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GLAMORGANSHIRE. TH J^SDAY. (Before Mrfc. 0. JQXES aad Mr JOHJT PRITGHABD.) CHARTS OF iNDBGENT ASSAULT. Edwin Lock and Thomas Philips, two young men iesidiug at Cardiff, were chargt d with indecently assault- ing a young woman named Margaret Burfield,on the 31st May last. Mr L&lton and Mr D. Jones Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and: Mr B.. F. Williams and Mr Bowen iiowUn-i- far the deftece., • v Mr Dalton, in opening calle, said that this case was one of conaid er able.j 01 p<; it an ce, as it involved a ques- tion of the violation of thai most faered of all tiling a to .0000000ber modesty. The prisoners were passing along the ioad between Whitchurch a«d Cardiff in a trap, when they overtook -Margaret Bnrfield. Only oue of th m actually attempted to-commit the offence with which-tbe prisoners were ch srg**«l, but if the case was prpvtd the other man would be guilty of aiding and abetting, as he took the rein.; whilst his companion got hold of the ytrttog woman. When the case w before the magistrates an attempt was made to prove an alibi, but that he betieved lk,*d not been successful. The prisoners were driving in a tig when they overtook the young woman,rind they afked her where she was going. She saidTo Whitchurch," and the men immediately cffered to give her a lift, wl.ich she very naturally ac- cepted. When she waa in the gig Lock put his hand under her clothes and touched her person, t4e other JD. Phillips, taking the reins and driving on. The Young womau struggled and they offered her money, which .¡e refused to accept. She struggled and screamed and became so excited that at the risk of her life she jumped out of the gig while it wai going at a uonsider- able pace. The prisoners then turned round, and drove back to Cardiff as quickly as pojsaible. Margaret Burfield, of No. 3, Garnet street, Roath, :"raø called by the learned counsel, and she deposed to the facts above related, She could cwar to Lock being tbe man who assaulted her, ana she believed th<»t Phil* lips exactly resembled the man who waa with Lock at t,be.tilDe. 7. CcoiwexAitived by Mr B. F. Williams :-She had .never seen the two men before the occasion of the assault, "the Pat between them in the trap. She could not tqii wheter it was with his hand cr his foot that P8 held her in the trap when she was strolling to .get out. She saw Look wink at Phillips when he passed him the reins. She got 5 ito the vehicle a little padt the new barracks, and got out K n?ar the Whit-t Ctlttage. fihe identified Lock in Croctherbr.owu one We luftday, seeing him in company with Police-constables Hill and "Pritchard. Before that she "identified somebody elue 'A3 Lock." She did not swear to the man whom she saw bnt she said it w" like the Yuan. Thomas 'Stephens, a luilitiamau, jaid that on the pfternoon oi the 31st M ay he and another young man Cre going along the Whitchurch road, when ;>e saw the o prisoners driving a trap. He had some conversation .with them about a truck which he had, and which they .with them about a truck which he had, and which they paid h* the way. He waa certain the prisoners were Ah^saaiie men. He saw no other trap an that occasion. Jffe s»w the girl get up on the trap, and aft rwards the "Vehicle disappeared from sight, roaud a corner, but it .oca.me in view again, and fat saw the ywng woman jump out. Tbe tr&T) then tumml round, aua came back towards ^ioa-vHa heard the girl scream, when she was in the trap, when the prisoners passed him tney were laughing ted. talking. He. had »ot iasown them before. He subse- Jinentiy saw the men, and identified them, at the oifice ilf Mr. Stephen son, oierk to the Board of Uuardians. Crose-exaniised The young woman was abeut one Auaidrsd yards siienT^ fdfcjtfit' *ad his coluparlion at ^he time when sLogo* into the trap. j David Morgan, a