WORSHIP-STREET. — Yesterday Mary Hunt, an unmarried woman, a needle-worker, 36 years of age, lodging in North-street, Hackney, was placed at the bar before Mr. BINGHAM, upon a charge of having made away with her newly-born infant, the discovery of which took place under rather singular circumstances.
William Field, landlord of the house, was disturbed on Tuesday night by a noise made by a Newfoundland dog, which had entered through a fence into his yard and was barking and scratching at the door of a privy. He thought that some cat was shut in there, which the dog wanted to attack; but he opened the door and found nothing, until, looking down at the place, he discovered the body of an infant in the soil, and with the assistance of the police, whom he sent for, took it out. He aftwards recollected the prisoner, who occupied a room in the house, had been ill and confined to her bed, about three weeks before, and he suspected that it was her child. She admitted the fact; but alleged that the infant had fallen into the place where it was found.
Mr. BINGHAM remanded her, for the completion of the depositions for her committal to Newgate for trial.