The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-20 00:00:00

THE f XPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1862.

CHARGE OF INHUMANITY AGAINSf A
MIDWIFE.

CORONER'S INQUEST AND SPECIAL VERDICT.
(THIS DAY.)
_ .

This morning, Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the
deputy.ecroner for Fast Middlesex, held an inquest ►t the
Town of Itamsgate Tavern, High-street, Wapping, respect-
ing the death of a nude child. newly born, whose parent.
reside at 3, Red Lion-place, Wapping, who it is alleged
had died from the neglect of a midwife connected with the
Tower Hamlets Dispensary.
James Grady deposed that he was a blacksmith, and on
Friday night, the 12th instant, lie retired to rest ►bout 11
o'clock. His wife was near her confinement, and she awoke
him about 3 o'clock the following morning, conipleioing of
labour pains. He went and called a female neighbour, who
came directly. He remained outside the room for some
time, when the female gave him two papers, and requested
him to take them to Mrs. Tongue, a midwife at Step-
ney-causeway. He went these, and was then told
to go to a Mrs. Ayres at the side of the London Hospital.
He went there and knocked at the door and rang the bell.
A female raised an u .per window and asked bins what he
wanted, when he informed her that his wife was in labour.
She then asked if had the papers, and he replied " Yoe."
She told him to put them under the door. At the same
time she said, "It is a strange thing to send a parcel of
men at this time," and asked him how long his wife had
been ill. He stated that she bad been in labour since 19
o'clock, and it was then half-past 4. She replied, " I will
follow you in ten minutes.'

Deputy-Coroner—What time did she wait upon your
wife?

Witness—Sbe never came to my wife at all. (Sensation.)
When he reached home two children were born. The first
was deed, but the second was alive. Dr. Ross, of High.
strret. Shedwell, had Leen card, and his wife was very
ill from loss of blood. _ _

John Cotton, a neighbour, who accompanied the first
witness, gave confirmatorythitimony.
Mary Ann Ayres, of No. 16, Mount-street, New-road.
Whitechapel, was then called, and said that she was a mid-
wife to the Tower Hamlets Dispensary. On the morning
of the 13th inst. she was knocked up by two mon. It was
about 4 o'clock, and they Nought a letter, and said that
she waa required at No. 3 Red 'Lion-place, Wapping. She
asked them if they bad a letter. They replied " Yes."
She spoke to them from the window, and directed them to
place the papers under the bottom of the door. She went
down to the door, and only found one paper. The order
for attentlanoe was missing, and that was the reason she did
not attend.

By the Deputy-Coroner—l did not ask the husband if he
had the order, and no one was up in the home at the time.
Dr. J. B. HON, the medical officer of the district, said
that be received an order from the relieving officer of the
union at 3 o'clock on the morning in question to attend the
mother of the child. The order was marked "urgent'
He went and reached the house at half peat 3 o'clock. He
found the female suffering from exhaustion through ex-
Creme hemorrhage. Oue child was dead but the other was
alive. The mother told vritneas that when the first child
was born she had no one with her.
_

By the Deputy-Coroner-1 am of opinion that if the
mother of the child had had the assistance of a midwife or
any other female the deceased would have been saved. I
feel satisfied that the deceased died from suspended ani-
mation, which occasionally occurs through the want of
proper attention after birth.
. . . . .

Ann Cottoo, the female who waited upon the mother of
the child, was sworn, and said that she gave the husband
two papers for the midwife.
After some further evidence,
The DeputyCorooer gummed up the chief points of the
case, which, he observed disclosed gross negligence on the
part of the midwife, who ought to be made responsible
for the death of the child, and it was only by l'rovidence
that the lives of the other child and the mother had not
been sacrificed to her culpable conduct.
Tile jury after some consultation returned the following
special verdict, " That the deceased was found dead, bat
itlis the unanimous opinion of the jury, from the evidence of
the witnesses, and more especially the testimony of DT.
Roos, that the child's death was caused by the neglect of
Mary Ann Ayres, a midwife, in not having attended the
mother of the deceased during her confinement, she having
received an ceder from the Tower Hamlets Dispensary to
attend, and we (the jury) cannot separate without as-
prening an opinion that the conduct of the midwife was in-
human and highly culpable."
The inquiry, which created much excitement, then termi-
nated.

