WOMAN ON TRIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 5

WOMAN ON TRIAL.

CROWN CASE ENDS. REMAINS OF BUSIES. ALLEGATIONS BY POLICE. (By Telegraph--Own Correspondent.) XAPIER, Tuesday. ! The case for the Crown was completed | this afternoon in tlie Supreme Court i | trial of Isabel Annie Aves, alias Craike, I tlie married woman of Hastings who k J facing seven charges of making unlaw- | ful use of an instrument. The trial is I not expected to be completed before ! Thursday next. The prosecution is being' | conducted by Mr. H. B. Lusk, Crown j Prosecutor, and Mr. C. G. Harker is j | appearing for Mrs. Aves. j I Evidence of police investigations and ]of an interview with Aves was given by Detective Kenneth Mills, who produced 1.0.U.'5, promissory notes and' letters found 011 the premises from I people of Hawke's Bay and outside districts. i Mr. Harker: I gather Aves did not show any obstruction to you in any way ? Witness: That is so. Is there anything inconsistent with the statement that the sums in the account books might be money lent out? —Yes, there '.3. There is an entry regarding one man whom I interviewed Mr. Harker (interrupting): Is there anything in the entries themselves? — No. |

Mr. Justice Blair: Is there any mention of what the sums were for? — No. Just the names and the amount. Evidence was also given by Detective Hayhnrst l and Constable Chalmers corroborating that of the previous police witnesses. Constable Chalmers described a talk with Avci?, when she said; "My God, it looks as jf they have got me this time." "This Is Tough." Further evidence regarding police operations was given by Constable Craigie, who said the accused remarked, while he was on guard over a room in her house, "My God, this is tough." The final witness for the Crown was Patrick Philip Lynch, pathologist at the Wellington Hospital, who described the remains found as a result of police digging operations, including the body of one infant not more than one month premature in birth, which, he said, had breathed. Witness could not say how long the child had lived after birth, or what was the cause of its death. Mr. Harker: Could a child breathe before it was born, and be dead when born ? Witness: Yes. It has occurred, but it is rare. Dr. Lynch's evidence completed the Crown's case, and the Court adjourned until to-morrow morning.