Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 11 Nov 1956
Place: Preston
A baby was found dead at a property in Holmrook Road, Preston and the child's mother was tried for its infanticide but acquitted.
It was heard that there was no evidence other than her own confession that the child had been born alive. It was heard that she had delivered the baby herself and had had no medical advice during her pregnancy.
see discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
see National Archives - ASSI 86/157, ASSI 52/931
see Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 02 April 1957, p1
see Unsolved 1956
