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AUGUST 18ra, 1933,

RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE `APPEAL

LONDON, July 23rd. In the Cours of Appeal, the hearing bas begun of the appeal lodged by Mrs. Bus sell against the decree mai granted to her JEWEL - THIEVES AT WORK. ·

hushand, the Hon. Jehu Hugo Rukal, on the grounds that the Jury's verdict Losoos, July 10th. was against, the weight of evidence nud The well-known firm of Warwick's, whs that the Judge had misdirected the Jury,

Mr Russ and her mother wers pre- have important business connecting in India, were prescentors in a case at the rug in the Court, while the public gal. Old Bailey, in which Steven Bouchi plead-lery was full, although there was plenty ed guilty to stealing. bunch of pearls of room in the body of the Court. vahjed at £14,000.

Mr. Patrick Hastings, Kry, apering

The defendant was entrusted with the the case, said thing the main, if not the pearls temporarily, and returned them aly, evidence against the wife is sub Warwick's who only subsequently outstance was that, whereas she and her hus that the contenty of the parcel contain. ed a few bits of tinsel..

The prosecuting commise stated that War wick's had lost £140,000 in peart theit, and it was obvious that there were other people behind the defendant.

The Common Serjeant postpondente ence in evasequences of the defendant's desire to assist justice by giving all pos sible information.

hand cerupled the same room, the husband alleged that held out have been the father of the chill, and if evidence of the reason for this assertion was inadmissible? then there was no evidence against the wife at all: In the circumstances, K hushand could aut.be permittel to give such evidence,

The whole battle beteen husband and wife centre round the child, and if it were to be open to this husbaul to say, Alt is true that we occupiel the same EXTENT OF GAMBLING MANIA.hed, but nothing occurred" and then to

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Losbos, July 19th. Giving evidence before the Betting Com mittee, Mr. George Yates, President of the Northern Bookmakers and Backers' Association, stated that 118,000,000 wais

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prising £81,000,000 office starting price betting, £20.000.000 race-course betting £28,000,000 streek betting. estimated that there were 5,000 street bookmaker, but Sir George Hamilton. member of the Committee, declared that there were 5,000 in Londoi alone,

have read letters to show that the wife Was not the kind of person that a jury would like, that would certainly pea ný a new terror in divorer.

Referring to Mr. Justice Hill's am ming up in the Court below, Mr. Hast ings complained that the Judges direction

was on the peti

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Mr. Patrick Hastings, cited cases support of the connection that the ovidenou of the Hon. John Russell in regard to non-access was inndinissible,

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Replying to Lord Justies Warrington, Mr. Patrick Hastings agreed that he menut that a statement of where there was evidence of opportunities for access was inadmissible from the hus toband or from the wife.

The witness said that E20 was a fair average of daily takings for street book makers.

He estimated this £10,000,000 £15,000.000 was employed in the betting business.

Mr. Joseph Marshall, Secretary of the National Sporting League, estimated the betting turnover is £300,000,000.

DARL KARRIES ZIEGFELD FOLLY.

LONDON, July 20th. Chienge The Earl of Northesk has married Miss Jension Brown, the Ameri- exu aptrest.

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Sie Marshall Hall, for the husband. said that the only issue was that of adul tery, and if there was any danger in the rade, it was that the jury would stralu to return a verdict which would ant even inferentially injure the child. The jury. in fact, hail given this verdict, and on the broad issue there was ample evidence on which they could so find

Loxoox, July 4th. The Master of the Rolls, giving judg ment dismissing the appeal, said that the appleant had relied the judgment of This is a culmination of a romance Lord Mansfeld that, in the interests of started at the beginning of the year, decency and morality, it was not comp when is Brown was appearing, in Lontent for the husband wife to give evi- dence showing hạn-access, In this case, however, that proposition had been ar rowed down and the position had als The meeting of the art of Norths been changed by legislation. Nobody nud "could and Alis Jessica Brown, formerly of the doubt that the evidence of the Ziegfed Follies, at the pier was most this case was relevant, while the possi affectionate. alis Brown did not stand bility of any man getting rid of his wife du ceremony, but threw her arms round

Alleging that a child was abt bis was the earl's neck and kissed him rapturous, of great practical importance, as

such jy. He

appeared confused by the publi

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city, but delighted at -Miss Brown's urd-Would pay attention to him anfess his story

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Cinema operaters photographed the whole scene,, aud said that Miss Brown's kiss measured seven, and a half feet of

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was, strongly corroborate. Here there was corroboration of the husband's story.

It is lempned that it is very probable that Mrs. Russell will appeal to the House of Lords:

Lord Northesk told the reporters that

hoped that Americans would drop his | DUKE OF YORK VISITS LIVERPOOL.

in addressing him, and call him just "Dave."

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The Earl continues to maintain that the date of the marriage is not fixed, and any that it is for Miss Brown to decide He expects that the wedding will take plass in Buffalo.

LONDON, July, ath;

The visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Liverpool was marred by an un- fortunate accident. A horse of one of the carriages in the procession shied as the chering

and plunged in the crowl, Lord Northesk, in reply to a question, kueking down and running over a dozen aid that his mother agreed to the wed-prople, including seven children, who were ding, and added that the best proof thas the chief sufferers in the age of frae he inter marriage was the fact that he tured leg cats and bruises. All of them resigned his lieutenaney in the Guarti were taken to hospital.

to come to America, for the wedding.

Misa Brown declines all information:

About

the plans for the wedding.

A reporter asked "Lord

whether he liked American orth!

brity

than English. The earl blushed with en

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