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CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE.

A DISTRESSING CASE.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.]

Timaru,. Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day the last case on the calendar, a charge of infanticide, resulted in acquittal, on the ground of temporary insanity. The circumstances were of a distressing nature. The young woman threw the body of the infant into a cesspit, and some days afterwards removed it. She carried it some miles by train, and then threw it into a well. She was ordered to be kept in custody pending the pleasure of the Colonial Secretary.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13096, 8 February 1906, Page 5

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CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13096, 8 February 1906, Page 5

CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13096, 8 February 1906, Page 5