THE ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT WELLINGTON.
In the case of Mary Leonard Mudgewoy, charged with the murder of her infant child, her mother who is also a prisoner, was called as a witness. She deposed that she did not know the prisoner was so near her confinement. She thought it was merely a miscarriage, and so did not attend to the child. Mr Travers made a forcible speech for the defence. The jury biought in a verdict of concealment of birth, and judgment was reserved.
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West Coast Times, Issue 2655, 3 October 1877, Page 2
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