FULL TEXT: The prisoner Charles Reece, who is charged
jointly with his wife, Adelaide Reece, with the willful murder of the infant
child of Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, of
New-street, Gloucester, surrendered to his bail in answer to the charge before
the bench of city magistrates on Friday. A large crowd assembled in the vicinity
of the court-house to see Mrs. Reece, but were disappointed, as the female
prisoner was not taken to court, it having been arranged that no evidence
should be offered that day. A formal remand was taken, and the male prisoner
was again admitted to bail, Mrs. Reece being remanded at the prison in the
afternoon. The case will come on again next Friday, when the evidence of
Police-Constable Howes, who found the bodies in the garden, and Mr. A. P.
Carter, the surgeon who held the post-mortem examination on Mr. Hancock’s
child, will be taken.
[“The Horrible Discovery in Gloucester.” Western Mail
(Cardiff, Wales), Jun. 16, 1883, p. 3]
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FULL TEXT: Adelaide Reece, midwife was charged at the
Gloucester Assizes yesterday, with the willful murder of the infant child of
Mrs. Hancock. Eight bodies of infants were found buried in the prisoner’s
garden, but the judge, after hearing evidence of murder or manslaughter. – The jury
convicted prisoner of concealment of birth. Sentence was deferred.
[“Alleged Wholesale Murderess.” Sheffield & Rotherham
Independent (England), Aug. 9, 1883, p. 3]
To learn more details about murderous child care providers in history, including baby farmers, adoption agents and baby sitters, see “Death on the Baby Farm,” by Robert St. Estephe, Female Serial Killer Index.
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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.
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