The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-10-28 00:00:00

THE STATENAN.

MIDDLICSICX SICSSIONS, Ocr. 27.

INHUMAN CRUELTY TO A CHILD.
Anne Taylor was indicted far assselihig, boa.
and creelly treaties( S. Chard, a child of eight
yeses of age.
Mr. BASIL, who was merit forth. preepeaties,
vapresseti his wish that the twitter had not been
htimobt Wale the Court and the Jary. It wet psis-
fel in him to be obliged to state a case of each Ilya-
sated erectly, bet he would end to perform
what he bed undertakes. The Defendant, it sli-
mmed, was the hoesekteper of a man of souse re-
spectability, residing Is the east end of the town,
end the child, on *hews treatment the prosecution
was facade/, was his daughter. Funs souse ceases,
which it wee set necessary to 'spiels, the wife of
this man, whose wean. was Chard, separated herself
frees him ; tied of fear children, which were the
ronsequeoce of their onion, three were under the
Carp of the .ether, while the fourth continued to
lire with the kilter in his bees*. Ffeel the treat-
ment which this limit girl eaperlenced from the U..
fondant, who bad the seperietesdaerip of the father's
hato,e, the pers... whit resided is the neighbeer-
bond were loitered to attend to her vibration. On
cis 31st of last Judy, the tkreadallt was sees Wel-
bag the child in a gunner which would be folly ez•
pleltied by the witnesses. INprired as the soforte.
sate Mil. girl then was of maternal protection, it
enald out prove satittfectory to say of the parties,
that the eats shield be made knew, to the public,
bet he world mot shriek from the lies; which doily
pointed out to him.
Mr. ADOLPIIIII who appeared for the Defendant,
addressed the Court, and said, that he en his port
had so objection, bet rather a desire, to the with.
&swim of a Jun,. It would present much espies-
sant drscessioo.

Mr. BARRY basing conferred with his Client, the
grandmother of the child, said, that he felt himself
hound to proceed.
The mother, when informed of the situation of her
unfortunate child, caused it to be takes beet, the
Magistrates of the district, who ordered the present
prosecution to be instituted.
'De child was then placed in the witeees'a bet,
ekes she said that she was eight years old. As she
appealed iucomprient to give testimony es nib, the
first skims wes called, who was—
Anne Stater, who stated, that she lived opposite
to the house in ',bids the father of the child resided.
lien beshand, for sue was a married woman, follow.
ed the business of a shipo ;Wit. On the 31st of !sit
July she was induced by seeing the Defendant treat.
log the child very cruelly, and by the screams of the
child, I. go
door open sod the door of the parlour also open, she
looked Into it sad sew the woman who Seeder house.
keeper with Chard, the present Defendant, take
hold of the child, threw it down and trample on it ;
thee the child was forced to rum sway to the other
sad of the room, towards some drawers, which it
caught bold of, when the Whiniest again seised its
and best it oemercifelly while rotas. She bedsore,
the same child receive severe slapping before.
Cross-ezarahred.—She saw the child the day aftee,l
on the let of Aegest ; she sow no person is the
room bat the child and the Defendant, who stamp-
ed on It with her right font ; she saw sone of the
marks es the child until the grendmother fetched
it away. Mr. Chard belonged to the Tramped.
elite.
Mary Foster, es elderly wassail, resided also otp.
posite to the heave of the child's father, obese leer
children she bad under her care for almost use year
and ten smooths. The little girl, who was the sub-
ject of the prosecetine, was the eldest of the daegh-
ters ; she NW net the child nor the treatment of the
child on the 31st of July, bet she saw it afterwards ;
it was le a most barb 00000 ly creel situation; its neck,
its shoulders, its beck, were mere like col liver thee
any thing human.
On her erose.raantiestleo, wheels said, that the
/Andrea were ender her Cure for oar year and ten
wombs from the time elms their mother left them.—
There were three of them owe the 31st of July ender
the are of their mother sod their grandmother, who
lived at the ether end of the town ; the ether child,
who wee thew in Court, was also with thegrandomo-
, ober since August. Worn knew eel whether I. the
house of the grandmother or of her acquaintance.—
' Witness bad net men the mother of the childrea since
like prosecution bad been instiroted.
Elisabeth Downie( lived neat door to the hewn
of Chard, where As was mintinually disturbed by the
cries of the child; she told the father of the treat-
ment which it received; triter.' limit with the pa.
rich slicers, who took the as up, to Sharlwell Po.
liat-olice, where she saw the child and the bruises. ft
was ebeekieg to look at them: it was ten days after
the 31st of July when she sew the child, and after it
bad been at the grandmother's hoes'.
' Joke Wealy, as Acre belonging to Poplar dls-
trkt, said that the child was take, before Mr. Ben-
nett, the Magistrate, before whom it was stripped ;
the whole of its little body, from the head to its ea.
vet, was black and blue, end shocking to the sight,
and on the eight groin was visible ate effect arising
from a blow er bruise, which compelled the misera-
ble infant when walking, to lean on its great tee.
The Magistrate ordered the parish Alms to carry
en the presecetion.
The care for the prosecution having closed,
Mr. Ammeters rose to address the Jery for the
defence. lie espattated hugely ow the castled of
the mother of show children, who had left them is
reside elsewhere. He commented in terms of severity,
Hoch es we shall not repast, on the conduct of the
greedasother, and said that the promotions was WO.
toted for a particular purpose. The childree were, is
was tree, ender her are; bet the smolt was to be
dreaded. The t sestmeet of the child by the Defend.
I
set geoid be proved by its father, who would be call.
led in evidence. to hove bees as compassionate and
tender as that orbs mother.
In corroboration of this statement, the father,
Chard, was several times called, but Its did net sp-
pear.
Mr. Bassy roam Isi reply. It was surprising to
find that such circumstances should be alluded to
without any proof. .
Mr. Avoieutts said, that the fault of his ceedect
by with his iastgatters. If he bad eel thought that

