The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-05 00:00:00

BREACH OF PROMIER OF MARRIAGE.

On Mooday Kr. Wheelhouse, the sheriff's assessor,
arid a jury, sat at Leeds to &mess the damages in as
action brought by KW Emma Hey, of Hanchester.roaci,
Bradford, the daughter of • ealeinet-maker, against it-
Samuel Dixon, the son of the proprietor of the Ashley.
Saltaire, Shipley, for breach of promise of
marriage. The defendant had suffered judgment to m
by default. The damages wen laid at £2,500. The
plaintiff was first introdsoed to the defendant on the
19th of April, 1867. There had been a party at
Saltaire, the plaintiff being peanut, and in the evening
the defendant took the plaintiff to the railway emit:in,
aid then umompanied her home to Bradford. Thiv
met occasionally for twelve months, but in the etontor
of MO the defendant welit with the Plaintiff mut ,i'tet
friends to Reighley. In the course of the jovrney he
lurked her it she was mimed, and on her answering is
the negative he asked her if she had any objection to
his paying his attentions I. her. She said she had hot
known him sufficiently. A short time after he put the
same queetimi to be agile, end told her that if ref
would not have him he would pat aa mid to the pair et
them. She urged hire met to be two precipitate, tut
he always behaved to her moat kindly, and protewea
that hie intentioss were of the meet boaourehle kis&
He gave her an engaged ring and other presents. Ot
the 23rd Number he made • promise, by letter. t,
marry be:, and neat her 400 millions of biases. On New
Year's Day, be said he would he married in two most.'
About that time he showed ber • house where he sef
be would live, and which he said was his own proptlf'
Os the 2nd of January he wrote the following fotioel
promise to marry : I, Samuel Dixon do procure
make Emma Hey my partner and wife' through life d
she proves tree and honeet to me ; and, moreover,
she riots err from the ways in which a young let
engaged should do my promise will sot hold fPrc'd
farther than friendship, that will ever be offered to hr
by the said Samuel Disco, sun., cotton spinner, Alba!
Shipley. in the county of York. Written to'
ed by myself and the said Emma thy, of 61.
tea-raed, Bradford." (Signed by both partbm)
About this time two or three lettem • day were 110
about. The 10th February we. died for the weddillf•
but the defeadaut failed to keep hie engagetnest•
turned out that he bad seduced the plaintiff, tied
plitistiff's 'ousel said false charges were made 5110 P,,;
her, but the defendant's principal neaeon gieefl breaking off the &Mau* was that he preferred '
beehMor's hie to the oozes and 'Nonillions of Iwwwil'gk-
Evidence having bum gives that the defendant's talk:,
was • man of property, Mr. Waddy, fag the fillthr,'
said it was as cruel as it was unfounded to say that
plaintiff had been ef loose character. HeKr Www'
denied snob aspersions ; but who could deny that tid°
was £30,000 in the family? He isocelnded by
the jury to give eubstentlal damages, laseense of • 7.'"
life blighted, height hopes betrayed, and the woldi"
wreath dashed ruthlimly from as Moonset brow.
Kr. Mellor briefly addressed the j mitigatteu
dummies ; the learned arum summed up, and the jell
returned a verdict foe £760 damages.

Tin Budget. it lc -tinned, wM he Istrodeeed 1:1 ths
Chancellor of the Esehrquer on Mondsy, April II
Tits is one of the neoseseries of life, end it is or'
to be deprecated that the Chtnese °actin.. to .
with miners' powder tench of the importations
this oountry ; tic Pure Ti. ;Fated try Year*
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willotit the usual nolm*ng Becolied
twelmot by Aiwilek as scried in our Manse.

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