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said, " No, my dear, it was a fine 

 moonlight night." Now, he would 

 ask, how, if there had not been 

 something of concert and ])lan in 

 this mysterious affair, Mr. W^ood- 

 ward could have been prepared 

 thus to assist the memory of his 

 daughter, who certainly ought best 

 to have known tlie sQrt of night 

 on which she had been so dread- 

 fully abused ? 



The Rev. \V. Hooper examined, 

 deposed, that he was a magistrate j 

 that he knew the defendant, Ro- 

 bert Woodward : he wai vicar 

 of the parish of Harrold. On tlie 

 7th of June, 1815, he brought his 

 daughters to witness's house. Wit- 

 ness took tiieir depositions on 

 oath, which they signeil. They 

 were read over to them before they 

 were signed. The depositions 

 were then put in and read. 



Mr. Hooper continued. — In 

 consequence of this information, 

 he issued iiis warrant for the a|)- 

 prehension of Harris : Harris was 

 brought before him tlie same day, 

 and he committed him to prison. 

 He sent for a neighbour, a Mr. 

 Eyles, to be present at the exami- 

 nation. 



Wni. Rogers, a constable, pioved 

 that he apprehended James Harris, 

 in consequence of the warrant 

 granted by the former witness, 

 and conveyed him befoie Mr. 

 Hooper. Recollected Mr. Hooper 

 asking Miss Susannah how she 

 came to recollect the particular 

 night on which the violence was 

 committed. She said she knew 

 it, because it was the night after 

 the gipsey row. [There had been 

 some quarrel in the village with 

 the gipsies.] Mr. Hooper then 

 asked her, what sort of a night it 

 was : she said it was a dark night: 

 upon which her father stepped up 



to her, and said, "No^ my dear, 

 it was not a daik night 5 it was a 

 bright moon-light night." Wit- 

 ness took James Harris to Bedford 

 gaol the sajue day. He utterly 

 tlenied ever having had any con- 

 nexion with Miss Woodward. 



Mr. Marshall Eyles was present 

 at the examination of the Miss 

 Woodwards before Mr. Hooper. 

 He heard Mr. Hooper ask Susannah 

 whether it was a dark or a light 

 night when the assault was com- 

 mitted ? She said it was a dark 

 night ; but her father stepped for- 

 ward and said, " No, my dear, 

 you mistake : it was a light 

 night." — Mr. Woodward spoke in 

 an audible tone. 



Mr. John Garrard, solicitor for 

 Mr. Harris, said he was present at 

 the last spring assizes, w hen Mr. 

 Harris was tried on the indictment 

 for the violation : he heard Miss 

 Susannah Woodward give her 

 evidence, and look a note of what 

 she said. Witness then read his 

 notes, which in substance accord- 

 ed with the deposition given by 

 Sus?nnah before Mr. Hooper, ex- 

 cept that the particulars of the 

 assault were more minutely de- 

 tailed. 



James Harris examined. — I 

 live at Harrold, and am 22 years 

 of age. I am a saddler by trade. 

 1 know the three defendants per- 

 fectly well. I never had ci iminal 

 intercourse with Sarah ^Yoodward 

 in my life. I went to school to 

 her father for about a year. I 

 was then between 13 and 14 years 

 of age. I had no acquaintance 

 with Mr. Wowflward, excejjt going 

 to school to him. I had no ac- 

 quaintance whatever with his 

 daughters. 1 did not assault Miss 

 Susannah on the night mentioned 

 in July, nor on any subsequent 



nibrht. 



