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FnifTs or Lodd Ashley’s Bill.—On Monday, four finely-grown young Lancashire women, neatly attired, nam**d Anne Brookes, Mary Pickering, Anne Radclifie, and Margaret Watson, were brought up before Mr. Bing-hHTii for final examination, under the following circum stances;—Tho prisoners were originally charged with begging in Spitalfields, when they told the magistrate that they bad come from Lancashire, where they had been thrown nut of work at Mr. Hayes, ef Haigh colliery, by the operation of Lord Ashley’s fctlL After walking all*the way to London without getting work, they found themselves necessitated to sing through the streets to get food. Mr. Bingham, on that occasion, remanded them for the purpose of writing to Haigh colliery to inquire the truth of their story. An answer was received that day, which stated that Lord Ashley's bill had thrown a good many of their hands out, ami that tbo poor girls’ story was, without doubt, correct, though the overseer did not remember their names —On reading this letter, Mr. Bingham expressed his con-, Action of the truth of the prisoners* statement, and ordered a sufficient sum of money to be given to each of the girls from the office poor-box to carry them back comfortably to their native place.—The prisoners expressed their gratitude in the warmest terms for the magistrate's kindness, and promised to set out immediately on their return home.On Tuesday, Frederick Hulls, a bargeman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham for final examination, charged with having wilfully caused the death of Thomas Street, a youth 14 days of age, by throwing him into the river Let.— The case was brought before this court sntae time ago, when the magistrate dismissed the charge of having wilfully caused the death of the boy, as it appeared that, although he bad been thrown into the water ny the prisoner, after provocation, that he scrambled out again, and it was in venturing into the water himself after his jacket that he was drowned j he, at the same time, remanded the prisoner until the Inquest was held, which was done on Monday, when the jury returned a verdict of*- Accidental death,” but passed a severe censure upon the prisoner.—Mr. Bingham said he should bind the prisoner over to the sessions.—The father of the boy here broke into the court, and complained that the magistrate had not done justice to him as far as the case had hitherto proceeded. The man was exceedingly violent, and was ultimately obliged to be removed by the officers. The loss of his son had, it appeared, affected his reason.
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Weekly Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Jul 21, 1844
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