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.

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By Mr. Bolland.—Was that the Thomas West that was in the pottery before you went to bed?—Yes.

Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney.

The person, whoever it was, you say left the door open behind him?—No; he opened the door and went out.

Did he shut the door after him?—Yes.

Is that so?—Yes.

Then, if he shut the door after him, how did that enable you to see any thing by the light?—When he opened the door I saw him.

There was no light in the room?—No.

The light, as you say, came from a lamp on the Terrace?—Yes.

How far is that lamp from the door?—Between five and six yards from the door on the Terrace.

The Terrace on which your master’s house is situated, is a row of houses raised above the road?—Yes.