WOMAN'S THREAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 10

WOMAN'S THREAT.

"I WILL KILL YOU."

SOBBING MANNEQUIN.

EARI/S HEIR IN COURT.

- (Special.—By Air Man.) . LONDON, December, 15. "You are a scoundrel. You know you are. I will kill you."

. These words were hurled by a sobbing mannequin at; Viscount Kingsborough in Westminster County Court. '

She is Miss Adele Royle, who wae sued by Maple and, Company, Limited, furnishers, for £29 12/8 for goods supplied and work done.

Lord Kingsborongh, son and heir of the Earl of Kingston, was, joined as third party by Miss Royle, who claimed be "indemnified against the whole of the plaintiffs' claim and costs." •

Judgment was given for Messrs. ;)Caple against Miss Royle, and for Lord Kingsborough against >Miss Royle. Mr. G. G. Baker (for Messrs. Maple) read from, a' document inwhich Miss Royle said:

"From, 1930, ; April, 1936, I lived / with' Viscount Kingsborough as his wife at Wyndham Court, Hallam Street, W. Viscount Kingsborough left me on April 10, 1936. and did not return to live with me. He paid the rent of that flat up to June 20, 1936, when I left the flat.

"About June 20, 1936, Viscount Kingsborough authorised me to instruct the plaintiffs to collect and deliver the furniture from Wyndham Court to White House, Albany Street, Regent's Park, and engage to make certain renovations at White House."

Miss Royle added that she informed Messrs. Maple's representative that she was giving the orders on behalf of Lord Kingsborough. . " > It was only when she was pressed for payment, said Mr. Baker, that Miss Royle informed Messrs. Maple that the work was being done on the instruction of lord. Kingsborough; • - ~ On' March 13 last Miss Royle wrote to Messrs. Maple, "I cannot possiblv pay. J am entirely without money. I have a court case coming on after Whitsun, and whatever happens then, I shall he in a position to settle the account." Mr. Baker said Miss Royle had set down an action for breach of promise against Lord Kingsborough, an action that was withdrawn.

Three employees of Messrs. Maple gave evidence that they dealt direct with Miss Royle. In no instance did they hear of Lord Kingsborough. '< Mis 3 Royle said that when she went to live with Lord Kingsborough she was earning £10 a week as. an actress and mannequin.

ilr. Tudor Jones (for Miss Rovle): Why did Von write to Messrs. Maple asking* for time to settle the account? — Because I felt so humiliated that Lord Kingsborough had not settled it. Mr. Quintin Hobb (for Lord Kiivsborough): When he left he said lie parted from you for ever, and was never going to have anything more to do with you ?—Yes, more or less.

And from that time onwards he was trying to make you give up possession of the flat?— Yes, I suppose so. Miss Royle said Lord Kingsborough not only promised to pay for the furniture in store, but also for the fla«. in White House.

Mr. Hogg: Surely that came as a surprise to you? You had ceased to ba his mistress. ;>

Miss Royle burst into tears, and cried: "I was not his mistress. Lord Kingsborough promised to marry me and stole my letters."

After further questions, Miss Royle, sobbing, rose from her seat in the witness box, and, leaning over it in the direction of Lord Kingsborough, shouted. "You .are a scoundrel. You know you are. I will kill you." Miss Royle then sat down and a?ain burst into tears, and the Court adjourned for five minutes.

When Miss Royle returned, Mr.. Hogg asked her: '"You hate Lord Kingsborough so much that you would tell any stories about him?"

"No. He is the one who will hurt me. He has told the most dreadful lies," she replied.

Lord Kingsborough agreed that he lived with Miss Royle for seven years. He denied that 'he had ever authorised lier to give the orders in dispute to Messrs. Maple. '•