A Model Clergyman.
■ o . ■ I The Rev. John Valiancy, perpetual J curate of Roslistbn, near Burton, England, brought an action for trespass before Judge IHgby, at the local County Court, on the 19th of July, and claimed Is 6d as damages against a parishioner, Miss Maria Wright, daughter of a farmer. The lady visited the church-yard weekly for the purpose of placing flowers on her sister's grave, and a short time ago the plaintiff warned her and her father to abstain from entering the place. On meeting Miss Wright as j she was adorning the grave,, the plain- j tiff, after a sarcastic observation, swept the tributes away, and then claimed - damages for the trespass, stating that the grass had been iuiured to the extent of 1/6, through the lady tramping upon it. Ihe judge said he should; be sorry to believe it was the law of the land that a clergjman could prevent parishioners placing flowers on the graves of their relatives, and he gave judgment lor the lady, with costs on the highest scale, and characterised the case as " extraordinary and painful.,'
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 75, 22 September 1894, Page 4
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184A Model Clergyman. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 75, 22 September 1894, Page 4
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