Jane Simpson proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of Hackney , was indicted for the Murder of her Bastard Male Child , on the Second of August last. She was also indicted on the Coroner's Inquest for the said Murder. Anne Harrison < no role > depos'd, That hearing the Prisoner cry out, she came to her, and ask'd her what was the Matter, who answering nothing ; she look'd under the Bed, and found a Cloth, and in it a dead Child: The Midwife, and some other Women saw the Child, but believ'd it might be born in the after Birth. The Prisoner said she made some Provision for the Birth, and that it was born dead; and no Body proving any thing to the contrary, she was acquitted .