ALLEGED MURDER OF AN INFANT
f (By Tclojraptf-Prcsa Association) _ Nailer, Juno 29 v,° S r up l em<i /9° urfc th " morning, be. tw? l^1 Justice Chapman, Alice Mnud Shepherd, oged 27, and John Clme, a"cd 26, wwo charged with the murder of theln- ' , ■ ■■^ l Sjt...®hild of. the fomale accused at Woodvjllo on or about May 1 12, 1909. Both, accusod pleaded not RUilfcj, and were dofended I c f? se " a , n application for a sop':,v r ato,trial of the mala accused.- • - ■ ® vil ? c n c s ; vent .to show that.tho woman, who Mas a domestic sorvant at Ma- , .^Saw>ro, in the Dannovirke district, arrived "fey> jn ;¥<Mdvi]Je,.accoiripaniod,by Ciinei WhoVaa a roadman in.''the .'employ-.':of' tho Weber !•: s; : - - tyuncil. - Thc >' took ; ro<>ms -. at a ....■•Hotel, _ and .'the . woman is, believed -to have •: tyrth fo'.a ohild. The landlady of the ropmi;ana ordered thorn away. -They shifted 'Vy ;*° a boardingbouso; . and afterwards re- . .; : turned, to :Mangatoro.v:;A :boy,i whoYwas ;feh : . - -ce'S ill. tho creek at Woodville on -; la X 31. found a game-bag containing, the' :. .cleau body of an unfant, and other things with;stoii63^::lt/was deposed >i,tnat ;;tne_raale accusedl had,'.purchased this y . bag in Woodville. When the child's ; body • - was examined it Avas.. found 'that : there Woo « twmo ; tiedlightly twice round the neck. v . ' • The Crown Prosecutor said ho was. for j-b;' formed - that:-the string" was .not..taken of? the body. Ilis Honour, "Well, it ought to lmvo been I)r. Dawson' deposed that tho body was ' that of a , fully-developed male • child. He vv opinion thafc tho : bhild had beeh'born - ali' p; and that the cause of death had been : •. ' strangulation. '/ ':yi.- '(;■'? 'i'lie evidence was- not concluded when tli" Court adjourned for tho. day. \ y
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 9
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280ALLEGED MURDER OF AN INFANT Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 9
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