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( must not find her guilty of cone ieating the birth, in order l since the death of his wife. He had for many years been L(
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. to escape the responsibilityof fit ading her guilty of murder. aesistant to Mrs. Connelly, the bookseller and news
- oe The jury, after a short delibe ration, returned a verdict agent at the Brighten Railway Station, and had by
isoner. ,tending to his business saved about 315 sovereigns and
at-
HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCH 27. of wilful murder against the prtic
(Before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Special Jury.) The Chief Justice, in passic g
sentence, said his duty' hen-sovereigns, which he locked up in a box in his bed- A.
was most painful, but at the a awe time plain and simple. room. He saw the money safe on Tuesday evening at 6
HURST V. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY COM. PAN.Y. r
Ipt would rest with others, in e chose hands the merciful o'clock, when he locked the box and put the key in his
ao,;r
This was an action to recover damages for injuriestil-
rerogative of the Crown wa a vested, to take the pri- pocket. On Wednesday night, when he returned, he hi
ceived by an accident alleged to have been caused by
soner's case hereafter into consideration ;he could only found that the prisoner had left the house, and his sus- 0
negligence of the defendants' servants. picion being roused at her disappearance, he went to the 11
Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, and Mr.Honyman, were pais upon her the awful sentence of death.
The prisoner, who bad antlered throughout the pro- box, found that it had been broken open, and all the to
counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. E. James, Q.
and Mr. '
ceedings from a fit of trembling, to which, it was said, gold stolen. He immediately gave information to the d;
Voollett, appeared for the South Eastern Company.
she was continually subject, beard the dread sentence, police, and in the morning despatched his children in
The accident that was the subject of inquiry took place
which was pronounced in the usual terms, without i different directions in search of her, when she was die- ru
in December last, at the New Cross station of the North makino any exclamation, and. was removed in a kind of I covered in a railway carriage at Euston square, about r
Kent line. It will be remembered that in consequence of a
to depart for Birmingham.
id
the negligence of the men employed at the switches the stupor.
fu
• ts were not in a proper state, and the train was in so much money 1
porn
offthe line in the where it POLICE INTELLIG ENCE-13farch 27. tl
He replied that it was the hard-earned savings of him-
consequence turned
n
came into collision with someempty carriages. The plain- ------.0.----- self and late wife for more than 18 years, and it had
tiff, who is the captain of a merchant vessel, was one BOW-STREET.—.Ifr. Thomas Francis Richards, a nearly broken hie heart when he found it all gone, hi
of the passengers, and he received very severe injuries, young man now practising as an attorney in Southamp-
al
Mr. A'Beckett here asked -the prisoner whether she
a portion of bone being taken from one of his legs, and one ton-buildings, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, wished to ask this witness any questions ? • ai
of his feet having become paralysed ; and, according t.o charged with defrauding his late employer, Mr. James She replied no ; she did take it. • is
Pinker, of 10, Symond's-ion, • oi
the medical evidence, it is very doubtful whether he will George Parry, 376 S, said—He was on duty at the
ever recover the use of it. Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Euston-square railway station that morning, when the °'
Mr- James addressed the jury in mitigation of da- Hawkins the defence. prosecutor's daughter came up to him and pointed out a,
The defendant was formerly an articled clerk in the
wages, and ' the prisoner, who was sitting in one of the railway car- ;
The learned Judge having summed up, the jury, after prosecutor's office, and during the absence of Mr. Pinker riages, as having robbed her father of upwards of 3001. -1
a very abort deliberation, returned a verdict for the in the long vacation of 1854 eras entrusted with the con- The prisoner had taken a ticket for Birmingham, and the afi
plaintiff ; damages, 7501. duct of certain teansactiona iii connection with the affairs train was about to start, but he took her into custody, -
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niomsoee V. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. of the Oundle Union Brewing uompany. Shortly after and brought her direct to the Bermondseyepolice-station. d
This was an action of a similar character to the last, this the defendant left his situation, and had since corn-He told her that she was charged with robbing the pro-
a
Mr. M. Chambers, Q C., Mr. Lush, and Mr. Hannan, menced practice in the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's *mentor of 3001. in gold, but she made no answer.
