The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-12 00:00:00

lIRSLON OF PROWS&

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A undone breach of pnuniee cues came before Master
Fitter on Titular (aeon aucument of damages, judgment
having been allowed to go by default The plaintiff, Wes
roily Galion. of Pahll elite. Karnak is a lady id year.
of age, da..ei,jar of a gentleman. welt connected, in County
Care, and at. i bad octed 114 lent over the propertied the
defendant's father, a doctor le 'Climb DOW dead Tha
defendant, the Rev. Jeremiah 'Loran, ia Jonee;opsa.
(bunt? Armagh, is a chrgrman of the Diseetablished
Chinch of !reload, aged SI years, •nd a cousin of the
lady'a. An attachment had hua jump( hetweru aha
parties while She defendant, waa • yoiing man passing
through college. ow! • corounondeace had hoes carried
00 for six rearri, expressing an ardent affection on both
aide.. In July, Idl, however, the plaintiff unexpectedly
received • letter from the delendant's mother communi-
elating to her the startling intelligence that her son was
already engaged to be married to another lady. • Kiss
GCallsurhan, and endeavouring to make excuse for him on
the ground that on seeing her he fell madly in love with
her and lost night of his engagement, and that she was
grieved at his inconsistent conduct The plaintiff at once
WTOI4 a reply releasing him from his engagement to her,
and be gratefully acknowledged her generosity and
her • node letter." At the same time that
re sited wrote to her, however, he sent another letter
to awe elyGgallachan, telling her of the engagement
he had asked to be released from and saying he
was willing to fulfil his engagement with her. She
wrote a spirited answer also releuing him. He then
reverted to --he engagement with the plaintiff, which he
desired to resume, and the intimacy was renewed and con-
tinued to heal does u before, affectionate letters being
freely exchanged, and the defendant unloosed to be
anxious to pass an examination and be orned in order
that he might marry her. Re became curate of Lake.,
but still there we no marriage, and he removed to Jones-
borough, where suddenly, in the autumn of ors. be began
to suffer from delicate health, to be afflicted with
curvature of the spine, and to be in mortal dread of
paralysis. The pla,nties father became irritated at his
, expressing • desire to postpone the marriage for twelve
enonths. He wrote some sharp letters to the defendut,
requiring him without any more "humbug" to fulfil his
engagement charging him with plotting and deceit, and
wanting bun of the consequences if he trifled any longer
with the plaintiff's feelings. The lady, however.
persuaded her father to consent to a tutPonernent of the
marriage for twelve months., but the defendant, after the
arrangement had been come to, demanded that her father
should write a letter of &poker, to him for the charges he
had made, and he insisted up,n this as • condition of re-
newing the engagement. The Plaintiff remonstrated
against this uvisiting the sins of the father upon the child-
ren. • rawere and refused to retread him • second
time. He then wrote offering to give her C2OO if she
released him and returned his lettere, especially the one
from his mother, but she indignantly refund, and four
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judgment go b 6 e=t. Denims* WWI laid at £S.ON
Th e Solicitor- with Mr. Murphy, q c., and Yr.
USU.-du, appeared an counsel for the dr.
Heron. Q.C.. Mr. Monroe, %C., and Mr. John G. Glimon
for the defendant 'llse day ow occupied by the state-
client of the cue, the rending of correspondence, which
was rather prosaic, wholly unadorned with lyrics and
breathing no passionate fervour, and the 011111illati011 of
the plaintiff 0, Wednesday :tight the jury awned the
damages at £5OO.