DRUGS IN MILK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 105, 16 February 1950, Page 3

DRUGS IN MILK

WOMAN ON TRIAL DEFENCE TO MAKE LEGAL SUBMISSIONS r (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 15. The trial of Una Jean Riga Corin, aged 33, a divorced woman, who was arrested after the discovery of drugs and powdered glass in a milk billy at a house in Blockhouse Bay last October, was continued before Mr Justice Finlay and a jury to-day. The accused is charged with intending to injure or annoy Adrienne Honey by attempting to cause her to take powdered glass and drugs. In evidence, Gilbert Hartley Honey, husband of the complainant, said he lived at Blockhouse' Bay. He met the accused about a month before last Labour Day and she accused his wife of being involved with Harry Mitton. The witness said he told the accused he did not believe her, and told her to mind her own business. On Labour Day the witness said he saw capsules and sediment in a billy of milk that had been brought up from the gate by his young son. Samples of the milk were handed to the police. ? i s No Truth in Allegations

Cross-examined by Mr Davison, the witness said his wife was worried over the accused’s allegations, but there was absolutely no truth in them. Adrienne Honey said the accused had made accusations to her in the street about Mitton on one occasion. Another time she found the accused in her house looking for Mitton. There was no truth whatever in the accusations. Kenneth Griffin, Government analyst, said he found 155 grains of mixed barbiturate and glass in the samples handed to him by the police. Harry Mitton said he had known the accused about 18 months. He became very' friendly with the accused and they were very fond of each other. He was on speaking terms with Mis Honey but there was no other relationship. The accused had made allege tions about Mrs Honey, but there Was no truth in them. To Mr Davison, the witness said did not see the accused taka any of his capsules. He met Mrs Honey the morning she found the drugs in the milk, but he did not mention the fact to the accused. % Detective’s Evidence

Senior-Detective Hay said he interviewed The accused on December 5, after taking two previous statements from her. The accused mentioned that she was person who placed things in the milk. After the accused was warned formally she made a statement which was taken down by the witness on a typewriter and which was signed by accused. In the statement the accused said she became “terribly jealous” about Mitton’s asscciarion with Mrs Honey. She put some glass which she had broken up a few Hgys before add some sleeping pill tablets and capsules in Mrs Honey’s milk billy about, ,5.30 on the morning of Labour Day. She had no intention of killing or doing serious injury to anyone, but wanted to. frighten the Honeys. She placed two capsules in the milk so that they could be seen by the Honeys. After the case for the prosrcutiou had c losed, Mr Davison said he wished to make certain legal submissions to the Court and his. Honour adjourned the case.