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THE TRIAL OF PALMER.

Sporting Intelligence.

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The evidence of one witness ou the trial of Wm.
Palmer is of especial interest to the community,
and, as any comment upon it can have no effec,
upon the case, we call attention to it at once. lb
pecuniary troubles of the prisoner for many months
previous to the death of his companion C )ok
detailed at great length by Mr. Thomas
Pratt.
solicitor, of Queen-street, Mayfair. The history is
instructive for those who may at any time feel in-
clined to begin the seductive practice of borrowing
money on their own personal security. It certainly
requires no great arithmetical genius to calculate
what 1,0001., at 60 per cent. payable monthly, will
amount to in a given term of years, nor is there
much forethought necessary to show a man, with the
most-unceasing and fortunate exertions, he is hardly
likely .to extricate himself from debt which increases
with such terrible rapidity. The evidence of Mr.
Pratt is an old tale, and often told—the first small
loan duly repaid, then a larger sum, then the bor-
rower's acceptances, then those presumed to be his
mother's bills renewed, interest payable monthly,
threatening letters, entreaties for delay, falsehood,
forgery, appropriation, of another man's money,
and then the final crash. It is worthy of attention
in all its naked simplicity.
About two years and a half since the acquaint-
ance between Palmer and Mr. Pratt began,
Palmer borrowed 1,0001., which he repaid. More
seems to have been borrowed during the ensuing
year from Pratt or other persons, for when Anne
Palmer, the prisoner's wife, died, and Mr. Pratt
received 8,0001. from the offices on account of the
policies on her life, 6,500/. was at once applied in
payment of bills due. In April, 1855, Mr. Pratt
was again applied to for a loan of 2,0001., on a bill
purporting to be accepted by Mrs. Sarah Palmer,
and by November last there were eight bills held
by Mr. Pratt or his clients, the total amount being
12,5001. "The interest," says the witness, " was
paid monthly. With two exceptions, these bills
were discounted at the rate of 60 per cent." Thus
the interest to be paid by Palmer for money bor-
rowed within seven months was probably upwards
of 6,0001. a-year, the income of a leading barrister
or physician. If the prisoner had become possessed
of an annuity equal to the salary of a Judge or a
Minister of State, it must have been swept away
yearly during his whole life in merely paying the
interest of this temporary "accommodation." No
wonder there are soon urgent letters on the part of
Mr. Pratt and evasive answers from his client.
Walter Palmer is dead, but, even if the Prince of
Wales Insurance-office will way the 13,0001., it can-
not be received directly; so Mr. Pratt writes, "Do
pray thitikaboutyour three bills so shortly becoming
due. It Ido not get a positive appointment from
the office to pay, which I do not expect, you must
be prepared to meet them, as agreed. You told me
your mother was coming up this month, and would
settle them." Again, on the 2d of October, "Bear
in mind that you must be prepared to cover your
mother's acceptances due at the end of the month."
On the 18th, " I send copies of two letters I have
received. As regards the first, it shows how im-
portant it is that you or your mother should pre-
pare for the payment of the 4,0001. due in a few
days." What is the position, then, of Palmer ? He
has 4,0001. to pay, and can only pay 2501., and pro-
mise 2501. more. "For goodness sake, do not
think of writs. . . I will get you the money, even
if I pay 1,0001. for it." The two sums of 2501.
seem to have mollified Mr. Pratt for a few days. On
the 31st of October he writes—" The 2501. in regis-
tered letter duly received to-day. With it I have
been enabled to obtain consent to the following."
And then he tells Palmer that, with the exception
of issuing writs against his mother, no proceeding
as to service shall be made until the morning
of Saturday, the 10th, " when you are to
send up the 1,0001. or 1,5001. You will be
debited with a month's interest of the whole 4,000/.
out of the money sent up." On Nov. 11 Palmer
was not ready with the 1,0G01., but he brought
3001., making in all 8001. paid-2001. " was de-
ducted for interest, leaving 6001." Thus, out of
the money which Palmer had scraped together in
the course of the past month, a fourth, 2001., went
as the month's interest of the 4,0001. Of course
Mr. Pratt was still pressing for his balance of
3,4001. On the 17th Palmer is able to send a
check for 2001. ; on the 19th he pays in 501., and
promises 4501., which accordingly was liquidated
out of Cook's money. But even then the call was
for more. On the very day of Cook's death
Palmer writes, " I will send you the 751. to-mor-
row." This 751. it afterwards appears was for the
renewal of a bill for 1,5001. for one month, being
at the same reasonable rate of 60 per cent. On the
24th of November Palmer paid as small a sum as
251. on account of a 2,0001. bill, due a month
before.

