BAIL REFUSED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20763, 25 June 1937, Page 4

BAIL REFUSED

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A WOMAN By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 24. I Charges of aiding and abetting Raymond Grigg in the illegal use of an instrument at Panmure on September 1 and counselling or procuring Raymond Grigg to use an instrument illegally on August 25 were preferred against a married woman, Dorothy Baker, aged 33, in the Magistrate's Court. Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., presided. At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution the accused pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. When counsel made application for the renewal of the accused’s bail, the Magistrate said he had given some thought to the matter, but owing to the very grave nature of the charges, abortion being one of the most serious crimes in the criminal calendar, and owing to the nature of the facts disclosed by the evidence, he would refuse bail. Detective-Sergeant Walsh said he had been approached by certain witnesses to request that their names should be suppressed, but this was also refused by the Magistrate. “I do not think that in the interests of justice any portion of the case should be suppressed,” the Magistrate added. “The terrible nature of the crime should be brought out.” The Magistrate also asked Mr Walsh what steps were being taken for the control of the accused’s daughter. The circumstances of her home life, according to the evidence, suggested that some investigation should be made. He did not propose dealing with the matter at present, but he urged that the police should make inquiries as to whether she was being properly controlled.

“That is being attended to,” said Mr Walsh. “She has been living with her mother and step-father?”