Infant B

The bodies of two newly-born infants were found in the loft of a house.

The police surgeon that carried out the post-mortem said that the first body was that of a female and that the presence of air in its lungs indicated that it had had a separate existence. He said that there was also evidence of an attempt to burn the body. He also said that the condition of its lungs indicated that the cause of death was asphyxia.