Star. — 1830-05-24 (London, England)

THABIESJOLICE.  INHUMANITY OF PAIII/SH OFFICERS.—DREADFUL CASE or Mistay—A police constable, named Morgan, of the K. di. vision, attended before Mt. Broderip and Captain Riehbell, and stated that early that morning, a poor elderly woman, who had scarcely any covering, bad been found in Ratcliffe-highway by the Inspector and two Policemen. They had removed her to the Station-house, in Green-bank, Wapping, and when taken thrte it was ascertained that she had not tasted food for two days. They gave her some refreshment, which she devoured with the greatest avidity. Morgan added, that the poor creature pre. vented a skeleton-like appearance, and was in a most exhau.4.l condition; and he was fearful that, if something was not imolaiately done for her, she would expire. The wretched woman h. longed to the parish of All Saints, Poplar, and the officers had p‘. ternptorily refused to afford her any relief. Mr. BRODERIP inquired the cause of this refusal. Morgan said, that the same woman had been found on Monday night wandering the streets ; she was then in a most exhausted too. dition, and had been taken to Poplar workhouse ; but the overseen, threatened to punish the officer for bringing her here, and they then sent her away. The next morning they took her before Mr. Wametta, at Lambeth-street, who refused to grant her an order of admission to the workhouse, and the unfortunate woman had been since wandering the streets, without any means of support. Mr. Evans, the chief officer of Thames-police, said, the poor woman was in the most abject state of misery, end could scarcely,be recognized as a human being. She was almost naked, and appeared to have been starved.  Mr. BIODERIP ex grsat indignation at what be termed the infamous and Inhuman conduct of the overseers of Poplar, it leaving a fellow-creature to perish, and said, if death ensued, they would be liable to an indictment for wilful murder. This was not the first cue of the kind he had heard of. The worthy Magistrate then gave directions that the poor creature should be properly clothed, removed to the workhouse a St. Paul, Shadwell, in which parish she was found, and eves) attention paid to her wants. The orders of the Magistrate were immediately attended to, and the poor creature was conveyed to ShadweU workhouse.  The North Briton contains a report of the Dundonnell case, to the extent of twenty-eight columns of sma!t type—a thing unprecedented in the annals of law• reporting. The object of the action was to reduce two deeds ; that is, to set them aside ; by which the estate called Dundonnell has been taken away from its natural proprietor, and conferred on other individuals, not heirs of the family. The trial occupied four days ; when, at last, the jury having been locked up from six o'clock on Friday evening to a quarter past six on Saturday morning, returned no verdict, and were discharged according to the statute, because they could not come to any agreement! Ten of the jury were said to be in favour of the plaintiff, and two of the defendant. The case, therefore, (say The North Briton,) remains in precisely the same situation u if it had never been sent to the jury at all : the battle must be fought over again ; the parties must once more run the gauntlet of trial, and once more encounte: the enormous expense of this court, besides bringing up, a second time, whole legions of witnesses from the north. The estate in dispute is situated in a remote part of the county of Ross, about fifty miles from Dingwall.