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Letter from John Moorhead to Henry Wynne, 23 June 1916

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<hi rend="underline">COUNTIES OF ANTRIM AND BELFAST</hi>

<address><Crown Solicitors Office,
<lb/>30 Rosemary Street,
<lb/>Belfast</address>

<address>Henry A.Wynne Esq.,
<lb/>Chief Crown Solicitor,
The Castle, Dublin.</address>

<note>Rex v Ellen Davidson,
<lb/>of Taughey, Ballymoney
<lb/>Separation Allowance
<lb/>fraud</note>

<salute>Dear Sir/</salute>
<p>This case came before the Magistrates
<lb/>at Ballymoney on the 19th. instant when I
<lb/>produced the following witnesses:-
<lb/>Mr. McAfee J.P. To prove defendant's signature:
<lb/>Mr. Warnock. Pension Officer to prove the sub-
<lb/>stance of his interviews with the defendant:
<lb/>Mr. Hackett. a farmer, and Mrs. Margaret
<lb/>Graham wife of a farmer, both of whom
<lb/>resided immediately adjoining the residence
<lb/>of the grandmother of the soldier. I also
<lb/>produced for the prosecution the grandmother
<lb/>of the soldier, and these last three witnesses
<lb/>proved conclusively that sometime prior
<lb/>to 12th. July 1915 in consequence of a quarrel
<lb/>with his stepfather the recruit had gone to 
<lb/>live with his grandmother whose residence
<lb/>was about a mile from the residence
<lb/>of the defendant. That he resided continuously
<lb/>with the grandmother from that time to the
<lb/>date of his enlistment on 1st. Decr.1915.</p>
<p>That from time to time he visited his
<lb/>mother, the defendant, but always slept at
<lb/>the grandmother's house, and resided continously
<lb/>for these six months with the grandmother.
<lb/>The grandmother also proved that he got
<lb/>his food in her house and that he allowed
<lb/>her so much of his wages as he didn't need
<lb/>for his own personal use. No evidence was<pb/>

<note> Under Secretary
<lb/>Submitted
<lb/><gap/>
<date>24.VI.16</date></note>

<note><sic>Solr</sic><unclear>Gaul</unclear>
<lb/>Please advise
<lb/>with reference to your
<lb/>donations of the 9th
<lb/>May</note>

<note>Nothing further need
<lb/>be done. My view is
<lb/>that <gap/><gap/> is of
<lb/>the essence of the
<lb/>offence. J O.C</note>

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Letter from John Moorhead to Henry Wynne, 23 June 1916

National Archives of Ireland

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