The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-04 00:00:00

pockets tnrued inside nut, and three 10%, two
three I/. Bank of England notes stolen.
Mr. John Wells, of Bwiter's-court, owe
Hackney, a tailor, saw the proseiluor um the
after he w.ts knocked down, and helped to sick
He alto saw the prisoner running away aftenrw.
the rry of `. stop thief" being raised, but he
identify him as one of tho men who surrounded A,
mentor after he was knocked down.

Several witnesses corroborated this states]
, proved that on the prisoner's being stoppe4
all the Hank of Englan,l notes of which Mr,
been robbed when he was knocked darn,
three I/. notes, were found in his hand in his r
pocket, a 1111 l tinting to 401.
The prisoier in his defence said hr hail fu,24
Bank notes, and accounted for his running at fit, •
the hoe and cry of stop " stop thief• was raise{
saving he was running to see the boats pass, ,e!
the hoats did hot pass for half an hoar afterwinC"
named
The prisoner was committed fur to -ti.
secutor, who is infirm, was very re:uctaatlT
°Tyr to prosecute.
Tows; tLIL, Sorretwaste.---Ihtrir.e. the
part of yesterday, Sir John Earner was lahorisag,4
ploved in the investigation of an extraontisarreik
a summons granted at the instance of a fa
vonng woman, against two females,
Cronan. _

The defendant, Mrs. Shueey, is a married worse.
lives with a man named Michael Callatsho, j„ i‘• '
street; and the other prisoner is their lodger, so,, •
in the same room. About a year ago, tkessol,,„ii .
bad the misfortune to get acquainted with • r.
who professed a warm attachment towards lees, ~;‘,l
he introduced hinisell as a vomit; man free (writ
inEnuibtaner. she allowed him to visit her, elesli;
was at sender, on the footing of a lover, haw
roars fed honr, she became the firths of sethirtOkok
being unable to r cal her situation frosa links,*
an ! mistress. the loss of her place was the eonregs
She then got lodgings in a wretched alley in thefts's.*
where her seducer still visited her. soil potaitedfcts
fully to marry her, as soon as Isis aTrir• were a 7.
arranged ; but within a few days of her tumefies*
he deserted leer altogether. She was wi!hont hind,
money, and during her illness sscpericoed the qt i
privaiions; she fresplen•ty sent to Callaghan faeass
rel:ef; but he retain' to give her any. Aduor to
after her recovery, she went, to his lodging with tie
alit's' (a fine ir,.y), awl prrsen:e:l it to h;,,,, fie ~,,,,,;w4
her in the presence of the shtfenslao•s wi!ls &tritest
scorn, and titatle litany tlnfeeling rnstarks os thr pa
ehilil, in which he was joioesl by both the vetoes. fie
emu/thaw:tit in a great t.a,ssissis, laid down the rliiislni
went away, lost next morning, repenting chat she bd
I ,hose, she went back with the intention' of lei ' it
laway, when to her great surprise, tlwdefradant nr-r,
denied that she ever left a child there; the twit,
I however, ',wing her own infant is thee s arms,
Imale an effort to take it away, on which the latter eallsi
, baldly for assistance, and a number of persons came a
from the street, en whom site represented that the rm.
' pia:aunt bail forcibly attempted to take away her rla
i.osol the consequence was, that the pour woman was.
treated and turned into the street. She mask
subsequent attempts to gain possession of the
its all of is ,ieh she failed, meanwhile the infant id
shrunk t, half its original size, from east of
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attention and th.mrishinent. Last Tuesday she T
last ant desperate effort to get the child, bat Ira
I tacked by both the prisoners, her clothes torn fres
hark, as well as two isandsful of her hair, awl she
finally kicked down stairs, and severely custasal
the head and body. •
llrs. Slurry now produced the child, in °heeling
the mandate of the court, and a painful siwctacle it ..
soonest ; its thighs were not thicker Hsu a '
site I walking.stirk, and the arms were about ss '
a. the haft of a knife, whilst, in carless parts, the '
was excoriated. It appeared as if every
.ha I been resorted to to accelerate the poor
death.
The slefetulant protested stoutly that the chill
i her own offspring, and refused on any et-lasi/blight'
1 deliver it up to any one. She called a wombs, of
nesse, who stated, their belief that she had IS.
livered of a child within the last six weeks, wind •
I they believed she then had in her arms.
I On the othet hand. the complainant, in the
'earnest manner, declared that it Wil a conspiraey a .
them to detain the child till it died fur want of
!which would exonerate its inhuman father from .
, claim which the parishwootil necessarily nuke es
for the child's support. She also ealle.sl a number.
!women, who bore testintnny to the birth of the r
and identified the one whirls Mrs. Murry carried, as •
'salute of which she 'hid been deiiverwl in their ,
I Wire.
i Amidst all this conflicting testimony, the worthy
gistrate was at a loss how to wet; lent ',harrying I
I prisoner giving the breast to the child, hr desired id_
she might he examines', when. to the astonisbmead
all present, it was discovered that she hid no mkt
sill, and that her presenting the breast to the child, Is
no more titan an attempt to itnpose upon the lasts
trate! Her confusion when desired to shew that she
possessed breast milk, entirely deprived her of ow
sacs.; she emit(' make no excuse, the quinines was •
directly pointed, but handed the child over se throw
plainant, who, on receiving it. pressed it to kw Os!'
with ptaternal fondness, whilst she bathed the linker
nascent with tears of joy. .
To add to the contusion of the woman Shorty's
male who was present, stated that she had beta oar!
of intinsacy with her for many years, and she helm'
she never bad a child in her life.
Sir JOIIN RANIER said he did aid at thatssuall":
collect any law that would punish such flagitious 18°
incantedn isooduct, especially as neither the def
mrdps
nor their witnesses hail beelf sworn to their
..
Their could belittle doubt of their ohjert in
the child. Its appearance snthciently yasiiit'l .2._.:,
suspicion on that head, and if it hail died (sad `"
I very surprising it did not), they would have Wear'
assuredly hung for the murder. With regard to dlir
'died
cleft, pro . left, that war sufficiently p and he should.
them to be detained till They 'died rod ball.
The defendants were accordingly bald to bail. _J
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BIRTHS.
At Bromptoa, on Wednesday [held intuit, lillt 111911
Charles Hawke. Esq of a son, still-born. siAl
On the 313th sit , the Leidy Charlotte Msegrellst ••---
was safely dellveredof a daaghter.

MARRIRD.
Yesterd•p et St. Peneres floret'. Charles
of Melds Hill. to Catherfise, daughter of T.
of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzro)-srpta re.
Weduesde. at Rtlsry-le-Rttend. George
Onenesn. R. N. of Merfboroogh-plaee. We
Plotkin, eldest slaughter of the late "
builder, Royal Doeklard, Chatham _
DI RD.
On Rae Ist Instant, at Refold. Mrs. floats. ttiAt. T
Thos. Thames. of Wareham, Doreetsbire.
ausedet senalgtd, at Rads, Mrs. Byre.
kyre. Rog. of fiestas, who 90 MY N
'ff for the County of . la

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