Branch of Promise Case

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 113, 18 March 1890, Page 4

Branch of Promise Case

(PEIC PKESS ASSOCIATION.) NeiAso'n, Alanh 8. The breach of promise ease, Char-' lvi to Miii< v. Hyman Hyums, a com- | MiSi-cUi travKiler, of Woiiingkm, vi'^a j Leurd i,u-day.' Mi PiU fur f ho plain- j !iff aii.i Mi-Jciiicne, vi Weiiin^toii for th« (iwtWidant. The. plaiutifi, vvh«» claimed "i 605 damages was the only witness, save the Registrar of Marriages, who deposed that plaintiff requested him to attend on Christmas morning last to marry the parties. A number of letters were put in, and it J appeared that by a letter in May, j 1888, the. tiff to marry him, *and June, 1889", was, first fixed the _,- event, aud\ Bubßequently.j;:Christmaß Day. The defendant had, deuied. the contract, and pleaded infancy ,, but in Court Mr. Jellicoe in effect admitted .t.fce formeiv, and acknowledged the defendant was of age. - -Tfi^ - defendant's lettei-tf breathed ■affection till the ■: 24th of Octbher lastj- but on the 7th; ofvNor vem her he wrote a letter in' which he baid— " Tbf tefet has come, and I was. only bJumau after, all I fodght against the feeling as long as I could, but it Was no use and then came the thought Which had never" befdre entered my tuind— is fche^ suited to'mw. as a wife — and then I knew my ; love for you hjid died.' My heart answej-ed^yes^-but my head says no. "You are good and pure ; all that a . wom^n shpuld be, with a heart full of love and' kind ness. But our lives lie iiii ' different ; directtons, J My tastes a.re 11 ut your tastes, -and you would be only unhappy Hamongst the people, with. wh,om I shall liave^tf take my place itf 'ttie World-.". Mr Jellicoe addressed the jury, contending that the siiialiest coin of the "realm" was Sufficient 'damages. His Honor said there was little that' was ludicrous in the^. vCase,. .and nothing dishonouring to "feiiher parties. The geutleinan was jickle rather than fake^i arid his letter breaking off the match showed ' nimi^a man of good feelingi jury had to assess "damages, but it w,as not a. case for viudictive datpage^. The, juryy after lialf an hour's deliHefation, 7 5 in a verdict; for '£ 150, with costs on the l^&t&i:rM; : -■ ;