Breach of Promise.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1922, Page 4

Breach of Promise.

“COULD NEVER" TRUST ANOTHER MAN.”

-In the course of the breach of promise case at Christchurch, in which a jury awarded a young woman, aged 20, £SO damages against a young man, aged 22, some amusing interludes occurred. The engagement only lasted four dnys, after an acquaintance of nearly five months. There were forty-two love letters, “all sweetness all drawn out,” as Mr Justice Adams remarked. Plaintiff stated that as a result of the affair she had gone “right off her food, and sometimes she thought that she would go really silly, that such things were said about her and people might believe them.” Counsel asked if she had given up hope of finding s ome other good man, and she replied that she “could never trust another man. She didn’t want the Court to believe she was on the shelf f or good riddnne, to bald rubbish, that it was a good job she didn’t marry him. As far as the. engagement was concerned she only had four days’ bliss. She admitted that slu had had, perhaps, Half a dozen sweethearts previously, though the breakiu, off with them had not caused her I W? her food or feel as if she wa: going silly.” At the time defendant was writ in love-letters to her at Ashburton she had a sweetheart there with whom ; subsequently “broke.” Counsel su gested that she had two strings to her bow. “No,” remarked hi s Honour, “she had two beaux to her string.”