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

DENS AN.) Thomas Denyer, gamekeeper, who had beer admitted to bail, surrendered to answer an indictment, charging ii!in 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 fcmvle 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. looking young woman, entered the service of a gentleman named Hammond, who resides in Brunswicksquare, Brighton, in April, 184, as lady's maid, and resided with the family in that capacity until the 10th of August. For soma time previous the prisoner had complained of toots-ache and other illness, but not the slightest suspicion was entertainei of her being io the family way. On that day, however, she complained to a fell3w-servant, named Boreham, that she was too ill to wait upon her tress at her toilet. and requested her -to-do an .for her, and she :then returned to: her own room, where she was shortly afterwards heard to. groan most .pite, ously, and this fact caused -a suspicion of her condition. The prisoner soon afterwards came down into the kit= chen, and -in consequence, of what- had, transpired•,..a. search was made in her bed-room, where 'such -appear= antes pr:sentett themselves as left no doubt that she bad recently been delivered of a child ; and, on the bed being xamincd, the dead body of an infant was fetind between the mattress and the racking of time 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 integumenlv, :yid the injury appeared to have been inflicted by a pen-knife which was found in the 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 extent 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 CHIEF JUSTICE, when the eviaence had been gone through, expressed an opinioa 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 Belt he could not expect to obtain a favourable verdict, and he al_ ould 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