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London, England, 1808-04-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, APRIL 8.

Marie France, Jona, servant to Mr. Hewitson, of Catharine-
court, Tower-hill, was indicted under the warrant of J. Unwin,
Esti. one of the Coroners for the County of Middlesex, for the
murder of her female bastard child, on the Sd of March last, at
the house of Mr. Birket, on Clapton Terrace, in the parish of
Hackney. It appeared that the Prisoner had been three years in
the service of Mrs. Birket, and about twelve months servant to
Mrs. Hewitson, the daughter of that lady. Mrs. H. went on a
fortnight's visit to her mother, taking the Prisoner with her to
attend to a young child. On the day stated in the indictment,
Mrs. B. and Mrs. H. went to take tea with a lady, in the town of
Clapton, leaving the prisoner and two other female servants in
care of the house. The prisoner was suddenly taken ill, went to
bed ; and upon inquiry it was found by the judgment of Mr.
Smith, a surgeon, and Mr. Dowling, surgeon and apothecary, of
Hackney, that she had lain in. She, however, denied the fact ;
but upon search being made, the child was found dead and con-
cealed in a box under the bed of the prisoner. The probable cause
1 of death was most minutely explained by the professional Gen-
tlemen; but their description would better suit a work designed
for the College of Surgeons than a daily print which is to be read
by all classes of the community. It is sufficient for us to say, that
the death of the child appt ared to have been occasioned by the
blind efforts of an ignorant woman to relieve herself in the pains
1 of travail, than any intentional design to destroy her offspring.—
' She was consequently acquitted—but, under the direction of Lord
Ellenberough, who tried the case, a fresh question was put to
the Jury, namely, whether the woman had concealed her preg-
nancy or not? This the Jury decided in the affirmative, and
sentence was left to be pronounced by the Recorder, which we
understand to be 12 months imprisonment. The prisoner, in her
defence, said "it was an accident in heP extremes," and calledthe
nurse to prove, that she had provided linen for the infant. She
was a mild-countenanced young woman, about 22 years of age,
and appeared to be more affected by any imputaiion that seemed
to be thrown upon her character for humanity, than by the idea
of the probable fate that awaited her.—The Court was uncom-
monly crowded.
Saturday twenty-six prisoners were tried, one of whom was
capitally convicted, viz.
G. Williman, for stealing privately in the house of W. Wiles,
cash and notes to the amount of 701. The prosecutor keeps the
Windmill Inn, in St. John's-street, and the prisoner was employed •
in the yard. The property was stolen from the warehouse after
it had been inclosed in a parcel to go by the Wellington stage-
coach. The prisoner had been left its possession of the keys ofthe
warehouse on the 7th of March, for about two hours in the even-
ing, after which they were delivered to a boy, and the parcel was
missing. The greater part of the property was found in the pri-
soner's possession. None of the notes were identified, but the
strongest of all proofs was an unsolicited confession on his part.
Ten were convicted of felony, viz.
M. M'Kay, for stealing eight yards of calico, &c. the property
of E. Johnson ; Mary Ayres, for stealing a till, containing 6s. and
other monies, the property of L. Hetherington; A. Tripp, for
stealing two sheets, two shirts, and other articles, the propirty of
T. Talbot ; R. Flaw; for stealing 15113. of Indigo, the property of
Messrs. 'Wilson,Preston, and Wilson—received sentence of trans-
portation for seven years • Elizabeth Steward, for stealing a great
coat, &c. the property tie. Brown ; M. Course, for stealing a
quantity of sheet lead, the property of Hill Darley Esq. ; Maria
Jones, for stealing five shawls, the property of T. Powciitch ; W.
Chase, for stealing two pieces of gingham, &c. the property of
W. arshal ;R. Argent, for stealing SOll3. of tea, the property
of Messrs. Hanson ; Mary Johnson, for stealing six silver tea-
spoons, value 18s. the property of Mary Ward; and
Two were convicted of Misdemeanors,viz.
C. Way,aliasErmstead, for defrauding the house ofJonesand Wel-
don, in Bull Head-court, Newgate-street, of sel. worth of haber-
dashery goods, in Feb. last. In addition to the evidence already given,
Mr. Jones said, that recollecting that he saw the prisoner at the
house of Mks Lesney, at High Wycomb, he, by her representa-
tion, packed up the goods she ordered, put them into the coach
himself, and handed the prisoner into it. It was the Birmingham
coach, and set out from the Bull and Mouth. Miss Lesney ap-
peared in Court, and swore she never received the goods, nor saw
the prisoner for two years past. A clerk belonging to Mr. Jones
said, he saw the prisoner a few days ago ordering goods at Mr.
Inglehy's, where she went by the name of Way, and where, when
he took her into custody, she confessed the fraud, and mentioned
the names of the pawnbrokers where she had pledged the goods.
Mr. Thompson, a pawnbroker of Chelsea, then produced a great
quantity of property pawned by the prisoner with him. Mr. Har-
rison of Bloomsbury, and Mr. Kimber, of Knightsbridge, pro-
duced property pledged with them. In her defence the prisoner
acknowledged her offences, but said she had been persuaded to
tommit these frauds by a man named Hawkins, whom she lived
with—and