BATH AND SOMERSET RACES.
WEDNESDAY.

The Aristocratic Handicap of 10 sow; each, 5 ft, with 20
added; gentlemen riders; jockeys 71b extra ; certain
winners extra. Once round. Eight Rubs.
Mr. W. Barnard's by Sirokol, 3 yrs, 10st (including
71b extra)
11r. Gongla's Anthracite, 4 yre, 11st 31h (including 71b
extra)
%fr. Starkey's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Mr. Dart) 3
ytr. T. Parr's Fatalist, 4 list (Mr. Seobell) 4
11r. Mellish's Sandboy, 4 yrs, lOst 12Ib (Cant. Little) 5
Betting--Even on Sand boy, 4 to 1 agst Anthracite,
sto 1 agst Sirocco, 6to 1 agst any other. Won by 3-
parters of a length, and a length and a half between the
second and third.

Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 20 adled ; for 2-yr-
dds and upwards ; weight for age ; horses to be sold for
2001. allowed 31b, further allowances if for less, &c. ; one
,nile, 7 subs, were won by Mr. Melli-h's Weathercock,
5 yrs (501.) 7st 61b (Esoott) beating Sntus, Ethelbald,
Tamar, Battery, and filly by Py rrhus the Ist, out of
lone.

The Weston Stakes of 10 40V5 each, with 50 wiled, for
two-yr-olds ; colts, Bdt 7lb ; fillies and geldings, 83t
41b ; certain allowances and penalties. T.Y.C. straight
half mile. 40 subs.
Mr. Howard's Pomona, by Birdcatcher, Bst 41b

(Wells) 1
Mr. E. Parr's Lambourn, 84t 121 b (including 51b
extra) _ (W. White) 2
Duke of Beaufort's The Vigil, 84t 4lb
Mr. Formby's The Bannerßearer, Bst 2lb (Flatman) 4
The following also ran :=Delos, Amati, colt by cos-
sack, out of Dilbar, The Kertch Chief, Lord Mel-
bourne, Boscobel, filly by Orlando, out of the Wren,
Cara Fatima, Bannockburn, and Wild Strawberry.
Betting-6 to 4 agit Lambourn, 4to 1 ag4 Cara Fa
tima, 13 to 2 agst Banner Bearer, 7 to 1 agst Pomona.
Won by a head. Five lengths between the second and
third ; bad fourth ; Cara Fatima was fifth. Bannock-
burn and the Wren filly were left at the post.

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The Bath Handicap of 10 goys each, 5 ft, with 100
added ; certain winners extra. Once round, about
one mile and a half. Twenty-eight subs, fifteen
of whom declared.
Mr. Brown's Speed the Plough, by Cothergtone, 6
yrs, Bst 41b (Ashman) 1
Mr Moseley's Alonzo, aged, 80, 121 b (Wells) 2
Mr. Hope's Agra, 3 yrs, 6st Blb (including 51b ex-
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(Fordharn) 3
The following also ran :—.Nathan, Veteran, Welham,
and colt by the Libel, out of Don John, out of BoletUs.
Bitting-6 to 4 agst Agra, 3to 1 agst Alonzo, sto 1
agst Speed thelplough, Won by four lengths ; very bad
third.

