The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-25 00:00:00

NEW COI7RT.

(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
gums Arler, aged 28, spinster, was indicted for the
raid murder of her male infant child.
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Yr. Lilley 000 ducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Sleigh,
with whom was Mr. F. H. Lewis, appeared for the prisoner.
The prisoner, who it an ioterestioplookiug young woman, ,
sad astred to suffer the most intense mental
was allowed to remain seated in the dock supported by one
of the female warders of the prison.
Mr. L;lley basing detailed the circumstaoces of the case,
which were of a very painful character, proceeded to call
the following witnesses.
Ellen Emma Chapped deposed that she was a servant to
Y. and Madame Otto Ooldschmidt, of Argyll-lodge, Putney.
and the priemser was at the time of this occurrence a fellow-
servant On the morning of the 14th of July last !Use int
nem'. attention was attracted to the prisoner, who was '
taken ill in their bedroom. When she saw her he prisoner
wee lyiug on the bed, and she asked witness to get her •
bottle of water. She did so, and the prisoner fainted, and
tapes her recovery she asked her what was the matter with
her. She replied that she did sot know, but thought she
mat have caught • cold. Witness bed never suspected that
the prisoner was in the family way; and then witness entered
late a description of certain appousooes she saw in the bed-
room, aid also in the water closet, which are uufit for
; and on this her master, M. Ouldschmidt, was commu-
nicated with.
In inly to Mr. Sleigh, the witness said the prisoner was
a very well-conducted end kindly disposed young woman.
M. Otto Goldsehmidt was next examined, and proved that
the prisoner had been in his service for some time, and that
when he was celled into the bedroom he found ber dressed
and lying on the bed, apparently very ill. He asked her
what was the matter and what ailed her, and she said
" Nothing." He then found a letter, in consequence of
which he put some questions to her in the presence of Ma-
dame Guldschmidl, and then required her to leave the room.
The letter referred to some appointment to go out, which
the prisoner bad put off, alleging a reason which be knew
to be notate. Re then ;OW to her that it must corns to
light and that it must tome out, slid he asked her for the
keys of her bone. of which them were two in the room.
After some heeitetioe the primer gave him the keys, sad
co %berths( the key that would epee nee of the boxes the
said to him. "In that box you will find a child's body."
He then diroated the box to be taken into his study, sod
asst for Dr. Wines, who came, and the box on being opened
was found to eoutain some towels belonging to the house an
ass bundle, and is another bundle, composed of some
ideates batmen to the primer, was found the bodjeoL:
eery floe folklore male child. The towels and
woe all stained, as though they had been wed and wore
at a roost essineeseet.olice. The witness subsequently gave
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