Baby

The body of a newly-born male child was found in the steps of a cottage that was under construction.

The child was found wrapped up in a brown paper parcel tied up with string by two workmen who were altering two steps at the back of the cottage that had just been laid a couple of weeks earlier.

The child was found inside the parcel wrapped up in a bloodstained shirt and cloth.

It was said that some considerable effort must have been made to hide the body as the step was of considerable weight.