The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

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It appears from the Bury Herald that the gossips of
that town have had their suspicions greatly excited by
the mysterious birth and burial of an illegitimate
chili, the offspring of a lady of fortune, named Miss.
Moseley, residing at No. 45, Westgate-street, Bury.
At length the rumours of foul play, which were rife
in every direction, reached theears of the Coroner (H.
Wayman, Esq.), and the body being exhumed, an in-
quest was held on Friday, at the Coach and Horses
Inn. Henry Lomax, the gravedigger, deposed that
on the night of the Bth of November a woman nareed
Clary brought a box, which she said contained a still-.
born child, and the fee being ls. 6d., gave 55., in order
that nothing might be said about it. Witness's family
had held the office of gravedif:ger for upwards of a
hundred years, and still-born children had always
been buried in that way without inquiry or certifficate.
Mrs James Clary confirmed this statement and said:
—" My daughter and my son are now living in the
service of Miss Moseley—the latter in the capacity
of page—my daughter as servant. I was requested
by Miss Moseley to get the child buried, who said,
Don't spare any expense, but have it laid comfort- -
ably." She gave- me a sovereign, and said if the-
gravedigger required more than ss. give it to him.
I was not in the house when the child was born; no
one was. On the morning after the birth, about
eight o'clock, I went and saw Miss Moseley, who
was very bad, and she said she thought she should
die. She said that she had been confined three or
four hours, and that the child was still -born. In the
afternoon she gacie me. directions about the burial.
My son, who lives with •Miss Moseley, is dressed in
livery. He is now' in mourning for Miss Moseley's
father, who died from an accident in this town about
twelve months since." •

Mrs. Josiah -Clary deposed-7.1 have' known Miss
Moseley ever since--she first eame to Bury. Some
time last springTshe removed to her present Tesiclenree
in Westgge•street. Before she was confined:l fan-
cied she was, in the family way and • often joked her
about it, and a gentleman who. used, to payr frequent
visits to the house. She never either admitted or
denied the 'imputation: On the morning of the Bth
of November, I went as usual to the house, when
Miss Moseley called to me and inquired if I were
alone ? I said " Yes." She replied, "It's all over."
I said I dare not go up. She said, "That's very silly,
and you are very unkind; there's nothing to see, for
the baby is dead." She said she was taken before
she could send for any one.
Mrs. Calfe, a nurse, stated that Miss Moseley had
informed her she had had two children before this,
and that with one she was confined in a house of ill-
fame in London ; and had taken enough stuff to kill
a horse, which had been given her by the father.
The surgical evidence went to show that the child
was not burn alive, but " died in transitu, just at the
moment of its entering the'world." It was very -much
congested, but whether that arose from suffocation or
decomposition was uncertain.
The Coroner said, ,with this evidence it was need-
less to attempt to carry the case any further, as it
was quite evident the child was still-born. There
were so many circumstances of grave suspicion about
the case that he felt he should not be discharging his
duty had he not held an inquiry into the case. Ad-
dressing Miss Moseley, he said—" The evidence
which has been disclosed to-day is sufficient to
convince any one of a most frightful history
of crime, debauchery, and immorality committed
by yourself. You came to this town with a
highly respectable parent, and, as far as I had the
means of judging, was respected in both his
public and private capacities. It is, therefore, the
more painful to me, and I am sure it is to the jury,
to see his daughter sunk to the lowest depths of
crime; indeed, you are, by the evidence given to-
day, no better than a murderer. There is every sus-
picion attaching to you that you have been the mo-
ther of three illegitimate children. (Miss Moseley—
" That I deny.") All of whom have died still-born.
This circumstance, combined with what we have
heard to-day, leads to the inference that they-were
put out of the way. The fact of your partner in
this last affair being a married man does not lessen
your crime, although it sadly reflects on him. I hope
this public exposure before a jury of married and
single men may shame you into a better course of
life. There is no stain so deep but it may be wiped
away, both here and hereafter. `Go and sin no more,
lest a worse evil come unto thee. "

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