The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

At the South Lancashire Spring Assizes, on Friday, the
ease of Warbrick v Dean was tried before Mr. Justice Wil-
liams. The plaintiff was a person in humble circumstances,
the daughter of the late Mr. Warbrick, who kept the Globe
Inn, in Liverpool. The defendant was a person presumed
to be possessed of considerable property, living at Crankshaw
Hall, Bold. In 1851, the defendant was in the habit of
going to the Globe Inn, when an intimacy, which after-
wards ripened into courtship, commenced. When the de-
fendant first became acquainted with the plaintiff, a young
gentleman, named Dove, was paying his addresses to her,
and, being in London, at the Exhibition, during 1851, he
wrote a letter to Miss Warbrick, in which he made a decla-
ration of ardent affection for her. By some means the de-
fendant, who was at the Globe about the time of the let-
ter's arrival, became cognisant of its contents, and he at
once set up a claim to be considered a suitor cf Miss War-
brick. After some time taken for consideration, the de-
fendant was accepted by the plaintiff and recognised by her
friends as her lover. When this acquaintance was com-
menced Miss Warbrick Ras 29 years of age. In the offers
which the defendant made in order to induce the plaintiff to
accede to his wishes, he professed to be able and anxious to
provide for the object of his affection in a style every way
equal to that which Mr. Dove could promise. About two
years after this courtship began, Mr. Warbrick, the father
of the plaintiff, died, and the plaintiff, with her sister, left
the Globe. to live in lodgings. In 1851 her sister was
married, the defendant giving her away. Before this mar-
riage, 'Dean had professed a desire to be married at the
same time, but from some peculiar affection for his birth-
day, he wished the ceremony to be postponed until his
next birthday, which would occur a few weekssubse-
quent to the sister's marriage. The plaintiff, inot being
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she remained until she recovered. good health, was recommended to visit thsehlesienaotfurMallany,
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that tho n7aroluliadge
clinging to his birthday, as the most proper time for the
ago to take place, said he wished to postpone
Inthare wedding until his birthday in 1855 ; and to
this the plaintiff agreed. Before this day came round
the defendant's father fell ill, and the son, professing great
affection for him, said he could not think of ra
one so nearly related to him was so ill and feeble. The
plaintiff, seeing some reason in the plea, consented to this
arrangement. In the course of some time the father died,
and then another excuse was preferred. The mother of
the defendant, in her bereavement and decline, was then
said to have such claims on her son's' attention that ho
could not think of marrying during his mother's life-
time. After the father's death, the defendant still pro-
fessed an intention of marrying Miss Warbrick,
and,
as a
proof of his sincerity, he caused some articles of furniture
to be removed from the plaintiff's lodgings to his own
house. In 1860, the mother died ; and then, of course, the
plaintiff, seeing that all the obstacles had been removed,
looked for a speedy realisation of her hopes. But while, she
was indulging the hopes which had so long animated her
spirit, the defendant became the husband of another lady.
Witnesses for the, plaintiff were called, and some of them
spoke* in the most positive manner of the direct promises of
the defendant to marry tho plaintiff. Two letters proved to
be written by Dean were fead, and in those letters the usual
avowals contained in that class of correspondence were
mad; and the present of a moss rose was acknowledged.
Witnesses for the defence were called to prove that the en-
I was dissolved in 1855.—The jury returned a
verilict for the phtintiii; damages, £lOO.