The Sun. — 1846-03-20 (London, England)

DENMAN.) Thomas Denyer, gamekeeper, who had been admitted to bail, surrendered to answer an indictment, charging him with the manslaughter of Benjamin Remnant. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution, Mr. CLARKSON submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury in support of the charge of manslaughter. The evidence appeared to him to make out a case of excusable homicide. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE expressed an opinion that the case ought to go to a jury. The Learned Counsel having, accordingly, addressed them, and the Lord Chief Justice having briefly summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Wathen, 23, single woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her female illegitimate child, by cutting its throat, on the 16th of August last, at the parish of Brighton. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a very good.. limiting c, youn woman, entered the service of a gentleman named ''Hammond, who resides in Brunswick,,quare, Brighton, in April, 1843, as lady's maid, and resided with the family in that capacity until the 10th or August. For some time previous the prisoner had cotnplained of tooto-ache and other illness, but not the slightest suspicion was entertained of her being in the family way. On that day, however, she complained ito a fellow-servant, named Boreham, that she was too ill to wait upon her mistress at her toilet, and requested her to do so for her, and she then returned to her own room, where she was shortly afterwards heard to groan most piteously, and this fact caused a suspicion of her condition. The prisoner soon afterwards came down into the kitchen, and in consequence of what had transpired, a search was made in her bed-room, where such appearances presented themselves as left no doubt that she had recently been delivered of a child ; and, on the bed being ( xamined, the dead body of an infant was found between the mattress and tho sacking of the bed. There were several slight cuts upon the body and arms of the infant, but the mortal injury had been inflicted upon the neck of the child, which was nearly severed from the body, and merely hung to the trunk by a few of the integuments, and the injury appeared to have been inflicted by a pen-knife which was found in tho room, and the blade of which was covered with blood. There was no distinct proof of the unhappy infant being born alive, the testimony of the medical gentlemen who were examined merely going to the extout of expressing an opinion, from tests which they applied to the lungs of the deceased child, that it had breathed, but they could not take upon themselves to state the necessary facts to show that in law the infant was born alive.  The LORD CRIMP JUSTICE, when the evidence bad been gone through, expressed an opinion that the capital charge could not be sustained, and the only ques • tion that remained for the jury would be whether there was a concealment of the birth. Mr. CLARKSON said that upon this part of the case he felt he could not expect to obtain a favourable verdict, and he should therefore decline to occupy the time of the Court by addressing the jury. The prisoner was then found guilty of misdemeanour, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron