Charged with concealing a birth

[Norfolk Nan]

Thank you, that's interesting. 

I've no idea what happened to the baby, she certainly doesn't appear in later records and I didn't find a burial record.  However, I did find another workhouse birth for someone with the name the following year, a boy this time.  Again, if it is my ancestor, that boy never featured in future records.  That's four births and she later had two more children.   I don't know what to think of her.   

[RJ_Paton]

Sadly a key element of the crime is the death of the child.

It was a very difficult crime for the authorities to prosecute as it relied upon having to prove that the accused did not tell anyone and that she did not call out or make use of assistance at the time of the birth - in many ways it put the onus on the accused to prove their innocence.

[Norfolk Nan]

I'm assuming the child died.  She was charged 9 days after the birth and charged on the evidence/oath of a named chap 'and others.' So I'm wondering how he/they knew? I couldn't identify him for certain so have no idea if he's an official or the father.  Too many questions!

Thank you.

[RJ_Paton]

Unfortunately there is little to go on - it's possible that this man found the remains of the child and reported it or as you say he may have been the father it is unlikely that the full story will be known.