The Commonwealth. — 1866-11-24 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF C73ILD MURDER.  Mr. Payne held an inquest on Friday, at the CoAr Tavern, Clapham Old Town, on view of the skeleton of a child t'eat was discovered underneath the boards at a gentleman's mansion. Jane Miler raid that she was housemaid at ErinInnee, Atkins.ros,d, Cvapt3am pqrk, and that on Friday morning, the 2Gth ult., she discovered the skeleton underneath the boards of the kitchen. It was folded up in a newspaper and a part of a sheet. Witness called her sister, and the remains were then handed over to the police. Witness bad been seven months in. her present employment. There were four female servants employed at the house, When witness went to live at the mansion Anne Sanr, the sasp'cted person, WAS then there. When the skeleton was discovered she was out of tha house. She said that she wanted to go te her husband's funeral. When she returned no next day witness spoke to her about the child, and she said it was not hers. After that the lady at the mansion requested the cook to leave, and she did so. (At the request of the coroner the witness did not mention the nun° of the owner of the mansion) When witness found the child she was near the dresser, and the body was discovered by her underneath a loose board.  George Gritton, 185 W, said that the newspaper which the elc.ton was wrapped in was "the Times, April 11, 1865." Witness arreated Anno Saur, and she was taken to the police.station. The inspector acre did not think that the evideuca was snflleieEt to take the scoused before a magierate. Witness bad arrested the accused on the 30th of October, hut sho had to be token to St. Thomas's Hospital, as it was believed that she had taken poison for the purpose of committing suicide, on the sth init. Witness removed her from the hospital to the polioe-station. Dr. Parrott said that he could not tell the sex of the skeletcn. He could not, of course, say what was the cause of death. It was a full-time well-developed child. Witness had attended Anne Saur for illreea in 1865, but she did not tell him she had given birth to a child. Anne Sour, the accused person, having been sworn, said: lam perfectly innocent. It is not my child. I know notning about it. I had no child at that time. I deny all knowledge of it. I do not know who put the child there. Cam I speak to you alone, air, quietly; not in the pres•men of all hero? The Colorer: No; this is a court of justice. Witness: Then, sir, my illness was the result of a cold. The doctors at the hospital declined to tell the police whether the accused had taken poison or not. The CA-onor having summed up, the jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased child was packed underneath the boards of a certain house, but whether it was born alive or not, and if so, the cause of its death, the condition in which the body was found prevents the jury being able to declare."  Daring Outrage and Robbery.—On Sunday between 11 and 12, a gentlemanly•looking person Tell down in an epileptic fit opposite the Rnyal Free Hospital. Some persons came to his assistance, and on his returning to consciousness he expressed a desire to be taken home. He gave his address, and three young men volunteered 'their services, one supporting and—the other two following him. When close to Meeklenburg-sguare they threw him down and rifled his pockets of about 40s. in gold and silver, and then left him. The gentleman was found in that position, and assistance was given and eventually he reached how,.  EXTRACTS FROM "PUNCH" iSz "