Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 7 Aug 1935
Place: St Bedes Road, Rotherham
The newly-born female child of a laundress was found dead and the mother was charged with its murder.
The child was seen dead by a policeman at her address on St Bedes Road at 9.15am on 7 August 1935. The laundress was not there at the time and a warrant was made for her arrest and she was later arrested at 9.40am the same day.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Gloucestershire Echo - Wednesday 04 December 1935, p1
see Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 04 December 1935
see Leeds Mercury - Thursday 29 August 1935
see Sheffield Independent - Thursday 22 August 1935
see Unsolved 1935
