Sister Ligouri’s Case

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1921, Page 1

Sister Ligouri’s Case

HER CLAIM FOR £SOOO. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, June 30. , The hearing has commenced ' here of the case wherein ex-Sister Ligouri is suing Rt. Rev. Dr. Dwyer, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga, for alleged malicious arrest, whereby she alleges her reputation was injured and wh.’r'by she suffered great pain of body ami also of mind. The sum of £5,000 i.s damages is claimed by her. The defence, lias entered a pleh of “not guilty.” Dr. Dwyer disclaims causing -!,e plaintiff’s arrest or imprisonment. Great public interest is hong displayed in the case, the Court being crowded and a long queue waiting on; side hours before the Court opened A strong Bar is engaged for each -side, ESCAPED NUN CASE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) * SYDNEY, June 30. In the Liguori case, Counsel for plaintiff submitted a letter, written by plaintiff, to Bshop Dwyer, after she left the convent when she stated her health had broken down at the convent, and when she asked for medicine the doctor gavo her poison to end her life. Cross-examined Ligouri stated when she returned to the convent after her first escape she was given a dose of castor oil, the Sister who gave it to her saving: “Her’s your dose of oil. WlttHi you have had this you will not dose.' You won’t get out of bed for the next six months.” Becoming Manned, after taking the oil, she drank soapy water as an emetic and while the Sister was out of the-room, she escaped in her night dress to a house nearby and came thence to Syd*ev where she was arrested...