The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

THE STATES? lAN.

mine', who were to enquire into the crs—
shonlil he known.
The Lunn M A YOR.—I satinets., you will be die-
charged ; hut I lone a duty to perform as well as
the Committee, and shall hold yeti to bail.
SWIPECTED NIURDER fir 101 tNrANT.
GUlLOOALL.—Yesierdey 41Iafildo Bailey.. duvet
looking woman. shoot 3G years of age, was charged
with the murder of her mile infant child.
James Lines, one of the Ward Beadles of Far.
ringdnn Without. swell, that the body of a male
infant had been friend in the privy of the house in
which the Prisoner bad lodged; a Coroner's Inquest
bad been held upon it on Tuesday evening last, when
the Jury brought in a verdict of found dead in a
smelt, but by what teems, unitarian to the Jury.
I. consequence of the evidence then produced, the
Prieoner was suspected to have been the mother
et the child; and at the suggestion of the Jury, be
had caused her to be apprehended.
Ann Sharp said, the Prisoner came to lodge et her
hawse about four months ago; she rented the beck
parlour. gave her name Miss Bailey ; she was at that
time very large. and described herself as very ill of a
dropsy. Some time after, she (the witness) began to
suspect she was pregnant, and told her so, but she
deeded it. Nothing further occurred till last Mon-
day night, when she was informed that the body of a
child hail been discovered in the privy. The corpse
when taken out was toile dead, and appeared to have
been there some time. The privy was in the yard,
ionnerliately close to the Prisoner's room : the Pri-
toner now looks considerably smaller.
Mary Newsy, a lodger in the house, spoke to the
general ill stale of health of the Prisoner, arising, as
thee all understood, from the dropsy.
Etia died+ Home, lodging in the second floor, said,
she was in the habit of calling is upon the Prisoner
every day ; but she never had any suspicion that she
was pros/neut. On the night of last Wednesday
Gottlieb', while io her own room, she heard • noise
like that of a child shrieking, and mentioned the cir-
cumvent-, to the Prisoner the nest day, asking her if
she had heard i ; sky replied no, bet she supposed it
was one of the eats that had caught a rat. Prisoner
then asked her if eke could get a few things washed
for her, which she did the nest day : she did not
lake any particular notice of them herself ; but the
woman who washed them observed to her that they
were in a very bad condition.
Mr. Henry Morley, moots, bad esensined the
child, bet from the putrid condition in which it thew
was, it was quite impossible to say whether or set
any violence had been committed upon it.
Mr. Alderman observed. that thee
was certainly strong ground for suspecting from the
evidence adduced, that the Primmer was the mother
of the child ; but no proof whatever had been given
that the child was horn alive. Under these circus.
stances no charge vf murder could he maintained.-1
To constitute the minor ante, via. that of semtioll
the birth of the child, it was also necessary that the
child should be proved to have been bora alive; and
without proof of that fact, be could not go into ogle
dense of such offence. 'lb. Prisoner must therefeee
be discharged ; but he trusted she would feel
lbs
dreadful situation in which she had been placed, sal
return to the paths of virtue.
'l'b. Prisoner was then discharged.
M ARLSOROUGII-STRECT.—Vesterday Lord Woio.l
court attended at this Office before R. BARER and 11.
M. DYER, EWA. the Sittig Magistrates, to answer
the charge of Roland, a "Mclnis, of Mary•le-bonee
parish, soder the followiogcircumstances:—
liis Lordship, who ass confined in the watch-house
instil five o'clock in the morning, in consequence of
the constable of the night having refused his procur-
ing bail, or receiving money for his appearance, was
unable to attend till a late hoer.
The watchman brine swore, stated, that on Then.
day night last, Mr. soil Mrs. Wrench, who keep •
public-house is the Edgeware-reed, near Tybero-
turnpike, had been spending the evening with a party
till a late hour, and on their return they called wit-
ness, who assisted them out of the hackney-coach.
While they were standing together his Lordship same
up, and said, " Watchman, who are these persons?"
not answering him, he repeated " Who are these
people it' Witness replied that his interference was
not necessary, and desired him to go about his bosh•
mess, which his Lordship refused to do, abused wit-
ness very much, and threatened le report him and
make him lose his situation. At tallith he was is.
duced to take him to the watch-house, where be was
locked op.
Lord Wilserrert, in his defence, said, that the
conduct of the watchmen altogether was most laseleat
ind illegal. He see setermieg to his tesideace, fib,
Park-lane, at the time spokes of, and he me
hackney-coach standing in the road, and a number
of people were eluding together with the watches'',
who was about to ester the public-holm to drink
with them. His Lerdshipaskedhim who they were,
and he Wowed with great Impertinence, and threat.
enad to take him to the watch-hawse, and even
pushed him off the pavement. On seeing the watch.
man enter the plastic-boos, to drink, his Lordship
said he would positively make an 'sample of him If
he entered the place to dila'', and told him he ought
not to do se, on which be dimmed him to the watch.
house. He was locked up in a dos! bole. and the
constable would not hear him. or receive bait, until
a person arrived at five o'clock is the morning, sad
released him.
Watchman.—Your Lordship threatened to sake
me lose my situation, the same as you bad other
watchmen.
Lord SValscrart.—l certainly have, and will thiek
it my duty to purdah 'au.
Watchman.—Your Lordship ought to have told

the trail..
Ills Inighitiip.—'llon any honour, your Woiships,
what t' bars t:steit is soup.
1N 1. 11.1hER, Ihr Stligittrise, 4.141, that the watch.l
man eel Witty had ern tight to take his I..nrilship
chem.. He would *int soy bow far psudrut it was ,
in him In have inietforoil.
Lord %Yal.cnurt.—Of the two lisp constables scot%
worse. Ho thought he himself bail done his duty,
sad was the 'grieved person.
Mr. DT ett mid he cerniiiity was, and 14.1
Lordship to took redress by means of making *com-
plaint to the Watch Committee.
Isis Intdship pasbively declared he would punish
them to the atenrst ealcut.