The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-05-07 00:00:00

INIPANTICIDI AT WARIEWELL.

The girl 117iss &limey, Welton ro rid at WsnavreU
'loose who on the 2611 Or. gave birth to a child, after
repeated denial. that suet* an event was about to
happen, ant then put the living infant into a disused
oven, the exposure of which oompateed It. death, was
charged before S. Pearce Esq., at the axiality gaol, on
Saturday last, with abet:daunt the &W.
Albert Blanchard, groom at Captain Fosters, said
that oa Friday week about • quarter-put throe In ti
afternoon he went to the brewhosse, where there is an
oven, the door of which was not quite closed. He
beard the cry of a chid, and opened the oven door, bet
It was too dark for him to see what was therr. He
went to the pantry and got • lamp. Mr. Bowler
retuned with him to the brewhosm, and, on putting
the lamp into the oven they saw • oblld apparently
lately born and naked. They remained tail Mrs.
Loveless ammir—in about throe inmates. S A took
out the ehild, and carried it away. The oven had not
been used for the teat two years.
Ann Loveless said when she took tbe child from the
oven it was alive. The infant was dark with sates
from the oven. She took it into the house, washed
and dressed it, and pot it in warm ilsokat. She
looked after it from tme to time sill Dr. Aldridse
emu. Toon she took it to Slice !Burney by the
doctor's direction, and atteaded both to her and the
child till it died, about 1.90 on Saturday moraine. She
gave the chill food three or lour time, after she took
It from the oven. The ambilical cord was not out bet
broken. _ _ .

--17;171 Atui Jenklaa housekeeper et Gaptun
laid oboe* seld-day ea Friday week Eliza Stormey wee
not very well, sad she told her to go and Ile dove on
ber bed. Tile girl west assy bet came but in about
quarter ad ea hoar and did some sock, A little
at ter two o'eleek it. weal again to be: bedroom, and
shoat Wee site peeved threagh the kitekes and wont
towards the bamboos* where thirst, in *mu, 00.. t;
I. about tee abater eke tame book sad semplaleed ad
Mktg very poorly, sad weal %OW,. A little tine
eiter witness west to the brewhoitea sod beard whist
reeisied to be Vie Dry of a child. She wont for Mra.
_

Dr Aldridge said that on Friday week he went to
Wanner's!' Hesse, and got there about 6.30 p.m. He
saw • baby. It wits • new-born male °mid, and wee
is • very exhausted eendition--oold and almost pain-
less. Ile gave direetioas as to it. treatment. Sebes-
gamily be examined the shill more °toady. listened
marks of • savers contusion the beck of the bead. It
could not have beim toe result merely of birth, bat of
• fall or blow. Tome were marks of exeoriation on
one side of the face. There were also maybe as et
Maier nails on the t anat. lie went to the hrewhoues
where the chill was foiled. It occerred to him that
oontsmioas might have been mused by • fad on the floor
from the effort made t 3 path the child to tits further
side of the oven, and the abrasion on the face from It.
'being pushed along the floor of the oven. In his
opinion the death of the child did not &rise from
those Mintier, although they helped towards it.
He did net make • postmortsin itraminat,on, or think
One DO 3ossaxy. Toe death of the chill was owing
to exhaustion, consequent upon want of cam
and the usage It had received. When be first
saw the child, he saw the girl &strawy, and found she
had been recently delivered of a child. Site was as weld
as her state weaU admit of. There were marks In the
brewhouse indieet'ag the delivery had talons plum
there. He believvi the add wee bows Wore Its fall
time, bat not bag before.
Sept. Here mid on the 27th April he went to Warm-
well and saw the prisoner. Sloe was ill la bed. He
told her she was enspested of easing the death of her
child, and be wattled to see bet boxes to ase if she bad
multi oaf Preparation ia the way of clothes for it. film
said' Yon will lied nothing." He marched her boxes
and drawer', but found no °Mid's deities. He went
Into the old brewbonse, and saw marks of blood on
the floor and ea the floor of the oven, and also on as
old rag in the 'Meet adjoining. and In the bocket In
earth closet. whisk was partly fall of soot and ashes.
Oa the 2nd Nay he appreheaded her, and gave her the
natal smitten. She said " Whoa the.ebill was born I
did not ALMIOW what to do with It: I have not told ay
one I wet In the family way."
Being shagged and matiosted, primmer mid "I haw*
nothing to say," and was oosamitted tor Vial at the
sersions.