INFANT BODY
FOUND IN WELLING JON HARBOUR (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified male infant whose body was found in the harbour on Sunday morning was held before Coroner Ri'ddell, S.M. Dr. Wright was of opinion that the child had breathed. A string nung loosely round the waist and neck of the child, but there were no marks of external violence. The Coroner remarked (hat it was impossible' to say whether suffocation took place in Wellington or elsewhere. His finding was that the deceased was found in Wellington harbour on 15th January, the cause of death being suffocation from an unknown cause.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 17 January 1928, Page 3
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113INFANT BODY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 17 January 1928, Page 3
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