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into my own room. I saw blood run out of the mooch of
the child. I afterwards wrapped up the string in a leaf
torn out of a Prayer-book, and put it in my drawer. It
remained there till the constable came, in half an hour.
I gave him the string. There was a mark round the neck.
There were marks on each cheek, as if made with the
nails of the fingers in pinching the mouth. There was
also a mark under the left ear where the knot was.

By the Jury—The string was only long enough to go
round the neck. Never heard the prisoner say any thing
about baby clothes before the birth.
James Day, constable.—l was called in on the 12th of
November. Found prisoner on the bed. The baby was
oil the table. I asked the prisoner if that was her baby;
she said it was. I then said, You tied a string round
its neck ;" she said she had not. It was very black in the
face, and the lips and tongue were much swollen. I said
to prisoner, " If you did not put the string round its neck,
the other woman did." She replied, " The other woman
had nothing to do with it." I then said, " You must,"
and she made no reply. She said she had not a single
article of baby clothes. She sail she had the child in the
morning on her knees on the floor. I received this piece of
tape from the last witness. It was the binding of a petticoat.
William Paterson Mole, a surgeon.—l have been in
practice two years. Was called in to prisoner's lodging.
She was lying in bed. A female child was produced. It
appeared scarcely cold, but the warmth might have pro-
ceeded from washing. My attention was called to the
face and neck, which were nearly black. Round the neck
there was an indented mark. The mouth was open, and
the tongue slightly protruding, and was discoloured by a
bloody fluid about the mouth. I afterwards ex-
amined it more minutely. The prisoner had
been recently delivered. About seven o'clock the same
evening I proceeded, in the presence of several other me-
dical men, to examine the body of the child- The mark
round the neck was larger under the left ear, and there
were several scratches behind and near the left ear. There
were two scratches as if with a pin. I examined the head
very cat efully. ; there was no swelling or bruise of any de-
scription. The hands were somewhat clinched, and the
thumbs drawn upon the palms. The navel-string I found
to have been tied in a proper manner. The body weigked
rather more than seven pounds and a half, and was per-
fectly well formed. It was the average size of an ordinary
child. The chest appeared to be distended. I examined
the heart and lungs. On removing the breast-bone, the
first things that presented themselves were the lungs,
spreading forward over the chest, of a red colour. On cut-
ting into their substance, air escaped in great abundance.
On squeezing them, the peculiar feeling was remarkable—a
crackling feel. I placed a portion in water ; it floated with
great buoyancy. I could not force the air sufficiently out to
enable it to sink. I then examined the heart. It was of lull
size. The opening between the two orifices was open.
It is usually closed soon after birth ; and a large 61
vessel which communicated between the principal artery
and the vessel going to the lungs was collapsed. There
was nothing contrary to health ; these appearances would
go to prove that the child had livid a very short time.
Examined the contents of the abdomen ; eve!), thing
there was perfectly natural. I cut the windpipe; a frothy
mucus Caine out. On removing the covering of the head,
between that and the bone was a considerable quantity of
extravasated blood. On removing the bone, the blood.
vessels of the brain were more distended than they usually
are in health. There was a small quantity of watery fluid
underneath the brain. The appearances of the brain
would be produced by a ligature round the neck. From
what I saw, 1 do conceive the child was born alive, and
had arrived at its full time. I consider the living but a
few minutes would have occasioned those appearances. I
do not consider the labour was severe. A single gasp
might possibly have presented these appearances. The
witness begged to state, that during the time the prisoner
was under his care (a month), her conduct had been ex-
ceedingly correct and proper.
By the Junes—lnfants are of a dark colour, but not of
a livid colour. A blow on the held would have produced
the same appearances on the brain, or any pressure about
the back.

By the Jury—The rest of the body was not livid. If the
child had been born dead, in all probability the whole
body would have been of the same colour. If the pressure
ins the neck had been before birth, the same appearance
might have been in the head, but not on the lungs. If
the child had died in convulsions, it is probable the hands
would have been clinched.
This closed the case f r the prosecution.
Roger Croker, who was in court as a juryman, came
forward. lam a farmer. I have known the prisoner
since she was a girl. She lived with my father twelve
months ago. She was a very good servant. She was
very humane and kind.
Mr. BONE, Coroner—The prisoner appeared to me to
be any thing but a hard-hearted woman.
Mr. Justice GASELEE summed up the case with great
minuteness. The Jury, has ing consulted a short time, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty, but said, if there was any
power .on earth to save life, they begged it might be
exerted. They all instantly went out of court.
The Learned Judge immediately, in a most impressive