The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-23

credit TO their genius. Tho Ring will con
tinue TO rob the city, and the Republicans will
carry the State next autumn.
Dfstraiping n Baby's Cradle for Rent.
A curious and novel case was tried before
Mr.. Justice WILLIS at the spring Asszes Of
the Northern Circuit in England, held at
Durham last month BRIDGET MCINTyRE,
an Irish woman, wns charged with the man.
slaughter Of one GEORGE VAsEY, at place
called Wilmington. on the LIST of February
the homicide were peculiar
VAsEY, the deceased, was a sheriiTs officer.
The prisoners husband had failed to pay his
rent aud this bailiff went TO the house TO
distrain for II. There he found the prisoner,
her husband being absent at the time In
the room which he entered was her baby,
lying quietly in its cradle. Whether the
| bailff was unable TO find anything else or
not does not clearly appear; but, at all
events he told the woman he must have that
cradle. She very naturally refused TO let
him take H. saying ne might have everything
else there was in the house, but not that lie
insisted, and the alteration between them,
thus begun was brought to n climax by tho
balitI, who turned the baby ont Of the cradle,
which he passed to IN undcr.lniliff standing
at the door The exasporatod mother seized
the first offensive weapon at hand which
was, as it happened, q rolling-pin. With
this she struck the officer two heavy blows
on thc head, and as lie retreatcd she flung an
cOrthonware jug at him. This was broken
TO pieces over his head.
The bailiff departed. lie went home. took
TO his bed, and after on illness of SIX DAYS
died of orvsipclas and cxtravasation of blood
on tho brain. 1t was not maintained on tho
part of the defence that death resulted from
any other causes than the blows inflicted by
the angry woman.
Tho jury found the prisoner guilty but
with recommendation 10 mercy. This
recommendation was most favorably con-
sidered by the Court and Justice WuIEs
! ordered that she should find two surcties in
twenty pounds about one hundred dollars)
ach TO keep the peace for twelve months,
| dIu tllat Vll'u no uNlllE sue ShOulu DC us
| charged. IL said, in tho course Of the trial,
! that the dis,ra!ut of the cradle was quite
! Illegal, and Icing 20, the woman used no more
orco than was necessary to resist it bail.f
might % well dis;rina Stint upon persons
back as n cradle with a c,.ild in it. Even a
horse uron which man is riding cannot
legally lc ds'wincd, much less baby =
cradle in which the baby lay
OF course every one viii approve the &c
tion Of the Court in this case It is M al
mirablo warning TO officers of the law
not to overs, p tue limits of their authority.
- avoid 90 doing, clear understanding OF
| exactly what The law prlscribos in regard to
thcirocts isncccssury; tor it istot the ignorance
Of officers. Ir.uei. .lly, that their mistake
| and even outrag.,, are attributable. hnowl
edge is - primary condition for the exercise
cf care. There are several instanc on record
n England where officers have been killed
while attcml Tin" 10 serve illegal warrants
which t.cy believed 10 be legal and IN eocl
case the Count refused 20 impose sever,
sentence. 1lose who assume 10 ret under
the commands Of the law ought 20 I've sure
that tloy have the law on their SIDE