CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE.
NOLLE PRiOSEQUI ENTERED.
WELLINGTQN,* After a series of vicissitudes unpre- ' ( ccdented in tho history of criminal trials in New Zealand, the .case against James Reynolds Hayne, of' Dunedin, a. chemist, charged wtih • unlawfully using an instrument to procure abor-" tion, came to a' sudden : . end this morning. ' ,/' '. Gladys Batcnelor • was again,-placed in the witnoss box, but would' not re- • ply to any questions. v ', ■' : Mr Maeassey then, entered a nollo' prb?equi, and'Hayne;lefftlie dock. Th© Crown Pi'oEc-outw;, made a de-clai-ation that it seemed to 1 him that" the ends of .justice weire being .defeated by a conspiracy 'of 'silence.'; " /
[By its action, in enteringl a no-lilo prpsequi in a case, the Crown does not TTMve it*? right io proceed acain at a*w future tinv> with the persecution. It has that right if it w> iF:rf>aJ.J
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9289, 10 August 1920, Page 5
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