Star.
London, England, 1823-04-24 00:00:00

INQUES r IN 7'HF. PENITENTIARY.

Tuesday, an Inquest was held before the Coroner
for Westminster, at the Penitentiary, Millbank, on the
body of Ann Martin, a female convict, aged 22.
Mr. Robert Chapman, the new Governor, stated
that the deceased and her sister, Sarah Martin, had
been convicted of felony at Exeter, during the Spring
Assizes of 1819, and sentenced to seven years trans-
portation; but that punishment had been commuted
to five years imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
Mr. J. Pratt, Surgeon to the Prison, stated that'
deceased had complained of indisposition—the last
time in January last—and was admitted into the In-
firmary. There was such a general relaxation in her
frame, that she voided everything involuntarily; she
was affected with a scrofulous disorder; every atten-
tion was paid to he? in the Infirmary, and she had
whatever she liked, or was fit for her in. her in-
disposed state. For the last month, at the request of
the deceased, Sarah Martin, her sister, had been in
constant attendance upon her; the Physician had
daily visited her, and the witness more frequently;
she died on Sunday last.
The Jurors proposed that Sarah Martin, the sister,
should be brought before them, and examined touch.
ing the treatment the deceased had received.
The Governor said that it was contrary to the rules
of the Institution to have convicts removed from
their cells to that place for the purpose of examina-
tion, and he must decline acceding to their request.,
The Jury then returned to the visiting-room, which
is of considerable size, and divided into three parts:
the first, where visitors are allowed to stand, is di.
vided by bars from the next division, in which the'
turnkey stands, and is called the turnkey's room;
and beyond this is the third partition, where the con-
vict stands to speak to the visitor. The Jury were
placed in the visiting-mom, the Coroner in the turn-
key's room, and Sarah Martin in the convict's room,
attended by a nurse. Being sworn, she evinced great
reluctance to speak in the presence of the nurse,
which the Jury perceived, and ordered every person
connected with the prison out of the place, as the
witness was under fear that her evidence might cc.
casion her to be treated with severity.
Witness then stated, that her sister had been very
ill in January last, prior to her going into the Infir-
mary, from which she .was sent to work in her cell,
before she was quite recovered. Her sister had told
her she thought that if she had continued a short
time longer an the Infirmary, she should have soon
been quite well ; but returning to the cell prema=
turely, she caught cold, and could not eat the bad
bread and the water-gruel, which was the only food
she was supplied with, except some soup (made from
one bullock's head to a hundrtd persons) which she,
with her malady, could not swallow. She (deceased)
wrote to the surgeon, to. inform him of her illness,
and that day he sent her a powder. On the following
day she wrote again to the surgeon, informing him
of her serious indisposition, and he sent her another
powder. On the following day she wrote a third time
to the doctor, and received a third powder; and
afterwards was admitted into the Infirmary, where
she had what food she required. During these three
days the deceased did not eat an ounce of food, owing
partly to her indisposition, and partly to the inferior
quality of the food. The deceased 'had also com-
plained that her first illness was caused by her hav-
ing so little and such bad food. But this was before
the late regulation, by which the prisoners have meat
daily. Witness was of opinion that from what her
sister bad informed her, her illness was brought
on by want of necessary food. Each prisoner now is
allowed four ounces. of meat per day and orange%
The deceased was so weak at the time she wrote.te
the doctor, that from her generarielaxation, she,
could not retain her fines, Etc.
A long discussion then took place amongst thels.
fors and the Coroner, in Which they expressed their
sentiments very freely _upon the treatment this poi
womas had .received, and finally returned the haw
ing verdict—." Died in consequence of the shost:g.
lowance and bad qUality of the food with whiah:she
was supplied before the new regulations took plans
in this prison." e.,
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AWIFUL hISTA NCES or SU:Jr"-

