Mr, Wing stated that the defence had been put in by affidavit. He also said that the defence had been changed since the case first came up for hearing when it was stated that the agreement was one in connexion with past immorality and was, therefore, not recognised by. law. The new defence was as set out above and was to the effect that the agreement signed by defendant was not his deed.
Sone Fujiyama, the plai then called and gave her the relationship between herself and the defendant. She stated that she was the widow of a Japanese' pearl merchant who died in Java about 1914. She went to Rangoon after his death to visit friends and sported herself by sewing. It there that she made the acquaintance of Browne who was one of a number of British troops. stationed there at the time. He told her he liked her and though he could not marry her then, would do so after the war. She lived comfortably for the first five months on his earnings and the money from her sewing. As defendant was a soldier she did not do his honsekeeping at that time. Later he got into trouble and was deprived of the rank of mess-sergeant with consequent reduction in pay and he did not send her any money. He was admitted to hospital with a broken foot and was imprisoned for a veal Mr. Kentwell objected to this evidence stating that it was irre levant but the objection was not upheld.
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