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London, England, 1824-08-16 00:00:00

CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER..

Mary Baker, aged 23, was indicted for the wilful murder of
her female bastard child, at the parish of Chidcock, in this
county.
Mr. BELLAMY stated the case for the prosecution. The
prisoner had been a servant in the family of a Mr. Webb. It
would be proved in evidence that she had denied the fact of
her pregnancy, and that she had concealed the birth of the
child. The birth took place at about one o'clock in the morn.
ing of the 26th of May, and at about six or seven In the even.
ing a medical gentleman was sent for.—The child was found
concealed in the prisoners box, and there was every reason to
believe, from its external appearance, and from an accurate
dissectinn, that the child had been born alive. The lungs
were fully Inflated, and a portion of the left lobe of the lungs
floated in water, a circumstance which of itself proved that the
child had breathed.
Mr. Damn GAitn ow—This, Mr. Bellamy, is a vulgar error,
for which men of science have long been convinced that there
is no solid foundation. One of the most distinguished orna.
ments of medical science, whose pupil I had myself the ad.
vantage of being at an early period- of my life (I allude to Dr.
William Hunter), has shown most satisfactorily that no infe.
rence can be drawn from the fact of the lungs floating in water,
as to the child having been born alive.
Mr. BELLAMY, after the remark which had just fallen from
his Lordship, said he should not press the point to which he
had directed the attention of the Jury. It would be proved,
however that on the dissection of the lungs, blood followed the
knife; that three wounds had been inflicted apparently with
some sharp instrument about the neck and chest, and that there
was a tumour, accompanied with extravasation of blood on
the right side of the head, which must have been occasioned by
a blow sufficient to produce death. The Learned Counsel pro.
ceeded to tall his witnesses.

Mr: Robinson gave the following testimony :—I am a surgeon
and apothecary at Bridport ; I have been in business 25 years,
and have had much experience in midwifery during all that time.
I was sent for to visit Mary Baker on the 2fith of May, at Mr.
Webb's ; I arrived at six in the evening; I found the prisoner
in bed in one of the attics; I inquired her complaint, and she
informed me she had a pain in her back and the toothache ; I
inquired if any thing else was the matter ? and she said she hat)

