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DePPOSED HUnDrn OF A CHILD DY IYA
EH l'll Oi If.
• In our 'lllarlbortougheteret report of yeetiroloy will be
%Nei a ease
,in 'shell a female charged with felony is ens-
ter.ei et! in have impiiipirly divonsed of hor infant riotd. The
' difustituate woman, whose appearairce is v.-re ititeirsti•ic,
"Agri only isteuty-two yesra of age, was, about I. 13 mit, ha
;Ago,. seduced by a maw of din:inzoished fiviti,y ; in cap.
purled her lilt el itlti u the)sal few months, nod then el.:oi.
doted her. Being solveured lie preview,. she with diffi. 1
tally procured • linlttiegt • friend procured her a tick. t tor
the. lyissi.in Hospital, where .be was delivered of a female
child; and OD her learilift the hospital, she retinues' to her
(WNW hillittliglt, ball hewing no money to pay the expettiwa
site had incurred, she was refused admowroit ; ithe wondered
'about' for some days, awl it was feared that elle made away '
with her child. While the oretebr d wolll2ll was heing. ex- 1
amtped on Tunably at Marlboiough..treet Office, Ind in.
Nlelit was held at the Harley Mow, klowelmoreet, Grose,.
ittevitilire,oo an body of her so noosed child, which had
.its found in the nom is Hyde Park, having been sinus.
lly iitinlered. Tin body of the infant had been esareitied•
It lb rorgeous. It no believed that the child was arse a
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' oth.pld when it died. The Jury assembled last nicht lie.
Cie J.Y1.601. Esq. Corourr, and after the hotly bad been •
'folioed, the fullownic evidence was 'danced:—
~, Mr. Matthew Ellis• master of the Emeine.house. Hyde
'Tart 'divrased that on Sunday last, at about eleven in the •
'1161,11:11/011, he went, as he Lousily dad, In the I oir of the
tidies watei.works, trod there saw apinellsiiiit orating oat
the water. He proctored the Jets, and In, out the object
that had attracted his attention, which sowed to be • female •
child, appareetly about a month old. He hail no doubt but
'the child had lived. There were nOraleflial marks of vie.,
knee on the body, nun was it likely three would be if the
dbilrf, as he believed,, were thrown into the. water and •
drowned. He, as the fibber of nine children, had tin doubt
bet the child had been suckled fur some time. II was derived
According to the usual manlier of reaming Whiteout there
was • boulage ponied in the customary manner rvun4 110
body, and there wad no apparent disease that could have
caused Hod/oily. He firmly bel.everi that the child bad bred
throws moo the water she.. If the child had been a corpse,
ii struck him that it would not have been thrown onto use
• 411111111 t with any of its clothes on. The atergroms, however,
4neld Um speak to that point.
The Coroner inquired if the surgeons were in attendance,
and was answered in 11w negative,
Clements, an oftieer of Marlburnuchmteret, stepped for-
ward, earl gave the folios/rug evidence:—" An interesitsg
young Woman, aimed door Johesiiii, was bmircht thin after.
noon before Mr. Conant, en suspicion of (awl, whew 21. n.
Hurley, of Nu. 24, Circa. atom', New-iqed, came to the
Prisoner, and, is a very feeling insonsr, asked her, • What
have you done with your dear baby ?' The Magistrate de.
mended ur Mrs. Hurley her reason fur staking the question I
and she stand that the Prisoner hail been her lodger sang
prego•nt, was pit lout the Lying-in Hnspit .1 by her, and sup.
ported by Mr ; hurt her husband, Nodule there was iill probe.
bility of recompense, ordered fur to quit the Loose last
Tuesday morniiic. On the Cinematic day the Prisoner came
with the child's clothes, and asked her to.ltet them wanted ;
and she thew said, upon her asking ' Where is the child r
that it was dead, and at Lord C----*a. She asked bee
where Lord C--.'s was, and the Prisoner said sir "mild
not answer, but turned ~11 to some other subject, sad she
was fearful the child had been disposed of in au improper
matter. He (the officer) heariag of a child being found
drowned, thought prow r 10 attend the itopiest, and give the
information be ottani possession of."
Tin C applauded him far his conduct. The awn-
Emu not bens' in attendance, the Colmarr said, that he hav-
ing no Idea this case was likely to taro oat a nourder„ he
bed ant brought the parchment, or bloc): presentment, with
him ; and as it was likely to pro.** a very importait , and
yrubibly very lung inquiry, he would adjourn to a future
day, and sequestml that all the ("Ware mild be in rea-
dime's.
WRDNUDAY JANUARY 16.

