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A...SYDNEY DIVORCE CASE.
A WIFE GUILTY OF ADULTERY.
DAMAGES AWARDED AGAINST THE
CO-RESPONDENT.
Svdnev. March 8.
The divorce suit of i'eklootv. Tekloot,
which has occupied the attention of
the Chief Judge and a jury for the last
three days, was concluded to-day.
Rudolph Oscar Randwick Tekloot sued
for a divorce from his wife, Mary Isabel
Tekloot, on the grounds of adultery with
John Edye Manning, who was joined as
co-respondent. The petitioner claimed
£2,000 damages from the co-respon
dent. The respondent denied alultery,
and pleaded connivance, if any. The
co-respondent did not appear, but was
represented by counsel.
His Honor the Chief Justice pro
hibited the publication of the evidence
on the ground that it was so disgusting j
as to be unfit for publication. He said
no respectable paper would have pub
lished it. In the course of his summing
up his Honor severely condemned
the action of the private detectives
who had been employed in the case,
their actions had been brutal, vicious,
cowardly, and villainous. He compared
them to "parasites who feed on the
garbage of our unfortunate social system."
■ It appeared from the judge's remarks
that the co-respondent is a man of 60 and
the father of a grown up family, and that
he had according to the respondent's
evidence taken advantage of her by force.
The respondent is a young woman.
The jury, after being locked up for four
hours, brought in a ma jority verdict to the
effect that there had been adultery be
tween the respondent and co-respondent,
and that there had not been connivance.
They assessed the damages at £2,000, but
desired to suggest that the money should
be settled on the respondent and her
child.
His Honor ordered that £2,000 should
be paid into court within one month, the
co-respondent also to pay all costs of the
suit. He approved of the suggestion to
sectle the money on the respondent and
her child.
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