wore orthe a,intiff Mr. E. C Eliza Dove, the female searcher at the Bermondsey
f pl •James, Q.., Mr. Bovill, office. It was stated that there had been constant and a
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Q.C., and Mr. Woollett, represented the company, serious differences between them ; and defendant's coun- police-station, said she was called in by the inspector to a j
The plaintiff in this action was a highly respectable eel attributed to this circumstance the alleged discovery search the prisoner. On her person she found 12 sove-
y ung lady, who at the time of the accident had the ma- by the prosecutor, only a few days since, of the dishonest reigns, 5 half-sovereigns, and 1/. 15s. 9d. in silver. In 1,
it:.g ement of an extensive millinery establishment at Wal- act now charged against him ; but, on the other hand, a box that she had witness also found among her wear- ~.
linoford, in Berkshire. The accident occurred on the even- Mr. Fluker denied all animus in the matter, declaring ing_ apparel a large quantity of sovereigns and halasove.
,
ing of the 12th September near Reading, and it appeared that the transaction in question only came to his know-
;
reinns, which she handed over to the inspector to count. g
that while the train was on its way to that place an en- ledge three days ago, when his books and papers were The prisoner said nothing else, but that she took it be- r
gine came in an opposite direction upon the same line of being examined. He then discovered, for the first time, cause he was unkind to her.
rails, whether wilfully or not was never ascertained, as that the defendant appropriated 261., by deducting that Sergeant Reid, the acting inspector at the Bermond- e
the driver was killed, and there was never any satisfac- amount from a sum of 3001. which he had been directed sey station-house, said be counted the gold, and found ;
tory explanation of the matter ; the consequence was to pay into Messrs. Dixon and Co.'s; bank—the amount it to consist of 179 sovereigns and 162 half-sovereigns,
that a most fearful accident occurred, many of the car- deducted being a claim for interest received by the de- making altogether found on the prisoner 2761. ss. 9d. 9,,
riages of the passenger train being literally smashed to fendant, but never accounted for to his employer. The Mr. A'Beckett asked whether anything had been as- '
atoms. The unfortunate young lady, who was in one defendant's receipt for this sum was put in, but several certained of the remainder ?
of them, received most serious injuries ; she kept her difficulties arose in the prosecution of the case, in cense- Sergeant Reid replied in the negative, as the police ;
bed for four months, and, according to the evidence of quence of the absence of a Mr. Hutton, who was con- had not had sufficient time to make inquiries.
the surgeons who attended her, would never, in all pro- nected with the brewing company, and had disappeared Mr. A'Beckett accordingly remanded the prisoner for ;
bability, be perfectly restored to health. " for pecuniary reasons." It having been stated, how- a week.
When the evidence had been partly gone into, an ar- ever, that the obstacles could be removed by the evidence Thomas Tad man, an undertaker, carrying on business 1,
rangement was made by which the defendants consented of other witnesses, who might be summoned to attend on at 275, Keat-street, was charged with uttering a caun-
to a verdict for the same amount of damages as in the a future day, the examination was deferred for a week. terfeit half-crown to Chas. Wake, a manufacturer of
last case—namely, 7501. The defendant was admitted to bail, himself in 2001., mourning hatbands, Charlotte-street, Caledonian-road. ;
These causes concluded the business of the assizes. and two sureties of 1001. each. The prosecutor said he had a snit in the Southwark
A private soldier in the 96th Regiment of Foot, named
---n County Court on Tuesday, and it was arranged that it
WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BODMIN, MARCH 26. George Nolan, was charged with stealing 101. from Ser- should be settled on his being paid 10s. outside the court.
