The Charge Against Dr Cahill.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1896, Page 2

The Charge Against Dr Cahill.

THE CASE DISMISSED. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, August 10. After the evidence of the prosecution against Dr Cahill was finished Mr Skerrett laid stress on the discrepancies of the girl's story, which, he urged, was most improbable. Her evidence was contradicted by medical testimony. If Cabill was to be committed in Bach a case, no professional man would be safe. Mr Martin, S.M., said the principle be acted on in a case of this kind was that there must be such evidence as to give reasonable cause to believe that a jury would convict. He reviewed the evidence at length and said it appeared to him incredible that a woman could have undergone such an assault as was alleged without calling out, or as she could have easily done, making an attempt to leave the house. However, the girl's statement to him when laying the information and the evidence she gave in the box were two very different thin gs. The latter was utter improbable. Plaintiff was a woman of unusual size and strength and could easily have defended herself had she wished. The case would be dismissed, but if the prosecution felt in any way aggrieved he would afford them every opportunity of taking the case to a higher court by binding them over to prosecute. Mr Oliver said that under the circumstances he should not advise his client to proceed any farther. The decision was received with ap. plause and defendant was heartily cheered on leaving the court gates.