The Sun. — 1829-08-11 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET.  Yesterday a young man named Henry Janis was placed at the bar, before Mr. BROUGHTON, on a charge of violating the person of Miss Louisa Damenbergen, the daughter of a foreign merchant, deceased about two years since. The offence was alleged to have been committed last Tuesday week, and upon application made to the Magistrate, an assault warrant was issued, on which' the prisoner was apprehended by Waters, the officer.; but he was now charged with the capital offence.  The young lady, a pretty and delicate-looking person of 18, was exceedingly distressed, and in n fainting state (luring the examination, and was sup-, ported by her mother and other friends while giving her testimony, which was to the following effect : The prisoner, who lives opposite to them, in Kentstreet, Hackney-road, was employed about a month ago to whitewash part of their house. On Tuesday week, about ten o'clock at night, the prosecutrix had been from home, for the purpose of meeting her mother, and the prisoner met her, and wished to walk with her. She refused, but he walked by her side, and took her by the arm, and continued walking with her, until they had reached the second field from the road. When there was no person near, he threw her down. She screamed out, but no person heard her, and she fainted.—(She then proceeded to describe the situation in which she afterwards found herself and the prisoner, which made it appear that he had committed the crime with which he was now charged.) The prosecutrix was strictly questioned by the Magistrate, and declared that there had riot been the slightest approach to familiarity between her and the prisoner previously, nor had he ever spoken to lier of love or attempted to pay his addresses to her. She did not inform her mother or any other person of what had taken place on the Tuesday night, nor till Thursday, when she told a neighbour, by whom her mother was informed of it.  Mrs. Ann Lane, a married female, said that on Thursday the prosecutrix told her what had occurred. She was exceedingly agitated, and said she would drown herself.  Mrs. Damenbergen, the mother, gave evidence confirmatory of the statement of the prosecutrix, and described her as having been in a dreadfully disturbed state of mind since the unhappy occurrence. On the Thursday following she wandered about the banks of the Canal for two hours, with the intention of drowning herself, but was watched and brought home by some friends. Mrs. Hopkins, a married sister of the prosecutrix, gave similar testimony. The prisoner declined questioning the witnesses ; but stated in his defence, that on the Tuesday evening in question the prosecutrix came to him, as he stood at his own door, and saying, '‘Yon!lg man,  - I'm going to a shop at Edmontonraslied him if he would walk with her. She then went home to get her bonnet, and returning in about a quarter of an hour, they walked together down a street leading from the Hackney-road ; but as they went along, she said she was afraid of meeting some one who knew her, and led him through a back street across  the road, and towards the fields, where she got over the rails. 'When they were in the back street, he remarked that it was very dark, and she said" Yes, but don't be rude, young man—don't be rude." He said," No, I won't." She repeated two or three times afterwards, " Don't be rude, young man;" and when they were at the field she spoke of, there was a watchman near them, and a young man and woman standing at the corner : so that if any thing had passed, or she had called out, ske must have been heard.  He made his statement with considerable hesitation and difficulty, and trembled excessively.. Waters, the officer, went three times after the prisoner before he could meet with him, for he hsd been at Chelmsford. He told him he was accused oofuta advisedcfoatpituanlyoffweriitcuee,sasensdNsvtirioongmlyightb eof hime rvhim. He added, that the mother of the prosecutrix service lookt had told him that if the prisoner would marry her daughter, she should not wish for his punishment. Mrs. Damenbergen admitted that she had said so. A surgeon's certificate, stating that the prosecutrix had suffered injury, as be lbdet ltileemvpt hreed,e persons smo aladind batteot attempt et at violation, was put in, but the Magistrate said he must have the evidence of the surgeon himself, for INvVahsiCli,and remanded, the evidence was se too of h preserved the prosecutrix from suicide, the prisoner mitted on the capital charge.  The father of Mrs. BRADSHAW, late Miss M. TREE, died last week at his house in Torringtonsquare, after a lingering illness of more than twelve months.