word. Mr. Robert Stedall, of Nelson-street, Greenwich, deposed that Jane Long is his servant, and has the care of his children. They were directed to take a walk in the Park on Saturday last. Witness was in his counting- house when the prisoner was brought into the shop by the police-constable. The nature cf the case having been communicated to witness by the police- constable in the prisoner's presence, he turned and said he was very sorry for what had happened ; that he did not attempt to palliate the matter, and continued to apologise; but, on being told that he must go to the stationhouse, replied, " Oh, I don't mean to acknowledge anything ; the afair was merely an accident." The witnesses were subject to a long cross-examination by Mr. Hodson, but their testimony was not only unshaken, but more fully satisfied the magistrate of its correctness. The charge was denied, and a defence set up that the prisoner was labouring tinder an inward complaint, and was in a corner by the Asylum wall, when some boys threw stones while so engaged, which caused him suddenly to turn, not thinking for a moment of exposing his person to any one. Mr. TRAILL said that three separate and distinct charges had been proved against the prisoner. He was sorry to see a person apparently so respectable in life in such a disgraceful situation. If he was a person of high rank, or a near relative, it would be his imperative duty to convict, let the consequences be ever so distressing. A clearer case of guilt he did not remember.  The prisoner st..id he had been brought to the station-house through a heavy rain, and kept in a miserable cell twenty-six hours in that state.  Mr. TRAILL said the prisoner was liable, for so serious an offence, to be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for three months. He would, however, considering that lie had already receiwd some punishment, mitigate the sentence to ten weeks' imprisonment and Bard labour in the county gaol. The prisoner left the bar exclaiming that it would be his total ruin.  THE MURDER A r