MAY HALLETT AGAIN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 537, 18 June 1909, Page 9

MAY HALLETT AGAIN.

A YOUR IN A MOTOR-CAR.

, AND COURT PROCEEDINGS.' "Inglis Bros..v. May Hallett!" At the Bound of the name, tho handful of spectators at tho, Civil Coiirt yesterday ' pricked up their: ears ■ expecting to hoar something interesting, The: action was on® foT a judgment "'.'summons, and the vatchors behind tho-barrier evidently thought that May Hallett would appear in: person to defend. In this, ijhey wore disappointed. l In»te*d, Mr. P. sJaokson announced himself as appearing

''' : for the defence, and Mr. Von Haast ap-' v. peared .'iin,' support of' the -application. V The debt was-one of £17 ss. fld., for motor-car hiro.. Mr. Jackson, intimated that his. client was willing to make a substantial offer to reduce tho debt. She was at present working in a :city, bar. : .'aqdl'eariling abqut £2 a week. : To this. Mr.;-Von Ha»st replied that, he . must ipress '"for 'judgment, as 'plaintiffs .believed that Miss" Hallett intended leaving for .. Sydney this wee];. In order to securo an •rder for immediate payment he would prove i /that there had been fraud in the .incurment - ef;tthe debt. "If Miss Hallett succeeded in "'bamboozling the: fashionable society of Hob- • eon Street, . ho said, "it is small wonder that she also' succeeded in bamboozling ,& • chauffeur." •

• ■ ::Mr. Jackson: I don't think my friend . has a right to . say that. The jury' said that ■'Miss'HaJlott: did not bamboozle the society of' Wellington: . V : ' Thomas Inglis, t motoT-car proprietor,' was .the first witness called. He stated that, on January 27, he received a telephone message . • from -"Miss .-.'Donald'' • stating that she wanted to go to CampbDlltown—a-little place ..... outside, Foilding. Her motbor was there dying. and she nad ; just missed the express .; train. Sho said that she"was telephoning from: Mrs. White's house,, near tho Karon tunnel,'and that, to save time, she would ■ • aieet the motor-car at tho .tunnel.. .It was : arranged that'tho.car was to be.paid for beforehand., The car was sent in accordance with the .arrangement,; .and, subsequently, in consequence the. telegrams which Mr., lnglis received from his chauileur, tho latter was in-structed-to return from Palmerston: imme-,. diately. ' > '■ •Mr. ' Jackson: Did your chauffeur receive £10-from Miss Donald? —Yes, but aho was' to have paid / ' Mr. Jackson: Nevor mind about that.^ Did your chauffour got £10 f—Yes, but she misled Jiinb-r— Mr.-.Jackson: Never mind about that. All I.wantcd to know was if you ;got the £10. Tlte next witness called vras S. Davidge, tho ohauffeur. On; January. 27,; he said, he was instructed to go to Karori ■ Tunnel to meet a lady named Miss Donald; He met her and she gavo'jhim £10, telling him that she "had arranged.with' Mr. Inglis to pay the bal- . anco at tho end- of tho journey.; She,'also said that she might need the-ear for a jotir.r.ey further than Campbctltoivn, and. she had . arranged with plaintiff . that, she, might have. tho use of the car if sho wished.. On thb / journev;up in,the ear' told witness that >he did not think,that her mother was. very ill, but had prtly; said so. in order to get her.-'to, Campbclltown. She confided .to ;the-' ;, chauffeur that she was a step-daughter of tj Sir' Henry Campbell-Banneiman. 'Her father had just 'bought a 'Wg estate, in -the : .South ' Island, and =v?as : thin&ft, of settling On arrivalat; Palmerst6n : :,"Miss Donald" stated that she would telephone to her people at Feeding. :.Slie.'.went awav'■ with.the"stated ■ intention of doing this, and returned to say : that they had left for. Wanganui, where she was to foUow thom. Tho chauffour thon drove hor : on ■to Feilding, and thence .to Marton,' I from; which placi,; she stated,' she telephoned to .Wanganui, and ascertained that her parents .had left-for Hastings,' where they were " going ito stop' with Mr. Stead. At Marten the,ohauffeur and' ."Misj' Dona.ld" stay<d for !. night,, and next morning motored to W r ajpukurau,.and ■. . At. : i. Waipawa;shb'" went''.to'-'the '{post office, and> .' thou returned, stating that she had -rung up.' Stead's'station", ;and found that Mr. Stead Jiad'lofb for Wbodville'/ f Slie then de-" cided that it would be best for them to go to .Woodvillo, and lind Mr. Stead,"as he would be; able to tetl-her' wherejier fatiher-was. So ; next. : day they left for Woodville,, and there she introduced the ohauffeur to a young man ' \ who said was Mr. ,Stead.. From Wood-. -..ville the; party .went,.to' Paliiatua with,-the'. ' : intention,; of, going ■to • Palmerston,,; but. at Pahiatua defendant .said that,"she was.'afraid of _ driving through the . Gorge in; the car, and preferred to go by train and ;'me«t. the . ohauffenr-<af;ain,'a.t Piiimerito(n. Before leav- . thij exprefsed 'intention :shn asked ' witness; to Teturn -the ' ; £lO. sho ' had grt*n hita atHhe comniencement of the journey, saying that she'-frould pay Mr. liiclis the' J - full Amount, by: chequo.on arrival in Welling-'. : ton. Witness complied with defendant's request, and she insisted 'on-his keeping £s\for ';hfs,'personal expenses; V.Accordingly.witness throii''h the Jlanan'atu and sought "Miss Dona.ld" at the Grand Hotel, Palhierston North, but found that sho had rot been there,' nor did she, arrive subse- ■ quentlv., ■■■■■.. i •" . . Mr. Von Haast:; Have' you Men May, Hal- . Lett; in Wellington .since ?—"Yes." . And is she.the person who called.herself. . Miss Donald?—" Yes." .

.Mr. Jackson, for the defence, said that h« Did hot, see,-what plaintiff's counsel had proved ; in regard to.Miss.Hallett. 'All they Bad hcAfd wis about Miss Donald. . His Worship: They haw prowl that she went-throughout the .lontcth and breadth of' the : North Island under false pretences, and she has confessed judgment. ' .*•' , An.order was msdo for immediate payment of-the sum' due, in default fourteen days' imprisonment. • . . " ,