The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-19 00:00:00

ANOTHER BA BY•FARMING CASE.

An inquest was opened at Islewortb, touching ti 4
death of Jobn Fenn, a nurse-child, who died at. baby.
farming eatablishment at laleworth.
Annie Higgs said : My moth r in a widow and geta
her livelihood by taking nuree.-bildren. She
My mother advertised in the Daily nkgrapl. Mr
Mrs. Fenn Galled, giving their addreesas 16, rp;,,
Park-street, Winston. They left the child at 7,,
w.-A, and paid one week in advenee. They came hag,
tim-s in April. and the woman ones in May, to eee the
child. In June they neitber called nor r..rnitted the
money ; and, as they were not known at the &Wei
they gave, the child was taken to the workbonse.
boor or two after that had been done a boa of ciotbiag
arrived containing four short frock., two II .ntiel
petticoat', three white line, OD,S, two pairs of idaya
and a white hat. There was also the slip of paper pl..
duced, having OD it the following—" From Mrs. Fenn.
Will see you in a day or two : we have had great mis.
fortunes." Due they had not been sewording
promise. The chtkl was taken bock from the union,
and swmed poorly. it was well when it was taken
there. It had diarrheas. and we., prescribed for by Dr.
Meckinlay, and seemed better. The doctor saw it daily,
but it died on Friday. I knew of no accident or other
eircernatanoes which could have contributed to the
death of the child.
Dr. Mackinlay, who made the pose.nowten examine.
am said the deoeased,gbild hid • dent is the ekull,
at the left back part Of the head, large enough to
admit the end of his forefinger. Immediately wader it
a large blood vessel was ruptured. The injory had only
been irifiicted • few days, and was sufficient to awe
death. Uould give no positive opinion as to how it was
done. unless by violence,
Mrs. Higgs said %he bad taken in nurse-chit Iran for
twelve or thirteen rari, and bed only bet four. She
was ciertain the deceased child
and that she had not noticed the mark on the back of
the bead.
The inquiry was adjourned.

DiA BY-FARMING AGAIN.
On Thursday afternoon Mr. Carter held an Muses
on the body of • femshs child.
Lucy Wright, a single woman, in the service of I,
gentlemen's family as parlour-maid, at Colhogwnod P.rk,
2,1% ttinshym.hire, pot he child out to a female namei
Hohmann, liv.ng in Walworth, when it was six vett'
old, and from that time until after its death she h. 4
not seen it. She only heard of it. death by an anonymotti
letter, which she believed came from the litter.
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Rebecc• Moore, living in the service of • Mrs. Rob.,.
soo, as nurse, said she had daily taken it out into it.
garden in • perambulator. The child was found dsss
in the psramhulator. The child was fed flom at tl
which contained milk ; nothing was put into it. Kuetr
of nothing being siven to the deceased child to make it
sleep. No °tiro-dour was put into the milk.
Mrs Robinson stated that on Saturday the de,vs;
was cro-s, and was placed, as usual, in the p•-nimhulAtor.
She cried several times, but she (Mrs. Robins, 13) t
no notice, and, as she supposed, the child went t de-p.
The child was platted under her care for 7: per sr-k,
which was paid to her by post-office orders Irmo slit.
Wright.
The jury returned • verdict "That the deceased died
from suffocation. arei4o, ttv ,so.ed."