EXTRAORDINARY METHODS OF DIVORCE.
AN' UNSCRUPULOUS DETECTIVE AGENCY. ARREST OF FOUR MEN. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 24. Mrs Kate Pollard obtained, on the ground of her husband's cruelty and misconduct, a decree nisi in November, 1902, and to prevent this being made absolute the King's Proctor intervened in the London Divorce Court. The jury found .that Slater's Detective Agency had caused respondent to commit adultery, and presented a bogus case to the Court, with the help of a solicitor named Osborn, whom Slater employed. The decree has therefore been rescinded. Slater and Osborn, and Bray and Davis, two of Slater's agency of detectives, and Henry, the manager of the agency, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy. Slater and Osborn were bailed out. Bail was fixed at £6000.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11877, 26 April 1904, Page 8
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