DARING BURGLARY. jeant Clare, of the same regiment.: The prisoner was there with several others, and he handed
Joseph Quintall, 16, was indicted for burglariously en- The prisoner and the eerjeant lodged in the same witness what he believed to be four good half-crowns
tering the dwelling-house of Win. Shakerly, at Cam- room. The prosecutor slept out one night, and on re- and a penny, which he put int) his pocket, but on get-
turning to his apartment the next morning missed two
borne, on the 25th June last, and stealing a chair cover-ting home be discovered one of them to he a counterfeit.
suspected was The box. prisoner
hisfrom
ing, and also with cutting and stabbing the said William 51. notes Having no other half-crowns about him but those, he
the
and
dsubsequently, by
toy,
Shakerley with intent to do him some bodily harm, and given into custody, was positive that he took the one in question feom the
Some excitement was produced iu court by the youthful
exertions o
one of the missingf Serjeen
notest Smith,
was traced, of the detectiveEe found force,
prisoner. Accordingly on Wednesday he went to the
appearance of the prisoner who was charged with suchprisoner and told him what had occurred, and gave him
that the prisonerhad purchased a pair of boots of a Mr.
a serious offence. It appeared that on the night of theinto custody.
a tendering Golden-square,
tt s Brewer street,
25th June prosecutor was aroused from his slumbers by Lewis, ofThe prisoner said he was certain that he did not give
a noise he heard in the 5/. note in payment, which Mr. Lewis got changed at a
house ; on going down stairs he the witness a counterfeit half-crown. He was a respect-
neighbour,s, named Cribb, p
saw the prisoner coming towards him with a lighted Mr. Henry asked Lewisable tradesman, and known to many parties in court.
candle. Prosecutor caught hold of him, and there was a if heut any questions to the Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, informed his worship that
struggle between them. On a light being brought, pro- prisoner respecting the note ? he had known him as a tradesman for many years in
secutor took the prisoner into a room, who then snapped The witness replied that he did, and prisoner told him Kent-street.
that the Si.note was part of some arrears which had been
a pistol at him, but which did not go off. Prosecutor Mr. A'Beckett said there certainly were in circulation
screamed " Murder," when prisoner attacked him with paid to him at the War-office for Crimean service, a vast number of counterfeit half-crowns, and as the pro-
itwould be very desirable if trades-
uttered one to
a knife, and inflicted several severe wounds upon him.secutor had sworn that the prisoner had
Mr. Henry said
men and others who received notes in this way would
Tee prisoner was eventually secured, when he said he him, he must remand him until Saturday, but would ac-
require persons tendering them to write their names and
bad broken into the house to get money. On the prisonercept his own recognizance for his appearance on that day.
erson would refuse honest No p
back.
was found two pistols loaded with small shot and a knife. address on the ------.. ,
to do this.
Prisoner had entered by the warehouse window in front LAMBETH.—Ann n I ahony and MaryNieltolls, young
Mr. Lewis said he generally did so, but the prisoner's
of the premises. There was a considerable quantity women, paupers belonging to Lambeth parish, were
statement about his services in the Crimea disarmed him,
of blood on the (Igor of the room. Guilty. Death re- charged with creating a disturbance at Lambeth work-
M suppose he has never been to the
corded, but which simply implies imprisonment during r. Henry—l house.
her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoner had escaped from Crimea 1 Police-constable G. Kidney deposed that, on the night
he was on duty in Lambeth workhouse, and at
custody on a previous charge. The prosecutor—Oh no, sir. He is in the recruiting before,
John Bray, 23, and John Stuthridye, 16, were charged service. about 9 o'clock heard a violent knocking at the door.
with stealing 1 cwt. of tin, value 21,. the property of W. Mr. Henry (to the prisoner)—lt is very disgraceful to He found the prisoners outside, and they said they wanted
Bray and Joseph Stoneman, on the 19th Jan. last. you to make these false representations—seeking credit
to get in. Mahoney said she had given in an order of
It appeared that the prosecutor was the brother of for alleged services in the Crimea, when you have never
admission. He saw the master of the workhouse, who
the elder prisoner and brother-in-law of the younger, all left the country.
