A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Dunedin, June 13. Late' on Saturday night the Dunedin police received intimation of the death of a young woman, whose name has not yet been ascertained, at a house in Kensington. By direction of the Coroner the body was removed to tin morgue, where an inquest will be held to-day. This morning the police arrested an elderly ■ woman named Helen Glegg, occupier of the house where the young woman died, on a charge of committing abortion on another woman who was found in the house. Accused will be brought before the court in Dunedin to-morrow. Dunedin, June 14. Helen Glegg was remanded for a week at the Police Court to-day, charged with using an instrument for an illegal operation on a girl now in the Dunedin hospital. The girl found dead yesterday on accused’s premises, has been identified as Olive May Pyle, daughter of a Pukeieraki fisherman.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 153, 14 June 1920, Page 5
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150A SERIOUS CHARGE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 153, 14 June 1920, Page 5
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