The Cotton Factory Times. — 1891-07-31 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

THE TAILOR AND THE MACHINIST.  Before Mr. Win. Bruce, the Leeds Stipeudiary Magistrate, at the Leeds Town Hall, :Emanuel Py-zer 160), a Jewish tailor, carrying on business in the Black Swan Yard. and living in Copenhagtm. street, was charged with having iniwently assaulted Ada Hall, a young girl living wit'a her parents at Gisburn Yard, Church-street, Huus Mr. E. H. Granger, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner.—The Proaecutrix stated that she was 15 years of age, and would be 16 next Decandar. She knew the prisoner, who was her " gaffer' in Lady. lane, where he occupied a room. There he carried on the business of a tailor. Witness averted to work for hint on Monday alternoou as a •• felling hand." On Thursday morning, about 10 o'clock, she went to work. During the morning she was alone ii the room with the prisoner, and about 10 45 the rrisocar made indecent proposals to her. To these witness declined to acquiesce, and the prisoner then Ncellt and looked if any one was coming up the sulis. and locked the door. He thou repeated his proposals, but witness agaiu refused to submit to him. On this the prisoner said he had another machine hand—a married woman—who allowed him to take liberties with her. He also said that tile reason why machine hands were able to dress so " flash" was that they allowed their masters to conduct themselves in the way referred to. On her still refusing to comply with his indecent proposals, the prisoner repeatedly assaulted her indecently and ex. posed himself in a repulsive manner. She screamed .• Murder," and Pyzer placed his baud over her month. At last the prisoner opened the door, and wituess managed to get out and ran direct- to the house of her aunt, who only lived a short distance away. This was about ton minutes to one o'clock, —Cross-examined by Mr. Granger: The door was locked for about three-quarters of an hour. She screamed about nine times, and shouted Murder" each time. She had never noticed a workshop uuder the room in which they were.—Mrs. aunt of the last witness, living atl3, Edward-street, Lady-lane, said the girl came to her house. She was crying bitterly, and was very pale. She made a complaint about the old man whom she worked for. As the result witness went with her niece to her own house, where she saw her mother, to wliont the girl repeated the complaint. The mother and daughter then went and informed the police.— Mrs. 13rooksbank, mother of the girl, but who had been married twice, gave corroborative evideuce.— Detective-Inspector Kershaw said he apprehended the prisoner, when, in reply to the charge, Pyrer said, "No, Imam.; I can prove I haveift."—Mr. Granger said his defence was a c.ornEdet,e deniej of the facts stated by the proacentrix. During the whole of the morning the prisoner and the prosecutris were working together, and not once wits the door looked. A tailor, named Simon Taylor, welt constantly in and out of the room to heat his irons, and saw nothing wrong—Taylor was called, and stated this ; and another man who worked in a shop below was also called, and lie stated that he never heard any screams or any noise other than the ordinary shuffling of feet. The man Taylor also said that there was no look on the door of Pyzer's room.—The prisoner was committed foe trial at the Sessions. Dail was allowed, tbsprisona in £4O, and two auretieli of E2Gissiela.