At Hairnet weeld be established, Ise sbeeld -ewer
info made it.

The CHAIRMAN summed op the evidewee. It was
a me of barbarous cruelty. for evety thine bet death
bad been inflicted on the poor infant. With respect
to the May, ten days. which was stated to have Sc.'
cured between the Slit of Jul) and the time when
1 the unfortunate child was examined before the Ma.
' glair's', tbe centime, of the Defendant was mounted
rather thaw encased by that circemstince, for the
braises on Its body must hive been din.:nitlied rather
than 'messed by the time. The Coed could not
but express its surprise at the defence. which was
brought forward without proof. The evidence on tho
part of the prosecution was clear, for be had never
seen obsesses give more fair or more deliberate tes-
timony.
The Jury cossetted for a few moments and reform.
ed their verdict—Grills.
The CHAIRMAN then 'chinned the Prisoner.--
"6 Anne Taylor, you have bees found guilty of a
creel sod wanton smolt on a child, whoa. helots',,
sitostios called for your pity sad protection. Whe-
ther it was the intention of your advieers, from the
line of defence adopted fo► you, to obese end to
vilify, and afterwards not to prove their a ions,
it is met for the Court to determine; however, this
rmn be said, that such a defence less not likely to
tire your cause any assistance. The sentence of the
Court It. that you, Anne Taylor. be cookeed sin
months in the Hoes, of Correction."

The Primmer was then retnove.l firms the Bar.
George Nichehoe was indicted fur um assault on
Mr. loopy, in September l►st.
The facts of the ram were few. This Defendant
was a distinguished 'military carer. who had worried
the mother of the Prosecutor. A child sass suddenly
token 11l in the hone•, and the Prosecutor went for
a sa►poa, aimed Oliter, whose appearance, as well
as the inatteutiou of the Prosecutor in soaring his
hot in the peewees of his mother displeased the De-
fendant. whoa he struck him.
The Defendint ass fosod Guilty. and ord►red to
pay 61. as a fins to the King, sad to `lee his own
rem/Osseo in 1001. to keep ife peso for a year.

SURREY SRSEIONS, Ocr. 27.
—rm.--

James &leased •as indicted for stealing fire cokes
of soap from the Inansfactory of Mews. IVestlier.
stnne and Woolley, Bermondsey r►+.road.
Mr. Weathersiooe, pinny. with Mr. Woolley,
said, Is Primate was in their employ ; tho snap
produced gas their premed) ; h► kn.+ it, becalm.
it was part of a particular boiling of soap then es
sale. _ _

Cross esemined.—Sew Prisoner after he was in
custody; *ever told him, if he confessed no hare
should happen is bias ; did not say se at Union.ball ;
knew • parses who had been pointed •at as Pri-
soner's father-in.law ; did not tell him he would not
rewrote if she Prisoner would confess; but he said,
if he chose Its d• so N wit well; h• had a soarers.•
lion with D.eraan,ead they said, if Primmer tweed
King's evidence he would sot promote, became be
would rather pettish the many than the few ; he said,
in a renal way, it might save hie from punishment;
his partner, Mr. Woolley, might bout sworn to the
soap, bet he was going a journey; shoes, was sum-
moned on the Grand Jury I. Monday, bet left is-
etvdistely after he bad given ►is ',ideate; the seep
was net sold to the Prisoner; could met ray it had
wet been sold to some customer ; a ton of the bailie(
had butts ant •et to thlrereet people; Piisooer
was prevent at a c•oversati.o relating to confenien,
and endestook to tern evidence.

