CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 13. , The charge of manslaughter against Eliza Davies in connection with the death of an infant taken for adoption was heard in the Supreme Court today. The jury, upon the suggestion of Mr Justice Denniston, acquitted the accused before the case for the defence had concluded, the Judge stating it was impossible to find that death was due to starvation, as alleged, in view of the medical testimony that a post mortem examination was necessary to show thi?. The Judge declared that the system of adopting infants in response to advertisement oifering a small premium should be made absolutely illegal, because under such circumstances it was to the interests of the person taking the child that the sooner it died the better.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8464, 14 June 1907, Page 5
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130CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8464, 14 June 1907, Page 5
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