The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-02-18 00:00:00

ACTIONS TOR BREACH OF PROHIBIT,

In the Irish Court of Common Pleas, the me." Driver
• (Ilion" was heard. nig wee an action by Mill
Margaret Drives, of liallyrneu-linitue, the daughter
of a welldo-do farmer and ',beekeeper, to 11.00eet
damage., laid at £l.OOO, from the defendant. who is ID
the Dime clue of life, fee breach of promise of marriage.
—The plaintiff, about 19 years of age deposed that be-
tween two and three years ago plaintiff who visited at
her father's helm' nenpoaod marriage to her, and site
ceseented. On the 16th Octob-r be said be Tug going
to Naas to buy the ring. and that the marriage must
take plies at ones. She told him that herself and her
mother -ere about to go to Dublin to boy her wedding
dreg.. He told her not to get an expensive dress, es it
was only vanity --(laughter). He Oil not come back to
the hon. thee till the 96. h November. I asked him
why It was that be ban proposed for me when he
would not oome to the mark—Heughter) "aid he
bad to go and see after bla rents, and he weld not
neglect that, and that his reason fir not marrying me
was that my father had made • show of him' that be
had got an attorney's bitten written to him. My father
asked him if he meant to humbug his child. He said
he did not mean to humbug ma, and that if my father
said be did be would triat the neck out of hint (laughter).
When I spoke to him about his hiving broken off he
told me! was taking my father's part now, but that
after our marriage he would have his turn. I asked
him would be starve me, and be mid be would
helf.starve me—(laughter). I said there would be no
fear of that when I would be near any of my own
people. Abut twelve o'cloedc he went away.—Tbn
Chief Jetties: Where is be' —Mr. Neilson, solicitor):
Babied here with the white hat say lord.—(This
statemedt was followed by load laughter in court,
and all eras were fixed upon the defendant, who stood
at the side her with • white hat In his band.) --Serjeant
Armstrong: Did you ever care twopence about him
Witham : I did, and tales wopease—(laughter) -Termite
Quinn, the defendant, between 30 and 40, deposed • I
do not recollect any mernmeation with plaintiff's father
about marrying his daughter. About% year steer I had
lent him £4O. I asked him for the money, or to sell the
pie*a of ground or garden that be was talking about,
end he told me he would not "ell it, but would give it
as a fortune with one of hie danghtem—be did not
mention which.—The Chief Judie" : Had ero, pre-
viously told him or bai you mule up your mind which
of tbe girls you would take with the house —Defend-
ant : I had not.—And whom were you thiaking of
getting married to?—" Well ;" the witness here paused,
and rubbed his face with his handkerehist.—Come
come, whom were you thinking of marrying T—Thit
wilco, made no answer, but Mew hie noes, amid
renewed lattihter.—Oh, don't be modest; sure it is
what every man does. Whom were you thinking of
getting married to? —Well, I had not made up my mind
at that time (load laughter).—Mr. Martin: What was
the conversation about the haus t—Defendeat : He
said, "I wee thinking you could go fate Gummi
Homan'. house whoa you get atarried.•—The Chief
Justice: Married to whom f —Defendant : Well, I don't
know (renewed laughter). Coming into Bellymore he
mentioned the name of Margaret. —The Chief Jostle":
Foe the firet time, on the 16th October, you heard that
she was to make you happy —Tea—Was It ever
agreed that you should marry this pretty girl at all /
The witness puma and tabbed his feu unessily.—The
Chief Justice: Upon my word you ought to be proud of
mettiog such a pretty girl. Was It ever agreed between
Margaret and yourself to get maniac:ll—Witness (in •
low emu) : It vu—ln orreetzusiboation by Mr.
Heron, wittier, said he held 24 Irish urea in his own
hands, and bed 50 more let for 17 years. His title was
for ever, and the he/admit he paid was L'22. He had
also betweee £4OO and £5OO in the bank, and he had no
stock except 30 sheep.—Mr. Heron :Was it not perfectly
true that you were engaged two years 'gel-Defendant:
Well, Ido not recollect it. I was often there and did
not Dee the young woman at rill.— *ghee you went
there did you hies Mies Margaret —The red pocket-
handkerchief came out again, and witness rubbed his
fate all over with it,- -As her aooepted Inert—The
witness still made no reply.—Cbiall Juice : Come,
rebel do you say, Mr QIIIDD ? —Wartime (in • low voice):
I did, my lord (renewed laughter).—The jury brought
In • verdict for the plaintiff, with 000 damage' And
cite.

