Criminal Sessions.
The Supreme Court resumed its sittings this morning, The charge of murder against Phoebe Veitch is now proceeding, Mr Hutchinson appears on behalf of the prisoner. Arthur Mitchell, a telegraph linesman, deposed to finding tbe body of the childr Pbcebe Veitch,|daughter of prisoner, outside the Heads on the 27th February; the river was then in a fresh, and very muddy. Dr. Earl examined the body, which he said could not be dead more than 24 hours; it was healthy, and had no marks of violence. The child appeared to be a half-caste Chinese. la crossexamination he said that if drowned in fresh water it would be in the vessels, notwithstanding that it was afterwards in salt water. He had not examined it internally; however, the skin bad a contracted appearance, indicating that the child was alive when immersed. The father of the child might have been only a halfcaste himself. Eliza Blight said, that on the Monday before the enquiry the prisoner had told her she had sent the child away to her aunt at Fielding, who was to bring it up, and she (prisoner) would never see it again. The prisoner would not tell her aunt's name .A few days afterwards the prisoner had told her that she dreamed the child had been drowned, and picked up on the beach.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4467, 30 April 1883, Page 2
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223Criminal Sessions. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4467, 30 April 1883, Page 2
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