Northern Times. — 1857-09-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTE)IP FED MURDER OF AN INFANT.  On Tuesday, Bridget Kavanagh, a milk-carrier, residing at No. 32, Fitzroy-market, was brought before Mr. Beadon, at Marlborough-street P lice-court, charged with attempting to murder her infant child, by administering to it some kind of narcotic p ison. Mr. William Boyd Blushed, surgeon, University Hospital, deposed that yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner at the bar was brought to him at the h,npital with a child in her arms, by a man. Mr. 13,2ai0n : What was the age of the child? Mr. Mushed : About fur or five month ' old Mr. Beadon : In what state was the child? Mr. Blushed : The child appeared to be suffering from some narcotic poison. Mr. Beaton : Had you any conversation with the prisoner? Mr. Blushed : Yes, I asked her the particulars, to sae if I eauld gather anything from her as to the symptoms, but she gave me no answer. The man who was with her gave me the bottle produced, which smelt very strongly or laudanum. The prisoner then said she had purchased a pennyworth of ainseed at a public house. in Tottenham-court-road, which she had given to the child.. I then directed the child to be removed to one of the wards,. and the usual remedies were at once applied to restoreanimation, but with very little success, as the child was just alive, and that was ail. Mr. Beadon : What were the symptoms ? Mr. alushed : The symptoms were compatible with these of a child poisoned by opium, or some narcotic poison. The pupils of the eyes were ck ntraetecl, and the features pale and emaciated. The child was of so tender an ago that it was impossible for it to recover. The child was no doubt dead by this tiato John Maynard, No. 31, Fitzroy-market,-said : Yesterday afternoon I was in my a orkshop, when I heard the noise of a woman crying proceed from No. 32. I wont to the spot, but seeing the doors and, windows closed I returned to my shop. In about five minutes afterwards I saw my next door neighbour go into the house, and I heard her say o" Shut the child's mouth." I went into the house and saw the child lying on the chair. Prisoner was there. I asked her what was the mater with the child, and told her it appeared to be dying, and recommended her to take it to the hospital. I then took up the child and carried it as far as the hospital, followed by the prisoner, to whom, on her arrival, I gave it up. The bottle produced was given tome by a parson named Ward as I was returning from the hospital, and I gave it to the surgeon. Jane Hart said : I live with the prisoner, at No 32, Fitzroyamarket. and slept in the same room with her and the baby. The latter was in good health up to Sunday last, when it was taken unwell, so that food wculd not stay on its stomach. The prisoner gave it something out of a teacup, which it immediately threw up. I advised her to give it the breast. She refused to do- so, and seemed much troubled in consequence of having to nurse it. On Sunday nigh', prisoner went out, and on her return brought in something in the bottle produced, which she administered to the child. The prisoner had previously aske me what could be gat at a doctor's to sleep a child. I told her I did not know. The prisoner subsequently gave something to the child which was ejected frcm its stomach. The prisoner then placed her hand over the infant's mouth and wished it was deal. The child all at once became livid ; its eyes fixed, and to all appearance dead. She refused to take it to a doctor. Mr. Maynard then came in and took the child himself to the hospital. The bottle produced is the same she caw given to the surgeon by Mrs. Ward. This being all the evidence, the prisoner was remanded.  At LEWIS &CO PANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agaa of Six to Twenty `team  iebm iturettmc duos.  The SUBSCRIBERS issue Weekly (on Friday) a PRINTED LIST, with fall particulars of the SHIPS new and old) and STEAMERS they bave on