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COURT OF CHANCERY. I.t4coues
LVILDNIMMT. JANUAR, IC
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41/1;1; LORI) CH•NCILLI.OII. Callol2 into Cuurl at
Ulf o'clock/
M.
titi:vns /GAWK IN TUE ISATTVR OF HOWARD
AND GIBBS, BANKRUPTS.
rOfichieltli 1114 •ligunornt fr.mi
ter,loy In .Iwport of Hit neni,on.
Air. TroisLova and Mr. BLAKit fullowtd on Ow
opine

the A TTORNey•GisiMis. will be heard in re-
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ply io-ntoriow (this day). •••
EN-PARTS TIIh MATTER. OP THC SAW:.
priliioO elan came hrfore Isis I
the shape vl Sin appeal' from she decision of
Marna, the Vice-Chsticrlior. It appeased tier
Prtili tttt er wits refused by the C111111111540,it r 4
prove iii. debt under the commission sigasitat the
ou the ground that it wsa hunted with
usury. Ile presented a petition to the N'icei•Cliiiii•
cellos., praying that the Cortimissionets s!ioti'd tea
slurried In receive she proof of his &hi. 111. 110-
hour Iliamiris4 the petition, and confir lord the (let'
won of titecorpinitisioners, hum which jmigtursit I. I!
I'eti er appealed to his Loidship. It appeared
I tort the Pentioner's debt was grounded On faits bill-,
untnunuug to 6,0001. drawn by Lord A Isiiiiley auJ
accepted by *the bankrolls under the frillownig
circiiPlianErpt—Thr Petitioner as.4l Lord A Iratriley
had some money dealings before the existence of
tile bills its question, but his Lordship being ha
want oft auto of money, cainfril the hinkiripi,
abb., to 'go down to the petitioner at
end pet:4B4e hint in discount the bills, wl ich Gib: a
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succeeded In,. she Petitioner giving him slots t; e
amount of 4,0001. for the accens•tncer, brining
ths ir (see to be of the value of 5.0011/.; this aa-
usury complained of, ihichTie InCiutirr onavrered
by asserting thut he retained the I,oooi. 11. part
psymeut 'of the firmer debt of Lord A Iv4lll# y tn
him. The hills, when due, were dishmoured, ui d
renewed three Sims! by Hie buukrupts brf„re situ
docket wall struck Oohed them.
Mr. CULI.LK aid M. RDA were heard in ivdp.
port of ihe petition, and Mr. Hoarse ag•inst it.
Fuither argument postponed until to-morrow
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COURT OF KING-It BENCH. wrirratsrrca,
WilDfinDAY, JAIIVAILY 16.
RicHARDsoN t 7, tut it. NrATE AND ANoTrtut.
This was an action for assault and raise
sonment, brought agaiiist.the Defeodam, as Sheriff
of Essex, and our of his officer., named Sackett, fnr
having illegally arrested and detours! the Ploontitr.
It appeared at the trial that the P!..itriff,
John Eichardsinj.lwas a geotleni in residing Hear
Wansterd, iu Eatek.; in October. 1819, a writ teas
forwarded to the Oefaudant's office, Sue.l nut against
Richardson, accompanied oy a to.te, piir-
pry tug to he Com a solicitor named 31i:1a. ,The
woe clearly pointed nut the Platutiff es the person
alluded to in the Writ, which was itumetlistety for-
*sided to Stckelt,%floorhing. mt Stratford, rind
hem the Plaintiff woe striated. At tie nine the
caption was mode the Plaintiff informed the racer
that the name mentioned in the writ was not
the Plaintiff's name tteitig William John Richard-
Rom and nut William Richardson; and further,
that lie did not owe the Plaintiff named in the writ
a farthing, or even so •mach as kiwis him. The
officer, lioareer, jiertimted in taking him, and he
was kri,t to choraly two or three days, when it wee
discovered iliat the whole trehinif lion *sr fictitious
isr.d a frigid nn the Shesiff, no *ltch attorney us
Mills, whose name the writ bite, brim to be found.
At the trial Mr. Gni itry, for the Defendants, first
contended that the Sheriff on' justified by the writ,
and nest desired it to be left to the Jliry hrthr r
the Plaiutiff was not the individual truant iu the
writ.
The Jury found a verdict for the Defendants.
M.. E. LAWS, on a former da.s, obtained a rule
Vial ter a sire trial.
Mr. GURNEY now, in support of the verdict,
comemled th.t there were no groom!s w lisiever fur
disturhiug the verdict. The duty of the sheriff, at
the receipt of the writ, if it came to Isim regnlarty;
was to see it eitecnted as speedily as possible. The
Sheriff had dune no more than discharge Isis duty
111 the periwig cote. The writ come to him In the
usual way from a Solicitor (Mr. Milb), elitist. name
loss well known, at the office, and secomitinte.l by
a note purporting to he from that Gentleman. Not
the slightest ground exited f..r suspecting tiny
fraud or imposition, nn officer was named as the in-
dividual to whom the writ was to lie forwarcle.l,
that was lilt entirely to the discretiOn of the Sit.-
rift and the writ ww farwarde.l to S.iekett, at ...ffi-
cer.re.iditig. at Siratforii. as to persou hale gtieseer
than any other to the residence of Alr. itichaceisoo,;
sad try him the writ was duly eseruterl, he taking
William John Richardem, hi, writ being ageinat.
William Richardson. Ile (Mr. Gurney) had
looked t'srefolly into this class of cases, but couht
not GA• any in winch the doctrine now cootende4
for had been curried so far as it was ttow sought to
carry it. There a a no case that he COldd and,
to which the arreatiog • person by his nw n WIT, its
fir as it went, but failing to have iti.ertt it 111 ti
writ Ihe whole name, hail u.eu connfleied as a foun-
dation for an action for false ithprisoututht against
the officer.
Mr. E. Laws!, in support of the rule fur o new
trial, stihmliirsi that the IJrfrudaois ought to have
pleaded " that 'hey hid a writ seed out against •
the Plaiistiff in his name of William Richnotann,
that the Plaintiff was as frequently called %Vslltatis
as he was Wltliatn Julia., and that he wits as well
known by the cow name il7l by the other;" but lu-
men', of ;his the Defendants had merely pleaded a
writ ageitism dhow Richardson, and the l'ininiid.
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•.t ref lied that William was not his name. and there
floansaY.—Mr. BROOK, of Paternisse4vow, was no watt agstn,t him. Ile (Mr. Limes) should haves
gave information yestrrdary at the poldip office in sweet/ in the.ltßatik of the Lord Chief Justice at
Hatton-garden, that between live and six o'clock the trial, of the „hardship of hokhng the Sheriff
the ',receding evening, during the time he bad gone t able,. turd. r the circumstances of the present case,
to tinnier. some rut f 6411 had unperceived enieWeri Isis ' had that officernied even ordjuarTCootioit, too Ise
!throws. at Ma and stole two submitted OA/ in' this case the/4144ra great define
valuable biota's 111 a case, also i mien-inn* in a or nrel;grpee' rraulfroed.. ,The writ was recessed,
caw,. hod other articles which hr daspibert; lie not he'll the Plainiiff, the PII attorney, or
stated, that the door of the library whit h adjoined hst in an wens Medic wove; If sucn in-
the house opened turn the garden. mid was naJally siructiribe were considered a sufficient justification
left open all day. but by what means the thief of the Sheriff, no indsttelied would be 'air.
effected so etatreuce he was unable ttp 41-cuver. I The Cates Jaime remarked, the usual wer

