Hirtzler v. Hirtzler

The defendant has appealed from a judgment of divorce, granted on statutory grounds, and giving her husband the custody of their child, three years of age.

The only- evidence that was offered to prove the defendant’s guilt was the testimony of two detectives who were employed and paid by the plaintiff, as they admit, to “shadow” the defendant. The testimony of the detectives was contradicted by that of the defendant and of two other women, whose veracity is not otherwise impeached. They testified that the defendant was on her way to Baton Rouge, with one of them, in an automobile, on the…