The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—TnersaDAT.—Defore Mr. Justice /dank aid Mr.
Juake Wightima.
rbort oaths* of the followiag este appeared ia yester-
day's Espren2l
ALLZOID MOIDER.-AOW Trushens, 40 splartur, was
Mewed for the wilful murder of Alien
Trish= a del
gm years old, by casting her tato the
estriag her to be drowsed.—Mr. Ey= Mr. Li
..eadueted the areeentlea he the aatleashise et the City of
Londe's. Mr. Clarkin& dalsoded the Ear
Mary Bell dogsled *Mo Silt she the e wee ea
hoard a steam boat gobs es Lead= . It was ia the
evening, sad wparly-ttark. While dm was ea board she ob-
served a woman with • child is her twos go slam the dick
to the voltam of the mmeijaad immedlately afterwards the
but nu stopped, and ebe heard Na eaglets call out "aeal-
let,
and the steamer wen pat bast and everything wee dam
to save the westaa, whe had, h appeared, jawed overboard
with her said. The whets pseessiles was the act of ea

instant.
William Pry damped that he wee also on board the
Londe& Pride, and he saw • woman lift up the rail at the
end of the Ile cautioned her net to do so, and
shut the . could not recognise the woman who
acted as he &scribed, and said he should not know her
was. Witness found the rail open soon afterwards and
abut it down again and walked forward, and directly after-
wards he herd the cry of " overboard."
Owe Whitcomb said that be was r at the
time in gaieties, and ems sittiag at the of the boat
whoa he heard the captain cry out that a woman had
jumped overboard with a child in her arms. As soon al he
was &Me he jumped Into • barge that lay alongside the pier,
end saw the body of a woman floating ia the water, and he
observed a mamma go towards the object and
take it eat of the water. It was the primmer.
As they were going to the pelisestation the
L=asked what had bosoms of her child, and
1 that excoriate grief had mated her to do what
he bad, tad said she had been in gnat trouble. When the
pelemer inquired what had became of her child, he told her
that he believed it was all right. hat he amid not tell her
poinivsly.—Cromexamitied : TM prisoner repeatedly
inquired after her child, and appeared to he in great distress
of mind It wee quite dark at the time the osearmaes took
phee.—The witness was atmezaseimad es to the evidence
is had gloat before tha wow, and, at his &psi •
flan was put in and mad. when Ii on that
semelea be represented that the did sot say that a
mega led jumped overboard, bat that a woos"' was over-
heard, and ea hie being questioned respecting this die-
,lte said he did not think it was an important
difmonee—Mr. Justice Haute asked him whether if hi
had assidenteby fallen into the water from a steamer, he
maid mithlak it WIT strange and contrary to truth if
anybody wee to represent that he had jumped overboard ?
—The witness did not reply.
W. Beget, the captain of the London Pride, depose? that
moselledt Westininster-beidp at 20 minutes to 8, and
arrived at Panrs-wharf soon after eight. It was very dark,
end his attention was attracted to the head of the boat. He
olnervai • woman with • child sitting near the larboard,
but he mild not identify the Intoner as the game woman.
Immediately afterwards he sussed the female, and beard a
splash is the water, and there was a cry of " a woman over-
board." Ile "topped the boat, and then sow a body floating
in the water. There was • boat just shied, and he called
out " 'culler," and the can who was in it immediately want
to the sesistence of the woman in the water.
isoßrim, • mamma, stated that he was on the
river with
his boat at the time referred to, and on his hear.
tag the alarm that a woman was overboard, be rowed to-
ward" he body which was pointed out to him, and found it
was a woman, and on his pulling her towards him he saw •
child in her arms, which dropped from her and sank. The
prisoner was dragged into the boat with emistance, but the
child was drowsed. As they were going to the police sta-
tion ',With* prisoner, she said she wished she had pee with
the child.—Crcm-examiami : The Osmium fleet appeared to
be claspiag the child tightly in her ants. She wee quite law
less when she was taken out of the water, sad when she re-
covered she cried very much, and it was then that she said
she wished she had gene with the Mild.
Mr. Clarkson also pat in the depeeition of this wing= be-
heeethe coroner, when it egpmeed that upoa that axed,
did not nate that the Omer mid she wished she :
gene with the child.
Brnjemin Wheeler, the pismire at reef Wharf pier,
preyed that he watt to assist the but witness in getting the
primalr eat of the water, and Aimee misted to take her
le the statioa-home.
John Buckley, • Thames pollee emebble, proved that is
the 010111•1 t
wat 9th of esqms be demi the body of a
child at low water partly soder • bergs that wee
aground. It was • female apparently Mint be an
sex years old, and be identified clothes new padased le
the mate skates it had on at the time. The Wits hoe I
was very mach cut by the gravel, and the Magas was feed/
out of its 'math.
Elisabeth Campbell identified the clothes as them won hyl
the child dike prisoner. She said she had knows bee he
eighteen yeses, and she was aware that she had never been
weeded. The child was five years rod a had cad, and wee
I alai Allea—By Mr. Clarkson The phew was • kind.
keeebila humane, and affeetionate penes. eel when dee wee
in semis, she paid ss. • week for the sanest el the 61116
end always trusted it affectionatsly.—By the Cant: WWI
rem believed that the prisoner was fa adeemedi awe-
stemse. She had been out of place he hart month&
Mr. W. Gray deposed that he had known the gamer he
14 years. The last place she was in wee as ma ma em.
White, in Great Cumberland-street. the left that somist
Mr months ago. Whams saw the Orem M Me beam
chest two o'clock on the Bth of Soppier. MD had the
child with her at that time, and when she went away dm
said she was going fee • walk. He did not ohmenstairkiag
particular in her manner. The hely of the Mild was
shown to him after it was taken eat of the water,
but he could not identify its feetares, and only knew it by
the clothes.—By Mr. Clarkson : The prisoner was at times
very melancholy and desponding, but she always appeared
to in at the child very and he considered her a kiad
and affectionate n
Rebecca Fisher prork that the prisoner and her child
lodged in her house up to the Bth of September, and she
also identified the clothe es these belonging to the prierian's
child.ler. Clarkson: The prisoner appeared very lead
oft
This was the nee fm the promeution.
Ides. Clarkson wheel if he might venture to inquire whether
the 'con t considered the evidence excluded the supposition
that the death was the remit of accident ?
Mr. Jostles Maude said he thought there wee midis= te
ye t• the jury, and it would be wars proper !eat SIM ID de-
-
Mthe gawks.
r. Clarke., then addressed the jury for the johneem
He should submit with greet caohlesee that the ISOM
was gilts inconclusive se to the meat by which 116 1111.
lin add eases into the water ; that them was enigision
be did set mesa to deny; but they must sot net spa elm
plies. The law did net empower the to do es, emd they
Itioubi oak, aft en the evidence that wee laid beam lam.
14. Jellies in somealilketp, esid that eadenbledly
whatever empidea Jag t have of the poi mope
tithe treneestlea, they hed se to eel ayes thee sr
*ha, however strew, at might belled they mot be guided
eddy by the madam etidused. The hosed judge then