8 i!! told them so ; but Mahoney refused to go into the
refused to admit them except as casual paupers, and he ,
of whom resided in the parish of Luxulian, and were The prisoner—What would be the use of us chap
mining agents. Samples of the ore found in the pri- the recruiting service, your worship, if we could'nt tell casual ward, and both again knocked violently at the
a lie or two ? It's only by lies
without
tw e can do anything.
soners' possession were said to correspond with the ore, door, and were given into custody.
a portion of which had been stolen from the prosecutors. Th..ese'sHno recruits to be got lying. . . The prisoner Mahoney said that on the morning be-
fore she was discharged from Wandsworth House of Cor-
Theenry—That excuse will not avail you. in this
prisoners, however, contended that the sample pro- Mr.
case, for you were not reeruit'ing when you told Mr.
duced corresponded with the ore in a mine with which rection, where she had served 21 days, having been corn-
Lewis the falsehood about the arrears due to you for
they were connected. They were, however, both found witted there from this court on a charge of refusing to
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guilty, and seroenced to 5 calendarmonths imprisonment. Cr_imean service. do her work in the workhouse. Having no friends or
means of subsistence she made up her mind to return to
The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was cem-
THE MURDER BY A GERMAN LEGIONARY.
mated for trial.
Hans, tia7i3 e 7" t , 34, described in the calendar ass stock- the workhouse, and with that object called on one of the
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ing weaver, late a soldier in the German Legion, was
WORSHIP-STREET.—
Robert Marsh, a private in relieving officers and got from him an order for her ad-
then paced at the bar, charged with the wilful murder mission. This she carried to the master between two
of Chas. Jacobi, at Maker. the 3d Middlesex Militia, and Joseph Reid, a young man and three o'clock, and on delivering it to him he told
Counsel for the prosecution, Messrs. Coleridge and e nployed as a pew opener at Hampton Chapel, Hack- her that she should not be admitted before eight
uey, were charged with being concerned in stealing four
Ynnge ; for the prisoner, Mr. Stock. o'clock at night, and then only to the receiving ward
i communon cups, value 121., under the following circuin-
The facts of this case have lately appeared at conside- as a casual pauper, for a night's shelter. Finding that
rable length in The Sun. stances : she would have to remain it the workhouse door for
Timothy Edward Le Beau, one of the trustees of
The prisoner and the deceased man, Jacobi, were pri- Mr. nearly six hours, and would be then only taken into the
be-
mentioned, has a residence immediately
vatee in the Jager regiment of the German Legion. The the chapel house as a casual pauper and turned into the street the
possessor bind the building, and was sole of the conimu-
last time deceased was seen was in company with thefollowing morning, she carne to this court, when Mr.
nion service, to which, on the first Sunday in every month,
prisoner, about 8 at night. They were then seen in corn-Elliott, after hearing her statement, kindly ordered her
pang by two or three witnesses, ranging in time from 6 the prisoner Reid hadTb access, for the purpose ofcaonvey-
ing it to and fro. property e
rNs
toarnt
do Norton—What
nrWahsaotrddide .ryedou
by
yo
lilt.w i t hEtlhl
Elliott
thalf-crown
y?
2s. 6d. from the poor-box.
locked in box,
.
was
to 8 o'clock, after which no one ever saw the man Jacobi
which, in turn, was kept in prosecutor's bed-roam, and I understand
alive. Both parties were much intoxicated when last
o e day, whileengaged in cleaning the windows, he ob-
seen, and prisoner was carrying a large stone under his n_
it Oh hat is the place
served to the servant-maid, t •
arm. The nest morning the corpse of the man Jacobi
isyou mere to go before the board of guardians.
was found iu a field, with fractures and contusions aboutthe plate kept." Subsequent; bequestioned her as to
its value, and what pawnbrokers would lend on it.