The Gold Cup, given by Lord W. Powlett, added to a.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for three-yr•olds
and up-
wards ; weight for age ; certain penalties. Once
round. Six subs.
Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, by Heron, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb
(carried 7st 91h) (Wells) 1
Mr. Waller's King Cob, 3 yri, 64t 121 b (Crouch) 2
Mr. Starkey's Top-y, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ( rlordery) 3
Mr. Starkey's Black Tulip, 8 yrs, 64 913 .. (Q Tinton) 0
Betting-3 to lon Fisherman, 4to 1 agst King Cob.
Won very easily by a length and a half ; very bad thin).
The Shorts, of 251., for two-yr-oid= and upwards,
weight for age, horses to be sold for 2001. allowed 31b,
further allowances if for less, &c., straight was
won by Mr. Wyatt's Ba tery, 6 yrs, 7st 61b (401.),
(Oliver, jun ), beating The Grey Dawn, Ariel, Wild
Rose and Rose

The -Dyrharn Park Handicap of 1001. ; certain winners
extra. To start at the distance post, and go once
round. Twenty-three subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Romeo, by California, 6 yre, 8t
(D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Adkins's. Curious, 3 yrs, 6st 10113 (including slb
extra (Fordlia,n) 2

Mr. I Day's Diana, 5 yrs, 7st 5.b (Crmich) 3
The following also ran : —Jack Sheppard, Freckle,
Noisy.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Curious, 4to 1 agst Jack Shep-
pard, sto 1 agst Diana. Won by a head ; bad third.

BETTING ON rtiE COURSE.
THE DEBBY.
10 to 3 agst Wentworth (offered)
6to 1 agst Fazz ?lett° (taken and offered)
Bto 1 ag-t Cannobie (Herod)
9 to 1 agst Artillery (taken)
11 to 1 agst Coroner (todien)
20 to 1 aget Yellow Jack (offered)
20 to 1 aget Fly-by Night (offered)
20 to 1 ag-t The Prince (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Astrologus (taken)
3000 even on Rogerthorpe agst Vanlermulin (taken)
During the meeting Artillery and the Coroner were in
great demand.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES, JuNz 24.
Weights for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles.
Seventy-three subs. Weights published Tuesday, May
20, at ten a. m. ; forfeits to be declared on or before
Tuesday, May 27. Should the highebt weight accepting
be under Bst 71b it will be raised to that weight, and
the others in proportion.
Age st 1131
Typee 6 8 7
Early Bird ..„
Vindex
Wild Huntsman
Rotheatala ---7 6
Corcebus
Red Lion
The Assayer 5 7
Lord Alfred 4 7 2
Lady Tatton 4 7 2
Courtenay 4 7 0
Herald
Braxey
Siding
St. Andrew
Saraband
Marchioness 4 6 12
Gra:genius Esuriens 4 6 10
Mosquito
Dame Judith
Mary Ann a 6 10
Cannobie
Yorkshire Grey
Honeysuckle 5 6 9
Vandal
Paletot
Whitelock 5 6 6
Artillery
Cossey
Bolton
Alston
John Dory
Sole Star
Volunteer 3 6 2
Freddy
Peter Wilkins
Hospitality

Age st lb
St. Clare
Maid of Derwent 3 5 13
Sir George 4 5 13
Yfoorcock
Lily
Steelyard
; 3 510
Agra
Diego 3 5 8
Puck 3 5 7.
Sugarplum
La Victime ...... 3 5 7 ,
Panmure
Van Galen
Napoleon 111.
Gaudy
Bold Buccleuch
Absolution
Lord Derwontwater 3 5 5
Zeta 3 5 5
5u1pitia......... ~... 3 5 5
Warl,,ck
San Francisco
Houghton 3 5 4
Little Bird
Announcement
Alma 3 5 2
St. Domingo
Tom Thumb 3 5 0
Greencastle
Lady Florence 3 5 0
Villiers
The Courtier 3 5 0
King of Scotland 3 5 0
Little Nell (h b) 3 4 12
Post Horse, 3 yrs (paid)

