DEATH OF A CHILD
INQUEST ADJOURNED. (Peb United Pbess Association.) „. , , OHRISTCHURCH, May' 26. Ihe dead body of a newly-born male child Z^h , wif * yesterday on the bank of the Heathcoto River, wrapped in a piece of blanket and placed in'a sugar sack The body had not been in the water, but had been in .the sack for some time, as decomposition had set in. There were no marks of violence on the body. n,^ n n, inquDst was opened before the coroner (Mr S. E. M'CarthjO to-day «> r «*Per Dr Pearson said the child had been dead for four or five days. The child had lived but probably when it difid it had been alive for only a few hours. The body showed no signs of violence, and ho could not assijrn any definite cause of death. Exposure to the outside air would be sufficient to kill it. The child was perfectly healthy, and all the organs were normal. The inquest was adjourned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17635, 27 May 1919, Page 5
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