IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KINGS BENCH DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice. Wednesday, 21st February, 1923
Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and a Special Jury
BETWEEN
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes … Plaintiff
Halliday G. Sutherland and Harding & More Limited … Defendants
Dr. Stopes’ legal team:
- Mr. Patrick Hastings, K.C., M.P.
- Sir Hugh Fraser
- Mr. Herbert Metcalfe
- Messrs. Braby & Waller (solicitors)
Dr. Sutherland’s legal team:
- Mr. Ernst Charles, K.C.
- Mr. H.V. Rabagliati
- Mr. Harold Murphy
- Messrs. Charles Russell & Co. (solicitors)
Harding & More’s legal team:
- Serjeant Sullivan, K.C.
- Mr. Theobald Mathew
- Messrs. Witham Roskell Munster & Weld (solicitors)
Events and witnesses
Day 1. Wednesday, 21st February 1923.
- Opening speech of Mr. Patrick Hastings, K.C.
- Sir James Barr
Day 2. Thursday, 22nd February 1923.
- Dr. Marie Stopes
- Nurse Maud Hebbes
- Sir William Arbuthnot Lane
Day 3. Friday, 23rd February 1923.
- Dr. Harold Chapple
- Sir William Bayliss
- Dr. Meredith Young
- Dr. Jane Hawthorne
- Dr. George Jones
- Opening speech of Mr. Ernst Charles, K.C.
- Professor Ann Louise McIlroy
Day 4. Tuesday, 27th February 1923.
- Mr. George Roberts, M.P.
- Dr. Halliday Sutherland
- Dr. Arthur Giles
- Dr. Frederick McCann
- Dame Mary Scharlieb
- Dr. Norman Haire
- Dr. Agnes Saville
- Dr. William Falkner
Day 5. Wednesday, 28th February 1923.
- Sir Maurice Abbott Anderson
- Closing speeches of Serjeant Sullivan, Mr. Ernst Charles K.C., Mr. Patrick Hastings K.C.
- Summing up by the Lord Chief Justice
- Delivery of the verdict by Mr. Maurice Spencer, foreman of the Jury
Day 6. Thursday, 1st March 1923.
- Legal argument and Judgement
Stopes v. Sutherland explained (under three minutes):
