CHARGES DISMISSED
CRIMINAL MAYHEM ALLEGED AGAINST DOCTORS (Received August 20, 9.15 p.m.)
SAN FRANCISCO, August 19
Superior Judge Tuttle dismissed charges of criminal mayhem against two physicians for the alleged sterilisation of Ann Cooper Hewitt, a 21-year-old heiress. He held that they acted in good faith on the instructions of her mother. He also held that evil intent by the mother was not proved. A civil damage suit by the daughter against the mother is still pending. L Claiming that she had been denied the right of motherhood by an illegal sterilisation operation, Ann Hewitt filed a suit for 500,000 dollars against her mother, Mrs Maryond Hewitt McCarter. in January. The claimant’s father died in 1021, leaving an estate valued at more than 10,000,000 dollars, two-thirds of which would revert to his wife if his daughter died without issue. The daughter alleged that, under the pretence of having her appendix removed, her mother engaged two physicians to perform a sterilisation operation for the sole purpcse of diverting the greater part of the estate to herself.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19360821.2.76
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21867, 21 August 1936, Page 11
Word Count
175CHARGES DISMISSED Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21867, 21 August 1936, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.