..Monday,

as Mr. CHARLES WARREN, jat eaiinent. engraver, WAS
conversing cheerfully at: the house of Mrs. iiverri!
East-hill, Wandsworth,•he fell down,..and instantly
expired.--Yesterday; as Mr. Caow; of the Westmin-
ster-road, was taking some reftieslionent in Bell-yard,
he complained of told, land instantly .dropped down
dead.—Mrs. Ilmatconic, wife ef. Mr. HITCHCOCK,
coach-builder, of the saine.place, a. few days since,
and in a state of good health, fell to the ground a
corpse, without any previous warning. FRANCIS, the
Beadle of St. Mary-le-Strand, in the course of his
walks round the parish; met with the same awful vi-
sitation on Monday.—Sunday seVnight, as a poor"
woman; - whe 'had been returning thanks 14 her re-
covet* limn child-birth, at the Baptist Chapel, Sun.
derlead, was proceeding homewards, she was taken
ill, and after stepping into a house close by the
Chapel, she dropped down and iir.tAtaly espied.

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• OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. •
Tuesday the Recommit proc'eeded to pass sentence pq sit
prisoners who had been tried and convicted at the late S
whets the following received sentence of death : 'amnia, lilt
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John Purdy, and John Mouney, for burglary ; ---...joim
Henry Pestall,'fhomas Fletcher. Joseph Johnson, John
1 Ann Reeson, Henry Bushel, Thomas Knight, a.nil Jou
low, for house-breaking in the day-time; Richard Grigg,
11 Elliott, I)aniel Denne, Ann Morris, and Sophia li . ' r
lingliway robbery; Eleanor XliKinnon, alias A1'041'446
stealing a £5 note out of the Custom House; Morris BA,
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and William Trapp, for cutting and' maiming; and mill
Groves, for horse-stealing.
The following prisoners were sentenced to transpnrtatica,‘
Mary -Smith, Robert Edwards, and Francis Hall, fable
'Thomas •Witney. Francis Roper, Robert Simpson, Gen. Ciag
Elizabeth Clarke, Robert Hains, John Tobin, Georg 14
James Williams, James Curtis, Joseph Harris, John 4
Eleanor Leach, William Jefferies, Sarah Thoinimoyguli
Coates, John Allen, Thomas Welch, James Walters. Jahaltai e
John Lathan', John Williams, Edward Johnson, William ii
borne, Mary Cornerbury, Jeremiah Crawley, and 310:444 4, a
vies, for seven years each.
Fifty-ore were sentenced to hard labour for vationspetiosi n
Newgate and the-House of Correction. •
Thomas Farrell was ordered to be whipped and discharig, "
and Gabriel Mien, Mary. Groves, Richard L;slrap, go 3
Cane; Matilda Cane, Maria Fox, Mary Fox. George Nev, h
and John Wade, were discharged, no &meet:tors appeatirv. d
The RECORTZR ordered Benjamin Tapp to be sent to the 1 /1
for the county of Suffolk, the crime with winch he was . . 01
having been committed in t'azat county. a
The Sessions were than adjourned until Wedisesday, My ,
A case was decided by the Justices of Peach 1
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Montrose, on the I ;A!) inst. which excited consider
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amusement. A barber brought au action agape a/
Gentleman fiat 9s. Sd. sterling, for going se ins bet u
and shaving him, at 3d...each time.' The charge se
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disputed on various grounds, particularly the ... il
tion in the value of the currency, occasi lie,' by . ai
passing of Mr. PEEL'S Oil. The Genz!ernati tl
most particular in stating the "war }:nice" of shah.. d
which, he maintained, Was lower than that , II
charged in time of peace. Much eloquence .A. AS .
played by the defendant. The plaintiff, as is not the .
s ith barbers in general, said but little. Tile Jo :.
thought the charge nioderate, evei, in peaceable ti . a
and gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with expenses vs
Bow-Sraarr.—Yesterday, James Wright, a dreamier Is 111
Guard., 16 years of age, was charged with having bum MI
concealed in the house of Mr. Clumsbetia7ne, an odium, is
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Strand. It appeared, however, that he was rather a .
