CHARGE OF MURDER.
MAN AND WOMAN^ COMMITTED FOR TRIAL-. WOODVILLE, June 18. The Magistrate's Court was occupied the whole of to-day in hearing a charge of alleged murder of' a newly-born baby against ' Alice MautL. Shepherd,' domestic servant, living at Manyatoro, near Donnevirke, and John Oline, roadmaai for the. Dannevirke County Council. It will be remembered that the body of a newlyborn baby was found in a bag in the Woodville town sewer early in the month, and a string was tied tigfitly around the neck of the child. Two doctors testified) that the child had lived and that it had' met its death by strangulation. Woodville witnesses identified the bag and wrappings, in which the baby wa6 found as having been purchased by the male accused, and 1 other Tri tn esses gave evidence as to their having stayed in Woodville together last month. Detective Butler testified to the arrest of the accused and to a confession by the female accused to the effect that she had tied the etring around the child's neck. This evidence was corroborated by Sergeant Cruickshank. The accu.«ed reserved their defence, and were committed for trial at the Supreme Court at Napier next week.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 3
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