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London, England, 1847-08-07 00:00:00

Tile prisoner had appuarecl collected throughout the
wh,)le, trial up to the ksr. He betrayed but little agita-
tion ;u1 hearing the verdict and sentence, though he was
considerably paler, and seemed to grow somewhat faint
towards the end of the day.

NORTH 11 ALES ci ilcu Er.—chester, Aug 5.
CRO Vti N COUR r .re Mr. Jthtice IiRESWELL.)
ClLAltgig OF CILLLD MUADEIi - Cue ou.y cisu which
rema.neu for teal this mortung was that of a young
female, named Grace Dear, aged 22, who was charged
with the willui wurocr of nor own illegitimatp child.
'l,lw prosecution was conducted 'oy \tr. Towus4 nd ar:d
Alr. Yardley; the prisoner was un 'efended.

W nen placed at the bar the prisoner became dread-
fully excited, wept aloud, and it was some time before
the proceedings could be gone on with from her inability
to pay attention to them. During the examination of
the witnesses Ale several times tainted, and had it not
been fur the kind attention of the lt,v. H, S Jos?ph,
coaplain to the gaol, and that of the matron, it can
hardly b, supposed she would have been able to sustain
the dry a fin ordeal.

Mr. ToWNSEND, iri stating the case to the jury, was
roceeding to observe that it the jury were or: opini,in
that the laudanum, ot which the chant died, hat not been
administeted with the intention 01 destroying life, bit
negligently and carelessly of lulling it, then they might
find her guilty of inanslau4liter, when
The Learned JUDGE expressed his dissent. He was
aware it had been held so with regard to surgeons and
quack doct,rs; but so far as rely e' to other parties he
rather inclined to a different opinion; but it Mr. Town-
send could show him any authority oa the subject he
should feel obliged.
The C4ne then proceeded, and a number of witnesses
were called, from whose evidence it appeared that on the
31st of March last the prisoner was delivered of a female
child. Tnat on the 7th April she was engaged as
wet nurse in the family of Mr. Drink water, Mortimer-
terrace, Bok,nhead, having on the same day placed her
child out. On the 21st of April the deceased was given
up to the prisoner with the i,teitti in of both going to
the workhouse. She, however, did not succeed in obtain-
ing an order of admission. About tier o'click the snme
afternoon tile prisoner purchased 120 drops of laudanum
and at seven the chid was found to be ill. At ten it had
become worse, when a surgeon was called in, and fout.d
the child dying from what he believed to be the effect of
laudanum. It lingered, however, until tour o'clock in the
morning; and'onat past-znortem vx.mtnation the suspi-
, mons ot the surgeon svere 'coatiruied. The prisoner on
being taken into custody admitted that she had given the
child laudanum, but said she dal nut think it would kill it.

His .LounsaiP, in summing up the CIS,' said if they
were or opinion that the prisoner udaiinistered the lau-
(-Litwin tor the purpose of injuring the child sie was
guilty of murder; but it it were only tor the purpose of
quieting it, although incautiously, it was no more than
an occident.

Verdict—Not Guilty.—This ended the business.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Warwick, August 6.
CRO COUlt r.

The court was opened this morning at nine o'clock by
Baron Rolfe.

Two young men, nain ,d Frederick Seaton, alias Alfred,
ard William Brown, alias Richard Smith, alias -Hobe, t
Short, re charged with haying, at Birmingham, on the
2.i of July lair, assaulted and robbed Joseph Jackson
Smith ot 11. 10. s.

111 r. Wilhnore prosecuted, and Mr. O'Brien defended
:he prisonvrs.
After tie evidence ha I been heard,
The jury, utter a shot: consult itioci, returned a ver-
dict, finding the prisoners guilty of an assault with intent
to rob.

His LORDSHTP said he would not receive such a ver-
dict. It they were not satt-fiA that a robbery had lbeLz
commltied, they muit fled the prisoners guilty of the
assault.

The fo .eman, accordingly, without tonsuring nis fel-
low-jurors, returned a verdict, finding the p: isoners
guilty of th- assault only.
LORDSUIP then suatencei them to be imprisoned
For .nie 3-ear, lot hard labour.
A m4n na.ned Edward Townham wts charged with
having broken into the 11t11.13, of tiet,ey Pa4e,
%Ando v, rest tang at 133.rford, and stealing two watches,
broochezi, money, and jewettery, to aotu,. extent. There
were two 0 tiler in-n, named John 31.r!!ettv and .folin
Bryin, alias Clarke; charged with the ofien e to con-
junction with the t‘i,tirter, cut they weaded guilty. The
case as against Twyiiham was then proceeded with.
Sir E. Wilmot • prosecuted ; tile prisoner was un-
defended.

