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GHOST STORY.

An amazing ghost story was was told at Wandsworth County Court (England), before Judge Hatington, when Thomas Henry Wrensted sued William Atkinson for £lO 13s 4d, reut due in respect of a house at Balham. Mr Hanue, solicitor for plaintiff, said that a very curious defence had been put in, defendant objecting to pay rent for the premises because, he said, the house was haunted by an old grey-headed man. Defendant left the house and declined to pay alter taking the premises for twelve months. The judge said to Mrs Atkinson, “Was this old gentleman very disturbing to you?” “We lived there for some months, and it was a matter of imoossibility to remain there.” Mr Hanue read a letter from Mrs Atkinson to plaintiff in which the former stated that it was “impossible to live in the house ; it is being haunted by an old grey-headed man. Some noises we have heard,” continued the letter, “give us no rest. We have tried all the rooms to sleep in, but they are all alike. Big bangs come at the head of the bedstead and wake us up. One of my daughters had her face slapped. One night some brass rails were flung across the room. There are terrible bangs at the head of the bed and pattering up and down stairs. Our dog whines and is very restless, and last week he was let loose ; the back door was opened and the dog admitted to the house, by whom we do not know. Our nerves are all unstrung, and we cannot live in it any longer. Our experiences have been something dreadful. The shadows of a man aud a woman have been seen by more than one person. 1 ” The judge said that a plea of ghosts could not be a successful reason for not paying rent, aud gave a verdict against the defendant.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19120113.2.23

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1093, 13 January 1912, Page 4

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GHOST STORY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1093, 13 January 1912, Page 4

GHOST STORY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1093, 13 January 1912, Page 4

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