THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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me question to you, "his treat- tdoes "his" refer ?Mr. Carew. And what treatment ?-His treatment of Mr. Carow
And where did you hear of this ?-From Mrs. Carewe
when you refer to ask Litchfield on to what do you refer P-I think that to a wish of Mrs. Carew to go home. wished it, and urged it.
Why Because I thought if she went home and returned in a year or two, she would find her home happier.
Did Mrs. Carew say ho that person Mrs. Carew said the letter was addressed to A L. and M J."
His Lordship-Do you mean one letter to A. L. and one to M, J.?—I understood that the whole address was A.L.M.J., whether there was one or many.
Mr. Wilkinson-Did she say why she wanted them P-No. She merely asks this question, can she go and get them.
Was that in her letter P-Yes.
What has become of that letter ?—I destroyed it. All her letters I destroyed; I never kept any of them.
Any wire they might send "-to whom does "they" refer -Her people at home.
And what" wire "P--I cannot quite recollect,idea but I believe she was expecting a wire from
home.
And referring to "the £100 which Mr. Carew had written for," was that of your own know- ledge P-No, Mrs. Carew had told me of this.
You say, if you succeed in thoroughly im. pressing them that he is tired of you and that the only use he has for you is for your money' to whom do you refer ?-That refers to Mr. Carew. I never saw any ill-treatment of Mrs. Carew by him.
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You say, a scoundrel and a mercenary one -to whom do you refer P-A mercenary one because I understood he was endeavouring to get control of all her money I understood that from her.
The Court then adjourned. On resuming on the 14th the examination of Mr. Dickinson was continned. He read exhibit pi as follows,-
"I will come to church with Mrs. Jackson and we will all walk up together if possible." He said that was a letter written by himself omi. to Mrs. Carew. The following, marked oren," was also written by witness to Mrs. Carew →→
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Say you do not know in the least about what steps he will take to get your money, but that it is your wish that none of yours be any more sent out to him on any account. Litchfield to hurry up with the will, do not over hurry him and tell him you want a copy and that the original is to go home."
In the first part "he" and "him" referred to Mr. Carew. In the latter part it referred to Mr. Litchfield. Witness next read exhibit tan:-
Was there anything in her letter that made your so urgent in repeating it twice as to the contents of the letter, eto. -No. I had no of the contents of the letter. I merely told her to go and get it as she seemed anxious. to get it.
Where was she to go tof-To the post office. Was that the query in her letter ?—Yes.. And you put in "taking care no strangers are near you" to whom do you refer there that makes you put in such a remark ?—The word stranger would refer to the person to whom the letter was addressed-A.L.M.J--that was the person I referred to; I thought that in the event of her being there for the letter she would notice. What do you mean by the "if I see the usual signal?-Mrs. Carew used to hang up a hand- kerchief in a certain window that I could see from the house where I was staying at, and from the road, and it was to let me know whether I could go in and see her.
Mr. Wilkinson--Can you fix any date when that letter was probably written P-Probably it was written after the 10th, probably on the 12th. Is that letter, eta, in your handwriting, and to whom was it written ?-To Mrs. Carew.
Will you read it please ? Witness read :—
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all than any scandals, and children. If you succeed in proving cessity for divorce you will have no convincing the Court of the unfitnes husband to have the care of tho You will then always have the com feeling of having done rightly little beings for whose lives you are re sible. Now and always I will help you in all things if you want me, as know you be with you while I may. Keep up your my dear one, and do not give in now under his cruelty and coarseness. If you are offered personal violence you must appeal to your brother and servants for immediate help, and go to your lawyer for further guidance. - Send for me whenever you may need me, Burn all this when you have read it and learnt the early part."
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Mr. Wilkinson-With reference to that last part, "If you succeed in proving the necessity for divorce, you will, I think, have no trouble in convincing the Court of the unf your husband to have the care of the children
-with regard to that, did she ever tell you that she had had interviews with Mr. Litchfeld on the subject of divorce ? Yes.
What did she say ?-She gave me accounts of two interviews that she said she had had.
