COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERATION. | The charge against Peter McFarlane .'.-. Dewar (Mr. Meredith), that he counselled / Elsie McFarland to permit an illegal in- .* ; strument to be used upon her, wa* heard ■_-*: before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., at the , Police Court yesterday. Dewar pleaded r | not guilty. '.gj| The evidence showed that the woman ... visited accused's shop m the Strand Arcade on November 26, 1917, when he ;, gave her an address m Grey Mien* ,£■ telling her to ask for the lady of the house, but on no account to mention his name. She paid Dewar 5s , The X>pera- • tion was performed, for which the sura . of £5 5s was paid. The police searched the house in Grey Street, and found a . note signed with the initials ]-- M -> ™ ~...? which instruments were alluded to. » packet of preparation, bearing the name . , of P. M. Dewar, was also found. v..; A female witness called by the.pohce. stated that she bad also been advised J. . accused to go to the Grey Street address, where the woman whom he named voind carry out an operation. - ..?;. Accused reserved his defence and was || committed to the Supreme Court for trial, bail in one bond of £200 being allowed. ===== ~~" • j.Milne and Choyce's sale, recognised «sa§ one of the greatest shopping times of tne | year, commences on Monday next. . : The J.C.L. Colossal Sale commences: to-day at 9 a.m. Everything reduced, ,;- | Bargains in all departments.-John Court, || , Ltd., Queen Street. : " r^S