R v Edwin Johnson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1865 |
| Date | 01 January 1865 |
| Court | Crown Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 1546
Crown Cases
S. C 34 L. J. M C 192; 11 Jur. N S. 532; 13 W. R 815.
1865. eegina v. edwin johnson. (The prisoner was indicted for an indecent assault upon a girl under twelve He wag found guilty ; but the jury also found that the girl consented to the acts with which the prisoner was charged Held, that the conviction could not be sustained.) [S. C 34 L. J. M C 192 ; 11 Jur. N S. 532 ; 13 W. R 815.] The following case was stated by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey. At the General Quarter Session of the Peace holden by adjournment at Saint Mary, Newington, in and for the county of Surrey, on Monday, the 1st of May 1865, Edwin Johnson was tried on the following indictment - Surrey.] The jurors for our lady the Queen upon their oath present that Edwin Johnson on the 29th of October 1864 unlawfully did carnally know and abuse one Enily Ehza Aslett then a girl above the age of ten years and under the age of twelve years to wit of the age of ten years and nine months against the form of the statute in such case made and provided 2nd count. And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Edwin Johnson afterwards to wit on the day and year aforesaid unlawfully and indecently did make an assault in and upon the said Emily Eliza Aslett and did then unlawfully beat wound and ill-treat the said Emily Eliza Aslett against the form ol the statute in such case made and provided [633] 3rd count And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Edwin Johnson afterwards to wit on the same day and in the year aforesaid in and upon the said Emily Eliza Aslett in the peace of God and our said lady the Queen then being did make an assault and the said Emily Eliza Aslett then did beat wound and ill-treat to the great damage of the said Emily Eliza Aslett and against the peace of our said lady the Queen her Crown and dignity The jury leturned a verdict of Guilty, on the second count, of an indecent assault ort the said Emily Eliza Aslett, but stated that the girl consented to the acts with which the defendant was charged The counsel for the defendant moved the Court to enter the verdict as of acquittal, but the Court refused to do so, and reserved the following point for the decision of the Court for the...
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