THE CHILD MURDER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3746, 26 February 1891, Page 2

THE CHILD MURDER.

Both, Prisoners Seatancoi ta^Seatn TorrlMe Soon© ia Court \ By Telegraph]

' i (United Preßs Association.) "■

Chmstohuroh,, February 26, i' The murder cnse evidence is pre- £ oiselyeimiJar to that given, in ,the -./• F.M/Co«#fc. ut With reference Flanagan's confinement, hep.statements to the police re fihdiiig of the ' • head, clothes, etc., nothing. farther has elicited. Mrs ' Freemariy '"irfrsty i. swears positively that.the clothes., found were those taken away with \ the; baby, but not what it, The evidence for the proseontioa J closed about three p.m. The defence J of Mrs Flanagan was that she had I left her daughter on the night the % child was killed, and knew nothing : of the occurrence - till afterwards; Two witnesses deposed to meeting » ■" woman resembling her on the South .';''? Belt alone, who asked the way to Addington,; where Flanagan, Jived, v ; about 10.80 that ' night. Bit R. Stout made,- an.., excellent* speech in defence of Sarah Flanagan-, contending that she. had,quitted her, mother and killed the child in sudden impulse, due to an atteokof mania. •'.': He asserted that all the circumstances. } showed there "could not have been"' premeditation. Mr Marten for thft .. , ; proseoution made a capital speech,, " ; during which Sarah Flanagan burst •■[ into hysterical shrieking. Shosobbect ?> hysterically during Mr Justice Den» niston's summing up, After an hour's retirement the jury found both the prisoners guilty, recommending Mrs Flanagan to nieroy on acoount of ■ i he;i advanced ago. The-judfe then pronounced sentence of' death upon both prisoners. When they were sentenced there was a terrible wene, if Mrs Flanagan appearednbtWrealiso-' ' the position, and asked a female warder standing by if'ft was true; Her daughter uttered piercing shrieks,, . protesting heir innocence.

Situation Board. The ordinary monthly meeting, ol the Education Board ;, waß held yenterday morning. Present—Messrs J. R. Blair (Chairman), J. Young, A.W. Brown, F. H. Fraser, W. O, Buchanan, M.H.R., and Dr Newraair, M.H.R, Reports of the pupil teachers' examination and ; scholarship examinatioa wer« i The Chairman PRd he had not • been able to draw up a report of the ; committee -fq' the West;Coastj but the ] committee were satisfied with tho now schools at. Kerqru, Loyin, and Mana- , kau. He would recommend a grant ; of £SO for a school at Ohau, but j would suggest that the matter of a .J sohool at Te Horo stand over peud- j ing a more satisfactory arrangement. ■ A petition for a dallah was referred to tho Johnson- ,' > ville school committee.

The resignations of tho Misses E. <; Brace, is. Meek, Jessie Tate, and E. ,; W. Jordan, as pupil teachers, were j accepted. Mr S. M. George wrote offering the < lease of a section tor a school site at Alfredton, which was left in the h%ndß "'-' of the Chairm in to deal with. \ Upon tho motion of Mr F. H. i Fraser, £lO was granted for repairs ■ j to the Nowtown School. r ' • . j The Mangatainoke eomraittee <4 applied for a grant of £SO for foneing f 1 the school property. Members eon- .", \ sidered £SO excessive, and it was '.{ decided to invite tenders for the : \ work. vi

Mibs Gray was appointed teacher J to the aided sohool at Wainoawa. n ■ ■ Tho Board passed the estimates for i |school buildings, and in doing so Mr ,-;

BucnMarTtirew special attention to the requirements of the West Coast. The Board decided that this matter be impressed upon the Minister of Education by a deputation appointed upon the motion of Dr Newman for the purpose of drawing the Minister's attention to the finances of the Board . and that they required urgently the unexpended balance due by the Government. The Board then went into committee.