The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-08 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, M&y 6.

John Shrives and Mary Anne.Stiriites -vete
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dieted for violently assaulting and ill,trestiggl4*°_
beth Anne Shrives, a child nine years of-agr,l.
female prisoner is stepmother to tha-cha& •
William Philp was an officer.. of the City,Polie:i.
and lived in Vine-yard, Bermondsey. On-*-
of April he saw the child, Elizabeth Shrives, 9lttilt
at the door of the house in 'Which the prisoner Pvkcis
She was crying, and appeared in the most misertir
condition that human nature could conceiiej'l'„,
head and face were bruised in a dreadful,lool%
There were black and blue,marks over` and under.l4
eyes, and one of the ears was much-stvollenLk.oi,i
there was blood remaining on the faceitui.olvw

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Mary May resided in the same court with, jibe
prisoners, and had been in the habit of siOnfared'
child for the last three years. She alwar 91/1)-gra;:,'
in a bruised and filthy state. Witness had'
Shrives beat the child, irk a very y unmerciful.stuareof
and had also seen her take the child by thi
tthhee
ehtehaedr,.anlvd tithhreosNsv,hhaedr
afrlosomsoene/ etnhde opfrithsotenu"'er j4ire,
Shrives knock her doWn in' a brutal manner. •
father told witness that he had during the late lt,
made the child carry water up eta rs; and dreg •
her till her chemise froze to her back; and the4l
scrubbed her back until the blood came.. She 't
•
seen the child with blood streaming down its 'krk
audits clothes.sticking to the skin .with.blood
filth. -
Mary Price said she lived next •
ete
soners, and had often heard' heavy stripes` itiflict
upon the child.
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Samuel Wedge had lodged in the prisoners' hod
for some time. Whenever he went home from vOr,..
he found Mrs. Shrives beatink the child with a stt"
or stick in a cruel manner. Witness admitted hallPoSi
said that he would sooner be scored like
pork than give evidence against the pr6oners..T 1
door to the. p, irr
bad another child, borne by Mrs. Shrives, cal,,,
" little Johnny," who was always mated
and suffered to do as he pleased.
Sarah Phillips lived next 'door to the prisonern
and went into their room one day, and saw the cm"
close to the fire crying, and the father, taming OV
her. The child was holding a. piece of china so,cws-
to the fire that her fingers were scorched, and,tb..f..-
flesh " frizzled" up with the. heat.
The child was here placed in the witness.bo* be:
fore the Jury. Her face bore the- marks a aysa'
wounds, and her head was bruised, and ia.seYe'
parts the hair had ceased to grow. Her face, 1141:1Ag.,:,
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and feet, were still considerably swollen. She
appeared to have been rathir a ell-looking'ilaitl/4
nii,
The Jury, without waiting for a summing-UP
the Chairman, found both the prisoners Gutlty
Here the female prisoner called out to the 'CO::
man to be merciful; upon which a female voice 1--
the crowd exclaimed—" Yes—

" ' That mercy she to others 'show%
That mercy show to her'.—
your Worship."
The CHAIRMAN sentenced the prisoners each tv
" two years' confinement in the County Gaol, there
to be kept to hard labour."
The woman fainted—but the father of the child
heard the sentence with perfect apathy.

BIRTHS.
On the 4th inst. at the Priory, Homerton, Mrs. Samuel
Amory, of a son.
On the sth instant, at Dulwich-hill, Mrs. Henry Young'
of a son.