MARLBOROUGH STREET- On Monday a respectably-dressed
gray-haired elderly person, who gave the name of Richard Simpson on the
charge-sheet, but who is a wealthy baronet, whose name was not further divulged
than that was Sir F-, as they person who was going to give the name corrected
himself in time, was charged in company with George Stacey, butler to Sir
Frederick Roe, with indecently exposing and behaving themselves in Hyde-park on
Saturday night last.
...
Police-sergeant Everitt, 17 A, stated, that while on duty in Hyde-park, in
company with police-constable Guy, 72 A, about five minutes to 9 o'clock on
Saturday evening, they saw the two defendants walk together towards "a
woody clump of trees," near the gravel-pits. They hid themselves behind a
tree, and watched them (the prisoners). The witness then described the manner in
which they acted towards each other. While they were acting so, and he and the
constable watching, a man and women crossed the path, and the prisoners moved to
the railing by the side of the gravel-pit. They then separated for two or three
yards, and after looking about to see whether they were observed, again joined
company, and stood five or six minutes with their heads inclined, as if they
were looking at the grass. Witness and his brother constable "pounced upon
them," and found their trousers were unbuttoned ...
The Times, Wednesday, Feb 15, 1843
It appeared that in the evening of 29th July the prosecutor had occasion to go into an urinal near St. George's Hospital, when he was immediately followed by the prisoner, who pushed against him and demanded money, at the same time threatening to him with having committed an indecent assault upon him if he did not comply with his demand ...
The Times, Monday August 24, 1846
Thomas Lane, a coffeehouse keeper, No.9,
Love-lane, Eastcheap, city, and James Mortimer, a seaman, were charged with
unlawfully meeting each other to commit an unnatural offence.
John Darnton, a porter employed by the Brighton Railway
Company, proved seeing the prisoners grossly misconducting themselves in a
urinal in Tooley-street about half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. With the
assistance of Mr. Arthur Casey, a builder, of Camberwell, and Police-constable
191 M, the prisoners were secured.
The Magistrate committed both prisoners for trial.
The Times, February 16, 1863