A SAD CASE.
'(Per Press Assooiattoii.)
Ashburton, last night. During the inquest held hero to-day on the body of a six weeks old illegitimate child it transpired that the mother wa3 just turned 15 when tho child was born. The father worked for the girl’s father late last year and seduced her while living on the premises. In accordance with the medical evidence thß jury returned a verdict that the child died through beiDg accidently overlaid by the mother, aud added a rider that the one month time limit in the criminal code in regard to laying informations in offences against youDg girls should be removed altogether.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1469, 1 June 1905, Page 3
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107A SAD CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1469, 1 June 1905, Page 3
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