ACTRESS'S STORY.
ALLEGED ASSAULT DURING CAR RIDE, DEFENDANT SAYS WOMAN INTOXICATED. : CLAIM FOR' DAMAGES FAILS. United Pres* Assn, by El Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Nov, 14. - Society is interested in the strange story told by Gwenncth Annering, a West End actress, in an action for damages in Air. Justice McCardlei’s court. • She sued Captain TurnerColes, a member of the Carlton Club, for assault during a motor car ride, after a New Year’s Day dance. The plaintiff gave evidence that Captain Turner-Coles was married, hut promised to marry her. After a lovers’ quarrel in the motor boat he turned her out on the snow-covered road, though, she was in evening dress, and then locked her up in a garage, heat and bruised her, and tore her dress, causing her to collapse,. Sir Patrick Hastings, cross-exam-ining plaintiff on behalf of the defence, suggested that she was drunk, and-also that the’purpose of. the action was to cause agony to Captain and Airs. Turner-Coles. Captain Turner-Coles in evidence, said Aliss Annering threw herself on the snow and slashed him in the face She was intoxicated. The jury gave a verdict in favor of the defendant.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10745, 16 November 1928, Page 3
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193ACTRESS'S STORY. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10745, 16 November 1928, Page 3
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