The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,

charged With obtaining portraits and miniatures of
the community at—large, and dishonestly disposing of
them, underwent another examination before Mr.
Arnold.

The former charges against the prisoner having
failed, through the defective state of the law with re-
spect to such offences, the business to-day commenced
with a continuation of the case of Mr. J. E. Mayall,
the American daguerreotype artist, 433, West Strand,
who charged the prisoner with "disposing', of Mr.
N. M. Power, M.P, in his usual unceremonious
manner. The prisoner had applied to Mr. Mayall, as
an artist of celebrity, to take sitters for his " national
work," with an understanding that they should be
paid for in a certain time, but Mr. Mayall finding
that he did not keep faith with him, directed that the
clerks should not let him have any more portraits
without the money. Prisoner obtained the likeness
of Mr. Power by representing that he would return it
in a short time or pay for it, and the letter containing
that promise concluded with the following
dissp-
pointment of the prigoner's hopes :
4‘ Mr. Collins tried for the Nepaulese Ambassador,
but was just too late when he arrived from the nortb,
as his excellency Eat elsewhere."
Ti'e picture was obtained from Mr. Mayan in 1848,
and
(Awned, as he believed on the same day.
Mr. Binns requested permission of the magistrate
,
to cross.examine Mr. Mayall, end did so with a view
of showing that a bill bad been made out and sent to
prisoner for the portrait in question, but failed in
doing so, Mr. Mayall declaring that such was not the
case, and adding that although he had taken many
portraits prisoner had not paid for one of them.
'Mr. William Smith, Jun., pawnbroker, Clark's-
place, Islington, produced the likeness in question,
which was pawned either on the 20 or 25th of June,
1848, for 21.'25. He could trace the exact date of
four others pawned, but not precisely of this one, the
,
pledges having been long out, sent to auction and re-
turned unsold. They were pawned by the prisoner,
who went by, the name of Coleman.
Sergeant Smith, of the detective police, produced
the pawnbrokers ticket of the pledge, which he took
from the prisoner. It was indorsed "Power, M.P ,
Mayor of Dublin, by Mayall," in (as witness believed).
s
inhnasncdrwosrsi-xtienga.mined the officer, who proved
that he had seen prisoner
prißsoirit. eße
write, bad received letters
" from him, and knew his
officer let out that handwriting well. The
at his former business with the pri-
soner was on the subject of a lady's picture..
Mr. Aasama apsrikseodneirf
?there was any other case
ready against the
called
's,
Mr. Cumming, an inspector of the B division,
Mn.s Eliza Barber, who is engaged at M.
Claudet
Regent-street. Prisoner went there in
1850, represented himself as an artist, and wanted
some patterns of eminent naval officers, and' inquired if
he could get gentlemen to sit what per tentage would
be allowed—the likenesses, of course, being for his
work. He subsequently borrowed, about April or
four portraits of ladies to show as specimens,
as he wanted some ladies to sit, but never returned
them.

Smith produced the ticket of the ladies, who had
been in safe keeping at Mr. Wood's, a pawnbrAer.
They were pawned on the 221 of May, 1851.
A person who had been in Mr. Wood's employ-
ment was called, but stated that he did not take in
the pledge.
Mr. Cumming said that Mr. Wood was out of
town, but it would probably be deemed necessary to
further remand the case, as Lord Sandys' portrait
had been found pawned, and it was a mystery how it
had been obtained. His Lordship had expressed his
determination to come forward and prosecute the
prisoner, in whose possession the duplicate had been
found.

On an examination of the ticket of the " four
ladies," the following endorsement was .found in
the prisoner's hand-writing : " Specimens of
Claudet's:'

Mr. ARNOLD said he should remand the prisoner
till Friday.
Mr. Binns wished to know whether he had came
to any determination with respect to the cases he had
heard ?

Mr. ARNOLD said he should send Mr. Mayan's case
for trial as a larceny, and if in the second case it WAS
satisfactorily shown that he obtained and pawned in
May, that also. He, of course, could not say what
would be done in the other case mentioned by the
police.
Prisoner was then remanded.

