At the Liverpool Assizes on April 9, before Mr Justic Denman, an action was brought by Miss Mary Mathesoo, daughter of a Glasgow merchant, to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant was Mr Eccles Shorrock Eccles, a cotton broker, of Liverpool, and the damages were laid at £8000. The courtship had lasted only two months, and at the end of that time the defendant wrote' to the young lady's father, breaking off the match, his reason being that she did not take sufficient interest in his pursuits, aud her disregard for the game of cricket, of which he was passionately fond. The jury awarded | £2000 damages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 140, 13 June 1874, Page 2
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