The Trial and Conviction of That Infamous Hypocrite John Church: The Surrey Tabernacle Preacher, Borough-road, St. George's Fields, for an Abominable Offence; Including the Whole of the Evidence; Tried Before Lord Ellenborough, at the Surrey Assizes, Croydon, Saturday, August 16, 1817. To Which Is Added, His Life, Confessions, Notes of One of His Sermons, the Whole of the Love-letters, &c. &c.Anonymous
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The Trial and Conviction of That Infamous Hypocrite John Church: The Surrey Tabernacle Preacher, Borough-road, St. George's Fields, for an Abominable Offence; Including the Whole of the Evidence; Tried Before Lord Ellenborough, at the Surrey Assizes, Croydon, Saturday, August 16, 1817. To Which Is Added, His Life, Confessions, Notes of One of His Sermons, the Whole of the Love-letters, &c. &c.
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Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Sodomy) -- England
The lamp that enabled witness to see the person
of Church is outside of the front street door, on the terrace. The lamp
throws a light through the fan-light of the hall door. Witness was here
asked by _Lord Ellenborough_ whether the lamp was at the street door? and
he answered, yes. It is a parish lamp; not one of the new lights; nor a
gas light. Question by _Lord Ellenborough_—Where were you standing at
the time?—I was getting up, my lord. Witness went out of his room. In
answer to a question by _Lord Ellenborough_, witness answered, he saw it
was Church by the lamp at the street door. Witness was then in bed,
sitting up; had not then left his bed; did not open the door; Church did
that. Witness saw him go out through that door; and then observed that
he had a shirt on. The shirt or dress of a man is much shorter than that
of a woman, and, therefore, he must have seen whether it was a shirt or a
shift. It was the shirt of a man witness is sure. Did not see his face
at all; his (Church’s) back was towards witness. When he was gone,
witness got up and put on his small clothes and shoes, and went into the
pottery to get the man to come up to the house; told Thomas West of it.
Witness was here asked by _Lord Ellenborough_ whether West was in the
pottery?—and answered, he was; it was the Thomas West that was in the
pottery before witness went to bed.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney_.—The person, whoever it was, opened the
door and went out, afterwards shut the door after him. Saw him when he
opened the door. There was no light in the room. The light came from a
lamp on the Terrace. The lamp is between five and six yards from the
door on the Terrace. The Terrace on which witness’s master’s house is
situated, is a row of houses raised above the road. The lamp is upon the
Terrace opposite the door. About five or six yards from the door. The
light which it gives to the passage is through the fan-light over the
door. Did not see the face of the person. Saw that the person had a
shirt on. Was rather alarmed, waked out of his sleep in this way. It
was not long about. Witness don’t know how long he (Church) had been
there before witness awoke. Witness went directly to West, who directly
came with him and searched the house for thieves. Did not know whether
any body had got in or not. Looked at every chamber-door in the house
except Mr. Church’s and witness’s mistress’s. Looked at the door of Mr.
Church and that of his mistress, but did not open them. They were both
of them shut. Did not find any door open. Looked at all the doors in
the house, and found them all shut. The maid servant’s door was on the
jar. All the other doors were shut. After that witness and West
searched the house all over. West stopped while the witness put on the
remainder of his clothes, witness then went back with West to the
pottery, after having locked the door. Told West this story directly,
told him that Mr.
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