The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-28
Court Of oyer and Termincr.

ARSON FIRST DEGREE.
Hon Judge Edwards and Aldermen Cornell and Ward
presiding.
Nov 27-In the of Nslchor SHIPPER alias shafer
aas shaper counsel both sides summed up, and the
court charged tbs jury who retired about O'Clock,
and in twenty minutes returned verdict OF not guilty
The prisoner seemed much moved and forward and
shook mis- counsel Mr. u. j.. Sisklss by thu hand He
then left the court
TRIAL OF MARY INQUIRE FOR INFANTIcIDE.
Mary M'Guire, woman apparently about IS years OF
age and native OF Ireland, was placed at the bar
charged with having the 18th OF May last thrown her
infant child Geek unknow. int the water at the South
ferry The District Attorney appeared for the prosecu
tiop, and Mr.. A. A. Phillips for the prisoner
The following jurors empanellsd -
nss ss vnas TIN wsad
r. b. Greenwood 9th ward John L. Mckay 18th ward
VIM p. Cook 7th ward. Ralph Bogart Sth ward
VIM Sanford 7th ward Geo A. Peck, It'll ward
The District Attorney stated the ease for the
ton and concluded by saying that he trusted that the
evidence would relieve them om the painful duty Of
CONSUMING the unfortunate wtm to the gaiows.
Anne Beattie doposedI live Mt so Charlton street;
the 18th May last coming from Brooklyn, by the
South ferry; the prisoner In the water closet Of
the ferry house beard ed cry ana i he took i rom
to be more than week old; am mother myself the
woman leaning over the seat came out and told
my husband had suspicious he told one OF the officers
the prisoner out with her folded under her
shawl; the officer opened her shawl there nothing
there and exclaimed The child ia gonen
Cross examined by Mr. Philps-It was about 0oclock
my attention attracted by the woman leaning
the seat; there light in the adjoining room her
distinctly its head; the woman appeared to be in
trouble and eemed excited did not speak to her at all
WIN H. Brdsen depo.ed--on the 10th May last was
policeman at the soatb ferry the New York side
arrested the prisoner observed lady and gentleman
speaking in a very unusual manner that lady Mrs
Beattie the husband told me his wife wanted to speak
to and she told me there was woman in the ladys
who excited and she feared she would des
troy her child; going into the closet met Mary
CURE, opened her shawl and asked her what she had
done with her child and .he said she had thrown it
/ her ed
showed her my star Of office when opened her shawl
Mrs Beatte said My God you have destroyed the dear
it. and she said no. that she threw It over Of her own &C.
cord asked her she had tied any weight to and she
three days old and she said It was dead nv
partner got light snd looked for the child but did not
recover It grapped or for several days but the body
Observation-Disclosures tide flowed there there was
strong eddy that tide noticed the womans features
Thought She had been drinking she looked excited
her face red and her eyes waery she at FIRST refused
to and then sad the child two three days
old am not inclined to exaggerate; would mitigate
The case for the prosecution closed and Mr. Phillips
asked the court If there sufficient evidence to compel
the prisoner to enter upon defence lie referred the
court to the In Beat on Presumptions page 273
The District Attorney cited where the corpus de-
instanced the Of Captain at who throw
overheard by OF tho sailors blood discovered
deck the body was not FOUND but crcumstance com
yicted and executed. The District Attorney admit led
that circums evidence should be very strong
warrant conviction, and referred to q case which &C.
Cured in these States where father and three sons
convicted Of the uider of man, and sentenced
for execution One of the Sous subsequently con.
fefsed that he guilty and the day before
that appointed for their execution the
suppotcd to have been murdered appeared. The
young man was asked how 1t was that he had oon-
fesed to the murder and his reply that he his
father aud brothers about TO be sacrificed for
crime that had besn committed, and he thought
by confessing the guilt he alone would be executed
whilst he would the lives Of his father and brothers
The District Attorney read the alluded to Dy the
coune for the prisoner Best on Presumptions 273
cites the following Rar Hindmarth, Leaches
Common Law ST. and observed this rule mas peen CAT
ritd 40 far that when the mother and the reputed father
Of bastard child were erved to stop and throw tinto
the dock of . seaport town. subsequently, 70 wncn ths
body Of the infant never seem Justice dou!d VINO
tried the father and mother for the murder advised an
scquitts ON the ground that a. the tide Of the sea
flowed and relieved into and out OF the DOCK might
possibly have carried out the living infant.