The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-11 00:00:00

pushed the lighted brand into the rick. In this she
was corroborated by another witness, who said she
had heard Griffiths say " Don't do that" to the pri-
soner as they were passing the wheat rick. On
cross-examination it was elicited that a woman named
13rooker had also carried a burning brand from Betty
Hyde's cottage, and that she was one of the last of
the hop-pickers who walked past the rick, whilst the
prisoner was one of the first. It further appeared
that Booker had been suspected of firing the rick.
The two principal witnesses for the prosecution were
cross-examined in the absence of each other, and
there were facts from which it might be inferred that
they had endeavoured to relieve Booker from the im-
putation of firing the rick.
Mr. KETTLE addressed the jury for the prisoner,
and called several witnesses to her character.

After a very feeling and careful summing up by
the Learned JUDGE,
The jury, almost without turning in the box, re•
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The verdict was received by a very crowded court
with applause, which was immediately suppressed by
the L..a,rned Judge.

WESTERN CIRCO! T.—Salisbury, Marc!, 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Ear.E).
Jane Lawrence was indicted for having unlawfully
exposed her female infant child, with intent to mur-
der it, at Rarnsbury.
Mr. C. Smith was counsel for the prosecution.
The prisoner was a pretty young girl of 19. She
had been for some months in the service of a Mrs.
Edwards, at Ramsbury. On the 2d of November she
appeared to be very unwell. Her mistress asked her
what was the matter. The girl complained of pain in
her side. Her mistress gave her some coffee, and went
into another room. She shortly afterwards, about
seven o'clock in the evening, again went into the
kitchen, but the prisoner was absent. In about
twenty minutes she went into the kitchen again, and
then saw the prisoner leaning on the table, and she
then perceived the girl was in such a state that some-
thing extraordinary must have happened, and she told
the girl to go to bed, and she sent for a doctor. Upon
the surgeon coming, he saw the girl and asked
her if she had had a child ? He then examined her,
and fund she had recently been confined. She was
then in a state of very great excitement, in mind as
well as body. He then told her her child was alive
and was taken care of, and that, as soon as she was
better, she should have it. She then ceased to deny
her confinement. A woman sat up with her all night,
and the next morning the prisoner told that woman
that she had been confined in the garden ; that she
was much frightened, and had taken up the child, and
had gone to the wall, but she did not throw it over
the wall, because she feared it would kill it. She
then wrapped it up in the skirt and carried it through
the house into the lane. She then tried to throw it
over the hedge, but had not strength enough ; it rolled
hack. That she then put it through the hedge. It so
happened that that evening, about the time when the
child was so deposited, a man, named Pike, who was
in the lane heard the cry of something in the field.
He got through the hedge and saw something lying
down. He went to it and found it to be a newly-
born child. It was quite naked. He took it to the
house of a Mrs. Curtis, who kept it during that night.
The next morning the girl was taken to the house of
Mrs. Pike, and, according to her desire, her child
was brought to her; she nursed it, awl exhibited great
aff-.ction for it, but in about a week it died from
natural causes.

Mr. Justice ERLE, in eumming in up, said that, in
order to find the prisoner guilty of the serious part of
the charge, they must be convinced of the intention
of the prisoner to murder the child, and that was at
variance with her statement as to the reason of her
not throwing the child over the wall.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common
assault, and she was sentenced to one month's impri-
sonment.

Eliza Smith was indicted for setting fire to an out-
house, the property of William Gosling, at Chiseldon.
Mr. C. Smith was counsel for the prosecution.

The prisoner was seen in a field in which the out-
house was situate in the evening, by a woman who
asked her if she had any victuals ; the prisoner said
she had not. The woman asked her why she did not
go to the union again ; the prisoner said she would be
if she would go the union again ; she would do
something else.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice ERLE said she had already been in
gaol 10 times.
The prisoner.—You may as well say 13 times, my
Lord, at once.

