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prifoner, who he was; and imme- 
diately apologizing for this quef- 
tion, faid he muft beg the prifoner 
ta give him his addrefs. Mr. Smith 
and the prifoner wifhed to -have 
fome reafon affigned for this quef. 
tion; upon which the witnefs an- 
iwered, he was told that the pri- 
foner had infulted fame ladies. The 
prifoner replied, he had never in- 
iulted any lady, and, after fore lir- 
tle converfation, gave the witnefs 
his, addrefs, which was, “ Mr. Wil- 
“«< liams, No. 52, Jermyn-ft-eet,”’ 
—ihe houfe where the prifoner’s 
mother lived, and almof clofe to his 
awn lodgings. ‘The witnefs, upon fee- 
ing the name Wilhams, faid, « Good 
God! I think I know you.” .To 
which the prifoner anfwered, « I 
think I know you.” The witnefs 
then exprefled his furprize, that he 
had not recollected him while he 
was following him, although he 
looked in his face fo often; to 
which the prifoner faid, * And it ds 
jurprifing that I fhould not have 
known you.” The witnefs informed 
the court, that he had feen him 
feveral times at fome affembly- 
room. 
After exchinging”addreffes, they 
went out together from Mr. Smiih’s 
houfe, and the witnefs toak leave 
of the prtfoner; but in a few mi- 
nutcs afterwards he thought he had 
acted wrong in leaving him; he 
therefore purfued and overtook 
him, faying, he fhould not be fatif- 
ficd, unieis he would accompany 
him to the ladies. The prifoner, 
after exprefling his! wifh to meet the 
witnefs at fome coffce-houfe, was at 
length prevailed upon to go with 
him to the Mifs Porters ; and upon 
his entering the. parlour, two of the 
young ladies inftantly fainted away, 
faying, That is the wretch. ‘The 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
prifoner faid, the ladies behaviour 
was very frange, and he hoped they 
were not fo prejudiced again him 
as to take him for the man that had 
been advertifed. He did not appear 
to be the leait agitated. 
The profecutrix’s clothes were 
produced in court. They were cut 
quite through, from the bottom up 
to the waift. 
M<Manus fearched the prifoner’s 
lodging, which.was at the George 
public-houfe, Bury-itreet. It was 
a garret, in which were two beds in 
the front room, aaq two in the 
back, but only one door into boths 
apartments. He found a white coat, 
a pair of boots, and an old hat. 
Mr. Tomkins, a furgeon, proved 
the wound the profecutrix had re- 
ceived, which was inflicted with an 
extremely fharp infrument. It was 
three or four inches deep, and about 
nine orten in length, _ 
DEFENCE. 
The prifoner lamented the hard. 
fhip of his cafe. He faid, he had no 
fatisfa€tion, under the load of re- 
proach and calumny that had been 
thrown upon him ‘by poplar pre- 
judice, proceeding from a fatal mif- 
take made by lis profecutors, but 
confcious innocence. He had been 
already prematurely convicted ; but 
he trufted the evidence he fhould 
adduce would make his innocence 
maniteft. 
Many witneffes were then called 
to prove an alibi. y 
Mr. Michelle, a flower-maker, 
depofed, that the prifoner had 
worked for him for about eight or 
nine months paft; that he was at 
work with him on the queen’s birth- 
day from fix o’clock in the evenirg 
til half paft twelve at night. The 
reafon of his ftaying fo late was the 
prefs of bufinefs, He was fure it 
was 
