POWDERED GLASS IN MILK BILLY: WOMAN ON TRIAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1950, Page 3

POWDERED GLASS IN MILK BILLY: WOMAN ON TRIAL

AUCKLAND, February 15 (P.A.). —The trial of Una Jean Riga Corin, aged 33, a divorced woman, who was arrested after the discovery of drugs and powdered glass in a milk billy at a house in Blockhouse Bay last October, was continued before Mr Justice Finlay and a jury today. The accused is charged with intending to injure or annoy Adrienne Honey by attempting to cause her to take powdered glass and drugs. Gilbert Hartley Honey, husband of the camplainant, said Corin accused his wife of being involved with Harry Mitton. On Labour Day he saw capsules and sediment in a billy of milk that had been brought up from the gate by his young son. Adrienne Honey said the accused had made accusations to her in the street about Mitton. There was no truth whatever in the accusations. Kenneth Griffin, Government analyst, said he found 15| grains of mixed barbiturate and powdered glass in the milk samples. Harry Mitton said he had known the accused about 18 months, and they were very fond of each other. He was on speaking terms with Mrs Honey but there was no other relationship. To Mr Davidson, the witness said he did not see the accused take any of his sleeping capsules. Senior-Detective Hay said he interviewed the accused. The accused mentioned that she was the person who placed things in the milk. In her statement the accused said she became “terribly jealous” about Mitton’s association with Mrs Honey. She put some glass which she had broken up a few days before and some sleeping pill tablets and capsules in Mrs Honey’s milk billy about 5.30 on the morning of Labour Day. She had no intention of killing or doing serious injury to anyone, but wanted to frighten the Honeys. She placed two capsules in the milk so that they could be seen by the Honeys. After the case for the prosecution had closed, Mr Davidson said he wished to make certain legal submissions to the Court and his Honor adjourned the case.