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SURREY ASSIZES, CROYDON,
Saturday, August 16, 1817.
THE KING v. JOHN CHURCH.
The Indictment charged, “That the Defendant, late of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, on the 26th day of September, in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of George the Third, with force and arms, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, in and upon one Adam Foreman, in the peace of God and our said Lord the King, then and there being, did make an assault, and him, the said Adam Foreman, then and there did beat, wound, and ill treat, so that his life was greatly despaired of, with intent, that most horrid and detestable crime, (among Christians not to be named,) with the said Adam Foreman, against the order of nature, then and there feloniously, wickedly, and devilishly, to commit and do, to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great damage of the said Adam Foreman, and against the peace,” &c.
The second count charged a common assault.
The Defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
Counsel for the Prosecution—Mr. Marryatt and Mr. Bolland; Solicitor, Mr. Harmer.
Counsel for the Defendant—Mr. Gurney and the Common Serjeant.
The Jury being sworn:—Mr. Borland opened the indictment, as follows—