Star.
London, England, 1829-05-07 00:00:00

MAIIIIT •. GOYDA •ND °VIERS.

• This was an action on the case. bt ought by the plaintiff,
Tob• resided neat door to the New Jerusalem Chapel in
the Waterloo-road, against the trusteeibf the chapel,
to recover compensation for the injury occasioned to his
bogeetity the improper manner in which they had pulled
'down the chapel, and proceeded to rebuild it on a deeper
foundation. The case was tried before the Lord Chief
Baron at the last Surrey Assizes, when his Lordship',
left it to the Jury to say whether or not the plaintiffs
had received sufficient notice of what the defendantij
were about to cloy so as to call upon him to take sufficient
care of his own hoist and guard against the come-1
quences of the proposed alteration. The Jury found that
the plaintiff had receiveJ notice of the detendants' in.
tension, but not sufficient notice of the consequences of
the intended alteration, and therefore returned a verdict
fib the plaintiff. .
Mr. Sergeant Wnsa today moved. in pursoanee of
the Ldrd Chief Baron's leave given at the trial, f
rule to show cause 'why the verdict • should not be set
aside, and a nonsuit entered.
• The Ccivarsgranted a rule to show CUM.
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SWANS V. WTI...

Tie question in thib tare u, whether the defendant
(who became guarantee to the plaintiff for another pie•

ma of the same of Evaatithat the tattle wopld pay him
for whatever quantity of gold be should -pmetyme of
him. to be used In his uncle as a gold miser) is liable
for gold supplied by him to Evans for tilt pisrpose. sot
of being used is the regular pey of bit trade. but, of
raising money upon it to tranble him to carry on
business? The COMO swop tried at the Wu London
sittings. when thtplidoWlecovered a verdict.
Mr. Sergeant Wm.** Obtained a rule aid to-day to
set aside that 'maim and enter a nonsuit.
SURREY SESSIONS. MAT G.

