Star.
London, England, 1828-03-24 00:00:00

KENT ASS II: ES.7— MA I DSTO N Mick 24.

Before Mr &meant D'asei.y. • • .
May Margaret Mignon, Hannah Neilleibr' 4.- and
Matilda Frosted, were put on their mat for haviiigiiilecl-
Fanny Feta, by sitarists her, with a stick, and exposing
her to the weather. Mr. BaODIJCK and Mr. LAW
were Counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Gtionni.: and'
l!dt. PLAIT 'foe the, prisoners. .
• Mr. BitoDirtcK stated the cue for the prosecutions
• Sarah Eastertord stated that the lives in Greenwich,
next door to Mrs. Oddy, the mother of Mrs. Mignon.
On me 11th of January, about two o'clock, she.heard
the cries of the girl (the deceased) in.Mrs.Oddy's yard,
and looking out. at the window taw her rolling in the
snow; she appeared to be very weak;' also* aij houi.
after she saw Matilda Frowd beat the giti with .ostick;
the struck her on the back . about st, dozen times; hr
about an hour after. she went to the window agaisOussi.
heard Mrs. *gnarl say. to an old m4liiii-the yarti,%virbo
had a stick in his band, beat her as hird as you cats;
deserves it. The girl was crying at the time. ..
- John Easterford. husband of the former witneel;ttaid
.be heard groans doming from Mrs. Oddy'uardlrom-
-two o'clock on the day in question. till OthillritiiOglf;
when they ceased.
Jades Harkey, who lived with the last witness, primed
that I.e saw one of the prisoners dragging the deceased
•
to the washing-cabin the yard.
..* Ge-rge Greenaway stated, that 'about hair past four
o'clock he saw the. deceased in Mrs. Otidy's yard crying,
and saw .a. person strike her, and sir, to her...." You
black devil, bold your tongue." • ~ • - .
John Dyke, Y toll-collector, stale.4l,.`thaiaboist half--
past four o'clock, on we lith of January, the prisoners,
Hannah aad,' Matilda, came .to him at the gate-house.
• and asked lthas to conneiiverio.Mrs.,Oddiss, to frighten
the.hlatektr4,Bod said the eras so stubborn they could
do nothing. with her, though they bad /mien her wish
a stick. He went orfeetoor thei the wick girl 'in the
pissuger she. bad no shoes oh Oirr. isliesf Tie witia; and
A Lady Who was there said the should go
He took her to. the toll-house; where .s.he again asked
for water. flarin.h said it she was a goild.giri the
should get some. He brought her back -to Mrs. Oddy's.
and Hannah put her in-the knife-heuse ; sbe had to
shoes, cap, or bonnet on, and her frock was quite open;
she was very cold, and there was blood on her upper
lip; Hannah Ntttleford told him-that she had-been
bing on the grouud the-greater part of the day, .
A witness proved oat the knife home was in the
yard, and partly under ground, and that it was thawing
•at the time. _

Mrs. Frances Riley stated, that she lives nest door to
ZS. Oddy, and about two o'clock. onuthe II th of.
January saw Mrs. Mignon in the yard, speaking• to the
deceased in a toeeign language; she. seemed to rail at
her with great vehemence, and said-in English—"" Oh l
you little black devil," and called Hannah.. - Witness
heard Hannah's voice, and heard the child beaten; she
cried and moaned very much ; between seven and eight
o'clock that eveiting something resembling a dead *Oa
of weight was thrown down in the passage of Mrs. Od•
dy's house ; from that time the house appeared to be in
great-confusion, and persons were running in and out till
half past eleven o'clock. Witness saw ibe black girl the
day before, when she appeared in good health and lively.
Mr.-Sutton, a• burgeon, stated that he was called in
to see the deceased soon atter ten o'clock at night on
;he 11 th4l January ; she was quite dead and cold; the
)ody was lying before the kitchen fire ;- be saw no
marks of external violence. On the Tuesday following
Ire examined the body more particularly, and -found a
eontusion above the left'ear, and under the scalp about
I tea spoon full of blood ; the internal appearances of
the body,were healthy.; the contesion.migtrt have been
canned •by. a.fall. lu his opinion the deceased died from
cold ending: The wound on the head might have ac-
celerated the death.—Mr. Myers, another surgeon, Cor-
roborated this es:deuce.

