Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-10-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CITIZEN KING.  A FIGHT OYER CUPS.  SVI-AN517..1 AND CLAMOIIC;;:kN lILIIALD, CieTOl;L% :2  _ALLEGED ATTEMPT _TO munore  Mary .foslinK,-a woman of eland ;10 to 3i years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with . having attempted to murder her child, between four and live years old, by throwing it to the canal, Policeman David Lwis having stated the facts, the , case was remanded to seven 0 clock that evening. At ! that hour wiinesses were examined who gave evidence to the Mllowing effect : Slue I Bodyconthe, of Foxhole, said, that about nine o'clock on Saturday morning, as she wan going to feed her pigs, she saw the prisoner with the child in her mans. In a short time after she first saw her, she heard a splash in the canal. On looking on, she sow the child in the middle of the canal, and the prim-ter running into Mrs. Thorne's house. When witness first saw th, prisoner, she was exactly opposite the part of the canal in which the chill was. Witness called out, "You wretched woman, bow could you drown your child." Witness was three or four yards from prisoner when she heard the splash, and was not at all concealed. Prisoner must have seen her. She did not stop when witness called out, hut ran into Mrs. Thomas's house—eight or nine yards from where the chill was. Alter it was all over, witness asked her," What was hr object indrowni,g the chill 2" Sue said, " I didn't drown it after all." Pristmer appeared to be frightened anti wild. On seeing the child in the water, witness called out '6 murder!" and Morgan Davies came out of the house, jumped into the canal, and brought out the child. Morgan Davies, collier, said, that while he was at breakfast in his house, adjoining the canal, on the morning in question, lie heard a cry. On g inic out, he stw the child nearly in the middleof the med. It was partly under the water, bat floated on the surf lee. The prisoner was coming out of Mrs. Thomas's house at the time. Witness asked whose child it waR, but prisoner did not answer. The child was taken into 31,4. Thomas's house.  Elizabeth Thomas, wit of Charles Thomas, copper_ roan, said, that whet the prisoner came to her house, she juinped over the wall into the court, cryini out, "1 have a-done it." She appeared to be hurried and frightened. In a few minutes afterwards the child was brought to the house by the last witness. The prisoner appeared to be very fond of the child. After it was dressed in dry clothes, prisoner appeared to he a little reoovered from her excheinent, took the chi!d in her altos, and kiss d it. She appeared to be delighted that the child had been saved. She had just hecii to witness's houw with the child in her arms just lafate the occurrence. Prisoner wore patens. The child is about four years of age. Prisoner resides about 100 yards from witness's house. She cried bitterly after the child wilibiiiaght in, and took it hone herself. People told lice' she would he had up for it. Prisoner, who is usually fond of children, assisted in dvissing it, and wished to take the chili home at nice, but witness wmild not allow her.—Prisoner was rAnaaded to Monday, and subsequently to this day. [Mondav, Oct. 25.—Itetore the Mayor and Dr. Bird.] Elivieeth Ripley, wife of O eolitie Ripley, watch-maker, was charged with having, stolen a loaf of bread, the property of Mr. Stapleton, the landlord of the King's Arnie, High Street. Stapleton's (laughter gave evidence to the effect that, on Saturday night tlw prisoner eame to her f ,ther's house and asked it' her Inistiand vas there. Witnets said he was not, as he had left for some (isle. The prisoner then lett the place, and went to the kitchen. On her return witness observed her with a loaf of bread in her hand. She said to prisoner, "what are you doing with that loaf; it belongs to us t" The defendant, in reply, said something about the carelessness of the servant, and that she had picked it up from the tioor.—Remanded to Wednesday.  _VIOLATIONS OF