A PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143550, 15 July 1911, Page 2

A PRIVATE DETECTIVE.

HEARS SOME PLAIN LANGUAGE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, 'July 14. Some remarkable disclosures with regard to the methods of private detectives were made in the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon in a case brought before Mr. Kettle, S.M. Henry Kehoe, who was'charged with disobedience of an order for the maintenance of his wife, was represented by Mr. M‘Arthur. Mr. Lundon appeared for complainant, Alice Kehoe. -The evidence of defendant’s neglect .to provide maintenance was first called, and then evidence was called for the defence. . Donald M’Nah said he received the sum of £lO from Kehoe to. inquire into his wife’s habit of living. He said bo was a private detective, with racecourse experience. He admitted going to the woman’s house and asking for. board, and he admitted committing adultery with her. The Magistrate: So that is what you, a respectable private detective, did? Witness; Yes. Mr. Lundon: You are a married man? Witness: Yes. Mr. Lundon: Haveyou any children? Witness: No. Mr.'Lundon: Thank God for that. _ Alice Kehoe denied that she had misconducted herself with M’Nab. .His statements were untrue. She suspected that: M’Nab'was a private detective, and told him so. Defendant then went into , the box and offered to pay 15s a week towards the maintenance of his wife and children. , ,• Mr. Kettle sard the case' would he adjourned for a time. The circumstances were extraordinary, and it was difficult to know whom to believe. _ “I won't express my opinion of M’Nab,” .continued Mr. Kettle. “If I did I might find it difficult to find words to ex.press myself, even assuming that his statements were true.” o “All the greater blackguard if, they are,” remarked Mr. Lundon.