The-prisoners pet in-a written defence, in which they
denied the cbarge or cruelty, asserted that the deceased
had been well fed and clothed, but was of a most vio-
lent temper, fsequently refusing her food, casting off
her clothes, and throwing herself with violence oh the
ground. -On the day of•her death she was-More than
u►uady violent and stubborn, and. when in the evening
she bad been put in the knife boom foe a short time,
she telused to leave it, and was •titottglsr into the

.threlting bons* by eel*, when she. died while the ser-
vants
wetrui
eil:g oit
the a, tread, they
her in warns water.
The con
they declared, mast has,
proceeded from her •tfirOwing herself on the ground.
The ceience mentioned Mil. Mignon being the wife of
an officer in the. sermice'ol his country in India, and th;
mother of two children, and alluded to the calumniet
that •had been 'proistated against them, which, how.
ever, had not prevented their voluntary appearance to
„take their trial.
The Judge was about to charge. the Jury, when the
.Foreman said they were satisfied, and returned a ver-
dict acquitting all the prisoner}.
WFSTEILN CIRCUIT.—BEETER, Motor 21.
CSOWN Costar. —Defer! Mr: Juatee GASILIZ and a Coniston Jury.
George Baker, aged 43. stood indicted for having
feloniously killed William Fowler.
It appeared by the evidence that.the prisoner,.having
received violent provocation from the deceased, had
struck him with a gridiron on the head over the right
eye. A surgeon, who attended the deceased at the
tine, having examined the wound,which was very small,
extracted two or three pieces of bone, which had been
;separated from the skull by the blow. Hiving attended
him for about three weeks, the surgeon left tl.e deceased,
who was then able to be. about his business, and hat)
upon one occasion since his convalescence walked ten
miles. The d: ceased, however, again became wr,rse,
and at last died about five months after the original
blow bad been inflicted.
Fur the prosecution, two surgeons were called. The
first, who had examined the deceased after death, but
not btfore; deposed that he had died of the pressure
urn the brain, which had been the remote effect of the
original fracture. He added, that be was decidedly of
opinion that the wound given on the sth of June, the,
day of the affray, was the cruse of the man'i de ith.—
The surgeon who had attended the deceased immedi-
ately after he had- been wounded, statedobat in his
opinion the deceased had come to his death by a se•
partition, of the bone, caused through inflammation
brought on by intemperance, and that the man had
entirely recovered from the consequences o' the first in.
jury befrire the second inflammation had.commenced.
~ The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, bin recom-
mended- him strongly to mercy. He received from all
parties the character of being an extremely quiet and
'rateable man. He nas fi..ed 40s. on payment of
which he was discharged.
A young man named Portia, was put up to receive
judgment, on having .fleaded Guilly to a charge of ,
burglary.
. Mr. Justice GAMER having intimated to him that'
isis life would be spared, but that he would be sent out
of the country for ever, the prisoner very coolly, and,
`without any. thing,ltppant or offensive in his manner,
assured his Lordship that he felt much obliged for the
sentence; and that his conditi in this country was so
b4d. and he received here such a variety of ill-usige,
that if Ire were now. at perfect liberty, and possessed
the rneans.of carrying his wishes into effect, he would
—stiiitnJintelY transport himself for life.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NOTTINGHAM, Mutat 19.
LIAIU teilititipuas---sunumoeis v. ammo.
'l"hirWas an action brought by the plaintiff, who is
treveller..to.2 respectable house in Loudon, against the,
.lortdl'otd of the Black's- Head Inn, in this town, to re-
' weer the value of-a quantity of silk 'contained in a car-
pet teaselling big, which was stolen out of the defen.
danri.coffee-room. The plaintiff,' it appeared, came,
horn L-ndon by, the teach, bringing with him the bac;
in.questiun,,tegether with it leather bag, a ;ravelling
case,. sad a Initips. rtvik.s. This bags and • case were
Bled :with -silk goods. -*hen: be • arrived at the
Black's Head, his luggage wit all taken up tiEhis..
neat gay *ha
.srsiil a few pieces of
Calk cut of the cirpet bag. to different trades people'
here t• and on the folio -sing morning went by-
the coach to Derbys -,Oif his return the same-
evening, his luggage was taken •up to his bed-room
ttirK:all but the bag in question, which the" hootel
was about carrying up stairs also, when the plaintiff
said it might remain where it was, in the commercial
of ,cogrel.ooM. . TN, 600 ts „told him that they did not
allow. luggage to remain there; 'to which the plaintiff.
replied, it %odd be quite safe wherelmaias. The boots
thee Kent awanAo4so did do bopsabatily afterwards,
in company, wlth a pair- o 1 itatilillevicks- belong.
ing to the defendant. The bag was subieipiemly found,
cut across, and'r died of its contents, which had amounted
in valtifto.l3ol. when the.pl left Xon cipn, . but of
whi.e4is before stsited,.he sold a past in• Nottingham.
It was.tontended, on behalf of the defendant, that as
the plaintiff had prevented the servant from taking' the
bagop stsirsi-and made him leave it *item it was, in a
pufttiic coffee-roornt open to every person who chose.to•
enter,. he hathereby relieved the defendant from all
responsibility fot its safety, and ought to bear the loss
himself.—The Jury (000 14 plaintiff—Damages, &V.

