DEATH OF A CHILD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 8

DEATH OF A CHILD.

; ■; : ; BOpY FOUNb'' ON A: BEACH. '.' INQTJEST AT AUCKLAND. ,V "(8* TELEGRAPH—-PRESS ASSOCIATION.) • Auckland,. December 19. 1 At the inquest Oil the, body of the headless child reaently;found on -the beach, at Pdnscnb'jr. medical,evidence was .to the effect that-.the head and both hands wore missing,and had evidently • been gnawed off,by' fish. There was no other; sign of violerico. .Tho ohild had becil properly attended at birth, and had 'Jivedfour to seven'days. {/ ■The' Corbner, Mr. Greshain, refused to accept the'eindence a second post mortem ordored ; l),y the police, .because he had not bpen consulted, hut a riiijdical witness stated ithcre wasj n6 evidence of poison in tho stomach.' *■;' • 1 '' *" . • ' i

Constable Dunn, who romoved the body to the morgue, stated that there were 110 bloodstains, on'the'cldtHirig.'" /' 1)r... Sharman, '.who ,sayv : :the;. body,' con-' sidered, N that the child had,.reached the, age ot,,nine or ten day's;.. ' ■ •',.. .■flwse.Grrase.,.gayb evidence as to a- female child being, born irf, her Dome on November ;H- ~l'he motherand bhild remained at the home. 1 twelve days. The; child' was in the 1 : best of health, .but' the mother seemed indifferent as to'its welfare. The woman was strange arid reserved in manner ail the time she was at;the/house, arid two days bofore she left Her behaviour was such that witness sent a message to the /police. Tho woman ; expressed the''intention' of putting tho baby out to be nursed. Witness, 011 being shown various articles of clothing found 011 the body, sMd they werb,/similar. to those in use for the . chiljl whilst" in the homo, but ■ she did not absolutely identify, any articles. The mother of the child named'.it Marion Farndale, saying this was the wish of her .husband. " v, N i'lorence'Re«l,-a young dressmaker, said that she resided with a Mrs. Farndale, arid on the evening of; Monday (November 25) the latter , left her lodgings in Symonds iStreet, carrying .what, witness took to be a child. . Mrs. Farnclalo had with her a shawl, which was similar to the one produced; :and witnessnever saw .the child again, but when she asked Mrs. Farndale how it .was. she. was informed tb the effect that it; fas' getting on jrell. In reply to Mj. Singer, witness, said that Mrs. Farndale had refused to allow her six-year-old daughter to nurse-the infant, as she might drop it and hurt 'it. . ~ " "'••lhe was adjourned till to-morrow.