BABY IN A SACK.
DUNEDIN, Thursday.
An inquest was opened to-day on the body of a newly-born infant found in a sack on St. Clair beach on Tuesday with a piece of linen tied tightly round its neck.
Dr. Evans said the body was that of a fully developed, well nourished child. There was a circular pressure mark on its neck. The cause of death, was asphyxia. There was no water in its lungs showing that it had not been drowned. There must have been some interference with the air supply. The constable said the bag had apparently been in the sea, but it could not have been there long. It was found at the high water mark. The Coroner adjourned the inquiry sine die.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume 11, Issue 39, 24 January 1920, Page 3
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