The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-07 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Mrs. Martha Brassington, the school-
mistress of the Bethnal-green Union Workhouse,
was summoned before Mr. Broughton upon a charge
of having ill-treated one of the children under her
care, named Jane Kingston, ten years of age.
It appeared from the girl's statement that she had
been for a considerable period in the workhouse, of
which her parents, with four of their children besides
herself, were also inmates. She had been only three
weeks under the care of the defendant, who had
beaten her during that time on several occasions.
On the evening of the 15th of October last, after par-
taking of supper, consisting of bread and cheese, with
the rest of the children, she went into the scullery to
procure a draught of water, not having been supplied
with any at the table, when a girl named Gornder,
who was employed in washing up the tins, told her
that she had no business in that apartment, and
threatened that she w ould report her conduct to the
mistress. The defendant soon afterwards came up
stairs, and on being made acquainted with her con-
duct, she struck her several severe blows with her
hand on the back and shoulders. The defendant
then ordered her to go down on her knees and beg her
pardon, and although she immediately did so, the
beating was afterwards renewed, and she was finally
sent to bed. On the following morning she went to
her mother, who was separated from her in another
part of the building, and acquainted her of the ill-
usage she had received.
The girl's mother stated that she was first made ac-
quainted with the fasts by another child who wit-
nessed the infliction of the punishment, but whose
name she declined to mention, as the defendant had
threatened to beat her informant in a similar manner
if she could discover her. On examining the child's
person, she found that her back and shoulders were
completely black and blue, and covered with bruises.
She immediately complained to Mr. Fairfield, the
master, of the ill-treatment the child had sustained,
when that person told her if it had been he instead of
the governess, he would have beaten her ten times
worse. Witness then told him that she would go be-
fore a magistrate and seek redress, and demanded her
discharge for that purpose, but the master at first re-
fused to grant it, and told her that if she did go before
a magistrate she should go in the workhouse garb,
but he ultimately allowed her to leave the house. She
requested the master, immediately after the child had
been ill-used, that he would allow it to remain with
her, but he positively refused to do so until all the
marks on her person had disappeared, when her re-
quest was complied with, and the child had been since
excluded altogether from the school. The witness
added, that in consequence of her interference on
behalf of the child, she had been since compelled to
work at the wash-tub, although she had a child at the
breast, and that the only food allowed her was dry
bread and water, or occasionally some gruel.
Rowland, the summoning officer, deposed that he
examined the child's person the day after the occur-
rence, and found its back and shoulders impressed
with finger marks, and very much discoloured.
In reply to the charge, the defendant said that the
complainant was a very ward and disobedient child,
who was constantly infringing the regulations of the
house ; and that having done so on the present occa-
sion, she had certainly given her a few trifling slap In
the back, but felt confident that no marks could have
resulted from them.
The defendant called four girls, inmates of the
establishment, who proved that the complainant had
infringed the rules of the house on the occasion alluded
to, and who described the conduct of the defendant as
being uniformly kind and indulgent towards the chil-
dren under her control.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that there was great diffi-
culty in deciding on cases of this description, but he
was clearly of opinion that the defendant had, in the
present instance, gone beyond the bounds of modera-
tion in the punishment she had inflicted on the child,
and he should require her to enter into her own re-
cognizance in 30/., and find two sureties in 201. each,
to answer the charge at the sessions.
BROMLEY.

Jas. Leech, a man in the employ of Mr.P. IL Dyke,
one of the magistrates for Kent, attended before Sir
C. Farnaby, the Rev. T. Scott, and Mr. Goodhart,
to answer an information laid under the Assessed-tax
Act, charging him with being upon certain lands
belonging to Mr. Fox and Sir John Lubbock, with
a dog and gun, in pursuit of game, without having a
certificate, for which. offence he had forfeited a
penalty of 201.
Mr. Fox, a brewer, and the owner of some land at
Farnborough, deposed that on the day named in the
information he was in one of his fields and he heard
a shot fired, and a few minutes afterwards he observed
a dog apparently hunting for game. Shortly after-
wards he saw the defendant, who had a double-barrel
gun, go from the field into a plantation which ad-
joined it, belonging to Sir John LubbLck, and the
defendant asked him if he had seen the rabbit he shot
at. Witness told him he had no business to shoot on
his land, and defendant denied that he hal done so,
adding that he had leave to shoot upon Sir John
Lubbock's property. Witness had since, how-
ever, written, to Sir John, and ascertained that the
defendant's statement was not true.
Sir 0. FARNABY observed that the mere Consent
was not sufficient, it bad been stated! over and over
again that there must be an express command or
authority.
The defendant deni©d that he had shot upon Mr.
Fox's land, and said that with regard to Sir John
Lubbock's, he had the permission of that gentleman
to shoot all the rabbits he could, on account of the
depredations and mischief they committed upon the
crops.

Mr. Dyke here said he should wish to put the
bench in possession of what he knew upon that
matter, and he was accordingly sworn. He then
stated that the defendant was jointly employed by him-
self and Dr. Taste to look over their property, and,
as they had been planting very largely, he had in-
structions to destroy all the rabbits he could, on ac-
count of the injury they did the crops. He had
asked Sir John Lubbock, whose property adjoined
theirs, whether he desired to preserve the game ; and,
as he was a large planter also, he very readily agreed
that he had no desire to do so, and expressed his wil-
lingness to concur with them in destroying the rab-
bits with which they were so much infested, and
which, as the Bench were well aware, did so much
damage to the crops. He had, therefore, given the
defendant orders to destroy all the rabbits he could,
and he was sure that Sir John Lubbock was no part,:
to the present proceeding, as his servants and the de-
fendant had frequently acted together to effect the very
object which was now sought to be complained of.
The Rev. Mr. SCOTT observed that where land was
planted, rabbits, no doubt, did great deal of mischief.
Mr. Dyke said they were overrun with them, and
they occasioned very great injury.
Sir C. FARNADY asked the complainant whether he
saw Leach actually shoot upon his land ?—The com-
plainant replied that did not, but he saw his dogs
hunting about in pursuit of game, and he contended
that was sufficient.
Sir C. FARNADY expressed his opinion that, under
the circumstances, they could not convict, and he at
the same time observed that if the complainant had
any plantations he would no doubt be very grad to
have the rabbits killed.
The other magistrates concurred in the view taken
of the matter by Sir C. Farnaby, and the informa-
tion was accordingly dismissed.

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