Abandoned Child Found.
Freeman’s Bay.— On the 14th instant, at 7.45 a.m., a newly born child was found at St. Mary’s Point, and removed to the Door of Hope. Suspicion attached to a woman, name unknown. Description : About thirty years of age, sft. 7 in. high, slight build; dressed in a dark skirt, dark body with white front, white-straw hat with black band ; had two little girls with her from three to four years old, one with a red dress and white bonnet. Suspect applied to Mrs. Walsh, a midwife, at 4 a.m. above date to be taken in, but was refused. She was subsequently seen by Harry Burton, a Herald runner, and by a man named Jack Laing at 6.30 a.m. coming from the direction of where the child was found.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 5, 27 February 1901, Page 47
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