REMARKABLE EVIDENCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 3

REMARKABLE EVIDENCE.

AN AUCKLAND CASE. (By TclecrapU—Press Association.) Auckland, July 11-. Some remarkable evidence was given 111 the Magistrate's Court this a fniooii' ill a caso brought beluro -Mr. Kettle, b..u. Henrv Kehoe, who was charged witii disobedience of an order for the maintenance of his wife, was represented by Mr. H* Arthur.. Mr. Lundon appeared for Hie complainant, Alice Kehoe. hvidence ot defendant's neglect to provide maintenance was first callcd, and then evidence v, as called for the defence. . M'Donnld 31'iS'ab said lie received the sum of ,£lO from Kehoe to inquire into his wife's habits of living. He said ho was a private detective with racecourse experience. He admitted going to the woman's house and asking for board, and lie admitted committing adultery with her. The Magistrate: So that is what you, a respectable private detective, did. Witness: l'es. Mr. l Luntlon: I'ou are a married man?— Yes. Have you any children?— No. Mr. Limrlon: Thank God for that. Alice ICehoe denied that she_ had misconducted herself with M'Nab. His statements were untrue. She suspected that M'Nab was a private detective and told him so. • • Defendant' then went into the box and offered to pay 15s. a week towards the maintenance of his wife and children. Mr. Kettle said the case would be adjourned for a time. The circumstances were extraordinary, and it was difficult to know whom to believe. "I won't express my opinion of M'Nab," continued. Mr. Kettle. "If I did I might' find it difficult to find words to express myself, even assuming that his statements were true." "All the greater blackguard if they are," remarked Mr. Lundon.