Doctor Not Guilty

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30680, 20 February 1965, Page 17

Doctor Not Guilty

(N.Z. Press Association)

NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 18. After a retirement of 40 minutes, the jury reached a verdict of not guilty in the retrial of a Stratford medical practitioner, Bruce Wyville Rutherfurd, aged 47, in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth today. Rutherfurd pleaded not guilty to a charge that on July 20, 1964, he had, with intent to procure a miscarriage, unlawfully used a uterine sound on a woman aged 25, who later died. The Judge was Mr Justice Haslam. Mr J. P. Quilliam was the Crown Prosecutor and. Rutherfurd was represented by Mr J. R. P. Horn, with him Mr C. E. H. Pledger.

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Down 1— Leaves about a pound for soft goods. (6) 2 Passionate souls like whisky and brandy. (6, 7) 3 The judge to decide whether there has been foul play? (7) 5 Different angle on divine being. (5) 6 Now or never for an example of this? (7, 6) 7 Ernest could become a great writer. (6) 8— Ends among the 20 across? (5) 14— No longer quite enough for illustration. (7) 15— Continental holiday. (6) 16— The town kind is no ordinary pen-pusher. (5) 17 — America takes a long time to acquire customs. (6) 19 —Like an utter fool I’d to go up after one. (5)