INFANTICIDE AT HASTINGS.
About mid-day on Sunday, one of those tragical
events which are now, unfortunately, of frequent oc-
currence, took place within the borough of Hastings.
The particulars will be found in the subjoined evi-
dence, taken at the inquest. Mr. Pagden, a most
respectable person, and tenant of the White Rock
Brewery, has, for some two months, had in his service
a female, named Sarah Judge, only seventeen years
of age. At nine o'clock on Sunday morning she be-
came unable to do her work, and went upstairs to her
bedroom. Shortly after twelve o'clock the unfortu-
nate girl became exceedingly ill, and, it appears, de-
livered herself of a female child. When seen by Mrs.
Pagden she was undressed. Mrs. Pagden called in
a neigthour and sent for M. W. Duke, surgeon,
both of whom found the body of a female child at
the foot of the bed, with a flannel petticoat covered
over it. On examination the throat wes found to be
cut, the whole of the vessels in front of the spine being
severed. On being questioned the girl said it was
done with a pair of scissors, and pointed out where
they might be found, and a pair of scissors were
discovered.
The inquest was held on the body at the Wallirg•
fon Inn yesterday,
at two o'clock, before ab.. J.
Phillips, deputy coroner, and a jury, of whom mr. it,
11nrchell was foreman. After proceeding to View the
body, the subjoined evidence was Wien :
Harriet, wife of Mr.
P. Pagden, was the first wit-
ness called, who, from recent indisposition, was ac-
companied by illr. Pagden and a female attendant.
She deposed—l have a servant named Sarah Judge,
who has been with me two months. She is quite
young, but Ido not know her age. She came to the
from her mother's house, bat she bed seen previously
for nine months living with the late Captain Strode.
I had an excellent character with her. She had' left
Captain Strode's service about six weeks before she
came, to mine. 1 bad not a suviciou that she was in
the family way. At first for a week or ten days I
had a slight suspicion ; from the respectability of ber
parents, from her general good behaviour, and from
the excellent character I had received, that suspicion
did not last. I did not mention the suspicion to
Sarah Judge or ber mother. On Saturday she went
about he work as usual. I noticed nothing in
her. She worked up to nine o'clock on Sunday
morning; when another servant came and said the cook
was ill, and inquired if she had not better stay at home
from church and do her work. I replied in the
affirmative. I vvas not well at the time and was in
had. After I got up, about half-past eleven, I sent
my daughter up to see how Sarah was. She came
down and said she was lying on the bed asleep, and
apparently very comfortablo. I had sent her up some
been taken by
thediente, and at about ten minutes past twelve I sent
.I'l iladelphia King upstairs to see if this medicine bad
Sarah Judge. Fromsaid, what she I
went nest
airs myself; this was about half an hour
afterwards. I was alone and went to the bedroom
door, the door
Mg the door
ale room in
it;
.1- saw Sarah Judge standing close behind
ucondtt.essed. I saw blood on the floor, and
Mary (we call her threw up
anything wicked eee4T)'
her on the floc:.11110a ; there was a flannel lying near
my hands and said, " Oh,
you have not committed
that's my trouble."' egru?
done ?" and on my rae ex.claimed, " What have I
I hope you will not;'
Ithrew up her hands andePseadtlng my
twice. I went down
King to go foritazel,-: observation, she
stairs bless you, ma'am,"
up to the girl's
and told Philadelphia
she
came,
and I begged
her vteory respectable person.
acsigtanae. I have not seen Sarah I also sent
for Dlr. Walter Duke, and ho "„nalt:je" I also sent
She wad alone Whenn
ry_shortly.
Frances, wife of Robert 'laza, d
. eposee—.oe 5
day morning, between a quarter anti half-past twelvelin
I was sent for by Mrs.
hEigden.• I went Up stairs on
Judge.the door herself. la
I went in—she op
arriving,
rs. Pe,.
at the e'"
and saw
eSnaerda
den's other servant rapped door and Said
4: Marv, Open the ' door." I
saw sufficient to show'
been born and said, ~ G
me that a child had ood
gracious, what is have had a baby."
all this—you,
She replied, " Yes."put her to bed, and did
I then . h
in, her situation. I
what was necessary
.for a , person
~
She pointed
pointed to
then said, " Where is your baby ?
a piece of flannel lying on -the floor at tbe foot Of the.
bed. I touched it, and saw it wits withs a child the
back of its head upwards. It appeared to me as
though it bad been laid down, and the flannel—l
think it was a flannel—petticoat thrown over it. I
asked her if it was born dead, and she said "No." I
then asked her when it happened, and she replied
" just before her mistress came in." She was going, to
say something more, but I told her not to, and I
would ask her no questions, as the doctor would be
there presently. She sail nothing more. .1 sat down
until Mr. Duke came. I have •I, her' since,
bite been with since,
she. hasgiven me no more particulars.
When
Mr. Doke ca to and ;timed the child up, I noticed a
wound hi lea throat, Oa discovering
hear Q this, I did not
_r ,„.u.ah T._ , e , .
a say anytaing. .
after-
wards v.,l„3"wuhg
knife Duke
with, and o___.,..ere the was that it aiv4s done
was „I,a3r7:a„r,tl said, 4, It was not a • knife •
,but it
Mr.
the' h
tradicted he Z° was present in the room, here con.
Witness mini"? on the latter point.
found a pair of seigaloeburst came afterwards, and he
Philadelphia liar". B.-1
Have lived with herr Tee- sin servant to Mrs. Pagden.
came there about two miontt7l;l3 years. Sarah Judge
sleepin rof,ni. I had u_, ago. We had the saaae
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