SERIOUS CASE
SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE
Advioe has been received from the polioe at Awanai by the District Coroner, Mr Barton, S.M., that the body of a newly born iofaot of Maori parentage had be.n found by a Maori man at 6 3D on Thursday evening flaating in the VVaiupu river, The body, whtoh was ooniainod io a Maori kit, appeared as if it had been io the water for soveral days. Thero were marks of vioJoDce on the face and bo»d, and the ease is evidently one of infanticide. The master was immediately reported to the police, and instructions were given to Dr Davis t j make a post moitsm examination. Aa inquest is to bo held.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1634, 23 December 1905, Page 3
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116SERIOUS CASE Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1634, 23 December 1905, Page 3
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