Baby Farming At Birmingham: At the Birmingham police court yesterday, Ann Pinsent, a midwife, was charged with concealing the birth of a child of an unmarried woman who had been confined at her house. The prosecuting counsel said that since the prisoner had been first arrested some extraordinary revelations had been made. The skeletons of no fewer than eleven infants had already been found buried in the garden adjoining the prisoner’s house. The learned counsel added that the body of the child in question had not yet been found, but it was known to have been born alive, and to have been seen alive some hours afterwards. On the following day the child was alleged by the prisoner to have died from convulsions. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
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