MOTHER IN A FIT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 151, 27 June 1908, Page 2

MOTHER IN A FIT.

PLACES HER CHILD ON THE:

FIRE

[PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

MASTERTON, June 26. At the inquest on the body of the" infant child of Mrs Pa,yne, of Miki--miki, the mother said that she wassubject to fits, and on the day of the chiJd's death had two. She was alone' in the house and was dressing thechild, and, feeling a fit coming on,, intended to lay the child on the sofa,, but instead of doing so must have^ put it on the fire, for-when she recovered she found herself stretched? across the oven with the child at theback of the fire.

A verdict of accidental death wasl returned, with a rider stating that"it was deplorable that a woman insuch a state should be left alone, especially in charge of children.