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Read Ebook: The Trial and Conviction of John Church The Preacher of the Surrey Tabernacle Borough Road at the Surrey Assizes at Croydon on Saturday the 16th of August 1817 for an Assault With Intent to Commit an Unnatural Crime. by Anonymous
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Was that the first night he came?--I don't know whether he had been there before. I cannot say whether I had seen him there before.
You know that he slept there on the 25th of September, and that you were there?--Yes.
Where was your master that night?--He was out of town; but where, I cannot say.
Who slept in the house that night?--Mr. Church, my mistress, the children, and the two maid servants.
Was there any other man in the house, except yourself and Church?--No.
Where was your bed room?--The front parlour on the first floor.
That is the ground floor?--It is over the kitchen.
Is that a bed-room in common in the house?--No, it is not.
Then how came you to sleep there?--Because there was not any other bed-room that I could sleep in.
Was a temporary bed therefore put up for you there?--Yes.
Now, at what time did you retire to rest?--Near one o'clock.
What had kept you up so late?--There was a kiln burning, and I was obliged to sit up to let the man into the kiln when he came.
Was it necessary for you to sit up to attend that kiln?--Yes; and to give the key to the man.
Who was that man?--Thomas West.
And you went to bed about one o'clock?--Yes.
Did you go to sleep?--Yes; directly I went to bed.
After you had been asleep, did any thing happen to you?--Yes.
State what it was?--I had not been asleep more than half an hour, before I was awoke by some one putting his hands under the bed clothes, and laying hold of my private parts.
In what way?--Laid hold of me very tight.
Did you say any thing, or did the person, whoever it was, say any thing to you?--Yes. I put my hand out of the bed clothes, and caught hold of him, and asked him who he was?
What did you say?--I asked him who he was--I said who are you?
And you say you laid hold of him?--Yes.
Upon laying hold of him, what observation did you make? What did you ascertain from laying hold of the person? Could you tell whether it was a man or a woman?--I laid hold of his arm, and felt lower down, and found by the sleeve that he had got a man's shirt on.
How far did you feel lower down?--I had a hold of him by the upper part of the arm, and running my hand down to the wrist, I found he had a man's shirt on.
Could you tell whether the wrist was buttoned?--Yes.
Was it buttoned?--It was.
Could you tell at all by the feel of the arm itself, whether it was the arm of a man or a woman?--I knew very well it was a man.
Could you tell that from the feel of the flesh?--I could not tell that.
You knew it was a man by the shirt?--Yes.
And was it the voice of your mistress, Mrs. Patrick?--Oh! no, sir!
Could you tell whose voice it was?--Yes; I knew the voice directly I heard it.
Whose voice was it?--Mr. Church's.
What did you do afterwards, and what did he do?--He fled from the room directly.
Upon his going out what did you do?--I got out of bed, and put on my small clothes and shoes, and went to the man up at the kiln.
What did you do first--when he went out of the room--what did you first do?--I got out of bed, and put on my small clothes and shoes.
Did you see him go out of the room?--Yes. As he opened the door I saw by the lamp that it was Mr. Church, and he had only his shirt on.
Where is that lamp that enabled you to see the person of Church?--Outside of the door.
What door do you mean?--Outside of the front street door.
In the street?--Yes; on the Terrace.
And that lamp throws a light through the fan-light of the hall door?--Yes.
It is not one of the new lights?--No.
It is not a gas light?--No.
What door?--The street door.
Where were you when you saw Church at that time by the light of the lamp?--In bed, sitting up. I had not then left my bed.
You must have opened your door?--No, my Lord; Church did that.
The shirt or dress of a man is much shorter than that of a woman, and therefore you must have seen whether it was a shirt or a shift?--It was the shirt of a man, I am sure.
Did you see his face at all?--No, I did not. His back was to me.
When he was gone, what did you do?--I then got up and put my small clothes on, and shoes, and went into the pottery.
What for?--To get the man to come up to the house.
Did you inform any body of what had happened?--Yes; I told Thomas West of it.
The person, whoever it was, you say left the door open behind him?--No; he opened the door and went out.
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