bled at the nose to the amount of a quart of blood ' • 1 went to the
laundry to examine this blood; on inspecting it, I declared that
it had not come from the nose, and I must see her again ; on
examining her bosom I declared her to be pregnant, and said
you have had a child ; she persisted in denying it; I said, have
you any objection to have your boxes searched ? She said she
had none ; the housekeeper asked her for her key, and she said
she did not know where it was; I went to the laundry, and sent
for a screw-driver to break it open ; another servant came and
said the prisoner had confessed the child was in the box; OR
breaking•the,_box open I discovered a cloak, under it a flannel
petticoat, and'ebecquered apron, with marks of blood, which
contained a new-born infant I took it outvand not finding the
after-birth, I went to thal"..prisonet, and' delivered her of
the after-birth in twenty minutes, On examining the child
I found the navel-string had been torn off about six inches
from the body of the cldid, and observed that it did not cor-
respond to the portion attached to the after-birth. I observed
three wounds in the upper part of the chest and neck; the
largest was about halt an inch in length, and had nearly
penetrated the integumentg; none of these wounds could have
occasioned death. On opening the chest, I found its con•
tents had a very healthy appearance, the lungg, heart, and
appurtenances, nearly tilled the chest, the lungs having been
inflated. I proceeded with my partner, Mr. Sweeting, to take
off a portion of the left lobe of the lungs. Small bubbles of air
were detached by squeezing it, and it floated in water. The
-cavitya
healthyi of the
appearance.bdomenw On examiningasthenotienel,and its contents also
had t
served, on the right side, a portion of coagulatedi'e dhbelaool w
l,learogbe;
than a half-crown piece; beneath was a quantity of bloody
serum, and beneath that the membrane, immediately covering
the brain, was suffused with blood. There was a puffy tumour
in the scalp on the right side of the head, immediately above
this coagulated blood. On removing the right parietal bone we
found the vessels of the brain very turgid with blood. %Olen
we dissected the portion of the lungs, blood followed the knife;
the transparent corner of the child's eyes was very
The naval-string was torn, but this would not have occasional
death. The blow on the head, which must have produced the
tumour, was sufficient to cause death. The colour of the lungs
was florid. The child had every appearance of having been
born alive. The wounds appeared to have been inflicted by ad
sharp instrument. It is my opinion that the blow on the 11"
was produced by violence, and not by a difficult labour.
Examined by Mr. Baron GARROW.—Such a turnout migr
have been produced in the agony of labour, by the bead of t
child coming in contact with the sharp edge of a close-stool.
I found afterwards that the labour had taken place on g
dose-stool.
Mr. Baron GARROW here intimated to the Jury that ev.en
supposing the child to have been born alive, after the °Ping
which had just been given by the witness, there was not su
cient evidence to convict the prisoner of the capital offenicoe4
The probabilities were always strongly against the cononiss.
of so unnatural an offence, and in this case the struggling whir.
• • titit.
might have been occasioned by a premature labour, w.e• •
The
cient to account for the wound on the head of the child. e,r._
was, however, ample evidence to convict the prisoner of tile
concealment of the birth of the child.
butri loeu.nl udrYh care gq
Judge sentenced her to twelve month's imprisonment in Otte
liiiiiltttyedofthceopnrceianalninergoiftstlbieirmthu;rdaenrdotfhtellebecahrin
House of Correction.—The prisoner appeared to be in One.
of extreme dejection during the early part of the trial;
countenance was pale and death-like, but it became soniewint
re-animated when the Learned Judge intimated to the Jury
that there was not sufficient evidence to convict her.
sentence was passing upon her she knelt down, and clasped her
hands together with an expression of intense mtntal sutl'ering•
—This was the only case of any interest at these Assizes. The,
Grand Jury were, this day occupied for a considerable time ,
examining witnesses for the Bill of indictment against Sante
Gale; for the minder of Jane Batlden, who was found dead in $
pool, a few days ago, near Bridport, in this county. The de-
ceased was in an advanced state of pregnancy by the prisoner,
and the principal circumstance of suspicion against him With
that lie had failed to keep an appointment which lie had made
with her friends, for the purpose of coming to tome arrange*
ment for the maintenance of the child. The Jury returned the
Bill—not found.

YORK, Au 0.12.

