KILLED HER SON.
MOTHER’S INNOCENT ACT.
LONDON, Aug. 6. A woman at Plaistow threw a canvas bag at her 11-year-old son, who was reading in the backyard. She did not know that the bag contained a table knife, which severed an artery in the neck of the boy, who subsequently died.
Mrs Annie Lloyd, the mother, twice called the boy, Thomas', who was reading in the yard, to come inside. He replied, “Let me finish the story.” His mother then threw the canvas
bag at him. Thomas cried: “Mummy, you’ve made my neck bleed.” The knife had severed an artery, and he died shortly afterwards, saying: “You never meant it, mum.” At the inquest a doctor gave the opinion that the knife must have come out of a hole in the' bag with great force. , . ~ The police and the neighbours gave evidence that Mrs Lloyd was a kind and affectionate mother. The jury brought in a verdict of misadventure.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3677, 13 August 1927, Page 4
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159KILLED HER SON. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3677, 13 August 1927, Page 4
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