CHEMIST IN COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17942, 18 November 1921, Page 6

CHEMIST IN COURT.

DEATH OF A WOMAN.

CASE AGAINST HAYNES.

ACCUSED SENT FOR T/ttAL.

[BT TELKGRAPn.—PRESS ASSOCIAn/lON.]

TIMARU, Thursday.

Tho case in which J. R. Haynes, chemist, of Duncdin, was charged with tho illegal uso of an instrument upon Violet Ada Atkins, of Timaru (a married woman living apart from her husband), as tho result of which sho died, was continued to-day. Tho inquest was concluded, and tho depositions at this inquiry will bo accepted for tho police prosecution on tho criminal charge. Haynes was committed for trial at the Supremo Court at Dunedin in February next. Bail in £1000 waa allowed, and sureties of £1000, /on conditions, including a proviso that tho aocused report to tho police every day. Tho witnesses were Dr. Stringer, resident medical officer at the Timaru Hospital, who repoatcd what tho deceased had told him. This was corroborated by her condition.

Dr. Ussher, who mado a post-mortem examination, said ho found conditions consistent with an illegal operation, and death was due to blood poisoning. Frederick Hilton, brother of tho deceased, and employed in Dunedin, said that at her request ho met her at tho station. She told him her condition, and asked him to direct her to Haynes. Ho refused. Sho left him and found Haynes herself. Ho had a postcard from her indicating that she was at Haynes'. Ho met a young woman, a seamstress at Haynes, who told him his sister was all right and had got over hor operation very well. In a second interview she told him his sister could come out tho next day, and ho was to engage a room for her. Ho went to Haynes' shop and got his sistor away to an hotel, and then homo to Timaru. Tho seamstress was also a witness. She denied all knowledge of Mrs. Atkins or any other visitor being at Haynes' during the timo alleged. The coroner, Mr. E. D. Moseley, S.M., found from the evidence of tho two doctors and the deceased's brother that tho doceased died of blood poisoning, tho result of an illegal operation performed on hor by Haynos. Then followed tho formal magisterial hearing, only tho brother's ovidenco, much abbreviated, being retakeu, and tho committal for trial.

Mr. Irwin urged that bail bo granted, as the accused's important chemist's business would bo ruined if ho was unable to attend to it personally.