The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-03-05 00:00:00

INQUEST ON AN INFANT.

On Tuesday, the 27M ult.. Akio Nally Foster. the
Won daughter of 81681011 Fouler and hie wife, who
live In a mud In Primes-Wee& died. It wag oboist
bang hutted on Saturday thermos, when, en repre-
sentations by the Bev. 11. Moak, In whose peek the
Fmter's lived till • fortnight ago, the fameral woe
.topped, and an Lagar, was lanfinted. • jury was
sanummed, and the !squad was opened on Saturday
evening, at the Galidbald, before Giles Symonds, In.,
memo& Ur. Foss wee Mama fermium - The Vim el
lordlngtou wee present.
The ,noer, aldreadag the fury, mid that In ow-
onuses of normentatirms mad. to Ida on only that
day but oa Friday with rekirenos tithe death el Sig
chili and the elrounstanees Minding it, be thought it
nemesery that an instigation eltoteld take vase. It
might be—eig be hoped It wean—that the resells of the
Inquiry would he to mush every person of We..; but
the amen:admires related to him ammded an love=
and therefore be had mantemed them
WfI4OSOO hod been given of itiendlleaties of the body, if
tbe jury thought it neesemary, be would order • peel.
mortion azimaination, and they mold adjeura till
Monday, and then bear tbe remit, and the whole glory a
the life and death of the and. ,
The jury thee west to view lhe body, whisk le
described as being very Mk, end beefed meek; of a
wound on one of the wrists sad as oar of lb. lop.
The child wee between slight and aloe menthe old.
Mrs. Moab Hoses add I lin in • yard la Primer
street, and In 15. same home go the Feeler*, who songs
there a week last bkoday. The Mild, oboes body the
jury have Jun aeon le the Foie& baby. Len Thus-
day week 1 took it to we.. Mrs. Foster mired melt
II knew • girl she mold got in number baby, es ob.
went to work I raid so, sad offered t nurse it if so
one elm would, Fiedien little boy and the biker had
had the oars of the Mild from the Monday when they
come to the house to Ute flunky Ingot took U.
Foster himself works at the Fottedry, and only some
home at meal Mom. The bey la 11 poem of age. 'Dm
mother wont sway in the mender at ball-pad six end
was Meant till eight at night. She was day nano at
the IK.rsot County llospltd. 1 took charge of the
Mild ea the Thaniay monde& and mole an snoop-
wont about it au the follow's( 13•= motitt. ma
to bare two Millings a week for a to the baby
mid finding it. I had the sage Out hem aridity till
It. death on Tuesday. I mired lb. Fake what it was
fed with and he said milk and eons flour. and I gave it
that. I thought the Mild did net apeear very well.
I gave it a little milk—us week as it woold
take, esui told the little boy I wanted to weak to his
mother I saw Mrs. Foster st night, and mid year
baby does an seem very will; I think it to *Milan
teeth. This was on Thursday seeming. and Mr. Foster
wee proem& Site took Marge of the Mild at 8, wbeelbe
game home. I get It again next miming between I aid 8
from the little boy. That day It gemmed a little bedder.
(Witness 'Ake** aftm gald—on Friday it oentlarted
the .ante.) When she mme home on Friday algid I
siked bet If • donor had men the baby. all• said it
Ind net been well Irmo the time it was born, and that
a donor bad not meg it lately, end she mid "Would
you be kind °sough to take it to • donor I" The WM
seemed &little better on Saturday. On Sunday mora-
ls( I took it to Dr. Aldridge's seetelant, end be gme
me some seediedne for it, Its he taken throe Sams a.dmr.
That was about balf.pan ten on Sunday menden.
Mn, Fodor was at the keepital at that time. Tim
child was not mooed. I did not made It. It had the
breast at sight when the metkor mime kerne, bat did
not appear very Man. I gave the Mild milk and eon
Boar with a spa... Oa Setaiday melons I gel skean
bottle at the request of Si. Footers, and Mat day fed the
Mild as before, but put the milk and eon tem In lb.
bottle. It did net Mike be the bottle very well at
hat bettor than from a spool. I sever keen lie
child ary at ell. It bad the whooping sough very bed.
I know whoopingeough hem an ordinary
beams I baill aNSswittli it no.. I led MO.=
as mad till the it died. The AIM died Most
11 o'olook an the of Taman. Tile baby pot
wome about 9 o'elosk. and I meal leo in mother, sod
told her I believed It was dying. Sbe book it, and it
died wilb bor. Her haelmod wee ake premed. I
watched the Mild and took can of it se I did my own
*Widest'. I did tie is for thn as I did kr my on.
TM boy had told me they had • baby, but I never
board it or saw it till the Thursday. Thu Pagsrs
told me to pt anything I tboaght would laths baby
good, and they 'mid pay for it.
The Rev. IL Menlo mired if he might pal cm or
two quantum to Mrs. Room
Mr. Symonds mid that would be mann to rule,
but II he would soonest any question to him. he (the
Dormer) would pat
Mr. Monte having spoken to the Canner,
Mr. Symonds asked—Wore Mere any wounds about
the child?
"No," replied Mr.. Dome ; but, being aged further,"
Not on the arm arid lep r said—Oh, yee, Mere was
one plate on the wrist, and on oo the leg.
Mr. Symoode told her to be sandal what ammo.
the gave. If he and the jury had not seem them
wounds, they might notois for as she was oneerned,
have beard anything about thaw.
Witooes itontinued—l milked the little boy how the
narks owns there, and be Bald "It wea wine • nod
hot pokor fell out on the said ;" but it WS/ skald up,
and seemed to haye been don, • !math or two. _ _