Such are the transactions at this present day
between borrower and lender. A man involves
himself in debt, of which the interest every
eighteen months equals the principal, and another
is found to lend him the money, with, we must
presume, a knowledge that he has no settled occu-
pation, and that his resources are only derived from
the betting-ring, or contingent on what he may
inherit from his relatives. These are not transac-
tions between a youth at the University and a
wine merchant acquainted with his prospects. They
seem the ordinary dealings between two grown-up
men, each of whom has had considerable experi-
ence of the world, and especially of that shrewd
class with which Cook and Palmer associated.
One man forges his mother's name, and pays 60
per cent, to have the bills renewed ; the other
takes his 60 per cent., which Mrs. Palmer is sup-
posed to allow her son to pay for the accommoda-
tion. It cannot be doubted that, although
commercial pursuits are highly honourable, such
a trade as that of Mr. Pratt and his " clients,"
of whom he " obtains consent.' when a bill is to be
renewed, is hardly calculated to improve the public
morality. The wonder to a reflecting man is, how
any one should give way to such madness as to in-
volve himself in meshes from which he must in
reason be convinced there is no escape. The sud-
den pressure of some " debt of honour" leads,
probably, to the first application, and once fairly
entangled, there is no escape. One who trusts so
much to fortune as the betting man no doubt thinks
that the next " event" will bring deliverance from
all his troubles, and first in confidence, and at last
in desperation, he continues his terrible course.
It may be beyond the power of law to prevent such
dealings, but we may certainly say that the man
who supplies money to one thus rushing to ruin
deserves any loss he may sustain, and that any-
thing which may lessen the gainfulness of his trade
will be a benefit to society.

DERBY AND OAKS.—YOUATT Wai GRAY, after a close
search, has discovered the right " Pea " for the Derby.
The most experienced spirting men have been puzzled
by the tricks pli.yed on the Derby. Two of the most
talented "playmen on the turr have been employed to
work the oracle, and have succ,eded. Well, I have dis-
covered the move ; nothing but accident can prevent my
patrons winning a heavy stake by taking the double
event. Terms, sg. ; to Gooriwood, 1/. Li. Sub-:cribers
are particularly requested to enclose a good supply of
directed envelopes. Address, 15, Charing-cross,

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 21.

Eliza Poulter, 32, and Win. Tapsfer, 26, wore indicted.
the former for stealing 251., in bank notes, the property of
John Ambrose Hard, her master, in his dwelling-house,
and the latter for feloniously receiving the same, well
knowing them to have been stolen.
Mr. Lewis was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigl
appeared for the prisoners.
The prosecutor was an articled clerk to an attorney, are'
resided in Storey-street, Caledonian-road. The female
prisoner had been employed about the house, and in the
kitchen a coat of the prosecutor had been left, in cne of
the pockets of which there was a purse containing five Si.
notes, which were afterwards missed, and were traced to
the possession of the prisoners, who lived together as man
and wife. The defence set up by the learned counsel was
that other parties had the same access to the coat as the
female prisoner, who might have been employed to put
these notes in circulation, without the least knowledge of
their having been stolen.
The jury found both prisoners guilty, and the court sen-
tenced them each to one year's hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGNOK.7-May 21.

MANSION-ROUSE.—Hugh Robert Roberts, who was
some days ago charged with having stolen a clock, the
property of Mr. Fier, of Bncklersbury, was brought before
Sir R. W. Carden for final examination. The prisoner had
been permitted by Mr. Ker's servant to go into that gen-
tleman's office upon the pretext of writing a letter, and
immediately afterwards the clock disappeared. The upli-
cate was, when the prisoner was apprehended, found on
his person, together with 61 others.
The following additional case was brought forward.
Robert Bigg, a boy -who had been in the employment of
Mr. John Mos,op, of Pinner's-hall, Old Broad-street, stock
and sharebroker, said—On the sth of April I took a letter
to the Post-office, and before 1 went out I locket the door
and left the key,in the door. I was gone about three mi-
nutes, and on my return I found the key in the lock, and
the door locked, and when I went into the office I missed
the clock from the mantel-shelf. The clock produced by
the officer is that which was stolen.

John S'nith, of Middlesex-passage, Cloth-fair, produced
the clock alluded to by the last witness, and said—The
prisoner lodged with me about three months, and six or
seven weeks ago he brought home this clock, and said he
had purchased it of a malt who was hard up.
The prisoner had been imprisoned twelve months on a
former occasion for a similar offence.

Sir R. W. Carden—l have learned that, as I supposed
when you were charged with the first of these robberies,
you owe all this crime and misery to drink.
The Prisoner—You are right, my lord. Indulgence in
drink has been my ruin. I went on from excess to excess,
till I would do anything to gratify the inclination. I owe
all my misfortunes to that fatal propensity.
Sir R. W. Carden—l can trace almost every offence 'for
which I have committed unhappy persons to Newgate to
the dread influence of intoxicating liquors. I am for
ever from the bench alluding to gin as the sure introduc-
tion to the most horrible evils with which man is capable
of being afflicted.
The prisoner, who appeared to be a person of education
and talents, was committed for trial upon the two charges
of robbery.
Margaret Bonifield, an old Scotchwoman, was charged
as a fortune-teller.