labourer, said that en the ■'•'1st May 3aet i* waf on the Whitchurch rood, a little bevoad OU tht WbitOikUrCh He went, inte-'tbe White an. ou comutgout he saw the priwbtorlll driving past. He afterwards saw a young woman struggle in the sJttWW-frf ■hi the vehitrlr. The ve'Kc'e was gouut^t a slow r^te of sr-.ed. He eaw the two men dis- tinet^ a^they retari/ed, aodhe had previously khown by aigbfc He was given afterwards to under- stand that it he ideutitied the men he would lote his Wnstjos. Heo%w^ the young wottaftjtSBipont of-the Msg) and she wfl»sieked up and takea MUo sos house of fiegqge WilliMSf- He did not tefi the whole of th« ssuth I .laadsff—hekej t back a portiait^-beoanse he livik* mOrmA quid h)so his situagon. J ■ j- I Mr W&tams: Who threatened ,.v,, Wito"x:.ALr F,.vam. di^he tell yon 3—He tae tenadeBstand that. abjmm lfitiis; my situatton. He toid me diet if I went to they were the men lie would oome and con- tmilii mat ana thsti* womid be-si bad job-for me if L M* clerk Mr JJeu8Dtr. j^Rtyssa eai<l h§ ^iteid a -sitHation aft porter at Mr j Btn|t»pr»np> ge (wifees) hadsjrorii at>4JAi;dalf ( W saw thf back* ol the- *wi men. He ideuti- tain# fetphtd iten hie ooe^aSaa ^o at Myfltojihuyi^D's twee. er-tfria^di r When he gave-his evickttee 4fe Lia»da<ff JM. waami^iy the mp<wcmjattfc4i he toid the whok Ceocge WllliaaM, a- gardener,. Hving at Red House, the next vitneng, said he remembered the vlst M-ay, On the afternoon of that day. about 3 o'clock^ £ e was stending in the yard at the pine end of his house.. That w«4«bo'it> -5 yaras from the road. At that time saw-two yow»«; men acid a woman in a trap approach id g Ain. Theijr WW coming from Boattt way, and proceeding l#ith^4ir«wti«n ef Whitchnrch.The ifaen were the prisonws l#ith^4ir«wti«n ef Whitchnrch.The iafen were the prisonws -.be box Will sure of m. Paw the men have a I Straggle with tbe girlie the trap. A ab*rt time after- %a*ds saw the girl jump out ot the trap the horse was ^Kiting last at tjle time. They then turned the horse "%od trap around, wd returned at abo.it the sstne rate, jthe yoiutff woman was then on the ground. Witness talked towards har, and she got up and walked towards jum. He took he* into his hoase. Hhe was then crying, ue trap Was a- twa*1wheeled one. It was a low vehicle, the h^e wa»»Wown one. Knew the men very |pwll before, Jtt is about a paile and a haii the nearest *ray fro|aTny i»o<ise to Cardiff. By thft Court; Have known the two men by sight for Jfes p^Bt twa^ tteee^Hss. €ron eismiand: Had never spoken to either of tiwse Smen beitsrev yxom the time he first saw them t»the ^imeehe JuaiiwcHnrtpl th« trap abont a minute and a •half elapsed. P.O. Hill (179) said bo"wm stationed at Whitchurch. Having peoetvesl iaformatioa. of the aswnlt he, on the »oming fallowing, made enquiries at Cardiff. On the j|pUewk^:4«V (Frkiay; he agaift made enqsiriee, and oftt to Mr Leek's building yard* Un that day be saw Mosecutsu^and aoeompani^d by her apd Dauiel Mor- |Mk he WQMt-te the gasworks. Afterwards went to Mr saftoe. In Mr Lyck'i building yard he saw Mr JCsrtir, j- xma of the prisonem -Told him that some- had happened on the Crwjv-road on the previoorf M^ednesdav, and asked him it he was out on that road n that da#, a«d be said he was. Then asked him what nmebewa* out, and he said, five o'clock. Also asked mm whioh way he went, and he said through Llandaif, JEijtt &W St-F&gani;,itbrot&Kh. ZJandaif and Wbitchurch. AKked lM)t who waa with him, and be said a yosmg man JPhiU^a, who worked with Mr Davies, painter. yitawi asked Mr Lock te accompany him to yhere Mf ^PhilUp* wse working. When they got there he told Lock to go intp tbejssoagc of Mr Stephenson's office VVhilst he went for Pfeillp->, who was working a door or Jtaro awkjr, Whilst they were.in the parage, Prichar<l» \|he warrant ofticf* of toe QardiS Guardians, came in, riand eiso Oarid Morgan, The prosecutrix also saw the two aa«a, and said -They are tbe two men who assaulted Jmeonthe Orwys Koa^ Witeesa said, Are you per- ■jslSiy gme ib«y are the men do w.)t make a mistake?" !