On Thursday, the 22d of April last, the proiecutrix
had occasion to l-ave her house for some time, but be-
fore leaving she locked up the house carefully-. She did
not return tilt next day, and in her absence the house
had been robbed. On the Thursday evening James
Hewit':, the constable, saw the prisoner and Lao other
men (Margett: and Bryan) standin4 in a barley field
opposite Mrs. P:T.,'s house. Later m the course of the
evening, about a quarter-past eleven o'clock, tie saw
of them cone from Mrs. Page's house. He spoke
to the man, who said he lived in Warwick, and then ran
off. Atter waiting some time ths constable heard a
noise as of some one playing a piano in Mrs. Pages's.
The thieves were loud of music. He got the assistance
of three men ; sent two of them over the wall into Mrs.
Page's back premises, and one at the front door.
Shortly after the men got over, the constable heard a
cry of " help," and, on going to the spa, secured Mar-
getts. Having heard a notse in the house again, he
went there, and then heard a cry of " murder" from
the bottom of the garden. Bryan was then appre-
hended, and he and Margetts wee searene I. Aimut a
quarter-past three o'cl,ck in the morning, he siw
Ttvynham on the turnpike-road, and took hold of him
say ing—" You are the man who ran away troll me at a
quarter past eleven o'clock last night." This the pri-
soner denied. In taking the prisoner he endeavoured to
escape, but did not succeed. Toe pr.,p2rty stolen was
found on the prisoners Margetts and Bryan. S-1136 of
Hewitt's assistants corroborated his evidence. Mr.Vyse,
inspector a police at Coventry, ideutttied the prisoners,
whom he saw in company together en the day on which
the robbery was committed. On the same day they
were seen together in Warwick. Numerous other wit
nessea were called to prove the i,tentity of Twynhain,
who ingeniously cross-examined all the witnesses with
the tact ota practised hand.

After a brief address from the prisoner, who urged the
diffiCulty of identification,.

His fonusifit. summed up, and the jury returned a
verdict of Guilty.
All the prisoners had been previously convicted.
Ills LORDSHIP sentenced them respectively to fifteen
years' transprtation.

OXFORD ClRC(ll7l—Gloucester, Aug. 5.
Twenty years ago the average entry of causes here
was over 50, t!te ay.:rage number of prisoners over
150, and tne average length of the assiz s about
seventeen or eighteen days. To-day the entry of causes
is 20, the number of prisoners 67, and the assizes
ma) be over by Satarday night. The cell:mission was
()dialed yesterday. The judges went into court to-day at
It• n,'dock, but no parties being rtady to proc.. ed in the
Nisi Prtua Court, Mr. Justice Coleridge, who presides
toere, wa, obligt•d to adjourn tor couple of hours. In
the Crown Ct,urt, the charges to the city and county
grand juries hal not closed b dore twelva o'clock. The

cause list. contains only twenty entries, and is regarded
a, a most rotten one, most of the ca es to it b ing unim-
prt it:t, several undefended, and only three reserved for
-p,ci,2l juries. 0: the 67 prisoners named in the calen-
dar tI-re are charged—with me guarder of au adult, 1;
the murder of an infant, 1; manslaughter. 1; conceal-
ment ot birth, 2; rape, 1; as-ault watt felouton,, infenr,
2; burglary, 16; ki:ting a fallow de'-r, 1; the remainder
being charged with larcenies that sliouA have been
tried at sessions. It app-ars that the magistrates ot
S,aGrdshire are the only ma:istrates throughout the
circuit who hold an adjourned sessions immediately
bet,)re each assiz-s, in osier to relieve the calendar from
all °ire ,ties which are nut of importance enough to be
reserved for the consideration ot her Majesty's justices
of o)er and ter:niner and general gaol delivery. It is
iestrable that their example should be more generally
followed, a. thus ample time would be afforded for the
realty important cases, winch alone should h• reserved
tt:7o tttintuassoi andbut :1‘:)t. r
thison nis
circuit i prirus causes, which are
barked iNy beinz re..-erred or mad.: retuanets.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before-Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
The first contested case was