The Sun. — 1840-07-28 (London, England)

WORSHIP- STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF MuRDER-----Yestereay, a very good-looking young woman, fresh coloured, and rather pretty, who gave her name Anne Reed, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, and charged on her own confession with being a party after the fact in the crime of murder.  Inspector Harris, of the H division, informed the Magistrate that the prisoner was brought to the Station-house in Spitalfields, on Saturday evening, by a constable, who bad found her sittin,g on the grass, surrounded by a number of persons, near Nova Scotia-gardens, the place where Bishop end Williams, the Barkers, resided some years ago. She would give no satisfactory account of herself, but threw out intimations of her having been present at a murder recently committed, and subsequently she made a Farticular statement of the facts, which was taken in writing, and signed by her.  The Injector 'here handed in the written statement, whieli::was as follows :  ' The child was murdered en Wednesday last, the 22d inst. It was before diueer. I was present and saw it done. It vas done with a knife by a yowler, woman, and a young mail was present. He secured it, arid after it was killed put it down in a hole under the boards in the beiiip. room where they sleep. They took the dirt up, and then put it in the place again. It was the woman's child. Before it was done they said they thought it was best to get rid of it. The man said Give it poison,' but the girl said No,' and she then cut it with a large carving knife, and cut the head right off. I assisted in folding it up in the cloth, and thee man assisted also. I can't say how old it was. She camp out next day. I will not give you any name or address, for [ shall have my head cut off if I tell. The man said he would do so if I tgid. After it was put under the boards the man said it was a good job it was over. The girl cried, and they said if it was found: out it would be through me. I should not have told you. this, but now that I hive done so I feel my mind relieved. The blood on my breast is some that came from the child that was murdered. I have not been at the house since, but I saw the young woman last night. I have been at the house different times. It is a month since I first visited there. I will take my solemn oath that what is written down on this paper is correct, but I shall not tell any more as she will get her neck stretched, and so will he, and I shallget trans. port ed. " _ _  Policeman 131 If, who had charge of the prisoner, produced her bonnet, which had marks of blood upon the front and the ribands, and it was apparent that other stains had been rubbed out. _ _  After some further statements bad been made by the sergeant, Mr. 13Rouonr0x bad the prisoner conducted to the private room ; and upon his return to the bench, after a long conversation with the prisoner, he stated that the lacer was unwilling to disclose at present anything more than the circumstances already written and now read Over, and the correctness of which she affirmed. lie then directed the police to make every inquiry they could respecting the prisoner, whom he remanded until Saturday.  A