Star.
London, England, 1814-09-29 00:00:00

LANCAS ER ASSIZES.

CHILD MIIIMER.—Sarah Hill was indicted for the
wilful murder of her male illegitimate child. The
prisoner had a short time since gone to reside inn the
capacity of a servant, with her relations, Mr. and
Mrs. Smith, at Darton upon Ir.vell. Shortly after
she-had been there, her size drew the attention Mr.
and Mrs. Smith, who did not fail to communicate
their suspicions to her. She denied the imputation,
and pretended that she was dropsical. On the morning
of the Bth of May last, Mr. Smith rose earlier than
usual, and went down stairs to the kitchen, which
was upon the ground floor. Presently he observed
the prisoner come up from the cellar, and remafked
a considerable alteration in her countenance and bulk.
Having hardly a doubt as to what had taken place,
he went down to the cellar, and though he did nil
find the child, his conjectures were cniiti.ariel On
his return he said, •' Sarah, what host thou been do.
ing ?" She replied... What I have been doing yon
know well ; and if it is done it cannot he utidene."
She immediately became greatly indisposed, and v:as
put to bed. A medical man was sent for, who, ve:ct)
he attended her, fou3d her in tears. He asked her
what she bad done with the child ?• She described the
place in the cellar where it was concealed. Upon
'search it was discovered with an apron sting tied
tight-round-its neck. At first the prisaher said the
child was not born live, but afterwards she admift..d
that it had sobbed two or three times.

Mr. Creswell, a surgeon, said, that after attisnding
the mother, he searched in the cellar for tf.c
He found it covered over with sand, and it WA; wrap.'
ped tiv in an old checked ars 1, with the stria.; round
its neck ; he took it and washed. it. He was tequir-
el by the Coroner to inspect it minutely, and. he-did
so. lie to .Ac nut the lungs and immersed them in
water, and found they floated ; they were completely.
inflated with air, and ailed the whole cavity in the
chest ; they c.'uld not have acquired that ieflstion in
any case after death, except where putrelactiosihad
not begun at all ; he was persuaded the child was
born alive, and he could not accnunt for it; death
otherwise than by strangulation. •
The prisoner, in her defence, stated, that a sense cf
shame had made her deny her situation to Mr. and
'Mrs. Smith. She had before been unfortunate in the
virile way, and wished to avoid becoming the talk of
her neighbours. She said her illness came suddenly
upon her': she had no intention of destroying the in-
fant, but as it had died, she had wrapped it up in her
apron to conceal it. She had three or four children
before, all of sshom she had taken care of, and they
were now alive and well ; it therefore could not be
supposed she could have committed the crime she was
charged with.

The Judge observed that these kind of cases were
extremely doubtful ; frequently the child perished in
the birth, particularly where the mother was without
assistance. He knew, whatever might be the modern
doctrine, that the inflation of the lungs had not been
considered an unerring criticism of a child's being
born alive. It was a circumstance favourable to the
prisoner that she had had children before, and had pro.
tected Them.—Not Guilty.

()use,
Saturday, it Brad( ngtott. ()use, barrty, the Lair of Sr! Herry
BridlM of* alang bier .
Tues;lay, In Seyatott-plate, the Lltdy of, the Rev. iturnon
Peyt en, IA a .on.
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MARIdEi).
Tli,:rAilAv, at Br2zewater, Willi. L& Woodland, E q. Banker,
to 1.:.,t,01, Dodd.

11.ur‘itae, at Gartmore House. bites Dictecio, dargliter of t!ie
kit,. Rev. Archdeacon Dickson, of lidlsboronls.
ept. at Heaton Haute, near Mane oisicr. in his 66th year,
the bar; n: Nrultni), Viscount and ilarim Grey de Wdton, sr.:d
il.rnncr. Thomas VV. rtnii, the late Earl of Wrton, was first alt.
va.ed to the Peerage by his present Majesty, as Lord-Grey fie
Wittop, :1: ijie Year 17111, Laving, in 1756. cut evaScd, his father
as a l'a.,otiec. Ile 11.0.1 t! wt, &e wan CO.lferrtj in iniii„ 17;i
LOrdsi.i;i ,Ate son of Sir 11..0:a..4 EICIIO,I, ltrtt. by hi:, wile C.
daughter Or the Itce. Mr..etyley; eat ws> dommi...4
front Bridget, sole heiress of Lord Grey de liVikun, who died :p
the Tower of li.ondon, in Inlet having bee.' c,..•,cerned in Sor
Walter Ralebghes plot. TI e Earl :44)1y sorvivisic ifaurhter nii.-
ried the present Earl Grosvenor. The titles of /Striated 1/I,cosmi
only, dev,lve to Thoolas, second son of Intl Orinv.trinr. wee)..
father Ricl,ard, was first elevated to tins liecraze In 1781. .1"
Vining Earl is nest larodier to Lord li.!graw.:, now at
University.

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