AN AUSTRALIAN PROMISE CASE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1997, 22 May 1885, Page 2

AN AUSTRALIAN PROMISE CASE.

The Leader : Bums up a recent breach of promise the followinglisiiirierir-:' 'Samiyefyfeprer. of?'.; the wido\f||" was the advjpe.of thjs elder ■ Weller sup.A Mr George liriegs;. mining 'Heathcote, has received a lesson on this' jpoint which is' , likely to impress itself upon his memory.,;: Melbourne juries seem; always to have & partiality for the fair plaintiffs in actions:: for breach of promise ofi imaragge. :In the case now under considerfin there;'was something more to goiiponthan that 1 .■ casual-reference to "chops and tomato..' sauce" which wrecked the happiness of the immortal Pickwick; but it must nevertheless be admitted that the plaintiff in being awarded £250 damages was liberally wjth. Mr Brjggs, an elderly wjdpfey, engaged as liis housekeeper a fi<}ow mef 1 Qpjtjpe' Flanißtejijj.''. Accbrding tq statenienL,some weeks after she had been in tiije l}ouse they sat by the fire, it being a cold winter's nigfyt, am} liaf} four g'lagges fif whisky toddy each, the'seconcj gla§s the lady knelt by fclie fire, pulled the' deff)i)c|ant'§ down towarus heKapfl • kissed nin|, paying that slje teii]i>t<s t'g df) 'so' r the 'very" first 'time ' they Rendered' incautious by the Influence of whisky, Mivßriggs jsked 'lijs housekeeper if she would' jiot "Jike "{g C|l a ng§ ll 6 ? position for that fjf inistrega. , Mrs fflamstead declinecj tjie qfferj qn the pffflilfl Hint it would be displeasing tog.. family, an<J became they According tq »|riggg. the oflfev was nevpiirgpewei, wfsfj not have been i)\ade at alj b|ifc fpr fljg Wftiaky, M}'§ atopy to till tli§ offer of mariiip m renewed and aooepted, and that a daty was actually fixed lor the ceremony, after which the mature Lothario suddenly ohanged his mind. Evidence was call for the defence to show that the widow had repeatedly said she would never many the plaintiff, and that she had afterwards spoken of frightening something out of him, as she he would rot [m ft judge juru. t|a|so #ppenr&|| itf&widb l; o| lettCira she had writtin -to pfcopfe dh thl subject.' A sympathetic jury, howjver, took the view that she"was entitled fo monetary compensation as a'salve' fwM to tenter u&lk laia'asiM tirdered to payher£2so! l ' The'mM'oJ the story 1 seems to be that-people sholild keep iri viW Mr Weller, senior's, sage advice, and that they should po(. if they cah help jfc- gjyo s PljtorW'M opportunity <vt encmtragili£ v de\S|nihg faWenWinsfcltute 'sliaky-Mtionk ajj&ih&f riteri' whßfn'they'' havb not Succeeded"in* cjuping to the 'extehj, oj tlie^r S^fersireg; "