The Sun. — 1833-07-05 (London, England)

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)  OLD COURT.  John Williams, aged 27, described as a shddniaker; was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mf. Algernon Disney, and stealing various articles of wearing apparel. The prisoner was one of the class of thieves denominated the "swell mob." He was well dressed, and had a formidable pair of mustachios. It appeared that, on the night of the 31st May, the prosecutor had occasion to I.ave home for a short time, arid On his return he found his street door open, and a middle door in the pas, sage, which had been fastened with one of Bramah's patent leeks, broken to pieces. A pick-lock key was in the street door lock. Suspecting that thieves were in the house, he requested Mr. Cohen, a neighbour, to watch the door while he went for the police, and In a few minutes the prisoner and another man rushed out of the house, both of whom Mr. Cohen seized, but one of them succeeded In getting away. The police having arrived, the prisoner was given into his custody; and upon examining the house two crow-bars, called " Jemmies," a phosphorus box, and a dark lantern, were found. Several drawers and boxes had been broken open, and their contents piled up in two parcels on the floor 1 so that, no doubt, the thieves had been disturbed. The prosecutOr missed only three spencers, and a few small articles, which were probably carried off' by the prisoner's companion. The jury found him Guilty. It was stated that he had been several times in the House of Correction, on charges of felony. Catherine Weeks was charged by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of her female bastard child.  Joseph Burgess stated, that he resided in Glassons-place, St. Giles's, and was the parish apothecary. On Monday, June 24, he was called by the parish beadle to see a female child. It was in the possession of the beadle in the dead.house of the workhouse. It appeared to him not to have been born many hours, and it was a fine, healthy, well-formed, grown child. When he examined it he found the naval string twisted three times about its neck. The face was very much swollen, and had a very dark livid appearance. His impression was, that the child had breathed, but had been strangled by the naval string. He examined it minutely externally, but found no marks of violence about the body. The lungs were taken out, and they floated on the water, and showed the child had breathed. The lungs appeared very healthy. It frequently happened that the naval string got round the neck in the birth. It was separated, but that was not uncommon. There was nothing to show that the child had come by its death by other than natural means. The child might possibly have met its death accidentally in the birth. Mr, Justice GASELEE said there was then an end of this case, unless there was any thing in the other depositions to support the charge of murder.--(On looking over the depositions, his Lordship ordered other witnesses to be called.)  Cole, the beadle, said that before the Coroner he was directed by the parish authorities to keep the prisoner, in the weak state she was in, as long as possible in the workhouse. He, however, took her the same evening to prison, as the governor of the workhouse said he could not make a prison of that house. Marian Allen, a widow, stated that on the :nth June the prisoner told the surgeon that the child was accidentally born in the privy on the 20th, and that as there were no signs of life she was frightened, and she took it up stairs and put it in a box until the following Sunday, when she went and deposited it in a privy, where it was found.  Cross-examined by Mr.