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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 30, 1938.

"MEAN-SOULED" MAN'S FIANCEE ON APPROVAL

-"Tortuous Mind" Says Judge

SCATHING remarks about a husband who, when engaged, induced his fiancee to sign a document of "courtship on probation," were made in the Divorce Court recently by Mr. Justice Langton, granting a decree nisi to Mrs. Mabel Annie Margaret Davies, of Crown Street, Morriston, Swansea.

She sought divorce from her husband, David Ellis Davies, on the ground of cruelty, and alternatively asked for a decree of nullity, alleging that her husband had wilfully refused to consummate the marriage.

The husband denied this, and counter-charged his wife with cruelty towards him.

Members of the Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A.. who rathered for a Christmas party on the Club grounds,

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He denied that he had refused to ager he seems to me to have made 29-Year-Old Bride City Murder Charge Acquittal

consummate the marriage and alleged ja miserable show."

that his wife lind refused.

Mr. Davis denied her husband's! allegations.

Mr. and Mrs. Davles were married on March 31, 1934, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel, Swansea, and lived together at Skeity, Swansea.

The case for Mrs. Davies was that her husband assaulted her while she lived with him and she left him in May, 1834. A separation agreement | was entered Into on September 18 of that year.

"DISGRACEFUL LETTERS

"TINS IS TO CERTIFY."

For Knight Of 81

During the period of courtship Mr. Davies received, as he said, the fol-j

Notice has been given at a London lowing certiikate from his dancee:

the forthcoming "This in to certify that my flance exister office of and I resume our courtship on grew, B1-year-old widower, of St. marriage of Sir Andrew Hislop Pelil- probation 35 A disengaged couple Andrew's Club, Whitehall Court, from the beginning of April, 1992, S.W., and Miles Joan Cottam, ageri and that my retention of the en-28, of Gloucester Place, N.W. Rangement ring

ent ring is by

by no means The wedding is to take place nt indication that I an engaged until the Marylebone Presbyterian Church. i receive some other definite evid-George Street, Brynston Square. ence from him to this effect.

It was not surprising. sald the

Judge, that Mrs. Davies had sold that into a position in which he would be Line did not write this of her own able to get some Banhelal advantage. Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Lan-accord.

"The correspondence shows that ton rejected the husband's allegation It was not easy to imagine that any he is possessed of a most fantastic that evidence given by impartial wit-man would have been so mean-souled imagination," the judge added. "He nesses was a tissue of lies, and that as to ask the girl to whom he was apparently goes about the world ed to sign such a document. under the impression that people are

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ONLY 15 guincas was received by Mr. St. John Look for the Hutchinson, eminent K.C., for defending Horace Budd, 29-year-old engineer, of Hacton Drive, Hornchurch (Essex), who was found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey recently.

he was a victim of conspiracy be-len am satisfied that he concocted i plotting against him. He seems to added that he thought publicity should be given to the fact that

tween neighbours.

Over a series of years Davies had document so that he might have have a totally exaggerated sense of written letters to his wife which sunething in his favour in case he his own importance. were a disgrace to any man.

wanted to break off the engagement,

think that is an excellent indication; of Mr. Davies' character."

"They have no reason in them, and I am sure they have no truth in them." said the Judge. "They con- stitute, on his own evidence, à mere | farrago of rubbish,

NOT GENUINE

"SLANDER WITH IMPUNITY" "He uses his pen to slander other people with considerable impunity; It li as well that he should be warned

Later, Mr. Davies, following just that this

the same fine, and after he had been|procedit dangerous method of

Mr.

her to write a letter in which she ex-leved Mr. Davies had refused to separated from his wife, persuaded} Justice Langton said he be- Pressed sorrow for what she and said consummate the marriage "because and done.

jot some freakish imagination of his own. He did not believe his story that the wife hail refused.

"They are false all through, and the uncontrolled freedom and fury with which he flings charges about, with- out any evidence at all to substantiate them, opainst all and sundry, shows

Just what was in his tortuous mind that he is a man mean, spiteful and, at that time the judge did not pretend

to use his own favourile expression, "Vindictive and very malicious.

to know.

Upon that

upon that issue alone Mrs. Davies was entitled to a decree of nullity.

As to the issue of cruelty, again her story rong true,

"I believed this mun did kick his

It was

clear there was nothing genuine in his mind when he made à " regard his conduct as beyond Suggestion that he wished his wife to excise. It Is sald be was tobouring return and resume married life, under strong emotion. That may be: "It is again a manoeuvre--one of wife," saat the judge, "There was in some way palliation. The husband that class of really inean manoeuvres no condenation and she never went is a school teacher and a religious of which Mr. Dayles seems to be a back to her husband after he was teacher, and with all these advant-muster. He hoped to manoeuvre her cruel to her,"

Mr. Justice Asquith, who said be would recommend that the jury should be exempted from further service for seven years.

defending counsel and solleitors, who had worked so well and so hard for Budd, received only nominal fees under the Poor Persons Act.

Mr. R. Blundell, junior counsel for the defence, received only ten guineas for his work and the solicitors only ten guineas.

This involved not only four days' appearance at the trial but preparn- tion and study of the evidence.

COUNSEL'S SKILL

Had Mr. St. John Hutchinson been briefed in the ordinary way his skill would have earned him a high fee. Eminent counsel have received as much as 1,000 guineas for defending and murder prople charged wi other serious offences.

Budd, who was charged with the murder of his friend, Franels Cyril Newlands, a steward at Temple Chambers. E.C., was kept waiting two and a half hours before the jury reached a verdict.

After he had been told he was 'n free man he thanked the judge and the jury and teft the dock to meet) his mother and relatives outside the court.

HER, TEARS

Crying, “Oh, my dear boy, my dear boy, his mother burst into tears of relief as she saw him walking to-ļ wards her, Both thanked police- officers of the court-for the const- deration sliown to them during their? long ordeal.

Budd said: "This is a just verdict."

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WINKING WOMAN AWARDED £1,500

Complaining that she hnd, Peckham. Each driver blamed the acquired an embarrassing wink other. ns the result of a motor-car

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nccident, 11 Wembley school-through a window of her car, was mistress was awarded £1,500 budly cut and scars were still visible damages in the King's Bench on her face and neck. Division recently.

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