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The Newgate Calendar - Infanticides

THE NEWGATE CALENDAR

Infanticides

ELIZABETH CHIVERS
Executed for the murder of her bastard child, 1st August, 1712

MARY KNIGHT
Executed for the murder of her child, 24th August, 1778

REBECCA HOWARD
Executed at Norwich, 27th of August, 1797, for the Murder of her Illegitimate Child

ELIZABETH LARGHAN
Executed at Chelmsford, March 21, 1804, for the Murder of her Female Infant Child

HANNAH, ALIAS DIANA CONOLLY, CATHERINE HANDLEY, AND ELIZABETH COX
Convicted (Separately) for concealing the Delivery of a Child, and Sentenced to Imprisonment

MARY FORDHAM
Tried at Hertford, the 18th March 1811, for the Wilful Murder of her Bastard Child, Found Guilty of Concealing its Birth, and Sentenced to Two Years' Imprisonment

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