Breach of Promise Case.

Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1903, Page 3

Breach of Promise Case.

Considerable amusement has been afforded the inhabitants of Cradock, Cape Colony, by a breach of promise case in coloured circles, says the Westminster Gazettte. The members of the party—mostly females—were arrayed in brilliant colours or pure white. Plaintiff, named Caroline May, wore a black dress with scarlet silk blouse, and round her neck a gold chain, which hung in loops to her waist, where it was fastened with a sovereign pendant and trinkets. Defendant, a fine, swarthy, intelligent looking fellow, bearing the name of Andrew Afriea, was attired in grey flannels and spotleu linen, with a coronation medal and ribbon on the lapel of hia coat. The aggrieved maiden told the Court that she claimed £2O damages for loss of comfort and home for life. Defendant had given her an engagement ring and arranged with her father as to the number of cattle be was to pay for her, and she, at defendant’s- request, left the domestia situation where she was employed. Africa wrete her many love letters. Her mother bought the weddingdress and outfit, which included the following articles Plates and forks, cups and saucers, twenty pounds of butter, six pounds of fat, a butterpot, a sugar-pot, pictures and frames. Defendant asserted that as bis father could not come to terms with the girl’s father as to the number of cattle to be paid, the girl herself, impatient at the delay, broke off the match. Without the consent of both parents, according to native custom, they could not marry. The resident magistrate accepted the defendant’s version and dismissed the case. Ho said the trouble was really between the parents, and not between the youth and the girl.