Kisan yara na Richmond

Kisan jariri na Richmond shine batun Amy Gregory wanda aka yanke masa hukunci a 1895 na maƙure 'yarta, Frances Maud Gregory, wanda aka gano gawarsa a kan kankara a Old Deer Park, Richmond, Ingila. Sakataren Cikin Gida ya ba ta izinin kisa.

An ba da rahoton shari'ar a ko'ina a lokacin da ake tuhumar mata da ke fuskantar shari'a don kashe jariransu da kisan kai maimakon kisan kai kuma a ƙarshe ya haifar da canji a cikin doka don Kisan jarirai.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haife ta Amy Smart a West Brighton a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu 1872  kuma ta auri Frederick James Gregory (an haife shi 5 Yuni 1867, Worthing) a Richmond a 1889 .  An haifi ɗanta na farko, Amy Sarah Ann, a ranar 13 ga Mayu a wannan shekarar kuma wannan ya biyo bayan haihuwar ɗa, James William Walter, a ranar 27 ga Janairun 1892.  A shekara ta 1891 suna zaune a Albert Road, Richmond. An bayyana Frederick a matsayin ango, kocin, mai zane-zane, 'paperhanger' (1911) ko mai ba da takarda (1939). Iyayenta, John da Ann Smart, suna zaune a Sheendale Terrace a 1891,  kuma a 96 Mortlake Road a 1901. 

 Kisan kai 
Abubuwan da suka kai ga tuhumar ta an tsara su a cikin maganganun shaidu daga binciken da shari'ar kuma an ruwaito su a ko'ina cikin manema labarai.

 Haihuwar 
A lokacin da Amy ta haifi Frances shaidu sun ce ba ta zauna tare da mijinta ba kusan watanni 15. A cewar wani makwabci, Mrs Priest, shi da yaran suna zaune tare da iyayensa. Dalilin rabuwa da mijinta da 'ya'yanta ba a bayyana ba.

Amy ta shiga gidan aiki a Richmond a ranar 12 ga watan Disamba, ta bayyana kanta a matsayin marar aure. An haifi 'yarta a Richmond Workhouse a ranar 31 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1894, an yi rajista a matsayin Frances Maud Smart a ranar 12 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1895,  kuma an yi mata baftisma a ranar 20 ga watan Janairu na shekara ta 1845.

Frances Jones, ma'aikaciyar jinya a Richmond Workhouse, ta bayyana yadda aka haifi jaririn a cikin unguwar kwance a ranar 31 ga Disamba. Mahaifiyar ta bayyana kanta a matsayin Amy Smart, na 3 Sheen Dale Mortlake Road, Domestic Servant, kuma ta bar unguwar a ranar 7 ga Janairu. Amy ta bar gidan aiki a ranar 24 ga watan Janairu "da yardar kanta, ba a tilasta mata ta kowace hanya ba. Wataƙila ta kasance a ciki". a cewar Isobel Preston, wata ma'aikaciyar jinya a Richmond Workhouse.

 Binciken jikin 
William Walker ne ya gano jikin yaron, kocin masassaƙa daga Hounslow, a safiyar ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, wanda ya ba da rahoton ga Constable John Adams a kan aiki a Asgill Lane. An gano gawar tsirara, tana kwance da fuska a kan kankara a cikin Ha-ha, kusan rabin tsakanin Railway Bridge da Richmond Lock footbridge kuma kimanin yadudduka biyu daga hanyar motsa jiki. An ɗaure fararen takalmin aljihu sosai sau biyu a wuyansa kuma an ɗaure shi. An kai gawar zuwa ofishin 'yan sanda inda Dokta Matthew Gardiner ya bincika shi wanda ya tabbatar da cewa mutuwar ta haifar da maƙurewa. "Hannun sun kulle, idanu suna buɗewa, harshe yana da kyau tsakanin gums kuma yana da zurfi. A gefen hagu na fuska akwai raunuka biyu, waɗanda aka haifar ko dai a lokacin rayuwa ko nan da nan bayan mutuwa. Akwai manyan igiyoyi biyu a kusa da wuyan da aka raba a wurare da ƙananan fata. An matse wuyan a duk zagaye. "Ba a bayyana yaron a matsayin mai rauni sosai, yana da nauyin 51⁄2 lb kawai.￼

James French, mai famfo a 25 Raleigh Road, ya gano jikin a matsayin ɗan Amy Gregory, wanda ke zaune tare da shi tun 5 ga Fabrairu. Misis Williams da 'yarta, na 2 St George Place, Mortlake Road, suma sun gano jikin.

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