THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, Issue 17693, 6 July 1927, Page 10

THE COURTS.

SITTING AT HOSPITAL.

By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, July 5. ! Fox- the purpose of recox-ding import-- • ant evidence of a young' woman in & ' case in which WalteryJames Alexander ' Mitchell (29), and Robert Grant Bustion (20), both of Christchurch, vie chai-ge<x with unlawfully using an instrument, a special sitting, of the Court was held in Christchurch Hospital tonight. The Court was held in the bedroom of the girl, whose age is 22. . On_ Thursday r the men appeai-ed in the magistrate's Court and were remanded till to-morrow. However, it was advisable by the police and medical authox-ities that the evidence of the young woman should be taken tonight. Px-ppped up. with 1 'Hows, the girl fold her story. She said she. had known Bastion for about a-ven months and intimacy had taken place between them. She had spoken to him about •her trouble. At first Bastion had said nothing of it, but ■ afterwai-ds told her ho Hid asked advice on .it from a man. “That man was Mitchell)’ 1 she said. One night later she had'motored with Mitchell and Bastion to Halswell, where Mitchell had performed an operation. . -She came to the hospital' two days later. // After the girl had been cross•xahxined by defending counsel, the Court adjourned.