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ceeded to gratify his lust as the other two had done.
They remained as long as they choose; I could not
help it. I tried to get up betwixt every assault, but
was unable, as they held me down. They swore at
me, and told me to hold my noise—what was the use
of crying? After the third man had done I got up. I
told them I would tell my master—they then left
me and I went home. It was moonlight, but the
moon was clouded. I had an opportunity of ob-
observing the first man when he came up, and also of
hearing his voice.—Verdict, Guilty.
His LORDSHIP then proceeded to pass sentence of
death upon the prisoner.—William Jennings, you
have been tried and convicted upon evidence which,
in my opinion, can leave no doubt of your guilt. A
case of greater atrocity has seldom come before a
court of law. I can offer you no hope, and there-
fore I entreat you to lose no time in preparing for
the change you are about to undergo. Don't flatter
yourself with hope ; you must die. Ilia Lordship
then passed sentence of death in the usual form.
Ralph Fisher Was put to the bar, to be tried as
an accomplice in the same crime; but it appearing
that he had been admitted as an evidence before the
Mayor of Kendal, Mr. Courtney informed the Jury
that it would be their duty to return a verdict of
acquittal. The prisoner was accordingly acquitted.
He appeared to be little more than a boy about
16 years of age.
On Monday morning, about ten o'clock, his
Lordship took his departure for Carlisle.

CARLISLE, 111 ARCH 6.

Jane Baty was indicted for the wilful murder of
her bastard ehild, by stuffing hay into its mouth on
the 30th January lag.
Mrs. Elizabeth Watson examined—l am the wife
of Mr. Vatson, a farmer, residing at Westward
Parks, about twelve miles from Carlisle. On the
30th of January last, the prisoner was in my service.
She came to me at the preceding Martinmas. A
sister of her's, called Margaret, was in my service at
the same time. Before the 30th of January I had
observed the prisoner's appearance, and several times
told her that I thought she was pregnent. She de-
nied that she was so. Our dinner hour is between
twelve and one. A little after dinner en the 30th
of January, I had occasion to go into the oven-
house. I there saw the prisoner. She was stand-
ing almost- double. There was blood on the ground
where she was standing. Her arms were folded up
in her apron, and I saw blood upon them. I told
her that I thought she had had a miscarriage. She
denied that she had, and ascribed the appearance to
other causes. She then went into the house. I fol-
lowed her, and saw more blood in the place where
she stood. A dead child was afterwards brought
into the house by Joseph Atkinson. The prisoner
cried very much, and begged for mercy.
Joseph Atkinson, on the afternoon of the 30th of
January, found the dead body of a newly born child
in Mr. Watson's oven-house. The body was placed
behind a set pot which was fastened to the wall.l
There was a fire under the set pot, which appeared
to witness to have been only recently lighted. The
child's mouth was stuffed full of hay.
Mr. Thomas Nixon examined.-1 am a surgeon,
residing at Wigton. I examined the dead body of
a child, which was shewn to me at Mr. Watson's
on the 31st of January. It was the body of a
newly-born child, and was full grown. I examined
the lungs ; I am sure that they had been inflated.
I found the mouth full of hay, which appeared to
have been pressed in with considerable force. The
mouth was completely filled. With such a quantity
of hay in the mouth no child could live long. I
examined the umbilical cord, and found that it had
been cut. The consequence of the cutting of that
card would be a considerable hemorrhage. I after-
wards examined the prisoner, and found that she
had recently been delivered of a child.
Cross-examined.—The lungs might be inflated,
and the child still not be born alive. The rupture
of the umbilical cord might also have produced the
death of the child.

The Jury, after a few moments' deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of " Not guilty of murder, but
guilty of concealing the birth of the child."
The Learned BARON sentenced the prisoner to be
imprisoned for 18 months in the county gaol, and
to be there kept to hard labour.
This case terminated the Assizes, which have
been remarkably short and uninteresting.

NEWCASTLE, MARCH 5.

Jane Jameson, of the parish of St. Nicholas,
single woman, was put to the bar, charged with the
wilful murder of her mother, Margaret Jameson, on
the 2d of January last.
The mother of the prisoner was the widow of a
keelman, and resided in the Keelmen's Hospital, in
that town. On the 2d of January, the prisoner,
whilst in a state of intsxication, called on her mo-
ther, when some angry words took place between
them. Whilst in this situation, another of the in-
mates of the hospital passed the door of the room
occupied by the deceased, and saw the prisoner
standing before her mother, presenting a poker at
her, which she held in both her hands. In less than
a minute afterwards, the old Woman was heard to
say, " Oh, dear me !" and the daughter imme-
diately called out, " My mother !—oh, my mother !"
Assistance being procured, deceased was found sit-
ting on the floor, bleeding at the breast, and the
prisoner standing behind her. She lingered till the
14th, during which time she often asserted that the
prisoner had done it, but had, towards the close of
her existence been induced to alter I►er story, and
declared that she received the wound by falling on
the poker whilst in a fainting fit. The medical men
who examined the body found Oat the wound had
been inflicted by the poker in a burning state, and
that it had penetrated quite through the breast bone
and entered the right ventricle of the heart.
After twenty-four witnesses had been examined
his Lordship recapitulated the evidence at great
length, pointing out the material parts for the con-
sideration of the Jury, who, after a long consulta-
tion, found her Guilty.
His LORDSUIP immediately passed sentence of
death en her. She Was executed on Saturday
morning, and her body given for dissection. The
trial lasted eight hours, and the Guildhall was
thronged to excess.