Ft, reined by the COVIT.—They did not sell no.
toil, 1111 smallest quantity was 14Ibs. ; the yellow
was worth 78s. sod tie mottled 90s. per cwt.
Rachel Solomon bought the soap of the Prissier,
she pee ad. per lb. for the yellow, sad 7d. foe the
whits; witness was a monied woman, her hatband
was transported; she had bees take. iota celled,.
charged with steeling the seep. Had we cossets,- i
tine with soy person exceptiog Mr. Chards, to she.
she told what she bed dew told Mr. Issues
she would give evidence if she was retested ;
sM re-
seised the soap from I.eansrd, sod not from Sole•
mon, her father; Lessard told her be hod received
the soap as part of his week's wars ; she cork part
of the soap away about eight o'clock on Smithy
esornistg, she was to fetch the ether often dinner ;
►he /sirs hiss 90e. sad wits to receive the change when
she fetched the reeminder. Witness was stopped in
the street with the soap; she boeght it from the Psi-
, loner.

Crosikessoined.—Sh• ems osrried greaten; Mr.
Cberrh tees Solicitor to tint prosecution ; Mr. Solo-
mon ass witeess's father ; he les, hot pretest tikes
she bought the mop of the Prisoner.
W. Creovey, a constable, took the Primer in
Theses's-street ; be sow the lest site's' cone set of
the Prisoeer's hoes.; had received igotrnsiien of the
sespected robbery. She bed s bog is her possession,
•ith Eve cakes of soap, sad be had kept timbal; sad

sup eller SWIM.
Mr. Weatheratene re.eessintd.—Prisoner was in
their employ at the time ; the clerk generally paid
the me• their wages ; be inneetiatire paid them
Motel', bet could not say which paid on the day in

wreath's. Prism, was mimed as a labourer, bat
was employed in milting snap.
Mr. TURTON. Coeurl for the Peiloner, roarreded
that wo proof of the properly had bents sebstantlated,
bet the Court over.reled the ohjection.
Several witnesses were called, who gave the PA.
alner an excellent character, bet he offered nothing
In defence.
The Cat Mae AN having summed •p the Me to the I
Jury, they conferred together for a few minutes,
when the FOREMAN said a dnoht esistnd in the minds
of his brother Jurors. whether the snap might nut
be a part of that which had been sdd. mad toot the
property of Messrs. Weatlierstorte soil Co. ; be soul.l,
therefore, with permission of to • Coon, ask Mc.
Weathersions whether be ci.ohl swear to ha Wog
theirs at that time.
The Cuxit:star remsrited, that he had recapha..
Isted the whole of the ',widow-it, ftsal th., molt joie
from the facts. One of the witness' h..' beaus
that tte Prisoner had told her that he had received
the soap from bis emplorrs i• p.tt autst at Die
tors.

TOO FORZA •11.—W• SrO nut al •4611.41 ; •nd •s
wish Mr. Westbeset's* eel be permuted tit assess
the plestion.
The Custains.-110 will answer it Of coulee, if
you wish it.
Mt. WI

inert answer the gyration
precisely. seam I could refer to sty nor,. b ...kr. Oar
trade is chiolly with she cosotry, sod I carom es,
that any part of the bodies bad hese said to our tow.
COIROMeri•
The FOILEMAII.—SIioaId you limey lb* diffo.oece
between • bailing of soap made by 'osmium ,ed
Soother haste, if essefutered et thetas* pe,t4 of
dam

T••, eartalsly Is w
noels ditfareece as It, lettel.stritlasi.
The Jery again conaslied tiagetbor, and after a
few atiaates &liberation, ratersed a verdict of Rol
Guilty.
The anneencese
feeling of malaise.

of the verdict etched a stress

PO LICK.
-...15.--

MARION woust.—lES:lisin Adievit, e private ate
filer of the Ist Regiment of Font Goads, was Yes•
lords, ►rosght spun the foliating charge:—
Peter Owes, 6, Rod Lim) stteet,Siiitel-ftelds, Is.
bower, swim, that between the hosts 0 eight aid
nine o'clock, on Tuesday night, he was pialleiag
thinsgh Bishopsgste, and observed the Kimmel fol.
lowing Me; that. et the corner of Uniois.glivet, Rio
shopsgste.street, Pelvises asked him wires o'clistit It
was, but, on his takieg oat his watch. Prisoner
seised his hand, est the viand of the witch. and its.
snediaiely ten off; Promoter powered sod cried,
" stop thief," Prisoner was stopped by en /lacer
who basil the cry ; Poi had the oath in his
hand what Ptomaine am op to Me mid tier
°favor.