-To anawerTu-avitinTaz;aracl-tbsabill7r;;Fed live or
six times aday, as mush as It would Wm. Ilre. House
mid obu took the cabllS in her arena, and weed it, bed
warmed it, and than it would take • Wile move food.
Mr. Sys:loads, speaking with refermos to. poet.
martens, said one of the points of evident,* wunM be
the weighing of the &lid to see if it wadi of the ordinary
weight and properly nourished. If it were, than there
was on end of tbe matter ; but lf not, thee the quell=
would arise whotkor person had neglected • duty,
nazi if so, who was the person responiable.
Kr. B. Ormsby (one of the Jaren) said what Mrs.
House bad done appeared very satisfaetory.
Mr. Syznonds . No doubt about that ; but there may
' have boon such ne,l,et before as to reader subs,
attention good for nothing.
Tho Bov. 11. Mottle said he was ready to glee widows
us to the previous throe months of the child's at..
Mr. Orszoby : Previous to Mrs. Home baring the
GLIM it would seem It was in the care of that little
bay, who ought to have be.. at school in amnion

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The Coroner. . la °maroon humanity—l'm glad you
put the words iale Illy mouth—ono would have thought
• mother would rather have forgone her work, and
&treaded to the child, than have WI It to that
poor little boy. There mast hive hoes paiegoalillswe
for the child to be whore a red-hot poker ea
IS—

Mrs. Foster. It was not the poker:
Ono of tho women present as a witness: You went
there at the time.
Mr. Symonds; Don't let as hare a Mllluinel
wrangle, bmase we know what that in.
Mx. Joseph Willey said he was a surgeon, ka., Id*
for Dr. Aldridge 'lone his aosident. He tboudhlk nd
first Mgi. Footer's ohild was brought to him ost rob.
18, but 1 it most be the. 25th. illefessues
tu thu time whim the Yoder@ went to !Ivo la Primo-
ohusrod tho date was the MHO.
lira. HOll6O atcsid tip, and the Conner asked Ida V
that woman Mought QUM for him to see. He maid
uot...wus., to hog.

C.m.eer . Thou wo omit go any further.
II:. Willem ch. ..i4he rwcogand Mr, but could Do 6
lto her.

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Mr. Symonds thought hie Wad mud be very sub.*
reig."Ve • perm" tad ei be tumble to Mei 99
resll7 Ili* wow or 44 be
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