A DUNEDIN SENSATION

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 5

A DUNEDIN SENSATION

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. Dunedin, March 5. The inquest touching the death of Mrs Christine Adams, Taieri, was resumed at Dunedin yesterday. Dr. W. J. Cotton, after detailing the lesult of theposi mortem, said if premature labour was induced, that gave the woman less chance of recovery, and he thought any attempt to bring about premature birth was improper, and a gross error of judgment. He was of opinion that if assistance had been at hand there would have been a chance of saving the child’s life. Replying to a question whether the treatment of Peters, who attended Mrs Adams, caused her death, Dr. Cotton said it took away one chance of her recovery. Stewart L. Peters, in his evidence, said he was a perpetual student of Glasgow University, and had passed the second professional examination. He described his treatment of the patient, and emphatically denied that he had done anything to induce premature labour. After ten minutes’ retirement, the jury returned, and the foreman announced that four out of six had agreed to a verdict of manslaughter against Peters. The coroner accepted the verdict, and accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed in £2OO and two sureties of £IOO.