ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.
THE HOBBS CASE,
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON. March 4. In the Hobbs case, the judge’s ruling that a letter from Sir Hari Singh’s secretary was inadmissible led to Sir E. Curtis Bennett protesting that Hobbs was suffering because Sir Hari Singh and his secretary were not called as witnesses. The judge ret torted that nobody suffered, because the rules of- evidence were propei-jv observed.
Newton gave evidence that Captain Arthur* bought Newton’s .share in the second cheque for 650, CKK) francs. Arthur subsequently sued Newton for £17,300, but the -action was settled by consent on payment of £IOOO. Newton denied that Arthur paid him 20,000 francs in connection with Mrs. Schmidt, whom Arthur was taking to India as his wife. The case was adjourned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 March 1925, Page 5
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