$.he Med,- Yes, I am perfectly sure; but X am lQØre opedtive Lock.but l'hillipsjs exactly like 14m ethtf- jaan." Morgan then came into the y and seeing the prisoters said, "They are Ike two men, I can speak to them in a thousand." Lock 4iwiiii»<Kl the girl *A to what time it took place, and she ▲boothalf-past two in the afternoon, if I am not Irtitslrif ia the time." Be also questioned her as tvthe ^ok>w oi the horde and trap. Qfeee-enasnined Did not say before the magistrates M|s* Morg— was net sure of the men. [The deposition* fWes+i-^rMacwJ, and It was found that witness was npreansted to have said n would not swear to the men, ] Was passont at the ftsat magisterial ecamination, arisen the Wtdmrsw Moraaa wae examined. Morgan then, festthe was BSt sure etthe men. He (witness) was very ;asmJH sarprlsad at heaari&g him make that statement phr ikst ha bad said at Mr '.epiieason's. ()n the "Friday attar the eCence^ he and the prosecutrix went to JMEr Biake^s livery stables, and there saw, a trap, which 'yMsecutrix identified as the trap whiah the young men Waste Hdiagia. lAr-Blake told her to be careful, but bhsstill ^taid ahirwaii certain that was the trap. Mr Blake said that 4he trap ii" she identified only went out in the ,*V&Anwte Bbm with a maa and a womta. and that iphhafc could not be the one. The trap wtueh she was so lightone. From information he received ait Mr Blake's, witaess went, accompanied by the tria4 to the gasworks, whsre they saw Mr dukinjobs. She then identified Mr J enkin [ohs as pemjr <me of the awn who had aManlted her. Hhe also Said she waw -sure that Mr John was one of the men. Xfca girl wae so certain that witness went to the magis- yants' idea's oOee to get a warrant against John. i.Wm Whit^ a laboorer, deposed to having seen the iroenw^ve alenrthe road between Cardiff and aqnsrter p*st two on the afternoon vrthe 31st of May* He was working oil the ro^d at time.. Police-sergeant HQtwking deposed to having seen two jam Mf tlvmg tha^Md MarCrwva on the date in ftnesfcM*, -whimhe bsbeved to be «ta pmoners. He foould nottasrear, however, thafrthey were the Same per- This concluded the eaae for the prosecutioe. Mr E. F. WlHiams addressed the jury o» behalf of the tUitEce, after wMch Wil.iam Lewis, a carpenter in the employ of Mr Lock, tUitEce, after wMch tUitEce, after wMch Wil.iam Lewis, a carpenter in the employ of Mr Lock, builder, was oalled. He said that on the 31st May he ^aw th« prtwaer vUok) in the shop between • quaptw. ^aw th« ptrwaer vUok) in the shop between a quaptw. • 7 put two and three o'clock. It was the prisoner's duty to take the time, and be took witness's time. CroReexamined: It was about twenty minutes past two when that ocenrred. Witness looked at the clock in the Marquis of Bute's tower. JUe-examined The }>risoaer had on the clothes which he wore every day at work. William Htty, a clerk ia the employment of Mr F. S. Lock, said that the prisoner Lock was employed by his father in the office. On trie 31st of May young Mr Lock wat in the oflicf. An hour was allowed for dinner at one o'clock, On the date in question, when witness returned from dinner he found the prisoner at the office. The prisoner romauied there, except for about ten minutes, until half-pabt four, Assisting witneas. Re-exaaaltied: Witne3* did not think he had said in the po'ice court that he could uotswear the prisoner was with him all the afternoon. Mr Dal ton Did anvoue read to you your depositions before you signed them? Witness: No. No one read them ?—No. Did you not read them ?