A CARTERTON SENSATION.

NZ Truth, Issue 115, 31 August 1907, Page 6

A CARTERTON SENSATION.

BUTCHER-BOY HULLEY'S CASE. Detective Rawle's Confidence Trick. j Chemist Lindop Arrested. The Cartertqn sensation arising out of a sixteen-year-old girl's disastrous love affair was advanced a stage at Masterton District Court last week, when butcher boy George Hulley was charged with procuring and supplying to his sweetheart two bottles of medicine and an instrument known as a "tent," knowing that they were intended to be used for an illegal purpose. The unhappy love story of the juvenile pair has been published before m "Truth." The social and dance is the one joy without alloy m the country, and any concert that is not followed by a hop, even m the sweltering nights of summer, goes unpatronised. The Carterton romance started some time before Christmas, when social gatherings were held m the surrounding dairying centres, and was continued m blissful ignorance of the consequences until something happened. The essence, of these youthful indiscretions is concealment, and Hulley kept the girl's condition from their parents, although he made a confidant of Arthur Lindo-P, a local chemist. Pills supplied him with two different kinds of liquid, which were apparently ineffectual, and then handed the youth a "tent." If Hulley's statement is to be believed, she THREW THE OBNOXIOUS THING AWAY. She certainly did not use it when it was obtained m January, as the miscarriage did nGt open till May, and Dr. Johnston avers . that the tent, would take effect within twentyfour hours. Hence, it is assumed that the illness of the girl is associated with a visit she paid to Masterton m May, m company with her mother and a fiiend. Information of this visit was given by Hulley, who, m his youth and ignorance, made a clean breast of everything to sleuthhound Rawle. The questionable means adopted by that officer m obtaining the confession was commented upon by solicit tor Hollings for the defence. The sleuth aforesaid failed to warn the lad against incriminating himself until the sixth folio had been signed, and the detective had then, of ' course, obtained all he wanted. On the other hand, Crown Prosecutor Dolan commended RAWLE'S CONFIDENCE TRICK as a smart bit of work m the exercise of his profession. At any rate, the police evidence depended entirely oa the inexperienced youth's statement, for the girl, who appeared to be m a hysterical condition, refused to give incriminating evidence, on the advice of barrister Charlie Pownall. The wisdom of this course was shown when Mr Dolan remarked that he would deem it his duty to recommend her prosecution to his superiors. According tq Dr. Johnston, the girl was gone six months, when he attended her for miscarriage, which miarht haw. been brought on by a fail from a bicycle, or illegally, as the casa might be. Lawyer Hollings had a hard row to hoe m defendant an indiscreet person who had made an incriminating . statement, but he made, seme capital out of the circumstance that .the actual miscarriage was caused by neither the tent r.or the medicine supplied. Moreover. Hulley, who gave information about the girl being taken to Masterton, allegedly for a certain purpose, had protested against any opsweetheart, to whom he was much eration, and wanted to marry his attached. Counsel animadverted upon the fact that constable Griffiths, now transferred to Aucklaal. had not been subpoened to give evidence m Hulley's favor on this point. If the police knew there were any witnesses who could say something m favor of accused, it was their duty to bring them to cross-examination. It was well known that it was a common practice for every married woman to get medicine, and might it not be suggested that the p-irl was suffering for a little irregularity ? Hulley had tried to get his sweetheart OUT OP AN AWFUL MESS, and a conviction against him would necessarily, prejudice the. character rf the girl. The jury retired, and, after an absence of fifteen minutes, returned a verdict of "Guilty, with ;i strong recommendation to mercy. 7 ' By a strange coincidence, half of the jury empannelled belonged to Carterton, which rising town has 'been stirred to its social depths by tht above happenings, and is on the nul vive for further developments. Mi: Hollings applied for either probation or the release of the youth on his own recognisances. In passing sentence, District Jul iC Haselden remarked :— "The crime of which you have been found guilty is looked upon as very serious, and is generally punished with severity. There are, however. some peculiar and exceptional features m your case, which enables me to deal with you m an exceptional manner. After careful consideration I have 'decided not to send you to prison. Your youth, former irood character, an.l the fact that the case against you rested almost entirely on your own disclosures to the police, and the more guilty parties m the whole affair are not as yet BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, have been considerations m the conclusion I have arrived at. You will be admitted to probation conditionally on your paying the sum of £10 towards the cost of prosecution, such payment to be made at 'the rate of ten shillings a week, the first payment to be made one week from to-day." A further sensation occurred <i*j Carterton when Arthur Lindop. tt«» chemist aforesaid, was arrested on a charge of disposing of a "tent" and medicine already mentioned, knowing that they were to be used for an illegal purpose. Lindop, who 5s about thirty-five years of .age, is a highly-respectable person, esteemed m hoclccT- and cricket circles, son of a borouirh councillor, and a. native of ■the Wairarapa.