The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

nutes to four o'clock till half-past nine, returned
a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to
mercy on the ground of his prt,viom good character, and
that he was at the time under the influence of liquor.
Sentence deferred.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THIRD COURT.
(Before tire COMM ,N SERGEANT.)
Lydia Allortimer, 19, spinster, surrendered to take
her trial for having concealed the birth of her female
infant.
Mr. Payne prosecuted.

It appeared that on the 33 of June last the prisoner
went into the service of a gentleman named Bowles, in
Bedford-street, Hampstead road; and on the 28th of
last month, there being some obstruction to the pipe of
the water-closet, a labourer was sent to take it up, and
upon so doing he found there what he took to be a por-
tion of some animal, it being dark when he took it out.
He buried a portion in the garden and placed the rest in
some utensil. The prisoner seemed very anxious to
know what he had found. The next day the labourer
found a portion of wt; at he had placed removed, upon
which he dug up the rest, rand found it to be the muti-
lated remains of au infant,

Mr. Hardwick, of Robert, street, Hampstead-road,
proved examining the remains, which he found to be
those of a full-grown female inf Ant, but he could not say
if born alive. On the next day he examined the pri-
soner and found she had been delivered, and she said she
bad a child on Mocday week, and that she had cut it up
and put it down the closet.
Mrs. Cheese, a servant in the service of Mrs. Bowles,
proved finding the prisoner very ill. She at the time
denied that anything was the matter with her, but sub-
sequently ownid to it.
L) die Pollard, the searcher at the station, said, that
prisoner said Le did ❑ut know how she could have been
so foolish, as she had a good home in Wiltshire. She
thought she must have been mad. That the child bad
been born dead. That she had cut it up with a knife,
and first hidden it with her dusters, and then thrown it
down the watercloset.

The prisoner, who is a well-looking young girl, and
was in u most pitiable state all the time of the trial,
said that when ill she had asked Mrs. Cheese to sit up
with her.

This proved to be true.
The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to
mercy on account of the request she had made on the
night the child was born.
The father, a most respectable-looking old man, who
hal come up from Wiltshire, said he had testimonials of
her previous good character.
She was sent-nced to three months' imprisonment.
Ann Scanlan, 36, widow, was indicted for stealing five
handkerchief. 4, the property of Juhn Burberry.
Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Robinson defended.
The prisoner, who is a careworn, shabby-genteel look-
ing woman, had ber head covered with a iarge black veil
%%hick nearly hid her Gal's-es, and she seemed painfuliy
sensible to her degraded position.
The evidence offered against her was that of a Mr.
Robert Storey who stated that in July last he was shop-
man to the prosecutors in Regent-street. Ihe prisoner
came and asked to look at some articles of hosiery and
shirts, and also some handkerchiefs, which were shown
to her. Witness, suspecting her, went round the coun-
ter, and requested her to stand away from it, and wished
to know if she had an 3 thing about her, She said she
was surprised he should suspect a*person of her respect-
ability. Witness then saw the harikerchiefs fall from
her. She denied the charge, and said that she was needle-
woman to the Hon. Spencer Cooper's family in Burton-
street. which proved to be untrue. She was taken into
custody, but in consequence of her ill-health and poverty
the charge was not followed up.
Mr. ROBINSON said he should not struggle with the
facts.

The jury found her Guilty.
Shepherd, a City constable, 544, said sks had been be-
fore convicted in this court for stealing a book.
Mr. PLATT said there were four other charges against
her.
Mr. ROBINSON said he hoped the Court would be
merciful ti her. She was the widow of a gentleman of
high literary repute, who died about three yearA ago;
she had received small sums of money from the late
Sir ItAnrt Peel arid others, and she had been in great
distress.
The prisoner said she hoped the Court woul,l be mer-
cit'ul to her this time as she bad known deep misery.
Sbe had found her husband dead at her side. Lord
Palmerston and others had assisted her, but she was in
great distress when she stole the handkerchiefs; but she
would go home to her iather, who lived in Wales.
She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.