CALLED HIM A FOOL.
Brother of Accused Seaforths Officer. LIAISON WITH GERMAN GIRL. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 27. The court-martial hearing of the charges against Lieutenant BaillieStewart, Seaforth Highlanders, was resumed and Lieutenant Eric Wright, brother of the accused, was called. He said: "I told him he was a fool when he admitted receiving money from 'Marie Louise' (the name of the German girl with whom Stewart had a liaison). He tried to justify himself and quoted one of Ms commanding officers regarding marriage. I was disgusted and closed the matter. I tried to dissuade him from revisiting 'Marie Louise.'" Mr. Parkes, counsel for the defence, urged that it would be awful to convict an°officer of a great regiment of charges based on remote suspicion and mere coincidence. Even if Obst and "Marie Louise" were secret service officers, Stewart would not necessarily know. Mr. Shapcott, for the prosecution, recalled that the peace treaty forbade Germany tanks, therefore she would be anxious to secure the latest information. Obst and "Marie Louise," if innocent, would have attended the court-martial.
The hearing was further adjourned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 73, 28 March 1933, Page 7
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