The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-20 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1847.

tober the prisoner complained of great pain, and the
presumption was that in the course of that day she
delivered herself of the child, and it was supposed
that she had laid it in a passage near her residence.
It was found there the same evening in a pitiable
state, and in being removed to the workhouse it went
into convulsions, ar.d died a few hours afterwards. It
appeared probable, from circumstances that trans-
pired in the course of the case, that the prisoner's
object was to relieve herself from the burden of
maintaining the child, and to avoid the exposure of
the shame, and that she did not anticipate the fatal
result that took place from her conduct.
Mr. WlLnn made a most feeling appeal to the jury
on behalf of the unfortunate prisoner, and urged
that it was very possible that a young girl in the
agony of such a situation as the prisoner was placed
in might have committed the act imputed to her
without being really conscious of it, or of the conse-
quences that would be likely to ensue.
The jury;found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter,
and she was senteneed to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for a year.
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Henry Spicer, 32, broker, was indicted for the
manslaughter oPhilip Birch.

Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Payne defended
the prisoner.
The circumstances of this case will be fresh in the
recollection of the public. The parties were in a
public-house with others, when the deceased insisted
upon fighting with several persons, and seized one
by the throat, and held him till he was nearly black
in the face. The prisoner, upon this, laid hold of a
pair of tongs and struck at him, the blow being aimed
at his body, but, by his suddenly turning, he received
it on his head, and the consequence was that he died
soon afterwards. The deceased, it appeared, was very
drunk at the time, and the occurrence appeared chiefly
to have arisen from his own misconduct.
Verdict—Not Guilty.

(BeforelVl; the
heCROEIicoIaTER.)
Horatio Nelson West, 18, who had pleaded Guilty
to a charge of uttering forged scrip of the South-
Western Railway, was brought up for judgment.
The circumstances under which the charge was
preferred have been repeatedly mentioned. The
prisoner had been already eight months in gaol,
while the point of law was under discussion, and he
was now sentenced to a further period of imprison-
ment for three months.

Upon the application of Mr. PRRNDERG AST, an
order was made that Barr, Brewer, and Ralt; who
were convicted on Tuesday of conspiracy, should be
placed in that part of the gaol appropriated for what
are called first-class misdemeanants, which would enable
them to have better food and other indulgences. The
ground for the application was, that from their
position in life they could not subsist upon the gaol
allowance, and Brewer, it was stated, was already
very ill, in consequence of the change from the diet
to which he had been accustomed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.

A man of sullen appearance, who refused to give
his name or address, was charged before Mr.
Broughton with attempting to plunder the house of
General Fleming, No. 11, Baker-street, Portman-
square.
It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock
on the previous evening, on Mary Fitzsimons, the
lady's maid, passing Mrs. Fleining's bedroom, she
perceived the smell of a lucifer match burning, and
on entering the room she discovered the prisoner and
another man, not in custody, standing by two dress-
ing-cases, the topmost of which they were examining.
Immediately on perceiving her, both rushed out of
the room, and one of them, but which, in her fright,
she could not tell, knocked her down on the landing
and kicked her violently. She, however, called out,
on which both men ran down stairs, and out of the
street door. The prisoner was, however, secured by
a tradesman named Ragdalet
The dressing-cases were produced, and one of them
contained much valuable property.
The prisoner, who denied that he was one of the
men, was remanded till Wednesday next.
IVESTMINSTER.

Henry Watson, a middle-aged man, having the
appearance of a decayed tradesman, was charged
before Mr. Burrell, with threatening to shoot Lord
George Bentinck.
It appeared that, about half-past seven o'clock on
the previous evening, policeman Lockyer, A 96,
seeing the prisoner near the Members' entrance to
the House of Commons, entered into conversation
with him, when the prisoner offered him half-a-
crown to show him Lord George Bentinck when he
arrived, and on pressing him why he wished to
know, he admitted that he wanted to shoot him. He
was then taken into custody, when he said he could
not help it, for Lord George was opposing Lord J.
Russell's measures, and that he had for two or three
days past waited about the Park to tell the Queen about
it, but ehe was out of town. Other evidence was
also gone into to prove that the prisoner had, on the
previous (Thursday) evening, while being shaved in
the harrow-road, Paddington, said he was going to
shoot Lord George Bentinck, and pulled out a bullet
from his waistcoat pocket.
Mr. BuanFLL said he thought the matter one of a
very serious nature, and ordered the prisoner to find
bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each.
The worthy MagiArate subsequently directed the
clerk to make the commitment with his impression
that the prisoner was insane.
WORSHIP-STREET.