ilm Palmer, for uttering a conterfeit 7s. piece, knowing it to
be false and counterfeit.

And thirteen were acquitted, viz.
R. Runton, J. Wilding, P. Strange, Elizabeth Martin, alias
Margood, Ann Johnson, M. Miller, Elizabeth Seam's, T. Hodges,
J. Coleman, J. Bartlett, Elizabeth Aldridge, alias Simmons, Eli-
zabeth Fitzgert.ld, and Elizabeth Dalton.
Yesterday nineteen prisoners were tried, one of whom was ca-
pitally convicted, viz.
Shepherd, for assaulting G. Goddard on the highway, and
taking from his person a alive' watch, a great coat, and two pounds
seven shillings.
D. and T. Braley, father and son, John How•r, and .TerAm Hart
cue, were indicted for feloniously counterfeiting the coin of the
King of Prussia. . .

About three months ago the prisoners took a house in King-
street, Clerkenwell , they had not been long in it before their
next door neighbour, from the noise he heard, had no doubt they
were coining. The pat ish officer being informed of it, he com-
municated the circumstance to the Magistrates of Worship-street,
who sent several officers to search the house, when they found a
quantity of coin resembling Prussian coin, a number of dies, and
every implement necessary for carrying on the business.
The prisoners called several witnesses, who gave them a good
character, but the Jury found them all Guilty.
The following were also convicted of ft lonics, Viz.
Hannah Vessey and Margaret Shipley, for stealing a shirt, and
other articles, the property of G. G. Stibbs ; John Tatnell, for
stealing two pieces of 'sheeting, the property of J. Butts ; I. Dal;
ton, for stealing a copper, the property of S. Newth ; Matilda
Snowswell, for stealing a cloak, a gown, Ste. the property of C.
Townsend; C. Murphy, for stealing a boiler, the property of J.
Wheeler ; P. Lill, for stealing a pair ofpantaloons, the property
of W. Ward ; W. Davey, for stealing a quantity of boards, the
property of G. Marsden ; T. Watkins, for stealing a door hanelle,
the property of T. Litdewond ; Elizabeth Caviar, for stealing two
sheets, the property of T. Harrison ; and

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Four wereacquitted, viz.
J. Rogers, IL Martin, Ann Johnson, and
W. Moore, a Serjeant in the Guards, who was indicted for
altering a receipt, with intent to defraud his Majesty. The pri-
soner had the care of the Military Chapel, in Tothill-street, West-
minster, and usually paid small- bills on account thereof. Some
time in the year 1805, Matthew Beecher delivered in a bill for
glaziers work, amounting to 125. 6d. and was paid the amount on
the tith November, which the prisontrialtered to IL 12s. 6d.—
Beecher, the only witness, was called, but he could not positively
swear that the bill or the sum were altered. The prisoner was
acquitted, but remanded to take his trial next Sessions for a con-
spiracy to dc fraud his Majesty.

On Saturday lierry.Woo4ford, the celebrated pick-
pocket, whose commitment from Bow-street, as a
rogue and vagabond, we lately announced, appealed
at the Middlesex Sessions against his conviction, when,
after Mr. GuttNKr had been heard at considerable
length in his behalf, the conviction was confirmed,
and he was sentenced- to six months imprisonment in
the House of Correction.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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THE OA/Le.
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LONDONDERRY, MARCH 29.
On Saturday last, a mare belonging to Mr. D. M4Laughlin, was
engaged to trot, for a bet of 100 guineas, from Strabane to the
Toll-gate of the bridge of this city, a distance of eleven miles and
a half, in fifty-five minutes, which she won by half a minute, hav-
ing performed it in fifty-four minutes and a half.

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