Joke Mrives and Mary Ann Shrines, man and wife,
both under thirty years of age, were indicted, for vio-
lently assaulting and ill-treating Lydia *Elizabeth
Shrives. aged nine years.
Mr. Turistala. in stating the case for the prosecu-
tion, begged the ditty to dismiss frond their minds. any
prejudice which ibight very naturally have !Wen excited
by' the publications and rumours which had gone
abroad relative to this case, and to decide upon the,
evidence that would be adduced before them. and upon
that alone. He felt it the snore necessary to throw
out Ibis caution, because the case was one of that
description that was calculated to work most powerfully
upon the feelings of every man, and because' be could
not help recollecting that on ii regent carte, very similar
in many of its circumstances to what he feared the*pre.
sent would be, where death ensued and the culprit re-
ceived the sentence awarded to the murderer, even at
the moment when she came out upon a public scaffold
to eipiate her offences by the forfeit other life—at that]
moment when every other feeling would be supposed,
to be lost in thecontemplation of the awful scene before
them-ilid the multitude assail her with shouts of eze-
cretins. The Learned Counsel then stated'the facts of
the case, and called the following %%finesses
William Philp stated that he wafters extra officer of
the City police, and resided in Butler's-buildings, Ber-
mondsey ; that the prisoners resided nest door to him.
On the 23d of April he saw the 'Child, of which the
male prisoner was the father, and the woman the step.
mother, sitting at the door of the house in which they
lived. She was crying. and appeared in the most mi-
serable condition that human nature could conceive;
her head and face were bruised in a dreadful 'manner.
there were black and blue masks over and under the
eyes. and one of the ears was much swollen, and there
was blood remaining on the face and both ears.
M .ry May, a very respectably dressed young woman,
stated that she lived in Vine-yard, Tooley-strett, where
the prisoners also resided some months age; she had
been in the habit of seeing the child for three yeers..and
never saw her but in a bruised and filthy condition; she
had seen Mrs. Shrives beat her in a very unmerciful
manner, and bad alsOsien her take her by the hair of
the head from one end of the room to the other ; witness
had seen Shrives knock her down in a brutal :axone r 4;
once, when 'the child was very ill. witness' asked the.
cause; the male prisoner admitted that for some trivial
offence he bad drenched her With 'water, and then made
her stand until the chemisefrossio her bait, after which'
he scrubb:d her be& with a brush until the blood came.
She had seen the child with blood' streaming down 'its
legs, and its clothes sticking' to the skit with blood and
filth.
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Mary Price said she lived next door to the prisonen:
and bad often beard heavy stripes inflicted on the child.
At twelee o'clock on the eight of the litho! April, she
beard Mrs. Shrives order the child to take something
into the yard. The child went into the yaid;and re-
turned, saying she was frightened; upon which Mrs.
Shrives said, .4 I suppose it was the devil come after you,
and I hope so, for if he does not fetch you, I'll get rid
of you in another way—fl drown you." Witness called
out, a. Bring that child into the open day, and kill her
if you must, and don't murder her in secret." She saw
the child the next morning, and she was much Wailed,
and had blood upon her bead and clothes.
Samuel Wedge deposed, that be lodged for some time
in the prisoners house • when he went home from his
work he found Mrs. Shrives almost always beating the
child with a strop or stick in a cruel manner ; the child
could never do anything to please either the prisoners;
they had another Child, called little “Johnny," borne
by Mrs. Shrives, which was treated very kindly, and
suffered to do as he pleased ; the girl always slept upon
the floor ; she was always in a ditty state, except when
witness sometimes washed' her him.e f ; he had wise.
times given her food when she was crying with hunger.
lie never saw her tied to the bed in a particular way,
with her legs and arms extended ; he had said that he
sine her in that condition, but when he called it over in
his own mind be could nut say that I.e had. Witness
admit ed having taken up a knife a few days Igo, and
'seating that hV would sooner be scored like a leg of
poi k than give evidence against the prisoners. Sbe was
not naturally a dirty child ; he had seen her wash herself.
Sarah iilips live. la Vine-yard. Five or sli months ago she
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went kite Ives's room. and saw the child Lydia by the fire ery.
log bitterly. her father standing over her. Sb, was holding a
piece of china to the Sr., so close that her Ingots were marched
and the flesh Muted up. When Shrives saw witness be hurried'
the child from the Ike, and said he did nottnew she had berm her
haters. •
Painter, the beadle. took charge oldie Mild by nuke et the parish
dicers. sad found her hi a most wretched condition. The dirt
bad accomilated upon her person. and she was braised all oval, in
a frightful manner. He never saw any human *being im such a
et
ate ; ber.wrists wets timnewaed had blend epos them, sad math
et a toed having him did resod them. -
tile child was here placed in the witness-lifts and appeared
decently clothed and dean. but very unhealthy. Tigre were the
reales of nemlierless wounds on the face and bend, on several
parts of which the heir bad ceased to grow. Het face, bands, and
fort were still witalderably swollen. She atoned to have limn a well.
kitiltlig skild. with an lotelligem milintseranew Several well-dressed
memo shed tears at the afghe olatfpeerllttle soarer.] • '
Hwy Headley, a elms liiimmiddiwerorkkesses telii. that the
child. when breegk to her. had hemp ea the head. sod her
feet were so mike that sin Mudd get her stedifais se—
Iliere were emends mid Marks of bleed over her ; she ate
her food m though she were hilt starved; bet her amine! would
not retain it, and she was still in a very weakly co adhlem
alr. Hairy Sultry described the state In ' Whisk he 'druid tin'
child, and said she appeared not 161mi/bad sakkeitsliiiiiiiimet.l
U the creamiest which she appeared to hem esperimited- _ ledboos ,1
mistimed for a short time longer,' k would laic peoikesa ilea
very speedily, or have laid the foundatiort of an Winkle 01.100.
The abdomen was much 'fronts, and the child was dill very ill: I
Painter was recalled, and said *child bad all the satsuma of 1
the most squalid poverty. Bet he &mid ibe In wen fur
nisbed apartments, and seemingly very well The Mild had re
frock to Wear.
Mr. Jimmy addressed the Jury at great length for the prison.
era, and called "ewers' witnesses. slime et Wheat swoon that the
prisoners always treated the child with pellet Madness; and thst
they Dever saw het 'with bruises or in a dirty condition ; others
gave them a lied character for humanity.
Mr.lfresiosa, ist reply, designated the defence set up as founded
in geese falsehood, and not entitled to the slightest attention.
When the Cataisman was commencing his charge to the Jury,
they declared themselves' satisfied, and towel chi prisoners both
Gael*
The female prisoner begged the Chairman to be merciful, upon
which a female voice called out " Yes ; that mercy she to ethers
sheikdOlitif meter show to her, your Worship." '
The Cisateisan addressed the prisoners in a forcible manlier
*pen the revoking critchy of Which they bad beet' guilty to the us.
tommate helpless Mind, and said that if she had died they would
aiestomenestionably have been tried and cleaned for murder. He
then sentenced them to two years' impeimenteat in the county geol,
theit tis bD kept to bard lakiiur. The female prisoner tainted. be
thefhther or the Child beard the internee with perfect apathy.
ni oh.keitties was instituted by the parish of fiernioudiey.—
The Court was excessively Ore*ded. - •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.