HARDY V. DEWSNAP.
Mr. SCAMETT said that the plaintiff was an attorney at
_
Sheffield, and had been for some time one of the Coroners 1?,..
the county of York. He had been elected to that office by to°
suffrages of a considerable number of freeholders, and was tiler!:
fore at the time of his election a man of respectable character's..
their estimation. The present action was brought in consequene
of a wanton, deliberate, and malicious attack which the defend:
ant had made upon the character of this gentleman. The de
fendant, Mr. Dewsnap, WAR a collector—or, as he chose to sty's
himself, an auditor of accounts. Unfortunately for himself, he
was not contented with being a mere auditor • he was evell
animated with the ambition of being a great talker upon WO
occasions. As an auditor, he had been employed by the plait
tiff to collect certain debts due to a deceased brother, of which
he had refused to give any account, after he had admitted
that he had received their full amount. The plaintiff 118"
M r made various applications to him for the money ~,
cofiected, and having met with various excuses and refo,tst
at last brought an action to recover its amount. Vt "t'er.
lie was smarting under that infliction, the defendant ut
eil the words which had given rise to the present action.a
in a society consisting of the most respectable merchants. P.,
manufacturers in the town of Sheffield. Speaking of the pis.l,7,
tiff, he had thought proper to call him a scoundrel and a pe_To
fogging attorney. A gentleman of the name of Heaton, 71c1.
happened to be i'resent, and to know something of the traNno
tions which had taken place between the parties, ad ViSC
not to use such language. The defendant replied that lientilf
a right to use it, and that he did not care if the
Hardy know of it—for, said he, alluding to an action vi'o
had been brought against him by an attorney calloi 0,',1110
head, who had only recovered a shilling damages!' 0 to
lawyer's character is worth more than a shilling; and tidal.
Hardy, his character is not worth sixpence ;" he also 2,01."
"As a lawyer and a Coroner, he is a villain and a son a•
It was not the object of his client to convert the slander
lice of the defendant into a source of emolument to de-
but he hoped that the Jury, when they recollected that t 00-
fendant had pleaded the general issue, without putting iwhat
Oration on the record; would not consider it a trilling c.a-which
deserved light and inconsiderable damages, but a ease
deserved to be visited with the severest indignation. pith
SVm. Brownell, secretary to the Sheffield Fire-Oinee)or the
I know the plaintiff ; he is an attorney, and a Coroner ;
and
county. The defendant, Dewsnap, is a collector dare n isle' toe'
also a farmer. I remember being at Mrs. Smith's c°l,-a
Oleg.
In Sheffield, on the oth of May, about eight o'clock in vet,
oreb d
Dewsnap said that Hardy was a pettifogging
ing. Fifteen or 'sixteen respectable persons wered;ia, 50
seoun...dy
suf-
that all his business proved it. Heaton said, "If kilt bah
fers such imputations, he deserves to lose every,flien
and I will withdraw my own business from him. 'to I.
By Mr. BROUGHAM—At this time Dewsnapwso'llica
certain degree, under the influence of liquor, but not
as to be insensible to what he was saying or doing. „ening
Mr. Heaton—l went about nine o'clock in tl e;tonlY
of the night in question to our club; Dewsnap 50", f
other persons were there. He was quite consci°..Aus„l an
he was doing. Ifs called Hardy a lying sc""-- on the.
pettifoggini; rascal, and offered to bet a wafleralae of
subject. Dewsnap said he had ascertained the v only
lawyer's character in an action with Bromehead, wh°llilianif
I recovered one shilling damages. He desired me t°
what he had said. wools
• n °l*
Mr. Justice BATLEY said that this was action ft
spoken, and also for a libel. Ile was bound to 011'100 el
the produced paper was, in his opinion, a libel, and
defendant's suffering Heaton to take it away atir47
publication.—Verdiet fur the plaintiff—Damages a

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R 1 e 111:‘
ECORDEIt'S REPOILT.—On Saturday tri i erria
connrit made his Report to the King in Council, 0 tte'-‘ the
tamers remaining under sentence of death in N,,ewi„g3sifai°l',i
whole of whom were convicted at the Old Dailey o'7 ' foe-
namely—Richard Tolkington. atred 30, for uttering uchotel
Chambers,,hicei West,
iniring i,es2Bra onlydjl :ft,
draft upon Messrs. Willis, PereiV'al, and Co. for 0;4000
upwardsl7:C hafi
et
3 whenE" gi
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.lames
mi.Shedeinia,mloc,linTtletyo
Isis,Wroarttsh,,,ulgib' rzlcwiefra;
298_ for stealing in a dwellin
Thomas Jay alias Norfolk, 31, for' horse-stealing ; ,ur 14
Cook, 24, Philip Smith alias Lloyd, 21, John lofyinch
pleased to order that they should all be respited. Ori
likethe fire irons placed upon tt r -4. k
hGLASGOW,
that which is caused byti (EA tiTtiQUA- - • hoc
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ot
fe morning of Sunday last, about nine o'clock? a sn 'l,o°-_,%4
: ianrei earthquake was felt at Conrie and its neighb°4;ri, "'
in one
the houses in the village were perceptibly bo ovettl
?use, in particular the motion was such as to_i ogoi
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the causeway. POOP
SUDDEN DEATII.—The driver of the
,„ed SP° AVI'
shortly after leaving the former place on Fritity—, at 3,1,1.
plained of being unwell, and was obliged, en at viCosci''••s
borne, about eight miles from Dorchester, to quit &live or olit
Medical assistance was procured, but in the space °f• doe' 4
six chi'
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hours he was a corpse. fle.has left a wife and i
is a singular circumstance, that no less than three cl:1;ii a
have, within the short period of 12 months been ow'.
rived of life at Afilhorne.—(Southanipton' Chronicle.)
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QUIS DIOERE F.ILSO.II AUUEAT

LON DON,
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1824.

