MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16613, 10 December 1919, Page 5

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

AGAINST YOUNG MOTHER. Per Presa Association. DUNEDIN, Doc. 9. The inquest concerning the death of • a child, whose body was found in a | house in Queen’s Drive on November ! 28, was resumed to-day. | Or. Oreimau, who examined the i body, was of opinion that it was tho I body of a full time natural child, which had breathed, and that death had oc- j currod from asphyxiation. Ethel Victoria Andrew said she was 1 22 years old. Ht’,r parents were dead. She was employed in domestic service. She gave birth to the child on the date mentioned. , The Coroner’s verdict was that the i cause of death was asphyxiation. ) Tho mother was immediately arrest- I ed. She was charged with man- ■ slaughter and remanded till Monday I next.