A MOTHER'S NEGLIGENCE.
DUNEDIN, June 9. At the inquest on the body of the infant child of Mrs Stirling, South Dunedin, the evidence of the mother was that she gave the child to her six-year-old daughter to nurse, while she went out and tidied up a shed in the backyard. On her return, after an absence of ten minutes, she found the baby's clothes on fire and nearly all burnt. She dressed the child's burns, but medical advice was not obtained. The jury returned an open verdict, and, acting on their recommendation, the Coroner cautioned the mother for her inhuman and unmotherly conduct, informing her that had there been much more evidence there would probably have been a verdict of manslaughter against her.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5023, 9 June 1884, Page 2
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123A MOTHER'S NEGLIGENCE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5023, 9 June 1884, Page 2
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