GLASS AND DRUGS IN MILK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 106, 17 February 1950, Page 4

GLASS AND DRUGS IN MILK

ACQUITTAL OP WOMAN f (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Feb. IG. A verdict of not guilty was returned by* the jury in the case in which-Una Riga Corin, aged 33, a divorced woman, was charged with intending to injure or annoy Adrienne Honey by attempting to cause her to take drugs and powdered glass. The case was a ■sequel to the discovery of drugs and powdered glass in a milk billy at a house in Blockhouse Bay last October. In his closing address, Mr V. RMeredith, for the Crown, said the milk was tampered with in a very serious way and the mixture of drugs in the milk was pretty close to a fatal dose.

Mr Davidson, for the defence, said an eminent pathologist called by the Crown had stated that the drugs would be harmless to an adult and would only send a person into deep sleep. In his summing up, his Honour said there had been a great many red herrings drawn into the *case. There was no warrant for the assertion that there was an attachment between Mrs Honey and Harry Mitton, except for the insane jealousy of the accused and the jury might well think the assertion was grossly untrue. His Honour said he was surprised to hear that powdered glass would not have been harmful to an adult but there was no doubt there was a hefty load of barbiturates in the milk. The jury had to decide whether these drugs comprised the use of a noxious thing in a noxious way.