I —Foster- )(yen —This arse was tried In the Common
Mesa. Def admit vu. Jew, ors of • gentleman of
property at Bieber, and in the employ of Messrs.
Dynes, olothiers, Loudon. Miss Foster was 'daughter
of • man in the mins aervioe. 'Pb. engagement was
made in 1869 and ennt'nued for two years and a half.
A great number of lettere were written by the defendant;
all very sffeetiooate, some were slightly iotarseting.sod
most of them mere of the Ohara/ter that might be
"spooney."—(laughier). They showed that the
defendant was • man of affectionate dlapoeition, that he
bad ample malt, of metier • wife hippy. le one the
d. readmit .aid," You de well to consult your friends;
tolt I assure yen I shall be able to prove to them that I
shall be able to maintain • wife ma a lady, though I
must welt until a future period." This referred to his
father's &ail, wins be would o/me into pannalon of
his property. Oa the 7th Jane be *mot her • clogs. •
birth-day present, and until July. 1871, the oarrespoa.
dense ootitlnued in lb) ism* affectionate terms. De.
fondant frequently stayed at the house ol the plaintiff's
lathe/. In Jely, 1871. to the surprise sect d.lrees of
the plaintiff, she received &letter from the defeadant in
wLich be said that all eorreapendeam mast masa She
asked whit ironed there was for this, sad the reply site
got was

Mr. Albert Myers, to toply to Mlle Yoster's note of the
18tb, begs to tate that the OMNI mast be knows to ,
and le oossequetee of that, ewes he wishes all
to 01•60 e.

—Lion *House, Ender.
She in consequence wrote :
Why you should requite all correepoedeece to owe I do not
know, and I know It la not your with,cor that you love Ilk• Is.
I would Tether die than give YOU op, my tom 80, that being
the casej moot and will not eve op the correepoodaeoe. Oh,
Albert. do not break my heart I You know I would do anything
In the world for you, sod 1 sabot part with you. fisheye roe
now your wretched Lute.
The defendant wee hard•hearted *none' to reply in
these terse :
Yr. Albert Myer.. in reply to.. embiwootie, ignonnt, and
letter truth Mice Fother,explains that lb. thus° wee
red end dexptioue " oonduct end refer. ter to his
lestietter.

-1.100 Him*, St Thomaa
Aftm this the sorrospondenes aid mare for a tims,but
when the doloadant'a birthday came round again the
plaidag wrgs. Vidalia him "onsay happy rtialrOSM the
day," and oohing to hi, mind how different that kW,
was from the one which atm had mint on his previous
birthday. That note led to ths oorresposdaara Wag
miaowed, and in 1879 the wadding day was Lied. la
Itay of that year be said bow grateful ha was foe bar
wai for Mat SO keg ; hat anthe UM Jae the *sr
wm sada arid Leas imam age Oa Ito
3(4 July tie doteadost mit to Ws. Itedir s

Kra. Paetar--Madamo—teldel all elreumelamme Into
serious coosedorstkoa, I God the. le no posultebtr. Dor
1 Probability. or my mortylog your daterbtor, you having n
gronly donned on no In your polilon : onninquently I cow
older myself folly Justified In brooking on the envermeot.—
Tours, b,c. A. MTIU.
rht to Um defecdant's pecuniary positloe, Is ap peered
this b. would altogether be pawed, on his lather's
death, of loiteaan 14.000 end £s,ooo—The jary found
for the 11aInNL damages £5OO.