A PECULIAR LAWSUIT.
Damages foi "Sonoiti at Heart." (By Telograph—Press Association,) ; GisDoitNE, Saturday, , A peculiar lawsuit was heard at the R.M. Court yesterday, ono native suing another for £IOO damages for i enticing his wifo away and harboring her, Both were young men, and tho ' wife was a girl about eighteen, Tho ! plaintiff claimed the damages for , sorrow at heart which had been i caused him by his wifo's elopement, The defendant endeavoured to prove < that the plaintiff bad ill-treated his ' wife, and he took pity on her, but this defence failed, and Mr Booth, R.M, gave judgment for plaintiff for £25 and costs £8 12s,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4342, 11 February 1893, Page 3
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106A PECULIAR LAWSUIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4342, 11 February 1893, Page 3
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