The Learned JUDGE then sentenced her to 10
years' transportation,
Prisoner—Thank you, my Lord; I hope you will
stay here you grey-headed old till I come back,
and then 11l bring you a ring-tailed monkey.
The prisoner was muttering and swearing all the
time she was in the dock, and in the midst of the
trial a large heavy-nained shoe fell down from her
clothes, hut it was instantly seized by a turnkey. The
prisoner said she had intended that for his Lordship.
It would appear to be growing into a custom in this
county to throw shoes at the judges, as it was done in
this city this time twelve months.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
TALFOURD and a Special Jury.)
DOWLING AND UXOR V. HITCHCOCK AND IVES.

Mr. Crowder, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Lopez were
counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake
and Mr. M. Smith were for the defendants.

Mr. Dowling was a tailor residing at Westbury,
in this county, and the defendants were surgeons.
In August, 1847, Mrs. Dowling was thrown out of
a foor-wheeled chaise and was most severely injured,
having a concussion of the brain, three ribs broken,
the lungs injured, the shoulder much damaged, and
the leg fractured. The defendants were called
in and set the leg. She remained under their care
for eight weeks, and then she was removed to her
own home, and attended by her regular surgeon.
She was afterwards seen by Mr. Norman, a surgeon
of great eminence at Bath, but she could not even at
the present moment walk upon the leg. The action
was brought for negligent and unskilful treatment.
Three county surgeons were called, who gave it as
their opinion, that the course pursued by Mr. Hitch-
cock was not correct, and that the treatment had
shown a want of skill.

For the defendants,.Mr. Norman of Bath, and Mr.
Skey of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were called, and
they stated that Mr. Hitchcock had acted in the most
judicious manner; that the injuries must have been
of a most serious nature and very difficult to treat,
and they did not think anything better could have
been done. It was a regular smash. Mr. Skey said
that Mr. Hitchcock had been a pupil of kis, and had
gained a very high reputation at the hospital fur sur-
gical skill.
The jury retired, and then returned a verdict for
the defendants.

The case did not conclude till past 10 o'clock at
night.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. BULLOCK.)
John Bailey, 37, watch-finisher, Jane Bailey, aged
38, his wife, and William Bailey, 13, his son, were
indicted for stealing a quantity of tools and other
articleP, the property of Morris Woolf and another,
the masters of John and William Bailey.
Mr. W. Cooper appeared to watch the case on the
part of the prisoners, having been instruct:d by the
kindness of the Under-Sheriff, who took an interest
in the welfare of the prisoners, in consequence of
their poverty and previous good Character.
It appeared that the prisoners John and William
worked at the prosecutor's, and had from time to time
purloined the tools which the wife had pledged. They
were apparently in great poverty, and the duplicates
of the things stolen were found by the police at the
prisoner's lodgings. The man, when accused, said he
had given the things to his wife to pawn, and also to
the boy to carry away.
The jury acquitted the boy, and the father and
mother were convicted.
Mr. BULLOCK sentenced the male prisoner to three
months' imprisonment, and the wife to ba confined
seven days in Newgate.
Henry Eyles, 25, labourer, was convicted of bur-
glary in the dwelling-house of James Howell.
Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner.

It appeared that the prisoner, who is a well-known
cracksman, was stopped by the police on the night of
the 12th of last month in Great St. Andrew-street,
St. Giles's, and on being searched a crowbar, skelkon
keys, and the property, which it turned out had been
stolen from the prosecutor's, a chaser in Dean-street,
were found on him.

The Court sentenced him to ten years' transporta-
tion.

Robert Crouch, 24, servant, was indicted for vio-
lence and robbery on John Jacob Holbrook, and
stealing from his person ss.
The prisoner in this case was a private in the 24
Battalion of Grenadier Guards, acting as servant to
Captain West, and the particulars of the offence,
which was committed on Monday last, appeared in
this paper of Wednesday, under the bead of:West-
minster police.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
Hargrave, 62 B, the officer in the cast-, was called
up after the trial ,vas over, and highly complimented
by the .Judge, and also the Aldermen, for the manner
in which he had acted throughout the whole case.
In the course of the day Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire
received a letter signed "G. Ledger," containing
the sum of 1/. 14s. Gd., the subscription of several
gentlemen for the man Rawlins, who so gallantly
recued the children of prisoner Elizabeth Higgins,
who was tried in the Old Court on Thursday for
attempting the- life of herself and children.
The Court, at its rising, adjourned until Monday,
April 8.