OBSESSED YOUNG MAN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2015, 24 March 1914, Page 6

OBSESSED YOUNG MAN.

rMrUoiMUUo Lc-lUVtio.

HtS UNWELSOME ATTACHMENT. (By iSßoctitloo.) ■ Auckland, March 23. A strange story of a young man's lore infatuation was told in tlie Malice Court this morning, "when Wafer King applied to Wβ \V. P. gtoi'ej bouiW over to refrain from <wts of annoyance. ln<?. story told by Mr. Mowlem, for cmnplainant, W4* that iti May last yew the young man Storey mot' complainant's daughter, 23 years of a,ge, in, Albert Park, and introduced himself'ia a rather strange fashion. Ho immaji.at.eIy commenced to write letters to her. at first addressing Itor as "Miss King " but progrossiug quickly to "Boar Ida," ftnd evejstuttlly usiiig most ■ oudeariu." terms, dospito the i'act that none of his letters was answered, and hot the slightest suggestion, <sf reciprocity was ma-do. King and also ins son requested fetarey to cease the correspondence, and indicated ve.ry strongly that Miss King ajid her family desitcd. to have liothiu-g to d« with Itim. the snly result was that Storey increasad the flood of coiv respondenee, while. Misa King was further annoyed hy the .appearance-" of Storey wherever she wont in publfe. He registered his letters to ensure their reaching their destination, and sent telegrams and rang Up on tlte telephone. In the last ease tho Mention of his naiij-e always resulted in an itn.mcdiato ring off-, but Storey still pweistis!'. He wai warned % a detectiyej but it liad no effect. Coansel had be'e« instruot-ed on Mareb, 8 to take proceedings, and every day since tJjen tho Kings had received, oiie iittd two Registered letters ' from Storey.

Mr. Mood-, , , who- appeared for Storey, admitted th& facts, gating that the defendant was evidently .ofo&ssed with the Me* tlj.it- the yoiutg lady was in love wiili him. Counsel EiiggresW, however, that a fetter way out of tho difficulty wdtild Ire for tho Court to warti Storey , to feist, and adjourn tho case with a,, provision that it. bo hroujiljt on again iinmertiately should Storey not heed tho ffaniifig.

Mr, Mowle.m sa-M that his elieut closired a surety, however smalt,

Mr. <Mte;n, S.M., ordered Storey to find a surety for £25 that ho would sot Jμ any wa,v molest complainant duiing tins nest> six Hvonfiis-