DUNEDIN.
This day,
At an inquest held on the child Sterling, the evidence of the mdther was that she gave the child to her six-year old daughter to nurse, while she went out to clean a shed in the back yard, and on her return, after an absence of ten minutes, she found the baby's clothes on fire, and nearly all burnt; she dressed the child's burns, but medical advice was not obtained. The jury returned an open verdict, and acting on their recommendation the Coroner cautioned the mother for her inhumane, unmotherly conduct, informing her that hadjthere been much more.eyident'e, there would probably have been a verdict of manslaughter returned against her.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4810, 9 June 1884, Page 2
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113DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4810, 9 June 1884, Page 2
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