The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

CLERKE3:WELL

LEAVING • CHILD AT THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.
Margaret Winter, a decently-attired, respectable-lookiag
.uog woman who had • healthy-looking chubby infant
her arms, describing herself as an ironer, residing at 5,
redericketreet. St. John's-wood, was charged before Mr.
aker with unlawfully exposiog her female child in
xidfordostreet, Ituesellequare, whereby the health of
such child might have been permanently injured. The
who appeared to feel her position very severely,
ea, allowed to be seated.
Police-constable Webb, 110 E, said—About halt-past 9on
rlday night the prisoner and another female mme to the
• ...liter-street police-station and asked the inspector if be
,ulel tell when the child was goes that wu found in
.;i'olford-stases • few nights Where. She was told that the
bad been taken to the St. Pancras Workhouse, and she
:.en said that she thought if she could see it she could idea-
:.k it. She and the other woman accompanied him to the
workhouse, and as soon as the child wu shown her, and
wt:zh is the one she now has in her urns, she began to cry.
ifs nitre's) asked her what the was crying about, and she
%leo said the child was hers, took it, and then added that
64 left it io Guildford-street on the Monday night
bef.,re. He took her into custody and charged her.
Mr. Charles Potter said he wu a joiner, and resided at
H,Dry-street, Peetonwille. About 11 o'clock on Mon-
d N. the .7.,th lost., se he was paring the Foundling Hospital
..uildford-street, Russell-square, he saw • parcel lying
.•: wands the gates, and found it to contain • child. He
• charge of it, and afterwards gave it to a police-con-
s:, le. Ile should my the age of the child was about two
r ,ttiin, and the one the prisoner had in her arms was the
. 'fhere was no one near him when he found the child,
bad be noticed "Avon, near the spot immediately
lrf. re.
..Ir. William Beard, a clerk residing at 61, Great Russell-
-17,:t, paid that on last Monday night he was standing at
corner of Lansdowne-place, speaking to a friend. and
.w three women standing by the Foundling gate. A little
t. .r after one of the women crowd over to when be was
and after waiting a lilt's while went away. The
f :L. r two women had previously left. To the best of his
f the prisooer was the woman that crowed over to
w. •iv he was standing. When he crossed over he saw the
‘'.::d found.

i.ii:e•eolistable 24 E said he received the child in ques-
cooveved it to the workhouse. It was well clad
,:d aiiiissred very strong cud healthy. The child the pri-
uow had in her are was to the best of his belief the
d.

Barker asked the prisoner if she wished to ask the
v • ....es soy .viestions, and being answered in the nags-
! -..l,aired to know if she had anything to say in answer
t ;barge.
prisoner said that unfortunately for her the child
and was illegitimate. She had been short of work,
•H c;tg afraid that she could not support the child as well
could wish. she thought she would leave it outside
and that then it would be taken in there
weil done for, and well oared for. She had not the
inteution of injuring the child, and it nearly broke
• when she parted with it, although she
be better dose by and better provided for
t..- Foundling than if she kept it. She did not
t ,; ,to the workhouse, Lai if she was allowed to
• . she would promise to do such a thing
:.-r was e.iry, very dear to her, yet 'be thought it
f good when she placed it outside the
Clot gate, believing that it would be taken in there.
li-olter remanded the prisoner for a few days, sad
r that itiii ui ries should be instituted about her.
, • - ~ouer was removed hugging her baby and weeping

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HIGHGATE.
I ti'ff. BEATING OF LITTLE CHILDREC
A At, residitur at Highgate, appeared before
-.,.1,t. ~e tpl a full bench of magistrates, to aoswer to
o‘ for o.lfterfully assaulting and beatiog two chi'.
• -• 1‘ .. it n, and Frederic:lc Stodadou. who wi th another child.
• :Jr ..f tewler age, bad been placed under the
,dint, to board and lodge, hi their father,
""" . ,O.otlKloo, of G. , John-street, Smithfield, stationer,

• wt,t, from the office of Mew. Shams and Roscoe,
•nl r .w, the aolicitors to the Society for the Proton-
. ,v,,mon..nd Children, who had taken up tbe CYO,
fne ti.e complainant. Mr. Hammond appeared for

, i cored that the complainant, on Thursday, the 28th
- • nt to see his children, and brought them home
' stay for a week, nod on bringing them home his
• :, 13 1.411, Iby his late wife's mother to the otitis of
.iren, end the cruel manner in which they matt here
He examined the two boyaWm.and Frederick,
vered they were much bruised and cowered with
• • .f be.iteti with • stick. On the Monday morning
• • -tr. examined by • doctor, and afterwards went
ii•lent with Mrs. Buoce, a osighbour, and the two
r defendant was not at bat hie boy
w,,,t to the washhoum and found the rod he bad
• ith, a very formidable one. He mmaastrated,
•• wife upon their cruelty, and after the
t41,11,,ut the defendant came to him sad ad-
ate., the children, bat only own, sad asked
• t.' a fuss about it.