A Piquant Breach of Promise Case
It is said a sensational breach of promise case ts set for hearing in Luudoa soon. The defendant is a gentleman who lives on the outskirts of Birmingham, and has attained the ripe age of 71, and f he lady, who lives in London, is only 23. No fewer than 480 love letters are to be produced if the case comes on for hearing, and some of them run as long as fourteen pages. The lady claims £5000 and at present there is no prospect of a settlement. Whether the case will be taken into court is not absolutely certain. In one of his letters the old gentleman addresses his lady love as his " ickle dear," and invites her to *' come and see his lckle piggies." The young lady's usual style of ad dressing her venerable cavalier is ! ■'• My dear ugly old savage." It would be nothing short of a calamity for the scandal-mongers if this piquant case is settled out of court. I
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 121, 5 April 1890, Page 3
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