—No. Were you not requested to read them 1-N (),¡ Mr Jones: It is in the depositions. I should advise you to take notice of wht you are signing in future. Witness said they had lequired some estimates draw- ing up, and the prisoner had helped to go through them on the afternoon in question. He did not remember having stated before the magistrates that he could not say whether the prisoner had gone out at all or not on that day. Anthor y banders, a. gtoom, in the service of Mr Lock, saiu that at a quarter-past five o'clock, on the afternoon of the 31st May, he harnessed a horse, and took it with a trap to the Cardiff Anns field. gate, for young Mr Lock. The order was given for it at about three o'clock. They had only one pony, and it had been employed in drawing a cuurt which was being used for clearing out the ihop. He saw Lock and Philiips start with the trap, and go over Canton bridge. Cross-examined; He remembered the circumstance because it v. as the Derby day. Henry Sperriu, of 21, Queen street, which is next door to the establishment in which Phillips is employed, said that he law the prisoner Phillips on the day in question, between a quarter and twenty minutes nast two, putting up the .shutters. He spoke to Phfllins, remarking that they would soon know who had won the Derby. Crors-examined The shct* usually closed at two or a quarter past on Wednesdays. Henry Pitt, a painter, living at 25, Wood street, said he saw the defendant Phillips at the corner of Park place on the day in question, lhat was at about half. past two o'clock. Witness was at that time grnnff to buy some materials at the shop of Mr Davies, were Phillips worked. Phillips had shut up the shop, and he said he was going to dinner. Cross-examined He remembered these circumstancM because it was the Derby Day. (Laughter.) HEmry Weeks, a cabinet maker, employed by Mr Nixon James, St John street, said he kut-w the defendant Phillips, and he saw him at tcree o'clock in the afternoon of the 3bt May, in Crockherfatown. He was then walking from the direction ot the Taff Vale Station. Cross-examined: He remembered it because it was Derby Day. (Laughter.) David Fivanf, a tailor, said he rembinbered meeting the prisoner Phillips on the 31st of May. He remembered that because it was the Derby Day. (Laughter.) He met Phillips between three o'clock and half-past. John Stibbs, c-Johier at the Cardiff Gasworks, said he remembered Margaret iiurfield coming to their office on the 1st June. Mr Jenkin John, a clerk in the gas works, was t here when she arrived. The girl then made a charge against John, accusing him of being the person who had assaulted her on the previous day. She said she knew him by his eyes. She looked at him two oc thno ti tt repeaed her iitctttia-,est. > Jenkin John corroborate'^ the statement of the pre- vious witness^ stat.ng that the worn,v. bad charged him wRhr-being the^Jtersoei who had assaulted hr. WiDimn Bialir, -a keensed victualler, of St Mary straft, said the prostfpntrix went to his jiouse, and pointed oat a trap .there ae hping the one used by the who assaulted her. That trap was never out of the yard until a quarter to x in the evening, on the 31st May. There was nattfeec&gbtert resemblaone fcetiNee his tlrap and M* LoAk i James Davies, a joiner, remembered going mto Mr Lock's otliee to get some biind cocd. There be saw prisoner Lock. That o'ocm red at a quarter past..two on the d&te iu questfoh. Fmm tbat hour the prisoner Was in his company for nearly three quarters of an bow. Cross-examined He rea;emh«"ed it because it-vnw on the day the Derby was run. (Laughtiw.) Mr WilHams haviog sumtnfed uptihe evidenoe on bebgff of the dcfence, MrDalton replied upon the Whole two, after whieh, ,The Chairman aamm^dap. He observed that the pro- • suiMtrLi, having bad a straggle with Look in the vek&fc.; was •bi«,ta speak with uan certainty as to his idefttie* than she tonld as to the identity of Phil Hps. When. pems made a mistake," had(h-appen,?d In this mao-tha uaoseeatrix mistaking Jenkin John