The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-31 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COUR7.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
CHILD MIIRDER.—Sarah Freiman, 26, was indicted
for the wilful murder of her own male avid.
Mr. BODKIN conducted the case for the prosecution,
and in the course of opening it to the jury, stated that
the grand jury ignored the bill against the prisoner, and
that she was now upon her trial on the coroner's inqui-
sition.
Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Police-constable Cummings said, in consequence of a
letter he had received, he went on the 14th of October
to Ely-place, Belgraye-square. Ile saw the prisoner
going from the house with a basket in her hand. He
stopi ed her, tot& her into the housekeeper's room, and
desired her to put the basket on the table. Witness then
said he hLd received information that the prisoner had
lately been delivered of a child. Witness asked where
it was, to which she replied, in the basket. Witness
asked when it was born, to which she replied, on Satur-
day Lest. Witness then asked how long it had lived, to
which she replied, only a few minutes. Witness then
asked where she was going to take it, to which she re-
plied, to a woman at Chelsea, who had promised to bury
it for her. As she was going to the station-house she
asked what would be done to her, and whether she would
be hanged. Witness then said it was impossible he
could know. The:prisoner then said, she would not
have done it if the woman had not promised her to
put it agar. Witness examined the basket at the
station, in the presence of Dr. Pearce, and found it
contained the dead body of a male child. The whole
body was forced into a stocking, head foremost. It was
wrapped round with some stuff similar to a gown of the
prisoner's. On searching the prisoner's bed-room no
child clothes were feuad.
Harriet Nuttall was housekeeper to Mr. Baring, M.P.,
of Ely-place, Beige ave-square. The family were,out of
town at the time of the occurrence. Witness had fre•
quently asked the prisoner if she was not in the
fanaily.way and she always denied it. Had spoken to
the prisoner about it about a month before the policeman
came. Observed a change in the prisoner on the Sunday
before the policeman came. She was much less in size,
and appeared ill. The prisoner stated, on being asked,
that she had a sick bead-ache.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON.—The prisoner
was a kind-hearted woman.
Mr. Pearce, a surgeon was called in to examine the
body of a child. On examining it he was satisfied the
child had respired. It sometimes happened that a child
respired when only partially delivered. The eyes of the
child appeared greatly dilated, and the brain was gorged
with blood. Could not say positively that these appear-
ances had been caused after the delivery of the child.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, contending that there was no evidence to prove
that the child was born alive, and that therefore the
jury could net do more than find the prisoner guilty of
concealing ti e birth.
Several p* raons of great respectability with whom the
prisoner had lived gave her a most excellent character
for humatity and propriety of conduct.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and
The jury Acquitted the prisoner of the charge of
murder, bat found her Guilty of concealing the birth of
the child.
Mr. Justice WICIIITYAN sentenced her to twelve
months' imprisonment.
The prisoner, who was very much affected during the
trial, was then removed from the bar.
Mr. Justice Wightman then retired from tho Court,
and the Recorder proceeded to dispose of the other cases
for trial on the day's list.
MANSLAUGHTER.—AdoIphus Solider, a good-looking
- boy, about fifteen years of age, surrendered to his bail
this morning, to take his trial upon a charge of man•
slaughter, in causing the death of a boy named Robert
Woodruffe, on the 9th of September.
- Mr. PLATT stated the case to the jury on behalf of
the prosecution, and from his statement it appeared that
r- the prisoner and the deceased had had a quarrel, which
terminated in a fight, and that the blows that the de-
ceased had received had caused his death in a month
afterwards.
Several witnesses, among whom was the deceased's
aunt, proved that the decease 3, on coming home, had
stated that he had been struck by the prisoner, which
caused a large swelling on his head, and that he was
attacked with violent bleeding at the nose, from which
came gushes of blood, from the loss of which the de-
ceased.sunk.
The dying declarations of the deceased were then put
in and read. They were taken by Mr. Norton, the ma-
gistrate, in the presence of the prisoner, and from them
it appeared that the deceased stated most positively that
the prisoner was the boy that struck him on the ear, but
he denied that he had been fighting with the prisoner, or
that he had ever fought with any boy.
Samuel John Thomas, a surgeon, in the London -road,
attended the deceased, and stated that he was inclined to
believe his death had been caused by the blow he bad
received, and the loss of blood and disease and fever
consequent upon it. He could not assert positively that
death bad been occasioned by external violence.
Mr. BALLANTINE was about to address the jury for
• the prisoner, when
The RECORDER intimated that he did not think the
case was clear against the boy, nor was there any evi-
dence to show he was the boy who struck the deceased,
except the declarations of the deceased himself, and it
had been shown that his mind wandered shortly before
his death.
The jury, nailer the Learned Judge's direction, Ac-
quitted the prisoner, who was immediately handed over
to his friends.

MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.)
William Woodward, who described himself as a miller,
residing at St. Alban's, was brought before Mr. Bingham
charged with defrauding Mr. Chaplin, the landlord of
the Tiger public•house, No. 24, Wells-street, Oxford.
street, of four sovereigns by means of a spurious cheque.
The prosecutor stated that on Saturday, the 21st
instant, about nine o'clock at night, the prisoner came
into his house and said, " My name is Woodward, of
St. Alban's. I have been waiting at my friend Mr.
Harrison's at No. 16, and he is not at home. I have
been buying a horse, and have given more money for the
animal than I expected. I have no other cash about me
but the cheque for 41., and as Mrs. Harrison
could net cash it, she sent me to ask if you would oblige
her by cashing it for me. I am not going home until
Sunday, and shall run short of cash." Witness then
received from the prisoner the cheque produced, drawn
on the London and Westminster Bank, for 41., and
signed Wm. Woodward. Witness believing the pri-
soner's representations to be true, gave the prisoner
four sovereigns. On the Monday following witness
went to the bank and presented the cheque for pay-
ment. The clerk looked at it, and asked witness where
be got it from? Witness replied that he had cashed it
for the gentleman whose name was signed to the
cheque on the Saturday night previous. The clerk then
said it was a forgery, and that they knew nothing at all
of such a person as the prisoner, and that during the
last two months more than a dozen such cb*ques had
been presented. Witness then gave information to the
police, but nothing more was seen of the prisoner until
last night, when witness, having occasion to call i❑ a
public-house in Villiers-street, Strand, saw the prisoner
at the bar. He sent for a constable and gave him in
charge.
The prisoner, in defence, said he signed the cheque
for his fathar, who had an account at the Bank.
Mr. Bilicnear remanded him until Thursday.

DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL GARNER. This
officer, for many years connected with the HOP. East
India Company's service, died on the 27th instant, at his
seat, Nu th-baak , Regent's-park.