the head ; near the corpse, in a hedge, a large stone wasthis young woman (Nicholls) and one or two others, all
found with blood and hairupOn it, and also a military cap, When required on the let of March the cope were me-
of whom complained that they had had nothing to eat
the prieouer having lost his. The prisoner returned to his sing, and Mason, 25 S, somewhat singularly became ac- all the day ; and I took them into a coffee-shop and
barracks on the night the murder was committed, long quainted with the fact that Marsh was mixed up with gave them some coffee and some dread and butter, and
the robbery, and proceeded. to the head quarters of the
after the proper hour—he ought to have been in the bar- afterwards a little else for supper, so that there was not
where he found the
at
Militia
Middlesex
rackS at 8 o'clock, whereas he did dot reach there till 12 3d much left.
o'clock, and prissner, who, before Colonel Wood, admitted that lie then in a most excited state. There was a Mr. Norton—That was not the purpose for which you
g
knew something of it, but denied being the right man.
reat deal of blood on his hands, and his clothes were received it ; but if you have spent it in that way much
e of who had char active ,
227 Francis, N, a very g
stained with blood. Prisoner was asked ou different occa- Francfault cannot be found with you.
the case, meanwhile discovered that one of the cups had
sions to account for the blood, and he gave two accounts Effingham, probationary wardsrnan at the Lambeth
been sold to a watchmaker in Gray's-inn-road, who, in
of it quite inconsistent with each other—one of them not workhouse, said he had been desired by the master of
`turn, had disposed of it to Mr. Benham, successor to Mr.
at all probable or likely. On another occasion, before the house to inform his worship that he (the master) bad
Sirrell, the refiner, of Barbican. Read admitted that he
the prisoner could be at all aware of the death of Jacobi, orders from the guardians not to receive the prisoners,
• if be bad been innocent, he said, " I did not kill Jacobi.,, had disposed of it to the watchmaker for 175., but it was excepting as casual paupers for the eight, and that ac-
sworn that 1/. 15s. odd was the paid price.
This was said in reply to a statement which had no re-commodation had been offered to them, but they refused
of
h Benam described the appearance the chalice
ference whatever to the death of Jacobi, and the pri- Mr,
offered it, and kept knocking violently at the door.
saner had no reason whatever to suppose he was charged him for purchase as being manifestly destroyed Mr. Norton—l am surprised that the board of guar-
and battered for some particular purpose, and not from
with the cringe. dings should give one order to the master of the h. wor--
wear ; he refused to purchase or melt it ; but a day or
Witnesses were called who proved these facts, and house, and the relieving officer, a different one. Both
ift two aerwards, Burin; his absence, one of the authorised
one also soke to the altered demeanour of prisoner should act together.
servants of hi establishment bought it of Mr. England,
s .
when he returned to the guard r mm on the night of theEllingharn—l understand, sir, that Mahoney had not
murder. His conduct was quite different from what the watchmaker in question.
it delivered the order to the master of the workhouse until
innocence, Reld denying
Both prisonersd protested their
Francis
usually was when be was drunk ; he scarcely spoke, anda quarter past 4 o'clock.
that he had ever admitted to the officer having looked quite wild, and when they spoke of Jacobi, heMr. Norton—Suppose it was the time you state, I
sold the cup. A former conviction seas proved against
cast his looks on the ground. Oa the fultowiug morning . , should think it would have tried your patience and
Marsh for felony in 1654.
he neither ate nor drank. aroused your feelings to be kept standing at a work-
Mr.Hammill fully committed them for trial the
Mr. Stock, for the prisoner, made an able speech, Mr. . at house doer such au evening for three hours and three
Middlesex Sessions.
commenting on the improbabilities of various portions of quarters, and caused you to knock in anything but
Marsh—l say that we ought to be sent to Newgate . a
the evidence. gentle manner at tue door. Such is my opinion of the
and have a fair trial, and not to Middlesex.