John Doyle, a decent-looking mechanic, surrendered
to hie reeognizances to answer an adjourned charge
of drunken end disorderly conduct, and assaulting the
police in the executiOn of their duty.
At the former exarninalen a policeman of the K
division, named Denis Rya,;, stated, that while on
duty in Little Arundel-street, ISiih.l'end :New Town,
on Tuesday night, a gentleman and limy" informed
him that they had just been insulted and annoyer: by
the prisoner, and observing that he was conducting
himself in a disorderly and riotous manner, he re-
quested him to go quietly home, or he should be
obliged to take him into custody. The prisoner im-
mediately assailed him with a volley of abuse, And
having struck him two violent blows on the face, one
of which cut his mouth and made it bleed severely,
ted
overtaken
street, but was pursued
andet etness, who at length procured
retreated down an
the adjoiningli,i
the assistance of a private watchman, and after a
t pro-
tractedt-
and violent struggle between them, in which
the prisoner's resistance was so determined that the
witness's coat was torn all round the collar and half-
way at last succeeded in con-
veyingdown
hirnhti(ssthheosldaetrin house.hey
William Loyd, u
the private watchman, and another
constable of the K division, stated that upon reaching
the spot they found the first witness upon the ground
engaged in, a violent struggle with the prisoner, and
saw the wife of the latter seize the constable by the
hair of his head and endeavour all she could to rescue
her husband, but neither of these witnesses eras pre-
sent at the commencement of the affray, and was
not aware in what manner it originated.
Inspector Coward stated that upon the prisoner
being brought to the station he exhibited great vio-
lence, declared that he would not be searched, and
that it required the exertions of three officers to
accomplish it. The prisoner was drunk, while the
officer was perfectly sober, and appeared to be com-
pletely exhausted.
When called upon for his defence, the prisoner
positively denied having assaulted the constable, who,
he stated, had interfered with him in the first instance
without the slightest provocation, and subsequently
subjected him to the most brutal violence ; and having
intimated that he should be able to produce numerous
witnesses in confirmation of this statement if time
were given him, ;the magistrate adjourned the case
for their attendance.

A married woman named Sarah Ball, residing in
the next house to the prisoner, now stated, that while
seated at her window on the night in question, she
saw the prisoner approach his own door, at which he
knocked and commenced singing, but was imme-
diately checked by the constable, who came up at the
moment, and ordered him in a peremptory manner to
" hold his noise." The prisoner made some reply to
this order the witness did not hear, upon which the
policeman instantly seized him by the collar, forced
him dovrn the steps, and began dragging him violently
pr
along the street. After proceeding a short distance a
struggle /took (place between them, in which they
both fell, and the officer, who was uppermost, with
his knees on theisoner's chest,
held him down by
the throat and repeatedly dashed his head upon the
stones. A large crowd of persons had collected, at-
tracted by the contest, and loudly expressed their in-
dignation at the conduct of the constable, but he still
retained his hold of the prisoner until the arrival of
the private watchtnan and second officer, when the
prisoner was removed.
Two other married women, named Smith and
Adams, corroborated the evidence of the last witness
in its chief particulars, and described the conduct of
the constable as having been, in their judgment, wan-
ton and unwarrantable throughout.
ARNOLDMr. remarked upon the discrepancy in
the testimony of the different witnesses, and said,
that after the evidence he had now heard on behalf
of the prisoner, he could come to no other conclusion
than that the charge against him had not been sus-
tained, and he should therefore at once dismiss the
complaint, and order the prisoner to be discharged.

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THAMES.
On Saturday, David Hill, a tall and powerful sea-
man, was brought before Mr. Ballantine on remand,
charged with committing a
savage assault on John
Hogan, who is also a mariner, and biting off the greater
portion of his nose.
Pickering, a police-constable, No. 87 K, put in a
certificate from the house-surgeon of the London
Hospital, stating, that the wounded man, Hogan,
was admitted into that institution on Wednesday