SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER BY A WIDOW.
The body of an infant female child, $ra£pe<l up in an old petticoat, was on Monday; fo^nd under a tub at Ravensburne, Otago, ■under pefluliar circumstances. The child's rtofher^who is a widow, when questioned by the Court stationed at Ravensbourne, said it was borne on the Bth instant, and lived only one hour. Its paternity was accounted for in a very singular manner, and the police are making inquiries prior to holding an inquest.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5381, 14 May 1879, Page 3
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80SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER BY A WIDOW. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5381, 14 May 1879, Page 3
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