LADIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Kumara Times, Issue 515, 22 May 1878, Page 2

LADIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

In an action of “ Anderson v. Eden,” in which the defendant was sued by a hosier to recover the value of a blue silk night-dress, and drawers of the same material and color, the exhibition of which created much merriment in court, the learned judge in delivering a somewhat lenghthy judgement, remarked that the defendant had set up two grounds of defence, both of which were untenable. She had objected to the quality, and that the material had been damaged. Mr Williams had suggested that- tiiose things were supposed to be washed at some time or other. His Honor continued that the damage was very indistinct, and that it would almost requite a microscope to discover it. The second ground of defence was that they did not fit, and he (the learned judge) said be could not possibly be expected to be a judge of that, but was decidedly of opinion that the defendant was too particular. Judgment would, therefore, be in favor of the plaintiff, with the solicitor’s costs. At this stage of the ease Mr Marcus Lewis, defendants solicitor, gave, by order of his Honor, the drawers and nightdress to the defendant, who, in state of great excitement threw them at him. Subsequently she botrowed a pair of scissors from one of the officers of the court, and in the courtyard literally cut the articles in question into ribbons.