SCENE IN M.P.'S MOTOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 2 (Supplement)

SCENE IN M.P.'S MOTOR.

WOMAN REFUSES TO LEAVE.

«► ' vV.-V •« r .'x>«'"V:iV • «*<4' ' V^v*^'.-sV/-r '••"< ? ' . A pretty s woman of twenty-eight who, insisted on entering the private motor-car of a member , of Parliament and was ejected by a policeman appeared before the Marlborough Street magistrate in London recently. • . t .>• A. policeman said that the woman, Mrs. Ellen Ellerton, of . Sussex , Place, South Kensington, entered the motor-car of Mr. - Edward Strauss, M.P., at - Carlos * Place, Grosvenor Square, about 11.30 in the morning. • " X tried to persuade her to leave," said the policeman, " but - she refused, arid was ejected. She would not go sway. The owner of the car did not want her in the vehicle." „■ Mr. Mead, , the magistrate: Did . the owner seem to know her ?—Yes. The policeman added that the woman tried to force her way back into the car, and attacked him. He then took her into custody. ' " •, * ' ■ "• • -l

Mrs. Ellerton stated that when' the policeman asked her to leave the car she said, " No, certainly not, this is a friend of mint ; I am going to stay in the car." - i r Mr. Edward Strauss, who is M.P. for North Southwark, then entered the wit-ness-box. He denied that he invited Mrs. Ellerton into the car, and said that he asked her to leave it.. Mrs. Ellerton: I ' went to ask Mr. Strauss if he would see me. Mr. Mead: The Court is not going into your private affairs. She was fined' five shillings for attacking the policeman. , ' .