CHILD MURDER.
Melbourne, Oct. 14. The police have now on hand seven recent i undiscovered' cases of infanticide, a crime that appears of late to be rapidly on the increase. , The result of an inquest held by the City, Coronkr at th«a morgue on Saturday adds one more shocking case j pf , . child „ murder to the list. The I body.,, was "..discovered floating in the river ,by a sailor. The medical evidence ofJ)r. { If.'*}. Bird showed that the infant was born alive. THe umbilical cord was cut and not tied. "The cause of death was suffocation by drowning., The jury, under i the direction of the coroner, found a verdict of wilful murder, against some person or I persons unknown. '
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 8 (Supplement)
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120CHILD MURDER. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 8 (Supplement)
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