The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-10-07
Court Of Oyer and Ter miner.

Before Judge Kent Aldermen Underwood and Kelly
THURSDAY, Ocr6 lsaa Trial Of Margaret Queens, for
The murder q her ehiid-The prisoner as brought into
court about half ten in custody officer Barber She
was rather neatly dressed and herdeporment modest and
becoming She about % ~ years of age and ma
i've oil Ireland Messrs Haskell and Russell appeared IN
her behalf and the District Attorney for the prosecution
sufficient number of jurors not being present 10 tales
men were ordered to be summoned.
After the usual preliminary FORMS the District Attorne
proceeded to call his witnesses.
CHARLES r. THoRE sworn-Reside at rs Bsyard street.
The prisoner at the bar was servant ut my houseshe
lived there nearly two months. 1t thought in the
house that she was enoiente and she appeared to be
stated that there child in tie vault sent for the
Coroner Tut the child taken out before he came-it
was male child. said nothing to the girl about it
thought there as difference in her appearance after
wards-theugh had noticed the girl particularly
at all and do not suppose that spoke twenty words
her. 1t the house that she had been
sick the day before My family out of town. There
is gateway from Bay ard street to the yard Of my house
also passageway in the rear The gate is generally
open in the day time and shut at night Some person
might have come in from the street. Did not examine the
room Of the prisoner discover any suspicious gar
COS Taylor and girl named Julia The back kitchen is
about fifteen feet from the vault prvy and any person
going there could be from the kitchen The house ia
on the north side OF Bayard, adjoining Mott.
frances TAYLOR, a young coored girl, sworn-Was q
servant at the house as also the prisoner On Mon
day she complained and was sick all Monday night and
Tuesday. On Wednesday she down stairs and went
to work On Friday discovered the child in the vault
When in her chamber Tuesday, asked her what
the matter and she replied that she had very severe
cod with pain in her head and back She said she would
like send for her sister to hang up her clothes told
her woodland / did 90. On Wednesday she went to
washing-she usually did the washing and ironing
of tn family. On Tuesday evening she brought down
she sat the pail down in the yard and went back to her
room. On Friday were looking fer shoe child had
dropped IN the vault and discovered the babe Told the
went there and said she did not think twas child for
she did not how could get there. She said looked
like acat This was Friday evening. The Coroner was
sent for Said nothing to her about it till next day;
thought she had looked be encene but said nothing to
her about it. When she was washing, on Wednesday
observed suspicious looking clothes She slept in the
attic room, with girl named Julia. who is now away.
slept in the next rooms did not hear any groans as Of
person SICK anything like the cry of child Julia
at work all the tme and there appearance Of
suspicious nature about her The prisoner was altered
in appearance after she had been sick.
HENRv McKEoN swornAided in getting the child from
the vault-lt was taken up by black man, who had a
Ss 10 o. NO s5 a@
Understood there had also been large bottle drawn
but did not see it.
ISAAC GREEN sworn-Examined the chld-There was
wound on its head also its abdomen and another
on It's hips there also marks its neck oneon each
side below the ear and others the right side of the
neck The child was full formed and had evidently been
born ave-Ascerained such to be the by the hy-
drostatc tes-The wounds may have been made by the
hook in getting tupCannot positively that the child
exhibited any thing contrary to the idea that the mother
might have been innocent Of its DEATH
did not take place till Monday following. Dr. NJ thought
after such lapse of time that it would be hazardous to
place reliance upon any going to show that the child
alive at the time born. Mr. Haskell asked him
several questions bearing upon the case.
Dr. ARCHER sworn.--Is Coroner. Examined the child.
Do not agree with the professor Mot that the hydros
tac test is not good after the lapse Of week The lungs
do not decompose the rest Feel confident that
the child alive when born, and that some Of
the bruises have occurred before its DEATH though
do not beevethey were sufficient to cause SUCH From
what ascertained subsequent to this affair
have doubt that the prisoner had become mother
Dr. FRANCIS also examined in relation to parallel
cases He thought the child had been born alive
The testimony here closed, when Colonel HAsKErT ad.
dressed the jury powerful and able in behalf
of the prisoner, which replied to. The Court re-
viewed the evidence and the jury found verdict OF Not
Guilty.,