SUIT AGAINST BANK.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18239, 25 November 1924, Page 6

SUIT AGAINST BANK.

further evidence. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION"'—COPIKIGST) t (renter's telegrams.) LONDON, November 23. In' the Midland Bank case, Mrs Robinson emphatically denied having any relations with Young. She did not know Mr A. returned ' to England. After the Paris disclosures he saw his solicitors. Lord Halsbury ("plaintiff s counsel), intervened, and'said tho interview between Mr A. and his solicitors could not bo included in the evidence unless it was proved that witness was present at the interview, and unless the persons at the interview wero called. Sir John Simon said he had authority for a breach of professional confidence, and he was going to call a solicitor and others. The judge, Mr Justice Darling, said if Sir John Simon could call Mr A. it would be simple, but Lord Halsbury was objecting to proving these facts without calling Mr A. Sir John Simon submitted that any evidence of action by any of the alleged conspirators was admissible. He proposed, firstly, to show what an aide-de-camp told a solicitor and then ask the solicitor whether, subsequently, he had information which caused him to change his view of tlie facts. Lord Halsbury said they had no evidence that tho aide-de-camp was in the conspiracy. The judge said there was the evidence that ho received £40,000. An unexpected incident occurred when Sir 'John Simon said be must ask Mrs Robinson an intimate and painful question. He thought it would be best to write it. The judge asked to see it, and offered to discharge • two women jurors and' complete the case with 10 men jurors. Eventually the questions were written and answered by the witness in writing, and then handed to judge and iury,- the judge telling the jury he was afraid they must read them. He was Answering Sir John Mrs Robinson denied she admitted Newton bv pre-arrangement to her room m Paris where she and Mr A. were staying. She also denied that she told Newton if she was to play her . part she must have another husband, as Robinson looked like a butcher and that Newton would look the part if he would do it. , , Hobbs appeared m the box a_d declared he had no cheques or pass books, and the judge ordered him to find tnem. _ The hearing was adjourned.