At a coroner’s inquiry at Palmerston North on Wednesday morning into the death of an unnamed child, the dead body of which had allegedly beeu found on January 12 in a suit case carried by Hazel M'Namara, a single woman aged 23 years, employed as a domestic servant, the police stated the girl was arrested iust as she was leaving for Auck land, and at the police station admitted having given birth to a child two days previously, which had lived. The medical evidence stated the child had lived, and had been dead for a day or two when found. Death was probably due to hemorrhage, resulting from want of attention. No marks of violence were found A verdict was returned that the child i died from lack of proper attention M'Namara was then charged that, on or about January 19, she did kill her infaiA daughter. Evidence simitar to that given at the inauest was given, and accused was committed for trial. Accused made no statement.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 37
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