A PECULIAR CASE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160724, 10 August 1920, Page 5

A PECULIAR CASE.

(Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 9. When the Supreme Court resumed in the afternoon m the case against Hayne, charged with using' an unlawful instrument to procure abortion, Ncylou denied having had anything to do with the girl, or that she had ever told him her condition. Witness declared that the girl’s statement at the earlier trials were lies. The girl, Gladys Batchelor, then entered the box, but refused to answer any questions. The Judge then adjourned the hearing till 11 o’clock to-morrow morning. Air Wilford mentioned the matter of bail for Hayne, and the Judge replied: “I don't suppose lie will run away; I don’t see how he can run away; perhaps if he did, it would save us a lot of trouble.” CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE ALLEGED. WELLINGTON, August 10. After a series of vicissitudes unprecedented in the history of criminal trials in New Zealaaid, the ca-sc against James Reynolds Hayne, a Dunedin chemist, charged with unlawfully using an instrument to procure abortion, came to a sudden end this morning. Gladys Batchelor was again placed in the witness-box, but would not reply to any questions. Mr Macassey then entered a' nolle prosequi, and Hayne left the dock. The Crown Prosecutor made a declaration that it seemed to him that the ends of justice were being defeated by a conspiracy of silence.