THE DENISTOUN CASE

Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1925, Page 3

THE DENISTOUN CASE

ATj»T3AUAN AND N.Z. CABLI ASSOCIATION. ■ DEFENDANT'S KYI DENGE CONTINUED. LONDON', .March IS. I.iuiy Carnarvon permitted him to give plaintiff six hundred in presents. There was no question of his paying hack. No claim, had ever been . made before he married l.adv Carnarvon. Hume Williams began a searching cross-examination. Witness admitted plaintiff paid his tailors and club bills, lie did noL propose in the circumstances to pay hack a penny, lie admitted the Jamacian appointment and biter ones up to the Supreme War Council were due to Cowans' influence. Ife had no idea the plaintiff was going to commit misconduct with Cowans, or what she was .going to do so for witness’s sake. When witness wrote that be was ashamed of himself it was because she bad written him a letter saying she had done it for Ids sake. He despised himself because be could not stop her. LONDON, March 18.

In his evidence, Lieut. Colonel Denis toil n said that he would have despised himself if Mrs Denistoim’s story that he had assented to her misconduct with the man responsible for his (Denistoun’s) promotion were true; hut his contention lie said, was that she gave herself to General Cowans for pleasure. YVlieri witness told her not to go further, that meant she must leave Cowans and accompany witness elsewhere. He acknowledged that in doing so he had acted weakly. His wife had been the dominant figure. He was not going to roves 1 her misconduct. What else could he have done in the circumstances?

Sir Ellis Hulmo AVilfiams: “I will toll you. Yoil could have threatened her with divorce. You could have gone to London, and could have assaulted General Cowans- and to Hell with your career!” Mr Justice McGardic : “f am afraid Sir Ellis, that is going a little beyond the hounds of forensic necessity !” The defendant explained that he laid not refused General Cowan’s appointments, because lie desired to shield the name of his wife, win would not have let him tell General Cowans such a thing. 'Sir Ellis Hume-Williams: ‘‘Why should you advise her bow to keep General Cowans?” Witness; “Because I did not want her to live with anyone who came along.” "Witness heatedly denied that he approved of his wile's efforts to ensure his promotion. He. admitted Inning relations for two years with a foreign woman in Paris; hut he did not let liis wife know this.

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