Joshes Gregory, Ilse dicer •ho stopped the Pri.
10tIff, corro►orated the erldeace, mud tart Primmer
•as cominitled.
DARING ROBBERY AT NOON DAY.
CcILDNALL.—A eta•t raMan.leollieg fellow, who
gave his same Jews Price, was brought to th• odor
yesterday about arse o'clock, by Ilessort, olio •f tbe
city reastabler, for a daring street ru►bery, of raids
the follooing are the circuostaaces:—

Aa eldoely Gentletnan, of the name of Kew, a
wine.meickaat, 43. Parliameut.st.ea, was passing
in his ass frog Fleet.street to Clisocety.laue,
through Clifford's sad Senna.' Laos, shoats/Ave
o'clock yesterday ; sod, es he was going them*
the door.tory which separates the too Ines Is
the vette of which there is se upright Ines,
bur, dividing the Doming into two, the Prisoner,
though there was sondem room on the otiose side,
rustled with great tiotence against him, and 'ere ho
coeldfask his why he did so, Mr. Kew felt a straw
leg at his watch ; fortunately, having a button to
his watch.fob, the fellow woe partly disappointed of
his booty, end Mr. KM/ preserved bill watch ; but by
the Mama* of the jerk the gad chitin broke, and
the fellow ran off with that, sod the gold wet one
key attacked to it. Mr. Kew immediately gave the
alarm of " Stop thief," and a young Geittlemaa, of
the name of Buford the brother of the solicitor
of that aims, 1a King's Bevichewalk, who was
coming In the opposite direction thresels Serjeowes'
lon, hard the cry of "Stop thief," mad wing the
Piisemee roosting, seised mod steered him. A Mr.
Kaye, of Great Charlotte-street, Blackfrion'-road,
*homed the robbery, and joined Mr. Kyro is the
pintail, sod both those Gondolier° deposed that
there were no other permits weer, and that they ease
lost sight of the Psiaser till he was stopped by Mr.
' Bethel.
The Prisoner was takes Into the Lodge, asst
searched ; the properly, however, was not head
epos him, but was subsequiratly discovered is •
corner, close to 'bleb he had passed la his attempt
to make his escape. !lenses produced the property
before the Aldermen, which Wog swore le by hh.
Kew, the Prisoner, who bad sable, to sly is hi
deface, was committed to Knead* fee trial.
SUNNING DVSTNEN.
A Nerdy peg of floosie( dustmen. cousictiog of
Edward Newman, John Warren K IVcwasms
the younger, wad I loan liedansa
, have lately haw
pastier!, active is their enepatiee is the city of
London, so eit.ch so as to reader the interfeceoce of
the Commissioners of Sewers obsoletely owner, to
put • step to their proceedings. An informative
was secordingly rahibited at this nice agaitost this
four mem • few dole ago, on the oath of Chafes
Tees. a servant in the employ of Mr. Maras, of
Iloston•ftelds, the soperitotendrot ender the Co..
missiesets. tame there is as molar ataractic*
oceveager ; and yesterday Neonate the yeomen sad
!hit were brought op by Read, one of lb. Helios.
settle. °Seers, who bad appreheoded Ibeat is the
county, end epos proof at oath of their basing re.
coifed sad token away doss from the Meese of Mr.
Dimon, of Casilmsteeet, Holborn, they wore War.
rally convicted is the peaky of 10Lescb, ender the
Metropolitse Paving Act.
The Prisoners being amble to per lb. eforessid
penalty. wets subsequently committed to bard lamer
I. the Hoar of Correction for 30 days. soden the
said penalty, together with all costa, bestow paid.

Oil the 24th met. Is Mosehibery-tquare, !In. G. Hover, et
a daegliart.

tit A RlttEl).
Oa the 254 lea. at Mari.le.lease nerd. A. Aewtard., Fog.
of New gate... rear, to Mt.. Lhiusieth Itabeasea, Nettie wee!.
• aq.equare.
Oa she 36th last a, SI. Peter's. °lrma. Thema. Gitthee. 1: a.
of ti 'Aare Care. Itawell-yetare. to Mary. yaangest daughter
et Jesims4 Cache. E.q. 64 'fent.

DILI).
Oa die 27'b hi I. MI Castle-mist% llollroro, a, rd 71, Ms. !
Randall, of t heart...a tone.
011 the ad .u.k. wIJ. baste, at Paeliiiowtha. James I myna
bay, F:•q tmm•rh at fatti.t..,k
Oa the Vtitt itt.t; %Val:tam Maass k, (iilord's IW
cowl, al •alr.ta.
(la -.hi- i7ih 1.4,i, aged ;5, Mr. Richard Clifford, of gismo.
Isar. Choigo.ids.

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