The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

four years ago the prisoner and her husband took
apartments at 54, Duke-street, Westminster-road :
and from the testimony of the landlady it appeared
that the husband had been in the habit of treating
her with great neglect, and had frequently told her
that the best thing she could do was to cut her
throat. On Friday afternoon her husband came
home in a cab, packed up his clothes, and was going
away, when the prisoner followed him into the
street, and begged of him to return to the house
and remain at home, but he refused to do so, and
after knocking her down twice he drove away.
After he was gone the prisoner appeared to be in
very dejected state, and between five and six o'clock
the landlady heard a loud shriek and a heavy fall
on the floor. She ran upstairs and found the pri-
soner lying on her back on the floor, the blood
streaming from a wound in her throat, and a
table knife in her right hand.
In reply to the charge the poor woman stated
that her husband and herself were natives of Man-
0-tester, and had kept a beer-house in thot city for
some time ; but her husbdnd having forme d a con-
nexion with a young woman there, not mo,:.e thaa
15 or 16 years of age, the business was negiccted
and they ultimately sold off and came to London;
intending to set up here in a similar busivo:a.
Instead of making any exertion to do this, hovvevert
her husband was spending his time with the saule
young woman, who had come to town after him,'"
and left prisoner in a perfectly neglected state. Oa
the preceding afternoon her husband carve home
after a lengthened absence. She followel him to
the cab, and asked him to return and stop at home;
but he refused to do so, and knocked her clown
with his clenched fist, and while on the ground
kicked her repeatedly. So brutal was his ualg
that she could not get up, and, while so disabbeot
her husband jumped into the cab and drove off'
In conclusion, the poor worron said that she was 64"
Injured in body and distressed in mind that she
scarcely knew what she did, but if allowed to go
home she would not attempt a further injury.
Mr. Norton (Frected that ha:: information, 111
writing, should be taken and sworn to; and this
having been done, he ordered a warrant to be m Ade
out for the apprehension of the hu.sbaud, and t old
the policeman in the case to take the prisoner b sc)i
to the workhouse.

HAMMERSMITH.—EIisabeth Holloway, a
respectable-looking woman, who appeared weak
and ill, was placed in the dock before Mr. Dayins,n,
charged with concealing the birth of her male
Police-constable Lawrence, No. 134 , T divis ion,
said that on Tuesday, the 27th ult., he was on d
in Warwick-gardens, Kensington, when he Os
called to the house of Mr. Pierpoint, a gentlenu.sa
residing at No. 16, in the Gardens, and be told lain
that one of his servants had given birth to a chi.ld.
He went with Mr. Pierpoint to the dustbiv, whet,e
he found the dead body of a male child tied up
a cloth. He conveyed the body to Kensingtas
Workhouse, and he apprehended the prisoner 0110
morning. When he told her the charge she made
no answer.
Mr. H. L. Williams, a surgeon, of Leonard-placer
Kensington, stated that soon after 12 o'clock on the!
night of the 26th ult. he was called to No. 16, and
he was shown up stairs to the prisoner, who, be
understood, had been in bed for nearly two days.
He put some questions to her, and then taxed her
with having given birth to a child, but she denied
it. He however found that she had been delivered of
a child. He continued to attend her until she was
removed to the workhouse. He subsequently made
a post-mortem examination of the body of the child.
There were no marks of violence, and he found
that the child had not breathed.
Mr. Dayman said he should remand the prisoner
until Thursday for the attendance of the porter at
the workhouse, to prove the receipt of the bodr
from the constable.