His Lordship then summed up, and provocation given in this case that I cannot think of
The jury, sifter five hours' deliberation, returned a . punishing these young wamen,
verdict of Guilty. WESTMINSTER.—Georgians Chalton, the wife of a In re Ithe py to questions of the magistrate, the young
The Judge, amidst most profound silence, delivered coffee-house proprietor at Knightsbridge, was placed at woman Mahoney declared that she had 'lever been on
sentence of death in the usual form. the bar charged with feloniously assaulting and wound- the town or acted improperly, and that in the last situa-
The prisoner was much agitated throughout the pro- Mg her husband with a poker. tion found for her by the parish she had stopped six
covered with linen
head was
whose
ceedings, and on hearing his sentence his countenance The complainant,months. She also complained that much more favour
cloths, said that his wife had been before committed from
turned exceedingly pale, and lie was removed reiteratingwas shown to some young women in the workhouse
this for stabbing him, and had undergone 6 months'
his innocence of the charge.being allowed to go out and look for situations, than in
t
court o
imprisonment for the offence. She so earnestly pro- others, and that she belonged to the non-favoured class.
mired to conduct herself well for the future that he was
NORFOL K. CIRCUIT.-- - BURY Sr. EDMUNDS March 27. Having heard her statement, Mr. Norton desired El-
induced, on the clay of her discharge from custody, to
was
(Before Chief Justice Jervis.) take her back to live with him. That was three months lington to tell the master of the workhouse that it
his impression that justice had not been done to Maho.
. emu) MURDER, ago, and nothing material had occurred between them ney, and requested that a situation might be found for
Edatna Musstt, a married woman, was charged with up to the previous night. Prisoner's sister and some her as soon as possible.
the wilful murder of her male infant, at Nayland, on the friends had come up from the country to visit them,
29t1, of February. and, at his wife's request, he took them on Wednesday
Mr. Couch appeared for the prosecution, and Mr, to some places of public amusement, and went to fetch IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.
Dasent, at the request of the learned judge, undertook them from the house of a friend where they had been —°"—oellneeneeet. e
the defence of the prisoner. staying the previous night. On his return home he found The returns of circulatiou of toe Irish and Scotch
The prisoner is the wife of a labouring man at Nay. his wife quarrelling with her sister, who had previously banks for the four weeks ending the 16th of
Feb.,. 1856,
land, and for seine time before the 29th of February bad arrived, and in such a violent state that she beat her when added together, give the following as the average
been observed by her neighbours ta be in the family way. sister and tore her bonnet off. • Ptieoner then seized the weekly circulation of these banks during the past month,
She did not deny that she was enceinte, and stated that poker and broke several panes of glass. ' He tried all he viz. :
she eßpetted to be confined in May. On the afternoon could do to appease her, but uselessly, and then she in- Average circulation of the Irish banks £3,852,640
of the 29th of February she went fur Mrs. Pressney and finned a couple of desperate blows on his head with the Average circulation of the Scotch banks ... 3,957,483
Mrs, Oakes, two of her neighbours, and requested them poker, and he was conveyed to the hospital to have his --
to clean up the house. From what they observed, Mr. head dressed. He did not wish is press the charge if pri. Average circulation daring past month ...£10,810,123
Fenn, a local surgeon, expressed his conviction, alter soner would leave him, and accept a separate mainten- On comparing the above with the fixed issue's of the
examining her, that she had been del'vered of a child, mice- several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
She at first denied it, but afterwar.ls opened a box and Mr. Paynter said he could not permit the withdrawal following appears to be the state of the circulation :
Produced the dead body of an infant, which shesaid was of so very serious a case against so violent a woman, The Irish banks are above their fixed issue 2498,146
etitrbeah. alt was a full-grown child, but had sustained and remanded her fur sew_ee.k. _ The Switch banks are above thoir fixed issue— 870,274
. . _
severe injuries on the head. The principal questions for Total above the fixed issue £1,368,420
the jiry were—first, whether the child was born alive ; SOUTH WARK.— Mr. Joseph John .Hellier, a trader- The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
and secondly, whether the injuries observed on it were man, residing at No. 74, London-road, was summoned
inflicted intentionally or accidentally. The medical evi- by the Board of Works for St. George's, Southwark, of the several banks during the past month have been as
follows :
dence was, therefore, especially important. under the 83d section of the New Local Management
r. Fenn, surgeon, was- examined, and having de- Act, for unlawfully breaking into a sewer in York-street, Gold and silver held b the Irish
Goad and silver held by banks
yt e Scotch banks 22,289,189
M h scribed the injuries on the head, the state of the lungs, London-road, without the consent of the vestry of the •• 1,761,388
heart,. ttc., he gave it as his opinion, formed after a most said parish. Total of gold and silver held £4,050,577
• careful investigation, that the child bad been laid down, Mr. George Hamblin, the clerk of the works, stated T
and direct violence applied to the left side of the head. that a few days ago information was received by the al stile above statements complete the returns of the cir-
c on in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
ending
The injuries might have been caused by the old brick board that the defendant had, without asking their con- the 16th of .
