The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-23 00:00:00

STAFFORD, MAiLes 20.

THE KING V. ELIZ. BURROWS. •
The Prisoner was indicted for the wilful murder of
her own child Hannah Burrows, aged four years,
and also of her child George Burrows, aged three
years. *She Mai tried oil only the first ipdictment.—
Mr. CIfETWYND lind Mr. FIXED were the Counsel
for the•Prosecetion; and Mr. PEARSON for the
Prisoner.
The following witnesses were examined for the
Prosecution :

Mr. Turner; druggist, at Newcastle-ender-PM',
remembered the Prisoner earning, to his shop about
11 o'clock-in the morning of Friday, the 14th Of
October last, tobity• twopennyvierth of arsenic to
destroy rats : he refused to sell it her without she
produced somebody to vouch for the truth of her
purpose : she adduced a woman who was with her,
'and witness sold her the arsenic.
Elizabeth Lewis, of Chesterton, knew the pri-
soner; she 'lived one field off, and was sent for by
prisoner on Friday, 14th of October last ; she was up
stairs, and came down .1; she said, " Betty Lewis, I
doubt my children will die." Witness then went up
stairs to the child Hannah, and gave it gin acid water,
and tea, to drink. The child lay on its face in the
bed, very ill: afterwards she brought the child
dawn, it was sick and vomited : it was dead by four
o'clock 2 the witness asked the prisoner what she had
given the children for breakfast, she answered tea.—
What for dinner ? she said, bacon and potatoes: the
witness said, " Betty, i'll go for Thomas," her hus-
band : the prisoner desired her to prolong her inten-
tion, for it would soon be his time to come home
from his work. 'Die husband came home soon afferA
wards • this child was then dead: he said, what hest
LAIF IN T El., LIG Eng. thou been doing to my poor children. The witness
--sweise. could not recollect that the prisoner made any answer.
COURT OF CHANCERY, ?dancer. Upon cross-examination she said, she had known the
. prisoner eight or nine years; her husband was an in:
aa'eaaTanaan IN wArrea et 11111)"1 A "NI/1"V i dust Onus man : she hail known her leave her home
This was a Petition, supported by Mr. Coowe, : many times for a week and a fortnight together ; she
with much learning on the Bankrupt Laws, and great : was very fond of her children ; she has been long in i
zeal, and forcibly molded by Mr. Batt., praying an ..
esipbling low state • she once went to Welstanton
order for liberty to prove a certain debt of 10871.
Mik-house, and erought home some meat, which
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14s. against the separate estate of Joseph Lindow, she gave to her children although she had then meat
the younger, one of the eo-partners of Joseph Lin- ! hi her house.
dow and Co. traders in iron mimes and spirit heel- Elizabeth Helm, bad kaolin the prltinier eight or
ness, instead of having tie flames charge IllVdegithw ten years; sometimes de answered reasonably, and
solvent co-partners. sometimes not; she was low at times; when she wars
Joseph Lindow, the younger, became a bankrupt . first custody, she said, " What have I brought upon
in his separate trade, after •being the manager and , myself and family ?•• She assigned as the reason for '
cashier of the firm, in which capacity he stands ! committing the crime, that her husband-was always POLICE.
charged with having embezzled the above item, barephrelding her of the expenses of her family, and she'
drawing the-same oat of the bank of tbelion, and did it to prevent their coining to poverty. She —aer--
AT MR ÜBINS'S
converting it to his own separate use fraudulently- At first denied the crime, but afterwards said she gave, - pow...TREEV lVednesd irdie Bristow,lbt; young assad
A bill has been filed against the bankrupt, for dig-'' :it them in treacle. , • . ropes:same appearance and 'connections, underwent swotted
cover), of the facts of the embezzleinent and fmudyi iteatiate"oTP.frha. rt." sumPleke 4 throwing
'filmes'
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1 Upon cross-examination she said that the husband