Harriet Maddle, of Jewry-street, Aldgate, said—Last
night the prisoner came to my door, and asked me to have
my fortune told. I told her I had nothing to give her,
and that she had better show her back. She said that
fortune-tellers did not want anything but what people
chose to give them. I still refused to have my fortune
told, and she began to shower down curses upon me, and
wished me every sort of bad luck.
Henry Gerard, who resided in the house, said he heard
the shocking language usel by the old harridan, who had
a pack of cards in her hand, and seemed to look to them
for the efficacy of her curses.
The Prisoner—Well, I have to say that I never ask for
money for telling people their fortunes, but I don't refuse
it if they offer it.
Sir R. W. Carden—Can you foretel what will be your
fortune for the next 21 days ? You shall have hard work
and imprisonment as a rogue and vagabond.
The Prisoner—Rogue and vagabond ! I never make any
charge, and there's plenty like one going about. Why
don't you send and take them up ? You'll let me have my
cards, I suppose?
Sir R. W. Carden—No ; the cards must be burnt.
The prisoner then gave the Alderman a hearty curse,
and was committed to prie:n.

GUILDHALL.—Thomas Bresmahan, a ticket-of•leave
convict, was charged with being concerned in two street
robberies, one of which was a garotte robbery.
Mr. Charles Frederick Mason, a blacking manufacturer,
of Walcot-?lace, Kennington, said that about 1 o'clock on
Thursday morning he was looking out for an omnibus in
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, when the prisoner came up to
him and said he would not be able to get one at that hour,
but that if he took a cab he (the prisoner) would be glad to
ride t) the Blind Asylum at the Obelisk. He declined the
offer and turned away, but directly after he missed his
gold watch, value M. He spoke to the police and de-
scribed the prisoner and a woman who was near him, an I
who had suddenly vanished just as he missed his watch.
He did not see the prisoner again until hd was in custody.
P. William, foreman to a clothier, said that on Saturday
morning he was returning from the east end of the town,
and, while passing through Black Horse-court, a woman
caught hold of him,,and pulled him about very indecently.
He knocked her' down, but she got up again and repeated
her indecent conduct, for which he knocked her down
again. The prisoner and two other men then came up,
and one of them caught him by the throat, and held him
there while the woman robbed him of his watch and money,
?2s. She also took out his keys, but putthem back again.
He was held there by the man until the woman had got
completely off. The prisoner then stood opposite witness
and said, If you dare to say a word or move an inch I
will murder you ;" and, after about a minute or so he said
" Now, you had better take yourself off." He went a short
distance.and saw some policemen, who went in search of
the prisoner and his associates, but they had escaped.

The prisoner said that he was not the party concerned
in either of the robberies, and said he could prove alibis
in both instances.

He was remanded.

