The Sun. — 1846-08-13 (London, England)

ERLE.) John Gaudfield and Thomas Gaudfield were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Ann Champion, at Curry Rival, on the 18th of January, and stealing therefrom upwards of 601. Mr. Edwards was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Stone and Mr. Saunders defended tie prisoners. It appeared that on the 16th of January Mrs. Champion had about 60/ in her house ' • she had placed it in her pocket-book, and then locked it up in a box, which she kept in her bed-room. On the following day (Sunday) she saw that the money was all safe. On the Illonday morning, about seven o'clock, she discovered that the lock of the box had been broken, and that her money was gone. The prisoner John Gaudfield lived in a cottage belonging to the prosecutrix, and almost adjoining her house, and shortly before this his brother, Thomas Gaudfield, had come on a visit to him. Thomas Gaudfield had a house at Glastonbury, and William Russell occupied two rooms in that house. In the month of January Thomas Gaudfield was absent from his house for a fortnight, but returned one evening accompanied by his brother John. On the 22d of January, about 11 o'clock at night, both the prisoners came to Thomas Gaudaeld's house and called up Russell, who opened the door for them:; they then appeared to be very much agitated. They went into one of the rooms, and shortly afterwards Russell heard them quarrelling, and one of them said, "Don't curse and swear so ; we have broken into Mrs. Champion's house, every d— farthing, and we must hide iatn tilld taken a then anoise ay is over." Russell, upon hearing this, went down stairs and saw them counting money on the table. They remained in the house about a quarter of an hour, and then went out, the prisoner, Thomas, having a small box under his arm. Russell told this to a woman with whom he cohabited, named Mary Ann Russell, but he desired her not to mention it to a soul, because he had heard one of the prisoners say that he would murder any one who split upon them. Mary Arn Russell corroborated the statement of the former witness as to what he had told her. She had named it to twenty people. She had never been in gaol for thieving ; but she had had a bad husband who had sent her for some cloth which had been stolen, and she was taken up for " finding" the cloth. She was tried, and bentonced to six months' imprisonment. Her husband had been transported two years since. The prisoners had been seen with large sums of money in their possession shortly after the robbery. The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sentenced to be transported for ten years. Susanna Joan Morris, a respectably attired woman, was indicted for stealing ten pairs of gloves and other articles, the property of Mr. Dight Gay, at Exeter. Mr. Phinn conducted the prosecution. and Mr. Stone defended the prisoner. The prosecutor is a tradesman in Exeter. The prisoner lived at North Curry, where she kept a school, and Mr. Gay's child was boarded and educated by her at 2/. 10s. a quarter. In July the prisoner went on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Gay at Exeter. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Gay were on a visit to Miss Yarslake, at the village of Ede, near Exeter. The prisoner accordingly wen‘ there, and after staying a couple of days alto wei4  after staying there some time returned into her room and threw herself on the bed, and after lying there about twenty minutes, went down stairs again, and while below called out, inquiring whether .Sarah Young was dressing to come down, to which the latter replied that she would be down in a few minutes. Sarah Young when dressed went down, and observing some stains of blood on the kitchen pavement, made inquiries of the prisoner as to what had occurred, as also did her mistress when the fact was communicated to her. On being questioned subsequently, she admitted that she had miscarried and thrown the child into the privy, where, however, nothing was found on a search. Afterwards, in the course of the same day, the body of a child was found in the prisoner's room, wrapped in a gown near her bed. It was proved that the child was full-grown. The surgeon described the injuries as of a most grievous nature, and stated on examinatio❑ that this must have resulted from extreme violence. On crossexamination, however, he said that a person treading accidentally on the head of a newly born child might possibly have inflicted them.