INFANTICIDE.
Madelene Cross 'Charged .Ulth;Mui;aeri'> ' (Per United Press hK^ -, ' .-;..; : oiß^Ei OKO X> s iir2» At the ingueßt at CartertononvtnebSfljC/; of the newly-born infant \of jMadelii«>S Cross; the .eviaence^howea^fh&^tfer^ were three wound* in throat nude-ViffiKG scissors. The jury returned alverdici'' Jtns accordance with tbemedical. testimony]^! that death resulted from heinofrhagei'btit f, whether due, to wounds in ithfotltMj^aii^ untied umbilical .'cord; there w«ft no^eyiC dehce to show.' ' It is "stated, saysva' Wel-'J lingfcod wire, that the girl'Madeline'CrosM has i confessed, to ■ cutting J ,'h*e^infarft'st throat with agair'of soissors., ,<Y<^-1 >?ci ,f >;. ■ ',\ - Madelene Cross.'charged witn.inurct^f.;^ ing her infant! .lias been "^remanded ■•till-! 'Tuesday next. Bail was aUowed,;«iohßedJ: in her own recognisanoe of '£2^Vtod?two7* sureties of £25 eaoh. \' , :'-;•■' » •>, A>, .' :>
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9448, 28 May 1898, Page 2
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115INFANTICIDE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9448, 28 May 1898, Page 2
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