130 W-STREET.—A notorious begging-letter impostor,
who gave the name of Sarah Sullivan, but had been con-
victed in a variety of names, was charged before Mr.
Henry wi h obtaining money by false pretences, from Mr.
Chinery, solicitor, of Essex-street, Strand, and from Mr.
Vulliamy, architect, of Argyle-street, Regent-street.
It appeared that the prisoner called upon Mr. Chinery
on the el of May last, and represented that she lived at
Twickenham, where that gentleman also resided, and was
personally known to many of his neighbours, several of
whom she mentioned by name. She stated that her hus-
band had just died in the consumption hospital, at Bromp-
ton, and she had received intimation that his body must he
removed before six o'clock that day. She produced what
appeared to be a genuine certificate of her hasband's death,
written upon a regular printed form, and signed " George
filemilton Roe ;" the whole document being a clever imi-
tation of an original certificate issued by the physician to
the hospital. She said that she was about to attend a
meeting of the Forresters' club, at Twickenham, that even-
ing, to receive the money due to her for the burial of her
husband, but unhappily she could not raise money enough
to get the body removed from the hospital, and. conse-
quently wanted 255. till she received the club money.
The story was related in so artless a manner, and Mr.
Chinery was so completely deceived by the readiness with
which she mentioned the names of several of his most
intimate neighbours, and the particulars of the Forester,'
club, &c., that he immediately consented to advance her
the mosey, taking from her a formal I 0 U for the
amount, which she signed " Sarah Clark." Fortunately
Mr. Chinery declined to return the " certificate" to the
prisoner, stating that she could have it on calling, for it at
Twickeuham, in the evening. He saw no more of her, how-
ever, and ascertained subsequently that the document was
a forgery, And the woman's story entirely false from begin-
ning to end. Having been advised to confer with the
Mendicity Society, he found that the same woman had
defrauded a great many other persons by similar means.
About a week ago she was apprehended by Horsford, one
of the society's officers, and identified.
Moses Cattermell, gate porter at the Hospital for Con-
sumption, proved that the " certificate" was a forgery, and
hat no such a person as described had died in the institu-
tion.
Evidence of the forgery was also given by clerks from
the Registry and Stationery offices, and the distinction in
the genuine form pointed out. No clue to the printer of
the fraudulent forms had been discovered, and the prisoner
refused to state how she came by them.
Mr. Vulliamy, architect, of Argyll-street, Regent-street,
proved that the prisoner obtained 1/. from him by telling
him exactly the same story, and producing a similar certi-
ficate. She had disarmed all suspicion in his mind by men-
tioning the names of several of his (Ur. Vulliamy's) neigh-
bours and friends at Highgate, including Mr. Bodkin, the
barrister, and others; also the name of Bell, the carrier,
with whom she stated that she was lodging. He found Id
terwards that neither Bell nor any one else knew anything
about her, and that it was evidently part of her system of
imposition to acquaint herself previously with the names
of the principal and most prominent residents in a given
locality.
Hereford, the mendicity officer, deposed that he appre-
hended the prisoner, from the descriptions given of her,
while she was leaving a pawnbroker's shop in Westmin-
ster. She had been repeatedly convicted.
Mr. Solomons, solicitor for the prisoner, urged that her
transactions with the prosecutors were in the nature of
" loans," and could not therefore be regarded as criminal.
Mr. Henry having ascertained from Mr. Graham the
Registrar-General, and from Dr. Roe, that they did not
wish to prosecute for the more serious charge of forgery—
and it being wished that the case should be dirposed of
summarily—said that the prisoner was evidently a most
incorrigible impostor, and had done groat mischief by her
wicked and shameful abuse of the charitable disposition
manifested on her behalf ; a course of conduct likely to
check the sympathies of the benevolent towards really
worthy obj ,cts. His worship committed the prisoner,
under the Vagrant Act, to three months' hard labour for
each offence.

WORSHIP-STREET.—EniiIy Phillips, about 35 years
of age, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with attempt-
ing to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Regent's
Canal.
Thorne, N 485, deposed to having been on dtitynagtsthod,ree
o'clock that morning near the Dunstan-road, iiiia
and to noticing the prig-mer walking hurriedly up and
down the towing path. On questioning her she admitted
an intention to commit suicide by drowning, At the sta-
tion house she expressed a desire to make a confession of
murder, as her mind was distracted with the recollection
of it. The following statement was consequently taken
down in writing from her dictation :
" On the 14th of November, 18.9, I lodged at a house
iu Doggett's-court, Moorfields. That night I was confined
of an illegitimate male chid, born alive. Not any one
was with me, or knew of it. I placed a pillow on the
child's head and smothered it. I then tied the body in an
old shawl and put it under the bed. The next day soy
mother went to the house and cleaned the room out. I
was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, and placed under the
charge of Dr. Barker. I have often since asked my mother
what she did with the baby, but she would not tell me."
Officer—, She told me, sir, that shortly after the murder
she sent for some poison to kill herself with, but the mes-
senger deceived her and brought a harmless draught.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did she appear sober and quite sight
in her mind when you found her by the canal?
Officer—Oh yes, sir, perfectly.
Prisoner—Wvat I have stated is quite true, sir. I have
no knowledge where my mother is now, but her brother is
employed at the India warehouses in Bishopsgate-street.
I have been used very cruelly by both of them, I have no
home, and often walk the streets all night.
The prisoner,who appeared to have moved at one time