The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Da:f.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
FRENCH PROSTITUTES AND THEIR BUILLIES.—Rosina
Teneille and Hannah Costs, two French prostitutes,
and Victor Hine, the bully of the former, were placed
at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with annoying
passengers in the streets, and also with assaulting the
police in the execution of their duty.
In consequence ef the numerous complaints of the
growing immorality of the French prostitutes, who prowl
about the purlieus of Regent-street and Leicester-square,
accompanied by their fancy men, the police have re-
ceived strict orders to lock up the offenders in all such
cases as come under their notice, with a view of ridding
the streets of this intolerable nuisance. This morning
at an early hour the two female prisoners were seen by
Constable 84 C to accost several gentlemen in a very
impudent manner, much to the disgust of the latter. He
went up and ordered them to move off, which they re-
fused to do. He then took hold of thoes for the purpose
ef taking them to the station, when the male prisoner
came up and dared him to interfere with hie friends,
and attempted to rescue them from his custody. Witness
called for assistance, when the male prisoner kicked him
about the legs with great violence, the women urging
him en. At length, after a deal of trouble, the whole of
them were 'Aged in the station.
The prisoners ston,le denied the charge, and were
fine I, Balline 205., or 10 days, and the two women 101.
each, or seven days.

THAMES.
CONCHALING A BIRTH. —SHOCKING CASE. —Sophia
Wright, a plain-Ipaking woman, aged 22, who appeared
in a weakly cordition, was br,ught before Mr. Sere,
charged with concealing the birth of a child, under cir-
cumstances giving rise to a strong suspicion that she
had murdered it.

Police-sergeant Campbell, No. 44 K,
said an inquest
bad been held on the body of the prisoner's new-born
child, and an open verdict was returned, that it was
found dead, but how or by what means it came by its
death there was no evidence before the jurors to show.
Mrs. Jane Murphy, the landlady of a public-house in
Slar-street, Lower Shedwell, stated that the prisoner
had been in her service about one month up to Sundays
the 4th Oct., and she had received a rood character
with her from her last employer in Mile-end-road On
the 4th inst. the prisoner was tsken ill in the morning at
breakfast, and said she had bleu insensible all nigh-. The
prisoner's illness appeared to increase until 12 at noon
and she could not do her work. She seat her to bed,
and gave her a glass of ginger brandy. Some time
afterwards a chill of witness's assisted the prisoner in
her room, and came down stairs an i made a remark
which induced witness to asseist,the prisoner, who said
she was better, and would soon be well. Witness at
mice suspected the prisoner had just bec •mis a mother,
and told her there was something wrong. The prisoner
stoutly denied there was anything wrong ; anti witness,
after making a search, and being unable to find a chill,
again told the prisoner she had given birth to a child,
and she again denied it. Witness then sent for •
doctor, who examined it, and the prisoner then ad-
mitted having a child, and that it was under the bed.
Witness searched for it, but was unable to find it, but a
neighbour di-covered where the child way,
Mrs. Harkness, f No. 7, to-street, went into the
prisoner's room atter tha last witness had left it, and
said to the prisoner, "Sophy, where is the baby." The
prisoner said it was between the two beds, and raised
one of them, took up the dead body of an infant, which
had been fhttened between the two beds, and laid it
alongside of her.
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Mr. James Handy, surgeon, of Wapping-wall, said
he examined the body of a ful.-grown female ehild, on
the prisoner's bed, on the 4th ii.stant. He believed it
had been born alive, and would have lived if the pri-
soner had paid the necessary a+tention to it at the mo-
ment of its birth. The ambilical curd had been violently
torn away, aid the chill had bled to death.
In answer to Mr. Sells, the witness said he did not
make a post inorten xatnieation of the body or float the
lungs ; but it was his opinion the child was b.,rn alive.
There was a great deal of fluidity and a large effusion
of blood. He believed that the child bled to death, and
that it was not suffocated by btingiplaced between two
beds.

Police-Sergeant Campbell, 44 It, said he took the pri.
soner into custody in Wapping poor-house this morning,
and asked h r whether child was torn alive, to which
ahe replied-.." No, I never heard it cry." He asked her
why she concealel the child between the two beds, and
she said she did not know what to do with it. He asked
her how lorg the baby had bean between the bade before
Mrs. Murpay came into her room, and she said she did
not know. Ile asked her who the father of the child
was, and she answered that he was a barman at a
public home is Mile-end, and had lately gone to Aus-
tralia.

The prisoner male no defence, and Mr. Selo, after
requesting the chief c erk to take the depositions, for-
mally committed the prisoner for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.