The Express. — 1862-12-09 (London, England)

DEC. 8.  WESTERN CIRCIIIT.—WiNcHr.sres, Dzc. 8.  Mr. Justice Byles arrived here and opened the commission oe Saturday evening. The trials commenced this morning.  The COWL69BIOO of the Winter Assizes for the county of Salop was opened on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Mellor, nod the trial of the prisonen was proceeded with to-day.  11URDZIL.  Elizabta Doughty, A 5, wu indicted for lolling and murdering one Clement Dunbar, on the 13th August last, in the %till of Drayton•in-Rales. Mr. hey and Mr. Warren appeared for the prosecution, and is lordrhip, at the prisoner's request, essigntd oonnsel for the defence. . . . .  From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner is a married woman, but her bliaband has bees abroad for some time. She Lad been an inmate of the Market Drayton Union. having gone there about midsummer. On the 28th July she was delivered of a full-grown male child, and it was baptised in the union by the name of Clement. On the 13th August she discharged herself, taking the child with her. A nurse, named Mrs. Stubbs. dismal the child on the morning before the prisoner left the union with clothes clean from the laundry, and the prisoner observed, when she was going away, " Mrs. Stubb,,, it would not take much to kill • little buffer like that." She then went away. About one o'clock a man named Evans met her in the road between Sutton and Stoke, and she was then carrying large bundle in • red- coloured shawl. He went over gate into a field for some purpose, and after he had been there for some time be saw the prisoner come back to the gate. She looked up and down the road and then over the gate, as if watching whether any one was looking. She then began to beat the bundle on the top of the gate. She went on to another gate and repeated the beating again. From thence she crossed • field by • foot road, and on coming to the top of a stile she struck the bundle on the stile several severe blows. In the meantime a man named Immanuel Austin came up to Evans and be went to watch the prisoner at the request of Evans. When he e•me up with the prisoner at the stile he add to her, " Mrs.. I suppose you have softened that nowt" She said, " Softssed what?' He said, " That that you hays en the bundle." Evans was, during the time, minding a team which Austin  was driving,_ Austin went back to his team and the woman and very 'borax after rapidly retreat, he ran across, and he 1 went on. en Austin again took charge of his team Evans then found they bad suomecled in passing the bad half-crown. went to the house of • man named Blandford, who ,He ran after them, and on coming up with • police-constable police-constable.had formerly limo • police-constable. B landford was not he gave both men into custody. at home, but his son went in company with Evans in Both prisoners denied all knowledge of the coin being bad. punch of the prisoner. They overtook her on the Drar Mr. Cowie committed both prisoners for trial. ton-road, and asked her what she had in the handle, but she Edward Hope, a cabman, win charged with causing the refused to tell. The Rev. Mr. Cheer had also joined Sham death of • child named Harriett Freeman. by this time. She would not let them see what was in tins Edward Freeman, also a cabman, deposed—l was driving bundle, and Mr. Cheer insisted on searching it. He held my cab, • four wheel, in Parliament-street, at oae o'clock the woman's hands while the boy Blandford opened the this afternoon, when the prisoner, who was driving a hansom bundle. A child was found in it. It was dead, but not at a rapid rate and upon his wrong side, came into collision cold. They kept her there for • short time, and then gave with my cab. My wife and child, who were sitting beside her in charge to a policeman. me on the box of the cab, were thrown off, and the priThe jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of boner's cab catching the wheel of mine, threw the cab over Quill y, on top of them. My child was killed, and my wife so injured His lordship passed sentence of death in the usual form. that she was removed to the hospital, where she now is. She is not able to attend here. Policeman New, 72 A, proved that the prisoner was drank. He was remanded.