Star. — 1802-08-10 (London, England)

ASSIZES.  MAIDSTONE, FRIDAY, AL`DUST 6. Mary Rowed" was indieled for the wilful murder of her female child, at a place called Gillingham, in the minty of .Kent. The ptifoner was lervant to a Mr- Grinflead, and was obferved to 1-: exceedingly ill, thntigh none cf the family int: pest Ni her to he with child. On the 24th of June the was mach WOT rf ; in th• eveniil,4 of which day the fecreted herfell in the privy belonging to the hour:, and was delivered of el female infant. She w• ; alked, a thou time afterwards, if the was bet. to ? flue flid the was, and begged to go to bed.— The nest mottling a child was difcovered down the privy, and the prifoner accuted of brutally defiro)ing her babe; the replied, the knew the had a,fled wrung in keeping her pregnancy a fecret, but that the thought the had two months to go, and meant, when her miarefs got up (Mrs. Grinilead lay in at the time), to alk leave to go home to her mother. Stae added, that the child was dead born, and that the wifhed to conceal her fhame. A witnefs, who seas in the adjoining houfe, (wore porttively that flue heard the cry ofa child, and Ihortly i after'heard ltunething thrown down the privy.— This, it was argued, might have been the cry of! Mrs. Gtintlead's titian:, and not the prifoner's, which, indeed, appeared to he the fad, as Mr. Andrews, the furgLon, who viewed the child after it was taken up, faid, that he could not take upon hinifelf to fay the child ,a;a-,• live born. There was another fan, very much in favour of the prifoner, namely, that the had made provifion of cloaths for her expeCled infant. She had a good charaCter as to her affeCtion for children in general, and to her having lived in her place five years. She had always been looked upon as a good girl, and it was fuppofed that fhame had induced her to conceal her misfortune, rather than premeditated guilt. The Judge fumnued up with much feeling, and the Jury pronounced her—iskt Guilty.  Chapman, lames Smith, and li'm. were indiered for felonioufly killing and flaying George skinner, in the city of Canterbury, on the 7th day of May lall ; it appeared the deceafed was fighting with one of the prifoners, when he received a blow *hich drove him under a carriage, on which the other two prifoners were fitting, the wheel of which went over his head, and killed him on the fpot. The prifoners were found—Guilty of Manflaugh. ter, and were fentenced to one month's imprtionmerit. They have lain in gaol from the time of the accident.  The Allizes having &Ted on Saturday evening, the eighteen following prifoners received fentence of death :  Frzncis Allen and William Clark, for healing a black hot(' and I,ay mare, the property of Stephen Page. Wiiham Mace and John Lawrence, for healing a brown mare, the property of John Marlow. Iliac Good, for healing a bay mare. John Jones and Daniel Anchor, for uttering at Canterbury forged flank notes, knowing them to be fuch. eiljarnin Blackford and Jofrph Powell, for lbeep-healing, in company wit► it. rations, who has already been executed for the offence.  David Wakefield, for ftcalirg from a velfel lying at Rocheftei , !hive bales of lisp clothing. the property of John Ledwiek. ina Cowie, for a highway robbery from Oliver Clarke. Charles Allcoond,for forging a feamais's will and power. William Dorton and Henry Robertfon, for a burglary In the dwelling-houfe of Edward Overight, in Cliffe.  John-Butchcr and Samuel Afhdown, for fevcral highway robheriek. •  Jana.:&at, for horfe-ftealing. And William Freeman, alto for liorfe-Itealing. John Jones and Daniel Anchor, for uttering forgcd Bank Notes, and Charles Almond, for forging a will and power, were feparately fenteneed, and informed they were not to taped any mercy, from the enormity of their crimes; and are the only three left for execution. _ .  To he tranfported for 14 years:—Matthew rower, for uttering forged Bank notes, to which charge he plcaded guiity ; illiant Stoat:lt:ea and Urias Allander, for receiving Itolen gaols; thirty-two for (even years each; and niu. for various periods nf imps ifonment. The remainder were difeharged by proclamation.