JANUda,. .
The Inquest was spin resumed this ddiy, and
the following evidence we. Risen :
Mr. John Winship, of 31, George-street, Hanover-
square, aurgenn, deposed, that he had opened the body of
deceased, which in his "'ennuis was n. ar a month old.
Coroner—Have you been able to discover the cause of the
slaild's death ?
Waineu—No; I hive nut. The beefy exhibited a*g Or
approaching polrefaction, and must have heist deogleambig
days. There were au distinct minks of violence Du the
body. I could merits* tan came of the death free
any internal or internal evidence.
Corime--It is stated that a woman is is custody, who
has admitted that she took lire child and laid it nese the
Basin. is the Park ; can yi., Mr. Surgeon, say if this chill
was thrown into the water mire or after death ?
Writes.-1 canuul.
Coroner.a-llave you examined the lun;s, and made any
expel inseam upon them?
Witness—l have seen she lungs; hut the par-tire of
ranking expo Mineola by patting the lungs in water, is com-
pletely exploded, and proved to he fallacious.
Juror-tau mated that the child had been fed with bread,
and slot with milk, did you find any bread in the child'.
stomach ?
Witiiesa—No, I did not; but it might have bees di-
gested, sod the child might have died f,, want of food.
Clemente, an officer or filarlborunglimitreet, stated, that
fibs. Harley had men the deceased that morning, and iden-
tified the clothes on it to be the same as worn by Jane John-
sun's child, and she had no doubt that it can her child.
A female entered the room to give evidence ; the Coroner
asked her if she could swear that the deceased was Jane John.
sou's child ? She acid she could out, but she could identify
the &Mises.
Othrer.—Mrs. Harley, who prom Red to be in attend-
ance, ran irleutlfy the deceased.
Curonyr-A du nut see that Mrs. Harley's evidence, if
she were here, in at all essential; the question you bare to
consider is not whose child it is, but how it came to its
death. You hive hing to do with the cireumstasice of a
female !wing charged with a felony, or with her confessing of
having left a dead child in the Park; you have to determine.
if you can, how the deceased came to its death. Ido not
think it is its human power to determine whet er this child
wait thrown into the water alive or dead, and therefore all
yon eao say in your verdict is, that the child was found
dead.
Several of the Jury expressed a wish that Mrs. Hurley
should be examined.
An Gaicer of Marlborough-street said, !hat Jane Johmatig
had been luirsined again by Mr. Conant and that she
stated, that being desolate and homeless, she ant upon the
step of a house in Gioevenor.square, and the child died in
her arm.; she wandered about the Pak with it for several
hours, and at km laid ii down by the roadmide, and after
walking at some di.tasice foam the child for a considerable
time, she saw a Gentleman take tip the child and carry it

away.
The Corone► said that th► woman's story had nothing to
do with the prevent questions rho might have done as AD
toilet, or she might hove thrown the child into the week
which be thought was moat prohable; but suppose ide el*
the surgeons cannot may the child wo. thrown in alive..aad
it would he presumpttou in himself or the Jury to give • as.
dojos on the subject.
Aft. re farther di.cussion, the Coroner having recommethd.
efl the Jury to leave the young woman to the heads
Police, • verdict was taunted, •' Found dead in the B.
to Hyde Park."

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