CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
At the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday Emma Bell pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on September 6, performed an illegal operation upon a girl named Clara Payne. Accused is a woman of about fifty years of age. A number of witnesses, including Clara Payne, a young girl of about eighteen years of age, gave evidence. 'J!he jury, after iiv-e and a-half hours, returned with' a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. His Honor said that this abominable trade was carried on to a frightful extent. John .lames and Henry Ahrens were convicted of an unnatural offence, ani sent to prison for seven years.
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Evening Star, Issue 11681, 13 February 1902, Page 3
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112CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Evening Star, Issue 11681, 13 February 1902, Page 3
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