The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-25 00:00:00

Conviction under the Factory Act.

At the Leicester Town-ball on Monday Air. C;
Girardot, Sub-Inspector of Factories for the distil"
charged Messrs. Foster and Bunucy, hosiery mann'
facturers, with neglecting to produce the register
book, as required by the Act, when he visited
their warehouse on the 30th of August. Oa
satisfactory explanation being given, the suranoll;
was withdrawn.—Sarah Beuford was then charge'
with wilfully obstructing the said inspector in trii°
discharge of his duty on the above date. P..
Girardot stated that on the 30th ult. he went cl
a
t
Messrs. Foster and Bunney's warehouse, where Li"
saw the defendant, who had the superintendenc°
of one of the upper rooms. As he entered the rocnl.t
he saw a woman hold up her hand, as thougil 1
were a signal to some ono. This circumstanc°
aroused his suspicions, and he opened a side dor
which led into a small lumber room adjoining.
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this room he found three children—Alice Lewl''
aged 9 ; Susan Hiscock, aged 10 ; and Ada MarloM
aged 12, all concealed under a counter. On rnakl/36
inquiries he found that none of these girls had been
seen by the doctor, nor were entered on the register
kept at the warehouse. When he began to
tion the children he was frequently interrupted 1).
the defendant. One of the children, Ali
Lewitt, was called before the magistrates, and 'r
reply to the Town Clerk said when the inspect°o
was coming up the stairs Mrs. Benford ,
her and the other two girls to go into the next rnell'e
and get under the counter. The defendant said t
reason she told the girls to go under the counter 1"
that they had only been in the place a few dal;
and having neglected to have them registered 5-.
was afraid her employers would be angry with heor
The magistrates fined defendant £4 in each case,
one month's hard labour, making a total of
or three months' hard labour. Ann Lewitt, Inntilet
t,
of Alice Lewitt, was then charged with ueglec y
ing to send her child to school during the Ween,
she was employed at Messrs. Foster and 13114
ney's. It was proved that the girl had not
tile
sent to school as required by the Act, and after te
visit of the inspector to the warehouse her noti:er
r
went to the schoolmistress and told her to ell;c.
" sickness" as the cause of her little girl's al011(iio
The defendant stated to the magistrates that 60
had to keep the girl at home half each day to nitro
the baby, which was ill, and she was un3ble.ng
stay at home herself. On defendant exPress,ltot
her sorrow for what she had done, the InsPc4,-,t
withdrew the summons, but told defendanti—i)o
nothing but the illness of the child herself eon' 11(1
taken as an excuse for her absence from school, ;5113t
that if she went to work one day in a week 'Fle'
attend school half each day during that week.

DEATH FROM APOPLEXr.—Mr. W. Payne held
of
inquest yesterday at St. George's Workhouse, on
the body of James Durant, 41, cabdriver, late of 15, IN' -et-1
ham-place, Borough. On Saturday evening the decet„s-5
was found by Police-constable Hunneysett, seated n';',o.
door-step in Bowyer-court, Borough, with his head rest 7
on another man's knee. Deceased's companion was drnuil:
and the officer took both into custody on a charge of drileil
kermess. The deceased was put to sit on a bench in 36, t
at the station. On Sunday forenoon Police-sorge,-,1,90
Cohen found him " breathing short," and insensible. !:
to
police surgeon was sent fcr, who ordered his inan'n(l,l',',v,
removal to the workhouse, where ho died the sante
A verdict of "death from, apoplexy" Ivo returrted.