Can you tell us what that conversation was -At the first she said that Mr. Litchfield seemed very unsympathetic and not inclined to take it up; but offered his services as a me
On the second occasion she said Mr. Litchfield had said that if she could prove one half of what she alleged she had ample grounds for divorce.
"It will be necessary to be quite in accord with each other, on broad questions we must be able to answer alike. You first wrote to me about the money-writing to the man you could
diator. Ask best entrust with some of your unhappiness. Money was a necessity, and it was a very natural thing to come to me about it. This of course led to my advising you how to get it, and as the money proved a source of much anxiety to your self on account of his attempts to get it, I often saw you at your house. If ever questioned re meeting on the hills, we must admit if of course, as our meetings were for the purpose of talking generally over what was the best course to take as regards yourself. We met on no particular hills, mind, and never mention the fortifications it is too near the cottage, and if possible that should be kept out of it. We sometimes rode and sometimes walked. But our hill meetings have been so infrequent that it should be diff. cult to make any point against you.
"You have not said * £150 you drew he is doing his very out of you, by both threats and cajolery
"Note 2.
Re your suggestion that the Bank would wire out the credit or permission for you to draw on your father. This can of course be done easily enough, but it would be necessary to instruct the Bank (and in writing) that you have written to your father to this effect and that in the event of any such credit coming out from our London office either by wire or letter care is to be taken that the advice be sent to you and hot to your husband. Such a letter would be best addressed privately."
Mr. Wilkinson-After the word "privately" there is a piece torn off?—Yes.
And the next word is P÷-"Jackson.” “* Jackson you should ask him to treat the quest in all confidence. I will draw up a letter for you before I go to Kobe."
Can you fix the date of this letter ?—I can't fix it, but probably it was during the week before I left for Kobe.
Which you have mentioned was Sunday the? Sunday, the 18th October.
Witness next read the following, marked
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I should think you might ask for the letters. I should do so without hesitation. Ask L if you like, but I should go and do it. I think will come up as arranged to the house, if I see the
gnal. I could also look in after erhaps, though I am not certain re this, and ask for the letters, taking care,
ngers are near you. say whether there was an “is letters; it
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was the letter lett
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"Our meeting places for the one or two oc- casions when we did mest must be the Tea- house near the steep hill or by the Race Course.
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We have rested of course it was easier to talk matters over thus, but as often as not did not rest. The reason of our secret meeting was the double one of the (1) necessity of keep ing the money matters from your husband (2)| our mutual dislike of each other. We have met as friends, and I am and have been always a good friend and nothing more, and the sense that you had some one here whom (to some small extent) you could take into your con- fidence was a great comfort to you."
Mr, Wilkinson-Whom do "each other" and our mutual dislike of each other" refer to Mr. Carew and myself.
Witness then read :—
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"I know nothing of the legal proceedings, You can say of course I recommended going to a lawyer in case your husband proved too difficult to manage about the money."
Now will you look at this fragment; does that follow on-is it a part of the same letter or memorandum P-—I think most probably it does.
Well; read it.
Witness read
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hoped things would improve. They have got worse, however, hence your compulsion:
Was that letter written by you when you were animated by the expressions and terms used in it--honestly animated by the expres sions and terme used in it?—Yes, certainly, That latter was written in the middle of the last week, when I believed she had seen Mr. Litchfield.
His Lordship What last week ?The week before I went to Kobe-the week ending the 17th October.
And those beliefs were entertained from some thing communicated to you by whom?—Both communicated and told me by Mrs. Carew.
When you say communicated you mean wrote to you ?—Yes.
You refer to a note “with a cap, can yon explain that circumstance P-I had been dining with Mrs. Carew and her brother, and when went away I took a wrong cap. When I found my mistake, I wrote Mrs. Carew asking for my cap, and it drew forth the letter just read.”
Mr. Wilkinson-I am requested by my learned friend to make an admission, my Lord. His Lordship-Wait a moment, then I will hear it.
Mr. Wilkinson In theta there is an ex pression, "If you succ
succeed in provin
by necessity for a divorce," etc.
admit that Mrs. Caren my learned friend to admi never applied to Mr. Litchfield on at all; and in response to that the admission she never applied with regard to the divorce or to of Mrs. Carow's husband to have the
the children,
uest:
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