to which he pot in an answer ; and the Present Pe" !was not in that danger of poverty as his wife repro- 1 Thomas. Salton, the footman, attended and detaited tae Tsui.
titian was filed with a view of preventing his certi-sealed. I colors of the proceedings of the mob in attockiirgthi knelt, bit
ficate, and to enable the Petitioners, being Creditors,' I knew nothing or the Prisoner.
to vote in the choice of mama ees, &e. r. Mr. Matthew White, surgeon, of Newcastle, was ; M Sorceristo, the Solicitor to the Treasury, Model to
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After a very long and elaborate discussion on the 15th
, sent for to the Prisoner's house, on Saturday, the . conduct the prosecution.
of October, to open the body of a child. The! haTesredi•rhiselie:tt.sciiiiif.agreentice It;rhisesse rsh.e Stephens attidodCroft,ve
law and equity of the case, and strong comments on , stomach and.part of the intestines were affected ;they himb a
most raMiablexchar.-asctireere.l. The.y have tasenaattippr:ndlicts.gll
the inconsistency and contradiction between the ; were very much inflamedin patches :
answer and affidavit of the Defendant, his Hotrove i , principally
, secured the contents of the stomach previously to ex- he waits upon the Ant ladles
an Landon, and is by no means vicious; he is very orderly an/
desired the answer and affidavit of the Defendant to of very respectable connection. lie was not out of MS bon,.
Staining it. From the appearance of the stomach he th, first day rind night of the riots. 00 the night be was apple-
be handed up to him for his perusal of the intricate had reason toisuppose that arsenic dad occasioned the . headed he could prove beyond a doubt that be had not Irk Lilt
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case, during the next vacation week, and in the interim, death of the child. . . • house a quarter of an hoer wheo he•was apprebtoded.-He was
committed for futther examination.
granted an order to suspend the election of assignees.
On the part of the Prisoner, the following witnesses mr 11 contort attended for him.
Judgment was of coarse postponed. oar' e'Brown anther daughter ere fully committed tie Id,
Pending the argument of the above cense, his were wiewleed l'"` ''
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'' - ."* 1 as ntterers of counterfeit money. 0
Ann Sherard lived nest Aber to the Prisoner; land •if
_ iisinenuuow-frrakaaT:=A procurer alma foe the away
HONS:10 a desired the Learned Counsels' permission to Was outwitted is Ilse pititaltymf2ol. uneera treat Act known her seven of__Par•••
had
interpose for a.moment, in order to communicate to years: she was a Ter.Tili"d' 'lament for advertising fora substitute to serve in the lath negt-
mother to her children. She was diseased, its. her meat of Musa* without peenrission in writing SO to do from
the Bar, avail profession at large, a notification in
mind : worse at some times than others. When she the siiiiiieet-6eneret•
writing, from the Lord Chancellor, Intimating that., m .
she T • 'einem Siveatman was charged with tri Ili i, tb beet, prmg or _e_ of
was in this state she rambled abroad ; ittn off Mr. Coswell, or Great Haddon. Estrx, and robbiug him of,moc
Me Lordship was tint' to sit to-morrow, although one
one morning,
or hie eimal-daysi butthat the Vice-(.pant would, and left her favourite child George, silver and papers. The Prosecutor is above 60 years of :lco i
year old,* naked on the hearth: s nod he was passing alone Drirry.ilaoe, on Tuesday evertirt,
rod hear any matter fit for hi. bearing in this Court ; I then one he has e hem the Prisouq, accompanied; of ,I wit &he*, come beh,,Kl
and.thati ea satarday.maraiagi at eleven o'clock, I come into my house many a time, and said,_.., Oh, him and trapped hp his* hcrls. They then rificd his pocket.. anal
head's going again : what shall Ido ? ' She two of them go. assay.. floe Prisoner was fully artmatked tor
his)Lersbdripzhowld sit in hi[" Imam at: Lin. Imy triaL . • , ,t • ties.hiii iii ilium st • - mid:giattupt.cies. came into my house once with It ►pin, . with witich she II
..ATTON•CARDEII.—A Hiliarn Catx.ll'"nte d. Off of Ire coach,