Velum than Mercury, as the.only article he appeared to be Cj.
search. of was, the affection of Mr. Chantberlayne's ... X
Mr. Chamberlayne is a bachelor, and having, of course , V
thr some one to manage hia household affairs, took ima
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service, as housekeeper, one Mary Lowe, a coroely • • . el
looking damsel, of 06. She was apparently of a twines tun
mind, and Mr. Chamberlayne thought himself completely o
Mary Lowe appearing exactly the wit of woman that a . -611
middle-aged bachelor should have to superintend his ••• ill
means. Things went on smoothly enough until one le
week, when the Twopenny Postman brought to Mr. a•
layne an anonymous letter, in which be was warned to • 4
especial watch upon the conduct of Mary Lowe, as the said ills
was in the habit, in his absence, of receiving the sidtad be
James Wright, a Knight of the Drumsticks, who Wee a
pointment with her for Sunday night. So high, however, ' in
Mary Lowe stand. in Mr... Chamberlayne's cstimatioe, • 16/
he at first considered the notice to be founded in ma •
and determined that he would not pay any attention a in
, I.Tpon• reflection, however, be resolved to see for himself, al
returned home before his usual time, but no Mummer es el
Ibe found. On Monday evening, however, he missed mu, ay
a considerable time, and when he again saw her she wend
fused, her face was llu,bed, and there was not that pre Be
ness in her marward habiliment% which was vasty .
When asked where she had been, be hesitated, and asit‘4oo Z
up stairs, Sir." About nine she was again missing, asid base he
again made her appearance, her manner was the amain I wi
observed before. lie was then determined upon famine*
tery cleared up, and arming himself with a good stichiley CO
°ceded to explore Mary's sleeping-room, which sneak f Isi
feetly right. He looked under the bed, but saw no pen, tic gig
and was retiring,, satisfied that his fears were
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when the door of a closet caught his eye, which he' "
and under a portion of Mary's wardrobe, crouch* IS
and feet together, lay the amorous hero, whom far it
to have deprived ot.the power of motion, fort* bp
fectly still until Mr. Chamberlayne pulled him by d• - C
the middle of.. the rooni: Mary was called, and her ••
may be guessed at. She blushed, and stammeredvitt Hitt' o's
young man was a relation of her's, who came occasiondlye 4 I
her, and she had hid him, because she feared her met IMm
be angry. The youth took courage at this, and told thr dm
story ; but Mr. Chamberlayne sent him to cure hisamote• iv
in the watch-house, when he confessed that he had'aily
greatly visited Mary, and that she had made him dews
seats—among the rest, a handsome Watch with goiddsiss
seals: he also admitted that he was in the house . dm
Chamberlayne came home on Sunday, and said he was .. 11111
in some of Mary's petticoats, and thrust into a closet. I%
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soner, when called upon by the Magistrate, told theta*
and persisted in saying that he was a relation of Mary. P
The Magistrate, after giving him a seven reprimand *I
folly, sent a message to the Cominanding Met at kV lire
merit, and a Corporal returned with the messenger, Who Iti
the drummer a good character, and Mr. Chitaliitleyee
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convinced that he had no dishonest intend" ationtiod • „._
being discharged. Mary Lowe did not appmr, bat M` ' Fil
berlayne avowed his intention to discharge her wine he ilhl
turned home. be
Thomas Rya*, a boy about 13 years of age, Ira! ' Xi
picking the pocket of Sit Thommeilyer, eta • -
On Tuesday last, Sr Thomas was walk*: **hit • it
Bennet-street, St. James's, and felt a Ipsdi et likinnltitleha' Ili
directly missed his haddinletWat Me earned assaf red 0.
the prisoner about two reeds off, tuesiegaws with . - am
chief in his handy - lakid Na4:lo_• ..4. .....40;“ .s. Ai
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