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A CONSTABLE'S LOVE AFFAIRS. I
ILLEGAL DETENTION CASE. I
Some interest was c.xciicd in a case at the I
Carlton court yesterday, in. which Alfred E. I
M4Mabon, constable of police, charged \\ llliaru . I
Kcegan, stepfather of liis fianree, with haring I
illegally detained a quantity of furniture and I
household iroods. valued at £43 13/3. _ I
Mr. Carroll, counsel for complainant, said the
marriage was to have taken place on Win Octo
ber, but complainant engaged m _ styn®, l !
gat-ion, and in view of tne cxiiensc invoked
Uic marriage postponed. . . .. u
GoinplainHiit laiil that on 3nl October he
handed £M to Mrs. Kccgan ;o huv some una
and curtains. Ho had already purchased the !<-
niture. She told witness she would sliow h'm,tne j
receipts, as she had done in the cas ot
other son-in-kw.'; W) t ti era . liad fovi ri lhe e»w
di? it » tho' gir;. A friend gave bun
the carvers and cutlery. lie lad not irnde i
girl a present oi them, ilelud bought the
cloele to awaken eliim when he had to atnna
court, and had lent it to the i s|r I- ,' 1(Mit
refused to say where she had bought tbe F-Jfj' .
Jlr. Ridgeway (for tho deience): he Ji ,lls»
tion which stopped the marriage cone
Jl""crrouf Mv" friend 'is going into the breach
frtgS denying
So .that t.A to the marriage is out of he J.
Are you still prepared to marr) the gun
Witness: Yes. , _ mnv time?—
The marriage can tako plant at any
No; because I am net prepared. Wucs-Be-
Why can't you -trust -our »rc wiiei
cause I can get the funnlure stored at
furniture 1—1
"Tnd "ot /ouar'e'T.'e.ared to marry the girll-
Yyou arc not doing U.is out of spitei-Xo. It
is because I want my own. on v()ur part t0
Is not tins simply a trml nCejcj here,
humble the girl?—. No, si he L , hcr t|,e
Will you swear vou ' ''L5Lyt5, 1 made out
money to buy what she liked. >«.
a list at her own prices- b;<, vou magi-t
I suppose you realise "'»_>„ i know "0
get into over the e-'ke - pijco.
duty was to hand it th( girl, rcsidia,
Elizabeth hecgan. M,j complainant
at 240 Uruuiniand-s rect.r dllie,tcr when the
iravc licr £9 \0 f>'i® , xv$fn<ss gave 1W®
latter returned from H-Vilhtmr further to do whh .
the moncv, ami liat! notlinit tcj f0 4ee the
it. Elsie "msked M'Mahon .Mm «n ,0
receipts, and he «whi going on.
called to say tne o.htr carrjl,d- p was some-
feudant was dying to Ret Ul(, courage
tiling awful. tuVrv-' ,. but eventually came and
to sav "Yes" or "AO, uui - „,arria?e 1-
escla'imed, "1 l,!av'il'!C| c was being forced into
olf." One would in nk h Qn ,he following
something against 1 s wl and fai(j he „an,ed
Monday ho came with a ")ou inlbht
to store the '""Yl KUie came home."
have waited until Ll"e m ot all me
An order was mad" ; iecurUins. a put '
property escept d a quilt, valued at
.blankets, a set of «o/ for storage, and
£5. Defendant was alloweo
£2 2/ costs.
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