Star.
London, England, 1824-03-04 00:00:00

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Courtney. Ott the Sd of January a man came to my
house, and I asked him if it was his child that was
scalded ? 'He said it was. I asked when it was done?
He said he did not know. I observed that Ile could
surely tell whether it was two or three says ago, or that
night He replied, " Yes, it was to-night" I asked,
whether it was done an hour ago? He replied, "Not
long ago, while the mother was gone to the shop." I
asked if the chilli was scalded very badly ? He said,
it vas. I inquired if it could be brought up to
me? .He said, he did not know.' I then gave him
directions as to immediate application to the child. I
do not recollect anything more. A. few minutes after
the child was brought in by three women, of whoirrlklrs.
Warwick was one. I examined it, and found that the
left side of the face was in blisters from scalding, that
the ear was in a similar state, and that the mouth, lips,
left side of the neck, left shoulder, and upper part of the
chest, on the same side, were-blistered. The next morn-
ing I opened the mouth and found blisters on the tongue,
inside of the cheeks, and gums. I continued to attend
tie child regularly till his death, which happened on
the morning of- the 18th of January. I attended the
Coroner's Inquest on the Roth, and asked leave to open
the body. I found a dark appearance on the arm, as if
the ciiculation was carried on with great languor ; the
child uas thin and meagre when I first' saw him; I
found no marks of internal disease; nothing in the ap-
pearance of the pat Is likely to produce death. The scalds
wete, in my opinion, the cause of the child's death.

Cross-examined.!--I cannot positively swear that the
man who came to me was the prisoner. There was
nothing which I observed tremulous in his voice. He
%visited me to see the child. Many accidents arise from
the careless use of hot water. The windpipe was not at
all affected. The heat of the water might produce spas-
modic action, and cause the stomach to reject it.
Edmund Morris said—l occupy a paper-mill at Sut-
toru Courtney., On theSd of January, 1 heard of what
had happened, and went to the Fish public-house. I
heard a man pass the house, which is cn the road, threi
forlimgs from Sutton-bridge. 1 and another man named
Pointer set out to catch the person whom we heard pass.
We overtook him at Sutton-gate, half-a-mile from the
Fish. We came up to the man, and found it was the
prisoner. I said to him, " (;:jmshite, you are charged
with having attempted to destroy your child ; you must
go back with us." He did so w ithouwesistance ; be was
crying very sadly. After n e reached Sutton46ridge, be
topped, and said, I'll tell you all about it." 1 said'
" Keep your own counsel ; not hear you." He twice
repeated the offer, but I refused. A person going from
Sutton-Courtney to Dorchester would be in the public
road where we found 'him.

James Pointer said--I overtook the prisoner on the
other side Of the bridge. I called." ! Where are'
you going?" Ile replied, "To Dorchester, after my
wife's father or :bother," lam not sure which. When
we reached the Fish, he told me if I would let him go
borne, he would tell n.e all about it.— This was the case
for the protecution.
The prisoner, being called on fOr his defence, said
that lie took a bAsin to the kettle, and filled it. Ai he
went across the loom, he stumbled against the cradle,
and the accident happened. He loved the child as his
own life, and declared himself " as innocent as the
child unborn."
Mr. Baron Gatutow summed up the evidence with
great minuteness. Ile strongly urged the improbabi-
lity of the commission of so dreadful a crime, for which
no motive was suggested, and by such means, and ad-
monished the Jury not to convict the prisoner unless
they were satisfied beyond all doubt of his guilt.—The
Jury, after.dcliberating for a short time, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Baron GA now proceeded to pass on the prisoner
the dreadful sentence, Abit be should be executed on
Thursday, and his body.linatoniked ; and held out no
hope of mercy..7-Tha prisoner mtnifeste4 'very little
emotion during the trial, on the delivery of the verdict;
or when he was taken
.from the bar..