The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-12 00:00:00

INQUEST. •

ho an Inquest was taken at the Fleece lon,
in the ville of {{'union, lwfore TittotAs eoltukt.1);1•, Esti.
oor of the Coroners for Gloneester.doire, on view of Sir
of a male bastard child about a mantis tilt!, found dead .to
the same day in • soul n, tie irtrisli of Clotrelelown,
near Gloucester. The eirenne.tattres of the case, as Iltry
came out in ',Attire, are as follow :—Smne time it the
in hof Septesalser 18'4.1, sue %Int! Anne Ms k,
111 1.1.14 C :it a II,I)SC its the elite of Worm', for the
purpose of lying.in, sad oil Ili. :alt of tuber folluir.rtg she
AS delivered of • male ete;.l T 11.• Host her suit child tr•
untitled in the Lunge till the ? 4 :or the same eno•ttit, for satue
days prs vistas to wbirb, the cht:d was in a hld piste of health
and was much fallen away ; toil the mother declined having
any medical advice, alibiing:l it was olrered to her, soul
likewise refused its have the infant baptiard. Ou the ulay
last named she went away, taking her infant with her. 11.1
Moni:sy evening last, the same woman called at a hoots'. in
Elarlon-street, uearGloncester, to ask fur a night's lotl;iog. still
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having the child with her, but in a *my wretched sail filthy
condition. Tive_gonil woman of the Mouse, hotrueyiesuck
at the Miserable appearance of the poor infant, insiyteil
on the mother'', coining in and cleauying it, and liumiairly
supplied her with linen in which to clothe it. Lie
same night she left Barton-street, prnmi■iug to come
back the neat day, to say bow the infant WNW. She dial
not call again, however, till IVeitnemisy, whets she
returned the baby-lioni, saying, that she had hit the child at
the workhouse. and that it was not any better. ti.t.pictone
being HOW excited, inquiries were made she sans• ought at
the workhouse, and WI its being found that no inch minima
or child had beds seen there, search Wa4 immediately made
fur bee, and site was taken into custody WI ThurrApy even-
ing. On being asked where the child was, yhe at bra said
that she had taken it to her mother, but afterwards, ionfessed
that she had left it by the side of a pool sitar the
ham road. She was taken to the place she had ileccriheil,
where ale pointed out the pool, then Paying that the had
thrown it in, but affirming that it had died three hours be-
fore she did so. On search being made neat not 'ling, she
body was found in the pool, tied up together with a heavy
stuue in a piece of cloth. On the body hi log °petted by a
surgeon, it appeared that there was au food in the stomach ;
but there was a fracture of the skull, thong's certainly tint
of recent date, and Mcleod it was afterwards proved to have
been occasioned by a fall at the time of its birds. There
was so outward mark of violence tin the body, iiiir was
there any appearance which could Mance the surgeon
wbu examined it to suppose that the child was alive at the
time of its being cast into the water.

Under all these circumstances, the Jury, after a most
minute and patient investigation, returned a verdict. that—
" The child stied from the wilful neglect of the mother, mud
for want of proper nourishment."
The mother was on Saturday committed to the county
gaol, to take her trial at the next Assizes.