WOMAN'S STORY.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 46, 24 April 1930, Page 10

WOMAN'S STORY.

CONCERNING MAN SHE MARRIED

An amazing story was related at the Kogarah Court, Sydney, recently when George Turnbull, 42 was charged with having obtaineci £400 and a gold ring set with diamonds valued at £50 by false pretences. >.

Mrs Sparrow, a widow, said that Turnbull called at her place at Kogarah in January, 1929 and told her he was a prospective buyer of her place. They took a liking to one^-another and a few weeks afterwards they married. After the marrmge she had sold her furniture anoi upon his suggestion, she allowed him to take care of the £80 she had received for it. * Subsequently he told her he had lost the money. He next borrowed two amounts totalling £150, from her, and told her he lost that also. When she remonstrated with him and said she disbelieved his story, he said: "I am teHng yon the truth. I love every hair on your heaca. 7' Subsequently she gave him £50 with which to buy clothes and £50 to buy a motor lorry. He did not return this m«ney. She paid £150 deposit on a residential and gave him £15 to pay an instalment, but ha kept the money. Later he stole her purse containing £20. She had also given him a diamond ring to have it reset and he retained that also.

While Mrs Sparrow was giving evi-' dence culled out that Turnbull was. her. husband.

Mr Cohen, S.M. committed Turnbull for trial. Bail was fixed at £300. '