-• found by the police '..n the house with blood and hair sent, tunnelled from a house in York-street to the sewer T •
hese returns, combined with the average circulation
upon it. The prisoner asserted that the blood and hair which he unlawfully opened. Witness bad examined i t
, were those of a rabbit which she had killed, but he (Mr. and ascertained such to be the fact, of the Bank '
of England for the same period, will give
the following results of the circulation of notes in the
• Fenn) had carefully examined them with a microscope, Richard Juby, a bricklayer, of 25, York-street, said United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
&0., and found they presented a marked difference to that on the 28th Jan. he was called in by Mr. Helier month :
those.of a rabbit. On the whole, he was decidedly of to examine his cesspool. He found it in a very bad
opinion that the child was born alive, and came to its . state, and that there was no way to carry off the refuse
death by violence. water except by a communication with the sewer. He •Jan. 19, Feb. 16,
-- 1856. 1856. Increase. Decrease.
Air. Duncan, another surgeon, gave similar evidence. aecordingly tunnelled and opened the latter. ------
He believed death was caused by part of the parietal The magistrate inquired whether he asked permission £ X X £
bone being driven into the brain. The injuries were of the local board of works for Southwark ? Bank of England ..•• 19,089,848 18,986,721 103,127
too great to have been produced by a fall. Witness replied that he ' knowing
that
Private flanks
did not ; but t ,Toint•stock Banks •• 3,080,873 2,980,604 114,703
Further evidence was given to show that the prisoner the Commissioner of Sewers put down a sewer in York- 100,269
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ban not provided any baby clothes, and Pickiss, a county street, and that there was a junction to Mr. Hellier's Total in England
police constable, produced a shelf, brick, and piece of premises, he, thought there was no harm in o ' it. Scotland 4,142,789 3,957,463 - 185,306
pening lreland ...... —•• . • 6,970,190 6,852,640
wood; which had been alluded to in course of the trial. Mr. Hamblin informed his worship that there cer- 117,550
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Editma Musslt, a married woman, was charged with
the wilful murder of her male infant, at Nayland, on the
:;9th of February.
Mr. Couch appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Dment, at the request of the learned judge, undertook
the defence of the prisoner.
The prisoner is the wife of a labouring man at Nay-
land, and for some time before the 29th of February bad
been observed by her neighbours to be in the family way.
She did not deny that she was enceinte, and stated that
she expected to be confined in May. On the afternoon
of the 29th of February she went for Mrs. Pressney and
Mrs, Oakes, two of her neighbours, and requested them
to clean up the house. From what they observed, Mr.
Fenn, a local surgeon, expressed his conviction, after
examining her, that she bad been del'vered of a child.
She at first denied it, but afterwards opened a box and
produced the dead body of an infant, which she said was
stitre'oin. jt was a full-grown child, but had sustained
severe injuries on the head. The principal questions for
the jiry were—first, whether the child was born alive ;
and eecondly, whether the injuries observed on it were
inflated intentionally or acciaentally. The medical evi-
dence was, therefore, especially important.
Mr. Fenn, surgeon, was - examined, and having de-
scribed the injuries on the head, the state of the lungs,
heart,. &a., he gave it as bin opinion, formed after a most
careful investigation, that the child bad been laid down,
and direct violence applied to the left side of the head.
