The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JUNE 13.

• Thomas 'lkvine, aged 19, was indicted for stealing
in the dwelling-house of Alessi's. J. and C. Green,
his employers, sixteen sovereigns and eight half
.so-
vereigns, their property.
The Ju►y returned a verdict of Guilty—lleath.
The prosecutor strongly recoonnencled the prisoner-
to mercy, which the Court said would doubtless be
attended to.• •

George Brookery, aged ninetren, was indicted for
stealing- in the dweding-house of Richard Lambert
woollen cloth and other articles, value 30/.., the pro-.
petty of Samuel litihner. • .
• The Jury pronounced 'a verdict of NOt
• One of the sheriff's yeomen tobk‘possession of the
two. pieces of Cloth. •• • • • • . •
Anne Chapman, aged.,2B,. was indicted fa mai-
ciouslY attempting to strangle an infant, named Eli.;
theth Chapman, on the 3d of done.
The prisoner appeared h a very weak Stale, Ail
was in consequence accommodated with a seat.
She was attended by one of the nurses of the prison.
Thomas Elms was the first witness examined,
and his testimony was as follows :,--Ott the evening
of the 3d of Junel was in a field near Turnbam-
green. . I heard a queer sort of noise—a faint • cry.
I went towards the spot whence it seemed to pro-
ceed. I saw a bit of flannel under some Clay. and
grass, and I found it to be a child. I left a' young
matt who was with me in .care of it while I went to
fetch some one to inquire into, the matter. The
child was lying on• its back; its face quite •black.
The blackness.didnot proceed from dirt, but ap-
parently from strangulation. There was dirt, how-
ever, nit the face. 1 went for Mr. Williamson, the
constable. of Acton. He: took up the- chill and
carried it hoMelo his own house.

Cross-examined—The child is now alive and well.
John IVilliamson—l remember the day in
tiou. A piece of black ribbon wtvi tied tightly round
the neck of the child. The moment the ribbon was
cut the child began to breathe freely, and in an hour
or two its colour improved. The infant appeared to
be about three weeks old. I took the pristmer into
custody. I saw her on the 6th of 'June. It was
about La-past eight in the evening.- I met her near
Hammersmith, in company with a young man. in
consequence of previous information I took her into
custody. On the morning after her arrest the pri-
soner sent for me, and said she wished to speak to me
concerning her baby. I called in Barney, to be pre-
sent while she spoke. She said she left her. child in
the ditch.. I inquired how she could be guilty of
such cruelty. She replied that she did so in the
hope of some ..humane person finding • it. I men-
tioned the string tied about the meek. She replied,
" That was IQ not to strattgle it, but to hide a
sore," or "cure a sore," I don't know which. The
following day she saw the child, and kissed it very
affectionately, and went off into very strung hysterics.
It just happened that as the witness.was deliver-
ing this part of his testimony the prisoner dropped
On the floor in violent convulSions ; she struggled
excessively, and was, with much difficulty, removed
into the open air. Several minutes .elapsed before
the trial could be proceeded with.
Elizabeth Tyler—l am a nurse in the workhouse
where the prisoner lay in. I saw and had the care
of the child from its birth.

• Crass-examined—lt was a fat child, mid its neck
might have been chafed. It might have been ne"
.cep,ary to put a. piece of wet rag on it.
In ans'A er to the JUDGE—It was not at all neces-
sary to tie a ribbon around the neck. It could not
be useful.

This was the case for the proiecutisu.
After a few minutes' deliberation the Jury brought
in a verdict of Guilty, accompanied by a recommen
dation to mercy._

The Duke of Sussex remained in Court till three
o'clock.

The following singular entertainment is said
to have been given to the' French King, CHARLES XL,
after hunting in the neighbourhood of Carcassone :—After
the stag had been taken, a gentleman in the neighbour-
hood invited the KING to a dinner which he had provided
for the occasion. At the conclusion of the banquet, the-
ceiling of the hall swldenlY opined, thick cloud descend-
ed, and burst over their h'!ads like a storm of thunder,•
pouring forth a shower of sugar-plqms instead of hail, and
waa succeeded by a gentle rain of rose water.

MOLES.--I» districts where moles -abound, it
htay be rental ked that some of the mole-hills are greatly
lutrer than others. When a hill of enlarged dimensions is
thuadiscovered, we may almost be certain of finding the
nest, 4e den of the mole, near it, by digging
to a suffici-
ent delta, The fur of the mole is admirably adapted,
from its\oftness, and short close texture, for defending
the animal from :aibterraneous damp, which is always in-
jurious, nrit or lee., to non-amphibious animals ; and in
this cl, ,ire of situation could entirely guard
a
'Asingular fact that there are no tnoles
r
in Ireland. ny not the greater dampness of the en-
mate account fi 1i
11- climate
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