AN UNFAITHFUL TAILOR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 130, 20 September 1876, Page 3

AN UNFAITHFUL TAILOR.

At the Edinburgh Small .Debt Court, a yotwwf woman named ICelcr* M'Mtliaot brotjjfiifc aa action tio> recover £l2 £r«ti* John Attdifi'O, a tailor, foe sei'i*in& f.iirtl » pvotnisß of marriage. The «*• fonder, oft b«ing civlletl ©ft to plead, said, excitedly, "I deny it m tvto " Mrs. McMillan, the mother of the pursuer,satd th» defender had for some years paiti his addresses to her daughter. She had fre<m«*tly heard him propose taamage to Her daughter, but the offers were declined untii 2tid oii April last, when it was arranged that a marriage should take place on the following Friday, and that the happy pair should for some time afterwards occupy a part of Mr. M'Mi'llan» huuso. Defender told witness to provide a. sumptuous supper for the occasion—-in-vita what friends she chooau, and he would bear the erpenae. Arrangements were also- made for taking oat the marriage lines* but the defender did not appear for that purpose. Witness had not seen him since, and did not care 11 she should never see him again. (taughter.) Since defender had been threatened with the present action, he had offered to pajr £l2 sather than come into Court, bat neither had that been forthcoming.. (fLaagMerv) defender (confidentially to witness): ** ell, tilers may have been sttohi a thing as twaddl® when we were all drunk ; bat the f'rt is far tot)' young for me- (Langhter.) ancy a man thirty-six years of age to marry a girl of twenty-one t f Renewed laughter.) It's nonsense, and all a tissue of falsehood. ("Laughter.) The sister of pursuer corroborated her mothers evidence, as did a young man named .Russell, who* was engaged by the defender to act w best man. Un the night of the 2nd of April, he heard defender call pursuer his ivtfn, and her parents father and mother. Befender (to witness): Were yoti and i not tipsy that night f Witness: Nov Defender: We were; the whole stjoad was drunk. It's a piece of nonsense. A man named Allan spoke to being in a state of sobriety on the night of the alleged promise of marriage. The mother said shtt was aware that Addison had lately had a considerable sum of money left him. The Shetiif gave decree for the full amount, with £1 10a. of expenses. Defender wished to speak again, but he was ordered to leave the Court, and did so smiling. *