fot the person who hW nsenulUd hdv- it .f OObme.reasonable to suppose that ytaeennd mistake ef a like kind might be made ad rtgwd*be btag. He did not think it could be ex pected that (Ae -proweiiibi, tr-,dd waaeiatter exactly WBtft it looked like. The Chaima* went through the evidence at some kmgth, after which the jury retired. As the jnry were a long time deliberating, the court Was adj.jorned at seven o'clock for an hour. At a few minutes atter eight the Chairman took his seat, and be then communicated with the jury, who, he was informed, had not then arrived at a verfliot.. They were sent for into court, and havin? answered to their mea. the Chairman asked them if they were likely Wagree if there was another adjournment, A Juryman No sir, I think not. The Chairman Is there-any explanation wanted A Juryman There is seven one way and- The Chairman No, I don't want to know that. i In reply to other questions, the jury said they were not likely to agree upon a verdict, and the Chairman conns quently discharged them. The court deckled to liberate the prisoners on bail until this morning, when they wontd decide what cotftse they would adopt. The court then rome. PtEADED GUILTY. Eliza Hnrley pleaded guilty in answer to a charge of g awaistcoat at Cardiff, the property of Nicholas Bufrn*. She was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.-Hannah Thomas, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing a piece of- meat, the property of James i Ingram, of Cardiff. -MorKan Willram, a youth wb" had been three time* previously convicted, wassan. ) tenc«dtetwe months' imprisonment and three years incarceration in a refottnatory, for stealing 2 lbs of leather, the property o! William Williams, Merthyr Tydfil.—JosephObop, a youth, was sentenced to three j months' impnuonment, for housebreaking at Gelligaer. -Emma Smith, a married woman, was senteneedto font* months' imprisonment, for stealing several blankets and other articles, tbe property of Jane Hudson, of Maesteg. —Ellen Davies, who pleaded guilty in replv to a charge of stealing a pair of boots, the property of George Olliver, of Swansea, was sentenced to six taonths' imprisonment, with hard labour. SECOND COURT. J I George Olliver, of Swansea, was sentenced to six Ttteatha imprisonment, with hard labour. SECOND COURT. J (Before Mr A. DE RUTZBTF.) j IØXCENT A8SAU.LT UPO. A LITTLE Georee Adams, 61 years of apt, w»# found guilty of an indecent assault UDOU a girr under 13 yeaee of age, named Ann Probert. The offence was committed at Mbi thyi j'dfil on the 2!)th April last. The prisoner was sentenced to 18 months' ineavc^ration in gaol, with hard labotir. FALSI PBETiScXS. Ellis Morgan, charged with obtaining a quantity of beer by false pretences, from Mary Vaughan.at Mei-thyr Tydfi], plejwfcd guilty, and- was sentenced to tl"«» months' imprisonment, with hard Itbour. ACQL'ITTKD. Thomas Crtutdon was charged with steo Png the carcass of a sheep, the property of William' Daniels, at Aber- dare, on the fith. May, Mr Dunn appeared far the ption. and Mr Ebwen Rowlands for the defence. The jury acquitted the prisoner. THFCFTS. RJward Davies (Si), was found guilty of stealing clothing, the property of Elizabeth George and William Dance, at Aberdare. He was sentenced to 8 months' im- ptisonment.-Alfre(I Nisbeck (32), a collier), was charged with feloniously killing a ewe, the property of William Burnyeat and others, at Aberdare,"with intent to steal 1 the carcass, on the 13th March. The prisoner was fonnd gnilty, and sentenced to 7 months imprisonment.— Michael M'Carthy (51), a collier, was charged with stealing nine shillings and "sixpence, tbe property of William Dance, at Aberdare, on the 4th June. He nas i found guilty, and a previous conviction being proved J against him, he was Sentenced to 6 months'imgeisonment.

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