The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-11-11 00:00:00

CHARM I NSTER.

SUSPICIOUS DIAIN OF AN INFA7T.-02 Tuesday 141
Inquest was held at the Compasses Ina, Charmlintel.
before Mr. H. Lock, deputy coroner, on the body of a
child, of which Jane Thud, • 'servant In the employ of
Mr. 13sander's of Fontoo farm, had given birth.—Supt.
Hare, of the County Police. deposed that from Informa-
tion he received he searehod the premiers at Foretop
Pun, in ocmpany with P.C. Ilford, and in • dung
mixes in the garden he found the body of • child, very
mush decomposed. He afterwards apprehended Jane
Maud, and shamed her with onesaallug the birth of her
child. She denied It, or that she had given birth to •
gelid. He searched her boxes, and found that no
prevention' had bun mode. Mr. and Mrs. Bounden
seA they knew nothing about it. Tlus other girl had
only keen there • few weeks. Mrs. Saunders gave him
no anonymous letter she had roestred, and on that he
took the girl in custody and convoyed her to Dorebuter.
—lama Warren, mid she now lived at Cheellborue,
before that she lived at Mrs. 13aunden's. She west into
her eervioe about the 6th °etcher. On the Seedily
following Jug Tluard was taken ill, and she eomnialind
till she went to bed. About 11 o'clock !lard woks
boor up and asked her to get some worm water for her,
Whams got up and lighted the Sr.. and bathed her
forehead with 1100111 'rum water, When she returned
with the water,she maw oontethUg rolled up by the aide of
the bed, on the floor, and asked Thud whet it wea At
lost she said "nothing partierulu," but afterwards said
k wee part of a child, Witness asked her what she
warn golag to do with It, and she said the best plain for
It uudd be going up in the garden. Witham told her
she should have nothing at all to do whit it Witness
mid nothing more about it. And the following
morning, about 11 o'clock, Plead told her eke
bad pot it (the child) in the mixes. Witness's mistress
on Monday mousing asked what was the gutter with
Sass, as she got op In the morning to do her work, ,
bat was compelled to go to bed egan,and remained there
all day. When witeeas went to get the water, she
wee away shoat half an hour end On her rotors she did
not bear any noise of • child. Witness vie 17 years
of age. Tigard betted her to say nothing about It,
DA her °barmier would be ruined.—Dr. Good said that
on Monday, November 3, he attended at the footles
station and exam'oed the girl Jens Tinard, and had
no doubt she had been delivered of a child. He after-
wards saw the child, and made. post-mortem examine-
lion of it. The body is that of a full grown male
child, and there are signs which jostifled him in saying 1
that It had arrived at a proper state of maturity.
Winne examined the chest and the other organs, but
they were to much deconuceod that it wee quite
impossible to give an opinion, or to say that the child
was born alive.- This was the whole of the evidenoe,
and the Coroner summed up, pointing out that there
was no evidence to show that the child was born alive,
and the only verdict the jury Druid arrive at was that
the child was found dead. The jury hod nothing what. ,
over to do with the concealment of birth • that rested
with the police, end as the girl wu in custody, no I
doubt they would teke proper cogniaanos of it.—On ,
this the jury retuned • verdict of "Found dead,"—
On Wednesday, the girl was brought up at the
Shireball, before Mr. Herbert Williams charged
with oonosalirg the birth of her child, when
the same witnesses were visualised as at the Inquiet,
and deposed to the same frets. Sept. Dare added
that when found the body of the child was naked, sad
much deoompossed.—Emma Warren pee • precise
account of the prisoner's illness. She mid—C). the
12th October, et 830 in the evening, Juts Timid wag
taken 111 to the k.telien. After 'eking In supper and
!staking out the things as metal, we Went to bed at the
usual time, about 930, I sleeping with her. At 10.30
she celled me. I asked her what wao the matter.
She geld she didn't know. We remained fa
the bedroom for about an hour, she gradually
getting worse. Sire asked no to go for some
water to bathe her forehead and I got her some cold.
That wouldn't do, so I lit the fire In the kitchen
sod got her some warm. Was about belt an hour In
the kitehen. With that I bathed her forehead. On
gob( beak with the hot water I saw something rolled'
up by the bedaide. I asked her what It was, and she
said it gnus "Nothing particular." I went to sleep....
we both did. On awaking, between four and five, I
'wan salted her, sod she told In. it was part of addl..
Asked her what she meant to do with it, and she sold
eh* didn't know what she could do with it She lasted
um what I timed was best to do with it, and I told
her I should not have anything to my about 11. She
Mid the beat thing she thought west* pot IS gobs up
two me girds. Incheap of towW dun. I didn't say
waif nen to bet till jam, Won 11 the following