The injuries might have been caused by the old brick
found lay the police the house with blood and hair
upon it. The prisoner asserted that the blood and hair
were those of a rabbit which she had killed, but he (Mr.
• Fenn) had carefully examined them with a microscope,
&0., and found they presented a marked difference to
those.of a rabbit. On the whole, he was decidedly of
opinion that the child was born alive, and came to its
. death by violence.
Air. Duncan, another surgeon, gave similar evidence.
He believed death was caused by part of the parietal
bone being driven into the brain. The injuries were
too great to have been produced by a fall.
Further evidence was given to show that the prisoner
bad not provided any baby clothes, and Piekiss, a county
police constable, produced a shelf, brick, and piece of
wood; which had been alluded to in course of the trial.
Mr. Dasent, for the defence, remarked strongly on the
absence of any apparent motive for the murder. It was
an undoubted medical fact that many women were
affected in the most extraordinary way, not only during
their confinements, but during the whole period of ;ester•
tion ; and perhaps the prisoner, suffering under intense
agony, and unattended by any one, might have accident-
' ally and unintentionally injured the child. She appeared
' to have behaved with decency and propriety in all the re-
lations of life ; her husband seemed to have been fond of
her, and it was notorious to all the gossips of the neigh-
bourhood that she was enceinte ; what reason, then, was
there to induce her to murder her own offspring ?
The Chief Juntice", in summing up, said he was sure
the jury would be only ton glad to take this merciful
. view of the ease, but there were unfortunately some very
serious facts against the prisoner. If the jury believed
that the child was born alive, and that the unfortunate
prisoner killed it, then whatever Light be the conse-
quences they must find her guilty of murder ; if they
thought that it was born dead, she would be guilty of the
offence of concealing the birth. At the same time they

Richard Juby, a bricklayer, of 25, York-street, said
that on the 28th Jan. he was called in by Mr. Hellier
to examine his cesspool. He found it in a very bad
state, and that there was no way to carry off the refuse
water except by a communication with the sewer. He
aecordingly tunnelled and opened the latter.
The magistrate inquired whether he asked permission
of the local board of works for Southwark ?
Witness replied that he did not ; but knowing that
the Commissioner of Sewers put down a sewer in York-
htreet, and that there was a junction to Mr. Hellier's
premises, he, thought there was no harm in opening it.
Mr. Hamblin informed his worship that there cer-
tainly war.a junction for every house, but no party had
a right to open the connection with the sewer without
the consent of the board.
The defendant said that when the new sewer was put
down his communication was cut off. The consequence
was that the lower part of his premises wan inundated
with a liquid filth. He therefore thought he could run
a barrel drain to the junction.
Mr. Tritton, the vestry clerk, told his worship that it
was not the wish of the board to press for the penalty in
the present instance, but they wanted the inhabitants
to know that they must not break into the sewers with-
out the consent of the vestry. If his worship would
order the defendant to pay a nominal penalty and costs
he should be satisfied. The costs were 13s. 3d.

Showing a decrease of 318,104/. in the circu-
lation of notes in England, and a decrease of
620,960/. in the circulation of the United Kingdom,
when compared with the month ending the 19th of
Jan. ; and, as compared with the month ending the
17th of Feb., 1855, the above returns show a decrease
of 649,1731. in the circulation of notes in England, and
a decrease of 557,6101. in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the
16th of Feb. was 10,549,5431., being a decrease of
2811. as compared with the previous month ; and
a decrease of 2,173,6641. when compared with the same
period last year.
The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
during the month ending the 16th of Feb. was
4,050,5771., being a decrease of 98,3751. as compared
with the previous return, and an increase of 261,9821.
when compared with the corresponding period last yew.

The magistrate accordingly fined him is., and costs.
Mary Howard was charged with stealing upwards of
300 sovereigns and half•sovereigns, the property of her
master, Anthony Maling.
The prosecutor, a respectable hard-working man, said
he resided with bis three children at No. 9, Nelson-
square, Bermondsey. The prisoner had beep his servant