The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-26 00:00:00

MONDAY

CLE.RKEN WELL.

Ann White, a miserable, dissipated-looking young
woman, was put at the bar before Mr. Tyrw•hitt far final
examination on the charge of having murdered her infant
child, of the age of nine months.
On the first examination of the accused it appeared
that she had resided in the house of Mr. Hathaway,
Field's-place, Somers-town, with her two children, one
seven years old and the deceased; that they were fre-
quently left by her without food, fire, or clothes, and
otherwise so utterly neglected that her landlord event u-
-54 deemed it his duty to call in a constable, with whose
assistance the poor sufferers were removed to St. Pancras
workhouse, and she was shortly afterwards found rolling
about drunk and taken into custody. The deceased and
the other child were speedily examined by Mr. Robin-
son, the parochial surgeon, who Lund them sinking
rapidly from the combined want of food and general
neglect; that they were in a state almost impossible to
describe, and swarming with vermin. Everything
which humanity could dictate was immediately
bestowed on the little helpless creatures, but death
happily terminated the sufferings of the one and the
other is recovering. The board of St. Pancras, on the
former inquiries, had declined to prosecute, and were se-
verely censured by the worthy magistrate, who said
that, in a matter of such atroci:y, importance, and
nicety, a meanness ought not to exist, especially with
a parochial body, and he wished theca to review their
decision. Oa Saturday it appeared the parish officers
bad profited by the recommendation of the worthy ma-
gistrate, as Mr. Seton, clerk to the vestry, appeared as
the public prosecutor, and called another witness, who
proved almost unheard of brutality by the accused to
wards her poor children.
Mr. TYAWHITT, at the conclusion of the examination,
said it was a most sad and pain! ul case, and committed
the prisoner to Newgate to take her trial, she declining
to make any defence.

LAMBETH.
John Donovan, a journey-man bootmaker, who has been
in custody for several weeks on a charge of stabbing a
young man named George Cox in different parts of his
body, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for final
examination.

The prosecutor, who bad been brought from St. Tho-
mas's Hospital, where ho had remained for several days
without the slightest hopes of his recovery, and who,
though now pronounced out of clanger, is in an exceed-
ingly weak state, deposed as follows:—I live at No. 1,
Charles-place, Union-street, Lambeth-walk, and am a
shoemaker by trade. The prisoner lodged with us for
three weeks, up to the 3d of January inst., and on the
morning of that day, a little before five, I was awoke by
his stabbing me with a knife. I slept in the same bed
with him, and when I was awoke by his stabbing me I
struggled with him, and managed to throw him off, and
I then got out of the bed. The prisoner followed and
stabbed at mo with the knife which he held in his hand.
He inflicted several wounds on me, and cut me under
the right and left ear, and on my cheek, and many other
places.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Did the prisoner say anything before
he attacked you, and while inflicting these serious in-
juries upon your person? Witness—Not a word, sir; I
was asleep when he first attacked inc, and on awaking I
cried out " Murder!" several times, but he did not say a
word. _ _ _

George Thomas Cox, father of the last witness, said
that about half-past five o'clock on the morning before
mentioned he was awoke by the cries of" Murder!" and
on going to the bottom of the stairs he saw his son who
cried out, " Father, ho is killing me!" The prisoner at
this time was coming down the stairs after him with a
knife in his right hand and a candlestick and candle in
his left. The prisoner exclaimed, "He has been annoy-
ing me ever since I have been in the house;" and then
rushed out of the front door. He (witness) followed
him and gave him into the custody of a policeinan.
Policeman Denis Donovan, 48 L, said, when the -
pri-
soner was given into his charge he asked him why he
stabbed the young
man with a knife, and he replied.
" Because I had nothing else to defend myself with; I
had neither gun nor pistol, and I was obliged to fly to
an edged weapon.
The witness hero produced two knives, one of which
he found on the prisoner, and the other in the room,
covered with blood.

The priEoner, whose mind is evidently affected, and
who offered nothing in defence, was fully committed ft,r
trial.

Thomas Rose, a clerk to the South-Western Railway
Company, wns fully committed for trial on a charge of
falsifying his accounts and embezzling the moneys of
the company.