We have received the Paris Papers of Friday
411(1 the Reale of Saturday, and have given ex-
tracts from them in our preceding columns. They
Contain some further articles on the conquest of
IPSara by the CAPTAIN PACIIA, but no new facts
are communicated respecting that afflicting dis-
aster. It Is still asserted that many of the trans-
ports belonging to the Turkish fleet sailed to the
attack of the island under the protection of fo-
reign flags, and that the surviving Ipsariots, on
ascertaining the hopelessness of protracted resist-
ance, blew up the last fort in which they had
shut themselves up with their families ! The
Courier Frangais has an article, dated Constanti-
nople, which indignantly reprobates the unprin-
cipled venality with which Christian Europe is
delivering up the Greek nation to be slaughtered
by its Mussulman executioners. •

ciAurrer. Suonr.N DEsTn.—Yesterdny, at the
--''''Pel of the French Ambassador, Mona. Arr.
1)
101st: PAPPILLON, aged 79, formerly Cure of the
*
j„'"ese of Itouen, and of late attached to the
relich Embassy whilst in the pulpit preaching
,_"_l the danger of delaying _salvation .as mortals
'T ow not the hour they may be called, he .sud—
den' fell
-Y forward against the front of the pulpit,
and before any assistance could be afforded, the
vitio A
shark.had fled.
4:ll!nivoTiita Act:mil-TT:l—Yesterday as L'Abbe.PAPPIL-
‘ "e of the chief priests of the trench Chapel, Georfie-
p et, Portman-square, was preaching to his Excellency Prince
Int'er''uN AC, the Frenelt Ambassador and suite, and a nu.
::noon congegation, he was observed by his Excellency to
I,reirfoint attlenaiddle of his sermon in a very extraordinary posi.
minute. His. Excellency became alarmed, and
cii ri one ascend attendant's to request Mr. CHENE, Chief
turn 4in, to the pulpit, when, to his inexpressible ter.
,Ilne
cl 11 i eBiliatradi dthe Reverend Prelate on the oint of expiring.
w" gjvolt by Mr. COYLE, surgeon, 0 Wel-
!„
etc- tteet, and Mr. DUSIGNON, of York-street, but before
:II yaiecetd4 reach the vestry, the vital spark was extinct. The
irl',::::l,Y1 i
Inuit noticed oblymtihkel and amiable manners, and was particu.
present French Monarch and the Royal
very peculiar. %The subject of his sermon at the awul nearly wills
livered rat. The following are the words as he de-
we are noten"-- How precious is our time in this world, for
the throne'ucre a t what moment we may be summoned before
Tli .Prinee,°',lne Almighty, to answer for our actions here."
of the co, 3 roLlowac was deeply betaced, as was the whole
the eh, Igregation.—An Inquest will held on the body at
Pei.
'w

toe are
Ambassador in London has acquainted
lull' Government, that he has received informa-
tion from Paris of peace having been negociated
and concluded between his country and the Dey
°f ALGIEu.s. We understand the information has
been communicated to Lord MELVILLE, who has
been staying with his family at Ryde since his
return from his official visit to Plymouth.--
(Ilampsh ire Telegraph.)
The Duke of CLARENCE came to town on Sa-
turday morning. His Royal Highness returned
to Bushey in the afternoon to dinner.
His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTEA
passed through Ringwood on Thursday morning,
from Shrewsbury, on his way to Lulwrth
Castle. His Royal Highness was accompanied
by Capt. FORSTER.
?The Newcastle Courant of last Saturday says—
A refractory spirit has this week
shewn itself amongst the
tare aring shipwrights at 13lyth, but we do not hear that they
Peace,i.
Yet proceeded to any acts of violence in breach of the
tt NEW SPANISH LoAti.—We are enabled to state
III" a new negociation is on the tapis for a very
vi;? loan to Spain, the first application of
Tai'cli will be the completion of a.formidablo ar-
grient against South America • and we have uo
(soubt
that the same patriotic 6entlemen of the
uck
t Exchange who lend their money to South
dAmerica, for the establishment of its indepen-
n„ce) will be equally ready to lend their money
Subvert !—(Brii. Mon. Aug. 15.)
t The Lords. of the Treasury have given 5001.
Idtverp9;wai'ds the erection Of a Welch Church in
sool.