The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER. of au INFANT.

---VVILD'fiALL.,--Ycsterrhy -Matilda Dailey, a (le-
ceol I,,oking woman, about 36 years of was
eharg6l with the tutu der of her male intaut
James Lines, one-of the-- lVard ile4dles of Far-
;l,l;omi-without, stated, that Ole
.body of a male
i,~i,iur had hren tru in the privy at the house
in which the prisoner bad •kiiged ; a Coroner's

Wit:est had been hi-Id:upon it on Tuesday:even-
lug last, when the Jury, hruttabt in a verdict of
" Found Dead in •a vault, but by what Means, uu
known to the Jury."
In consconence of the evidence then produced,
^the.prisoner I,vas snspected to have been the tno-
thee' or the Child ; and' at the suggestion of the
J+ny he had caused her to he apprehended.
Ant.' .Sharp said,• the prisoner came' tor lodge at
her h'iuse about four months ago ; she rented-the
Occk pa.rloor, gave her name Miss Bailey; she was.
at that t;ose very large, and described hersylt as very
ill of a dropsy. Some time: after, she (the witness)
itegAn to sAtSpect she Was pregoant, and told-11er
se., but it.
when
further occurred
till.laat Monday night, she was informed that
the body; of a.child had
,been discovered in the
The corpse when taken out was quit edead,
and appeared to have beets there some time.. The
privy was'in the yard, immediately Close to the
prisoner's room : the prisoner now looks consider-
ab:y smaller.
Mary Prestay, a lodger in the house, spoke to
the general ill state of health of the prisoner,
arising, as the‘,, all understood, Nom the Aropiy.
Elizabeth flume, lodging in tile 2.1 floor; said,
the was in the habit of calling in upon-the pie
softer every (lay ; but she never bad • any Sus-
picionthat she was 'pregnant. On the night of
last Wednesday fortnight, while in her own
soots), - she heard a noise like that of a child
shrieking, noel mentioned the circumstance to
the prisoner the next day, asking her if 'she'
lied heard it, she replied no, but 'site 'supposed, it
• was •one of the cats had caught a rat. l'ilSoner
then .asked her if site could ;;et a feW •thiogs '
washed for her, which she did' the next day : 'she
did not take any particular notice of thou herself.;
but the wousau who washed theca observed to her
that they in a very had condition.
Mr. Henry Morley, surgeon,. had examined the
child, but from. the putrid condition en which it
then was, it wits ottie impossible to say whether
or not any violence had been committed upon
• Mr. Alderman WArill MAN observed, that there
was certainly strong grouted for sospectio7g, froM
the evidence adduced: that the prisoner was the
mother' of. the child ; bot uo rind whatever had,
been given titat the Child was twin alive. Under
•these Circumstance's no charge of murder could be
maintained. 'rn constitute di- minor offence, viz.
that of secret lug the birth of the child, it was also
necessary that the child should he Proved to have
been 'born alive ; without proof of that fact, he
could not go int o•evidence of such 'offence. The
'pi i,toner must therefore. be discharged'; but he
trusted she would feel the dreadful situation in
whin she had been placed, and return to the
paths of virtue.
1 Ihe prisnuerwas then discharged.

LAW LYFELLAVNtE,

COURT OF CUIANEIre,

The Lost, COANCELLOK occiipied nearly.
seer honis in I;earing Counsel in the cuSe ofrlte
ISeiok, the pariculass of have
been repeatedly laid before-t he• Public.
ship Krspnied the pryer of the Petition; viltic!,
was to Supersede the Comtnissiort, on account of
a concerted act of bankruptcy, but he gave per-
mission to the creditors 1.6 sue out a new cll.l-
- •
.His Lordship ut the same ,time a!inded
to the recent trial orthit4 Case at Winchester, be-
fore 'Mr. Baron Giaharti, where the Jut y had
torne to a similar conclusion.
At:h4lf-itast five the Court• rose, and his Lord-
ship, as We stated in Vtretinesday..s Paper, will sit
two hours tO-morrow (thiti'tlay), which
-ends tic pregent nekL Sittings be-
gin•oti. the Ist of November.