very much like a Child upon which this
Deponent put his hand into the Tub and
took out a dead Child which he immediately
took into the Hall belonging to the Workhouse
there [..] and shewed
the said Child to the Woman there and they
took it to the Pump and washed it and took
it back into the Hall and then [..] this Deponent Returned
to his Companions and empty'd the said Privey
and further this Deponent Knoweth not.
The [mark] Mark
of Robert Cannon< no role >
William Whittle< no role >
Apothecary
to Saint Georges
Infirmary
being sworn deposeth that on
Saturday Morning last the sixteenth of
February instant he was called upon to
examine a Female Child which had been found
the preceding Night by the Night men in
the Privey belonging to the said Infirmary
that upon examination the Body of the said
Child he observed that her Navel String had
never been tied that she appeared to be a
full grown Child that from the above
Circumstance he has reason to believes that
the Mother of the said Female Child was delivered
by herself without the Assistance of any Medical
Person, but whether the said Child was
born
born a live or Still born he cannot take
upon him to say as she was Fast approach
ing to a State of Putrefaction.
Wm. Whittle< no role >
Mary Ferguson< no role >
Midwife
to Saint George's
Infirmary
being sworn deposeth that she
[..] saw the said Child and is of Opinion that
it was [..] of fall growth and that
the Navel String had never been tiedbut
and is of Opinion that the Mother was delivered
by herself [..] without any Professi
onal Assistance but whether the Child
was born alive or Still born she cannot
take upon to say, nor who was the Mother
of the said Child
Mary Ferguson< no role >
The Verdict
That a Female Child was found [..] in the sd.
Privey but whether it was born a live or Still born
or who was the Mother of the said Child did not come to the Knowledge of the Jury.
John Durrihouse< no role >
Foreman