Li•. i .1.111 tiaa : : e'. ~ would have pricked her arm if I' had let her : she No. I 52, wag alerted; .I*ll64tallit thootlierri *kb 11'0.'4'
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asked-stir husband to kill her or cut bet head toe,.
off : isnlitli,ithaustiL:elesso4llglo3litv•Pirillintrat•whittlithans.l-almil-s°la!:fia tele
also left her home in the August before for a fort- rharce of it. The:Nagy ',Anil/Tried, he weiremimeo;M the
night : her fits returned oftener than once in six . penalty of 10s. and costs.
weeks or two months. . ------41‘...14:•:- • • 11. , ' •
. CORONER'S IN e •r ..—.vet omits II held
. Jane Ityles lived about two stone's throw from 'ni the !chip, at 5'i1e'1;9,,,,.71 , K 1
1!•••041.t. o.gY: tittewirt, the Carom"..w'
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the Prisoner, and had known her seven years : she the body of: Fannyliiii:isblitle, wWt• if "Ls Hik)bitile.' of ice"
had been in a melancholy way all that lime : she street, Cough-squiwe,.-wim was. found 4rowaed, at Sand'!
confirmed the last witness : she used to shy, " what mi...orit).)iiunViisti:.wiz, am p.iatritiiiiil S•.-eimiTi. I la:rew erboktis, ~idr
would I give if I could do better for my family.", :.. she went out about three o'clock ou Suturtlky afternoon, dc.‹-
Martha Hancock's testified to tha same effect.— lax a friend, who was at ti,r home, to whit fortes., and thati!..;,,ot
The Prisoner would wripg her hands, and say she '..,).l,,ll4,3l,.,'"°:usrt`trerl'i-a1"."1.,4..',7,!,i'7.:111,1,,,,e"..11,7(t),:fitrei,i.
must leave her family. - • !toad -sad atnetre her for Mises, years before waterier i ih:
ker. Mr. Whitby knew nothing of the Prisoner* ',l,l.r,;;C;ra?it,'',ll,lrdwri:istle7 al tin,rig,— cif rho 42 ;are; eu,
till his attendance as a Magistrate in the gaol brought:l siisuptonts,of inksui9,.. „ l'ertliqs--Foutpd Wormer& ..
him to her. Ha could never make any impreision, • . . "
upon her; she denied any knowledie of the Causifor • . ,
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the children's dead,: he read to her and prayed ! (.I?ft.T.l4;ri Ini,e,nveg:ji I,.•;n4h't it°".:4lll' SisPitheee4
weft her, her, without. elect ; jag. Saturday he,thought. On Sit:day, Jilt 'On) itaitsvoreoettioid-street'
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.Mr 111fs°0, IPli, iyat not able to say Wllpolez. widow of it ichard 1% alpole, Esq. and daughter t
the late Sri e Hamm •i
',paw ane distinguishoollll.. right from wrong • in lii Areihrek.-Strso;,. OA. SOMILIS dlightlit4 Witt'. Botnreasr
flaia'atiratha,__
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lenity' caged •Imilancholy.''' ' ''. • . tivt. - ,_
Mr. aegis's, Srergoonet the gaol, confirmed Mr. %SOW'. solirhinifk • cherties-street, Ad Sanjay last, MU.
' hitby's evidence, but could not take upon himself, j rrai,C4 ilgOet*' iii.tl (IL ' ...''' t....' 1 13i '.
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Mr. HOWORTII thought that no ta' ap 'ought to be
Placed in the Direction, whose interests and duty
mere at variance.—Upon this principle the tent
Contracts were set aside in India.

Mr. J. Irtctas, a. Director, in answer to the ob-
servation of a worthy Gentleman respecting the ad-
mission of merchants into the Direction, said he only
regretted that there were not more merchants in the
body of Directors. The Company were now a com-
mercial body - and if they had not men in the Direc-
tion acquainted with trade, they would never be
able to maiutaiu themselves till the end of their
Charter.

After a good deal of discussion, the Report WilS in
the mean time agreed to; and the Sth of April nest,
appointed for its being into further consideration.
Several Resolutions of the Court of Directors were
approved of by the Court, and among others, the
permission to the Principal of the India College, to
retire on a salary of 50001. a year ; and the appoint-
ment of Mr. Richard Carr Glyn, to be an Assistant
in that College.
The Court then adjourned.

The Jury, without retiring, found the Prisoner
Guiity.—Heappeared to be very collected during the
trial, and beard the verdict, of the Jury with great
firmness.

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