BABY'S BODY ON BEACH.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 12

BABY'S BODY ON BEACH.

Mil'l'llKn I llAb'.KI) WITH MIT.DKi:. !., . ' ■ i i.:_ TelPisriii.il. I'r-.- A--." i.iii'*r . ' l'Al.Mi:i:S'l'(.N' Ni.lnil. \\,,lno-,lay. [' Al the Supreme Court Kih-eti Itiee »a- ,' chiit'ged thai al nial.i. ~n Sn.-iul.ei- !,, 1 1111, .-he <ii,| murder her new I\ -born j j child. The Crown l'rosc-uto'r -..id 1, aeeusPd had b.-.-n employed m a dome- |•; lie by the occupier of a .-..tinge on I , Olaki Beach, and while there had given . birth to a child. Next morning the dead body of 11 male child was found li near the "water'- edge, li was nlloge.il, that the ehilil was accused's, nnd thai '; 1 she, murdered i(. A me, heal pra.-ti-jl tinner would lc-lil'v : hal I lie built- Wits I ; that of a healthy, full-lime baby." with | fullv-developol lungs, and tli.it' il had ' brealhe.l: further, that the ,-hihl died Ij by exposure, not drowning. .1 'Constable Sathorlv. in evidence, said [1 that accused admitted the birth of the . baby and having taken it down to ihe'. bench in a blanket. 1 < Dr. Sharp lern.sß.pvnmiiiPdl said he,' did not consider accused i|itite normal 1' when under his charge following the occurrence. It was also possible that the baby might have .lird 1,,-1',,,-e bring ' placed near the water'- edg". The jury brought a verdict of manslaughter, with a strong recommendation !' to mercy. Accused was convicted and ordered to come tip f,,r sentence if called upon within twelve months.