The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-22 00:00:00

'CRIMINAL COURT-(TII.1S DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie.)

Anne Parker, 28, was indicted for the offence of felo-
niously attempting to murder her child, Thomas Parker.
Mr. Lilley prosecuted ; Mr. Parry defended the
prisoner.

It appeared from the evidence that on the evening of
the 11th September a polioe-constable named White, who
was on duty in the Regent's-park, heard a noise near
the canal, and on his going to the spot he saw the
prisoner standing on the brink of the water with two
children, and before he could get up to her she threw
one of the children into the canal. She then seized the
second child, and was about to push him also into the
water, when the constable laid hold of her and pushed
her back, and then went into the water and pulled out
the other child, who was just sinking, the water at the
spot being six feet deep. The constable then
attempted to take the prisoner to the station,
but she resisted with great violence, and repeatedly ex-
claimed that it was her intention to have drowned her-
self as well as the children. The prisoner it appeared
was very drunk at the time, and on the following
morning she stated that she came from Plaistow, in
Essex, and when she was examined before the magistrate
she said that trouble had driven her to do what she had;
that her husband had beaten her, and cut her head and
ear with a stick on the Saturday before, and that he had
driven her from her home, and threatened to kill her.
She also said that her husband bad been in the habit of
beating and otherwise ill-using her for a long time.
Mr. Parry made a most earnest and feeling address to
the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and particularly
called their attention to the prisoner's statement of the
eruel treatment she had received, and he urged that the
probability was that in a state of excitement and misery
occasioned by that treatment, and which was aggravated
by the drink she had taken, she did throw the child into
the water not really at the time knowing what she was
about.

The learned judge having summed up,. the jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty, but, at the same time, strongly
recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration
of the 'wort.

His Lordship deferred passing sentence, in order that
further inquiries might be made to see what was the
best course to be taken with the prisoner.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
Stephen .Restieux, who was on Wednesday convicted
of having uttered forged notes, and John Wilson, who
pleaded guilty to a similar offence, were brought up for
sentence. •

His Lordship, in passing sentence, said that the
offence of which the prisoners stood convicted was one
calling for a most severe sentence.

They were each sentenced to 14 years' transportation.
Richard Bell, lucifer match-maker, was indicted for
carrying on a dangerous business in Cannon•street West,
and having upon his premises certain combustible mate-
rial calculated to endanger the safety of the inhabitants.
The prosecution, which had been directed by the City
authorities, was conducted by Mr. Ryland and Mr.
Locke, and Mr. Charnock defended.

The proceedings will last the entire day. The
charge against defendant was, that he kept upon his
premises an immense quantity of lucifer matches, by
which a fire was caused in the September of last year.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Philip Beeson, 29, groom, was indicted for bigamy
with Rhuda Brand, his wife being then alive.
The prisoner was first married in 1847, at Lewisham,
in Kent, and afterwards, being fellow-servant to Rhoda
Brand, he became intimate with her, and, finally, when
she went into the service of the Duchess of Cambridge,
he followed her there, and persuaded her to marry him ;
the ceremony was celebrated at St. George-the-Martyr,
in 1852.

He was found guilty, and sentenced to 18 months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.

MARLBOROUGH-STREAT-(THIS DAY).

ROBBERY' BT A SHOPmes.--Henry Gould, a shopman
in the employ of Mr. Thomas Curryer, grocer, 27, New-
port-street, Newport-market, was charged before Mr.
Hardwick with having robbed his master to a conside-
rable extent.

It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had
been in prosecutor's employ for some length of time,
but latterly he was led to suspect that he had been rob-
bing him to a large amount, and in consequence he com-
municated with the police, and Martin, 86 C, was
employed to watch the defendant's movements. On the
previous eveningprosecutor marked. a half-crown and three
shillings, which, having shown to Martin, he placed
in the till. A short time afterwards the prisoner had
occasion to go to the till, and immediately after prose-
cutor looked and found the marked money gone. He
then called the officer and gave prisoner into custody,
and, on being searched, the marked money was found
upon him. Prisoner's boxes were subsequently searched,
and a large sum of money, in gold and silver coin, was
found for which the prisoner could not satisfactorily
account. Prosecutor suspected he bad been robbed to
a considerable amount, and begged to have prisoner re-
manded.

The prisoner, who kept praying his master to forgive
him, was remanded till Tuesday next.