Miscellaneous: … … Ann Pinsent, the midwife upon whose premises 11 skeletons of infants were discovered, was brought before the Birmingham magistrates, upon a charge of concealment of birth. The police stated that they had not been able to trace the body of the child in question, and that other bodies were discomposed beyond identity. The prisoner was discharged but fined 40s and costs for not registering a birth at her house.
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