POLICE INTELLthitiCE.-

DIANSI()N-110USE,

!/s: Dillon, one of• the partners in the firm of Morrison and Co.
of Fore-street, appeared at the Mansion House to give information
of an extensive robbery which had been cnonnitted upon the house
by a confidential servant named Watt. It is believed that Wan is
on his way to America, as he has been traced in his inqUiries after
yawls whiCh sail to Halifax and other parts of that country.
• BO W.STREET. •

Saturday Slr*R. Rnatchbull appeared at this Office to prefer a
charge of careicss driving against Jahn .Lundell, a little boy, ap-
parently not more than 12 or 13 years old, who. It appeared, was
most improperly intrusted with a hackney coach.
Sir E. Xnatchbull stated, that on Thursday last be was returning
to town in a hired chaise, and la paying along Westminster Bridge,,
the chaise. in which he sat met with a violent concussion, the de-
fendant having driven his coach against it. The driver of the chaise
was thrown from his seat upon the pavement, and severely hurt.
The defendant waa also thrown from his box, but experienced no
injury. The chaise was, hoivever, considerably injured. The
Honourable Baronet added, that he was induced to come forward
chitly wills a view of punishing the owner of the coach, for suffer-
ing so young a boy to drive it, agd thereby endangering the lives of
passengers.
Sir R. Brame asked the defendant how old he was?

The little fellow endeavoured to magnify his dittesl;lOn, by stand-
ing upon tip-toe to answer the Magistrates question. To aid the
deception, he bad.on a huge white wrapper coat, such as is usually
worn by the brethren of the whip.
" I am 16, your Worship," said the little Jarvey.
.64 I see you have been well tutored," said the Magistrate. " Ido
not believe you are more than 12 fears old."
Mr. Hotta said that Sir Edward Enatchbull might have the
choice of pursuing two courses against the defendant, or rather
against his employer. tie might either be fined in the highest
penalty of 3/. or, what would, perhaps, be still better, the evidence
now taken might be forwarded to the hackney-coach commissioners,
with a view of depriving the boy's master of his plates.
It was ultimately decided that the case should be.adjourned to
Thursday, in order to give the owner of the coach an opportunity of
making good the damage he had caused, in which case the worthy
Baronet consented to waive any further proceedings.
H A TTON GARDEN.

A Cyprian was charged with stealing a coat. The prosecutor
stated, that on. Thursday he went into the Castle public house, Cow
Cross, and having fallen asleep, his coat was taken from his back
without his perceiving it, and when he awoke, it had vanished.
Waddington, the officer, traced the coat to have been pawned by
the prisoner, who was remmded.
M A R LBOROUG &STREET.
Among the• dlsorderlies on Saturday morning was a dirty Cy.
priers; charged by Edwards, a watdunan, with being drunk, and a
common disturber. •
The prisoner, on being asked what she bad to say to the charge?

Lonnote: Printed and Published by Jew. MA TIM. tie Ptirfa4ollllre
xt the STA II Orrxi, N I Picktp-place Temple-Der