The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-14 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

SUSFJCION OF MORbEß.—ieStei Iry was ap•
paitittd for the final examination of e Lrarriett,
late servant to Mr. Plumley, of. on
suspicion of murderiog her bast..: child ; but It
was stated to the Magistrato. 014; was: too ill
for removal the e.vidence' was. et efore ordered
'to. be gone, hitu. in absenc.- .--A nit 7Alooridge
deposed, that a lodgiNfiva4i.4ett in her house,
27, SaffronAill, 'I3Y tm old si.Outfi,, fur. the pri-
soner, anti. from -the caution (tbserved, she SUS;
petted she was .pregnant, and the next Inurning,
she thought shelleard the,ery of an infant, and
communicated her suspicions to Sarah Hatch;*s
lodger in the house., titirab Hatch deppsed, that,
soon. after Mrs. Mogridge-mitippieateld her ens•
picious to. her, she ohietvelf..Metyl4irtatit,. rile
woman ilbcive mentioned:pats ber ,rootp door
with a hsh basket, which Orr shspected cap-
tained the body of ihethild. Slin'aolted through
the key hole of the prisoner's dooritt consequence,
~and uhserved symptoms of a
,recent defivety,
the old W 01110,1113 return, she aiked berlrThe'per.'
gap) ghe was attending was put,to bid.; when she
affected surprise,' anti said she was merely eotaine:fi
by a severe cold. Not,.holveier, belioeing this,
:::statetheut, she. gave tororination at this Office.
W. fiend slotted, that baring taken the prisoner
into custody, be went to a burying.tround
Golden-lane, kept by a Mrs. Thomas; whose hos.'
band, a'broker, acts as a Clergyman in burying
the bodies of malefactors and such roar iler.
sons as die in HoSpitali, &c. and bad the body
of Ate child taken up and eiamlued by- Mr.
Liacoln, a Surgeon, of Batton-garden,..who de-
posed, that it had no Marks of eiolened rin it, but
he -could not state whet it er• dinotirwas
Mary Fansbftm had known the prisoner se;teral
months; she stispecied.she wrirpregnant, but she
uever told her so. Having procured The lodging;
as above described, she accompanied her to it.in
. hackney-coach, in which was also her. hdx.' On
her arrival, she infrirmed her she bath miscarried;
aria requested her to continue with her ‘ill her re.
'covery. She then took the body from the box, and
depcinent. having procured a ctiflitt, took it, as'ibove
described, to,Tliontas's btfrYing ground far inter-
ment. Not wish ing lay-expose the prisofier,ea used'
her to tell Mrs. Flitch it Willi .aseverl spiel 'Which
confined her. Mary-Ann Battenhani Said,"slre and
the prisoner lived six Months together—in 'ser-
vice of Mr. Plumley; ''she kniseibe'pirsVorr Was'
with child, and assisted her at nights ttilifatekbaby-
linen. On the night Of'4lll itist. iviiites Weilt up'
staili to bed, and found the 0r-sr tter very Unwell,
witness said she would nor ei she
,koeww whit was the matter. 4iffeir Viatt'sfit had"'
miscarried; but not •to alarm tore fatiiiff,'.-14.
she would go,off early in 'the m' rtirn~;:lytt,...c
nesi !aw the body the.
prisoner n rapped up in 'a cloth arid' parlffea*
a cloiet, and departed fresi day; taking *tire'
body with her in her box rfule-, pi evlotis to her
departure, witness infornied Mrs, Phuntey,, vetiti`
went up to the priStinir, to inalteehqUity; witnefa
was not present. Mrs. -Plumley -called.the' pre-'
ceding day pt-theCtiEce, and ihade'tlie-same state.
Anent to the Magistrates. The rvlagistrate Oh-
„served, the evidence did not support a-charge of
-murder, nor even a•wisli to-conceal the birth, and
ordered' the prisoner to be discharged as soon as
she was capable of removal. - •

In the course of the examination, J. Dean,
gravedigger at Thomas's burying-ground, WaS
allied by the Magistrates where the bodies came
from that are buried there. He replied, some front
Mad-houses, and some from Hospitals. Magi-
strate—" So, if a person was murdered, the body
might ..bd buried mithont any person Wog the
wiser. No regular Clergyman or Sexton, no
Searchers, or any enquiry made; this ground must
be further enquired into. Wlll there any enquiry
made respecting the body of th4chilit when brought

acre to be buried i"—Answer, " Nune ; the rvo-
utatt said it was still-born."
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A. GOOD BARGAlN.—Yesterday morning, a man
of .shabby appearance called at the shop of Mr.
Vyse, pawnbroker, in Broad-street, with a- Jew
dealer, to redeem a pledge of five months stand-
ing, of a new superfine fashionable blue coat and
black pantaloons lined with silk. Twenty-six
shillings had been lent upon the articles, and
when the pawnbroker understood the Jew was £0
give one shilling for the pledge, which was.worth
61. he refused to deliver the goods, and suspect-
ing' the garments had been stolen, he consulted
the Magistrate, who advjsed him to retain the ar-
ticles until the owner was found. The man who
was about to sell the ticket made his-escape.