THE GLASGOW MURDER CASE.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

This trial has now reached its third day, an d
promises not to be finished until to-morrew. Much excite-
ment continues to prevail, an.l the thirst for news here can-
not be satiated by the largest pnnting machines, even those
throwing off 20,0 CD copies an hour.
_ _ _

--Yesterday, three little girls proved finding blood-stained
clothe,. of the deceased in a field near Hamilton, and which
it was subsequently proved had been taken there by the
prisoner. Roi,ert Lundie proved receiving the silver plate
stolen from the house where the woman was murdered from
the prisoner on the day after the murder. Long evidence
was brought to show that a box of clothing found at
Greenock, and which the prisoner's husband had brought to
the authorities shortly after the murder—doubtless to clear
himself from the murder—belonged to the deceased woman.
To-day, the evidence was against the prisoner, althonlh
not to • very great extent, and yet exculpatory of old Mr.
Fleming. Dr. McLeod, however, gave evidence to the
effect that some bloody footprints on the floor of the
woman's bedroom were not made by the deceased, nor old
Fleming. but might have been by the foot of the prisoner,
which had been examined. It was also proved that the
prisoner had been requiring money immediately prior to the
time of the murder, and that she was then in debt, but
that she paid the day after the murder several debts, such
as would account for the money she had got for the silver
plate.
This concluded the ease for the prosecution.
Mr. Clark then objected to the three declarations made
by the nrisoner being put in and read, on the ground that the
prisoner's husband had been examined before her declaration
was taken, and et a time when the sheriff and fiscal had
no reason for believing that he was not innocent; that
the declaration proceeded to a considerable extent upon
the questims put to the prisoner; to the length of these
declarations, and that certain questions regarding certain
articles were put to the prisoner before these articles were
shown.

Lord Dees overruled these objections, and allowed the
declaration to be put is and read. Looking to the evi-
dence he oockl not find say grouod for the statement that
the prisoner's husband had bees examined at a time he
wee known to be innocent; and if the authorities hail failed
to institute the neceasaryinquiriee at him, they would likely
have been blamed for not doing their duty. As to the fact
of the declarations consisting of a great number of questions,
that was nothing more that was done in other declarations.
He therefore did not think it would be inconsistent with the
laws or practice of Scotland to receive and read the decla-
rations. _ _

The declarations were accordingly read. The first was the
most important, and after entering into particulars, with
which the public ►re already familiar—as her name, age,
occupation before marriage, sod the name of her husband—
stated that she lust saw the deceased in her (M'Lachlan'a)
house iu Broomielaw, on the :kith June hut. She was not in
or sear Mr. Fleming's hone), in Seudyford-place, on Friday,
the 4tb, or morning of Saturday, the sth July, and was sot
in any way concei nod with the murder or theft. She was in
her own house the whole day, till about seven at night,
and after going on; twice returned finally about a quarter
pest eleven p.m., letting herself in by a check lock. She
went to bed, and rose about eight next morning. her little
son sleeping with her. She admitted having the plate, but
said she got it from Mr. Fleming. who told her not to tell
what she had done for him.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(IT BRMISH AND 11118/1 NAGNITIO TITAGRAPIL)
(TROY OUR OWN CORKZIWONDENT.)
A little better lone in the market. Sales probably 3,000
bales.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Hewn Harvey and Easton report trade dull at lower
prices.

TALLOW MARICKT.-(THIS DAY).

The market is steady at the subjoined rtes:—Town
475. 3d. eel Gash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the
old, 435.; new, 481,. 61.; October to December, 48.. 154. ;
January to March, 49a. 3d.
Manure AVLRAGLS.—Town tallow, 50s. ; fat by ditto,
22.. 6d. ; yellow Ruedwo, 505.; melted stuff, 38a, ; rough
ditto, 21s. 6d. ; tallow pewee, 16s. ; good dregs, 7s.

SHARE Ll8T&-(THIS DAY.)

Two clOuss.

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Lombardo- Venetian Railway shares are steady
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