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Said She Stole Her Husband’sLoveStrange Domestic Story in English Courtitilr-r! I h; lt;?I: | y iFashionably dressed womrn, demure girls and Maid suburban matrons crowded Into Mr. Justice Swift's court In the King's Bench laat month to listen while the pri\ate Uvea of two married couples were laid bare.Mra. Florence Austin Newton, of Glrley-drive. Hampstead Garden Suburb. was suing Mrs. Pat Hardy and bar huahend. Mr. Harold John Hardy, a retired solicitor, to recover damages for the alleged enticement of her bus . hand. Cyril Ramon Newton, dance band leader and founder of the Savoy Or-pheans.One of the tensest moments In thin dramatic case came when the beautiful j Mrs. Pat Hardy, who Is accused of having used her charms to steal away i another woman's husband, was asked noint-blank by her counsel tbe search-1 ing question:Have you ever, by act, word or deed, done one single thing to make this man forget hla loyalty to hla wife''** MOMENT'S SILEM Ethis. she declared. WeOPENLY LIVED TOGETHERand this case should be a divorce case.We occupied the same room at a West End hotel..Mr. New Ion did not wsnl to go back to his wife. I talked and talked for hours to try and persuade him to go back.It was his suggestion. We derided to go the whole hs. and th it it nn» no good deceivinganyone.*'Mr. Cyril Ramon Newton told the court that during 1920, when he and his wife were In the United State*, they were not happy together.TRAVELLED ALONEThere was an affair with someone, and when he hail an offer to come to England from the Stares they did not nave! together.He lru\Hl'd :ilone. and he was areused of tra\riling with a w«-l-aerin *t»re ,For a moment Mra. Hardy was silent. Then she drew herself up. and the answer came, brief and emphatic:Never!Mra. Hardy said that her husband agreed that Mr. Newton should stay with them at Glenhanton. Scarborough.Referring to a telephone ron-venuilioii with Mr. Newton at the beginning of December, Mrs. Ilardy mIi! he told her It wasimpossible to go on as things were.‘He nskcJ mo to go to Newcastle. .he went on. *T went there, and found '.hat he was really very til and alone in the house.1 nursc.l him for four days, and then returned to my husband.Asked oy Mr. Charles Doughty. K C.. when d.d Mr. Newton first try to her. Mu Hardy said: One can hardly fix a date for a thing like that.Questioned about a visit to London. Mrs. Hardy frankly admitted that Mr. Newton cnme back to London with her after she had been to Southampton to her daughter off on a cruise.I may say we make no secret ofman.As x result of that estrangement he ami his wife did not com-iiiuiiUate for six months.Then he asked her to come to England. and they lived at various place* In London, more or less happily.Me. llallrtt (tor Mrs. Hardy): Did you ever we any Indication, to put it bluntly. that Mrs. Hardy was chasing vou*— No. Mr. Newton denied that while he was staying under Mr. Hardy's r*of he visited Mrs. Hardy in her bedroom, or that she visited him In his.Was Mrs. 11- dy modest about her own powers of attraction? asked Mr. i huihcy-No. replied M-w. Newton, -he wan rather Ima-ffut. and -aid -he could get any man she set out f«»r. Iler great trouble was to Uerp men from «~uuing after her,-lie -aid.Continuing. Mrs. Newton declared k.it Mrs. Hnrvly timed her visits to coincide with Mr. Newton's arrival home.When he came in. she bera-ne more a »ated and talked to him. and before he arrived she would powder her none and make herself attractive.Mr. Hardy, the second defendant. In the witness box said It was at his re-It’s too mult; NatuNature will help at much But cold perms will win if a on unchecked. For 50 yes Bronchitis Cure has prove preatest remedy for prcv checking colds, sore throats and all chest complaints.HEAIBRONCHIfor Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, Iucst that Mr. Newton paid them a• ond visit.BID1CI LOUSMr. Hallett: Did you ever see any that your wifo was setting her-a-lf out to capture the affections ofMr. Newton?—No, It is ridiculous.Mr. Hallett: Ultimately !n December your wife went away to Newcastle, and you have never lived together since?— Not since.Your wife was accurate in saying that you are still the best of friends?— I do not say “the best of friends, but I am not going out of my way to ruin her as other people are trying to do.Mr. Hardy at s nor her stage In the proceedings remarked that he was “not a Jeulou* man.
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Sat, Aug 05, 1933
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