Elizabeth Cass

Elizabeth Langley (née Cass; 1863 – 1956) yar ƙasar Ingila ce mai dinki kuma mai zanen sutura wanda kuskuren kama shi da yin karuwanci a cikin 1887 ya zama ƙaramar dalilin celèbre.Julia Laite (2 December 2011). Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230354210.

Rayuwar farko
An haifi Cass a Grantham, Lincolnshire, kuma ya girma a Stockton-on-Tees. Bayan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sana'ar dinki, ta koma Landan don zama mai zanen tufafi a farkon 1887. Misis Mary Ann Bowman ta yi mata aiki, kuma ta zauna a harabarta a 19 Southampton Row.Julia Laite (2 December 2011). Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230354210.

Kamun kuskure
A ranar 28 ga Yuni 1887 Cass ya fita da yammacin yamma don yin sayayya a Jay's Shop da ke 243–253 Regent Street (mai daraja dillalin siliki da kayan marmari, yana riƙe da garantin sarauta). Makon ya ga bikin Jubilee na Zinare na Sarauniya Victoria, kuma Landan ta cika da jama'a suna jin daɗin wata guda na hasken rana.Julia Laite (2 December 2011). Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230354210.

An rufe Jay's, kuma titin ya cika da mutane. Yayin da ta tura ta cikin taron jama'a a titin Oxford don komawa gida, kwatsam PC DR 42 Endacott, na ofishin 'yan sanda na Kotun Tottenham ya kama ta. An kai ta ofishin 'yan sanda kuma an tuhume ta da neman karuwa da karuwanci, kuma da safe ta bayyana a Kotun 'yan sanda ta Great Marlborough Street a gaban Robert Milnes Newton, daya daga cikin majistare biyu na Stipendiary. PC Endacott ya ba da shaidar kama shi kuma ya shaida cewa ya taba ganin ta sau uku a baya a titin Regent da daddare yana neman karuwanci.

Shari'ar karya
Babban Jury ya sami doka ta gaskiya akan PC Endacott don yin rantsuwa a ranar 13 ga Satumba amma an dage shari'ar zuwa wa'adin Michaelmas, daga ƙarshe ya fara ranar 31 ga Oktoba. A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, an kira Cass (yanzu Misis Langley) ta ba da shaida; Bayan haka Mista Justice Stephen ya saurari karar (ba tare da alkali ba) daga masu gabatar da kara kuma ya yanke hukuncin cewa shari'ar ta ta'allaka ne ga ko PC Endacott ya aikata karya da cewa ya taba ganin Cass sau uku a baya a titin Regent. Alkalin ya ci gaba da cewa a nasa ra'ayi, babu wata shaida da ke nuna cewa Endacott ya yi kuskure da gangan: bayanin da ya fi dacewa shi ne cewa ya yi kuskuren gaskiya. Babban Lauyan ya amince da wannan ra'ayi kuma ya janye karar.Julia Laite (2 December 2011). Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230354210.

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