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Case Description

Borcek, _____. Infant. Antonio Borcek, the mother claims child was born dead. April 30 No doctor attended her. Held by Coroner for manslaughter today. 23d Prect. No bill by GJ 5/09.

Case Number

291

Circumstances

Date of offense	April 30, 1910
Date of death	May 5, 1910
Time between offense and death	Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Type of death	Homicide
Type of homicide	Infanticide
Characteristics	Mother claims child born dead
Method of killing	Other
Weapon	child born dead (date of crime is date of child's
Motive	Mother claims child was born dead. No doctor atten
Victim initiated events leading to homicide	No
Murder/suicide?	Yes
Circumstances description	Other
Total number of victims	1
Total number of defendants	1
Related to Prohibition?	Yes

Victim

Name	Borcek, ----------
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, european
Employed	Yes
Employment Type	Outside labor force (incl. criminals)
Occupational skill	Other, outside labor force, inmate
Victim/defendant relationship	Child/Parent
Related by blood or marriage	Child/Parent

Defendant

Name	Borcek, Antonio
Gender	Female
Race	White
Defendant/victim relationship	Family (include in laws, multi-generations, step relations)
Related by blood or marriage	Parent/Child

Police

Precinct	23
Date defendant arrested	May 5, 1910
Total number of defendants arrested	1
Defendant ID'd at scene	No
Time between crime and arrest	Days
Allegations of police corruption	No

Legal

Date of coroner's decision	May 5, 1910
Outcome of coroner's judgement	Defendant held to Grand Jury
Charges against defendant	Intentional manslaughter
Type of legal decision recorded	Coroner's verdict and grand jury
Date of Grand Jury decision	May 9, 1910
Outcome of Grand Jury decision	Indictment for felony murder
Allegations of police corruption	No

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