Mr. Ridd met the ce-respondent Rogers at the office of solicitors who had acted for him, and it was agreed that Rogers should watch Mrs. Ridd.
Rogers went to Zeebrugge and took a room opposite Mrs. Ridd's flat. For a time Rogers reported to the husband, and later returned to England.
Rogers told Ridd that his evidence was not good against Mrs. Ridd.
Two days later Rogers went back to Zeebrugge, thrust himself upon Mrs. Ridd and made violent love to her. According to Mrs. Ridd it was a pastionate courtship and she became violently in love with Rogers.
Rogers spoke to her about marriage and promised he would get evidence whereby she could divorce her husband.
This came to rather an abrupt conclusion at the end of Septemb 1936. as Rogers got into some difficulty with the Belgian police, who interrogated him on a charge that he had taken a Belgian girl to London for immoral purposes.
No charge him, and Mrs. was preferred against Ridd gave evidence on his behalf.
Continuing.
Justice Bucknill said Rogers London. and Mr:
Ridd came to They went to an hotel where th occupied a room containing two be When Mrs. Ridd questioned the wi dom of this, Rogers said: "My dear girl, I am doing this to test you."
"I am satisfied," said the judge, "that Mrs. Ridd committed misconduct with Rogers, but I think there is every excuse for her.
"She was separated from her husband, who persisted in charging her with misconduct, I think she was tricked by Rogers after she was madly in love with him.
In my judgment Mr. Ridd has coi lived at the misconduct of his wife.
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