A MURDER CHARGE

Evening Star, Issue 16662, 19 February 1918, Page 3

A MURDER CHARGE

CASE AGAINST V-'INIFRFD CARRTCK At the trial in the Supreme Court at Christ-church yesterday of Winifred Carrick, aged 27 years,jm a charge of having murdered her son, Donald Lewis Carriek", aged three years, at Addington, Dr Champtaloup, of Dunedin, stated that a spade and .1 spanner sent to him for bac tenologieal examination had given a reaction of human blood. Dr Scott described the ■child's inuines. and said that from the depression in the soil under the boy's head it must have been dealt a fairly heavy blow. Annie B. Cox, manager of the receiving homo, deposed to receiving the child as a. foundling and to accused's visit to the home; while Christina B. Uren. an attendant at the heme, gave evidence as to having taken the child to Burns's, and" having seen accused loitering about the home and uear the twim on the occasion. Other evidence was given as to accused, after much reluctance, consenting to a maintenance order, and the previous finding of the child in a hollow willow tree ' at Dallington in February, 1915. '< Mrs Bums and members of her family deposed to it being usual to leave the back door unlocked and the window of the boy's bedroom up. The Court adjourned till this morning.