A MOTHER’S CONFESSION
BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Christchurch, April 7. The mother of the- child alleged to have been found on a lawn outside a house at Sockburn is a single woman, who is now in the hospital. Jhe mother gave birth to the child a midnight on Wednesday, while alone. She told Mrs. Foster in the morning that she found the child in the garden outside the window. Mrs. 1 oster sent for a doctor and the police, and tho detectives, after questioning tho occupants of the house, obtained a full confession from the mother. Tho child was prematurely born and weak, and died at 10 n.m. on I'riday.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 172, 9 April 1923, Page 8
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109A MOTHER’S CONFESSION Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 172, 9 April 1923, Page 8
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