St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-12
FOR A BROKEN HEART.
An Interesting Breach Of I'roSssse Case BE-
fore the Court Of QUeea's Bench at Lon

court OF queens oeucn, before Mr. justice
Hawkins and q common jury. to recover
damages foI a breach Of promise Of marriage
and The defendant among other things,
pleaded infancy"
Mr. Which was for the plaintiff and Mr.
E Pollock for the defendant
Mr.. Winch, in opening the case, said that
the plaintiff was the daughter of an outatter
at Merthyr Tydvil, and the defendant was
furniture dealer at Tredegar
Mr.. Justice Hawkins wished to know how
It was when the parties both lived In Wales,
that the case was brought here for trial.
Mr. Winch The parties were anxious to
try before your lOrdship. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Justice Hawkins dou't believe that.
Mr.. Winch remarked that they were now
here, and, IS the case would not take long,
he hoped that it would be tried. The facts
were these: In June, 1882, the acduaint-
ance commenced. Toe plaintiff was visit
ing Mrs. Isaacs, at Elbow Vale, aud was then
introduced 10 the defendant After that af-
fairs proceeded very speedily and on June
IL, 1882, the defendants father wrote to the
plaintiffs father In these terms: .'Sir, I
have this morning received a letter from my
sou, OF rredegar, asking my opinion about
that they met last week and fell in love with
each other. My son writes to me 10 this ef-
feet. OF course your duty Is to ask your
daughter the same in effect e"
/ The writer continued: Il myself have not
the least objection, knowing you and your
late dear wife since the irst day came over
10 this country. II is my desire TO see nv
only son married respectfully. Nv
son has good business at Tredegar need
not say much about him; he is well-kuOwu"
Mr.. Justice Hawkins What do you say is
/ the effect Of this letterl
/ / Mr.. Winch That the son bad requested
/ his father TO arrange the terms on which the
marriage could be carried out On June %,
the plaintiffs and defendants fathers aud
Marx Lyons, the defendants haif-brother,
met at Swansea, and Il was arran ged that the
marriage should take place, and that the
lady's dowry SHOULD be e4O0. day or two
afterward the defendant gave the plaintiff an
engaged ring. and everything was arranged.
/ He would refer tO one or two letters that
/ passed after this, aud they as usual contain
! ed exaggerated language such as sounded
very silly when read in court, but which,
/ when the letters were received, was thought
very beautiful. ELaughter.l
/ On June %, 1882, the defendant wrote:
'Darling Esther: arrived home uuite safe.
\ / can hardly say how delightfully."- | spent the
I time In your dear com pany, all day Saturday
and yesterday. | wish IL was Thursday, but
/ must content myself" and he concluded,
''With love 10 all, and though last not least,
accept same Yourself" On the same day he
also wrote 10 the plaintiffs brother-in- law
Dear Lyman: Thanks for your congratula-
tons and good wishes. Ny engagement TO
dear Esther makes me very happy, and moth
/ inc will he wanting on my MARI fo N, Ia h.
happy and comfortable On June 80 there
was another letter 10 the plaintiff: 'Dear
Esther: Came safe home. / say home
They say What is home without motherl''
/ Laughter
Mr.. Justice Hawkins Without a mother
What does he mean by thati Laughter
Dir Winch-IIis lordship would see the
turn Of Il. The writer went on "TeH me
what is home without a wifel Laughter.
An, never mind; picture our own home
that Is to be, and Il consoles me for my pres
ent Inconvenience, although my landlady,
dear old thing, does her best" LaughtLr.
Mr. Justice Hawkins Dear oil thiug'' il
in parenthesis, if it were unimpOrtaDt.
[Laughter.l
Mr.. Wiuch-He further said; 81 re-
ceived no letter this morning. l dare say
shall have a letter tomorrow: if do not
concluded: Il will ever remain your fonC
lover. Abraham" In another letter he said
II am, as the butchers say, in prime eondi
ton. Loud laughter Hoping that yoI
have no cause 10 com plain." Laughter.
This correspondence went down to Septem
ber 1882, and there was one letter whicl
showed that everything was arranged for thu
wedding. II was to come of on Oct. %; thu
lady had bought her trousseau; and house
had been hired for the young people TO Iiy,
in. On Sept. 10 the plaintiff met the defen
dant at the railway station, and thought that
there was some change In him, and on th,
18th his father wrote to her father: ''My
Dear Goodman: You are probably awar,
that / was not quite satisfied with the mattel
between your daughter and my son from the
beginning. think that they are unsuited
ana for the happiness of all parties concerned
the engagement must be broken Oft. hav,
consulted with my son upon the subject, an,
he is quite satisfied that II should be SOL
The reply was: Il am in receipt OF your let
ter, which has caused me much pain. Al
the appointed time is now only about five
weeks of, you are aware Of the preparation
already made. was not aware OF your OBJ
lection till after receiving your letter, / trus
sou will not take such a rash step, but all b'
settled satisfactory" On the following daI
the young lady herself wrote:
''D4rling Abraham: / would not put per
TO paper after the sorrow given 10 me, but
believe that So me cruel person has been thu
agent Of this. ] am near four months en-.
gagged TO you, and now, within five weeks
from the appointed wedding, you want Il
break of the contract. / would ten thousand
times have preferred death than that should
be the public talk. / remain your troubled
Esther" The learned counsel, in conclu
sion, said that he believed the secret OF al
this was that the defendant had become en-
gagged to another young lady, who was con
sidered richer than the plaintiff Then as t.
the defense, the defendant said that he wal
an infant, but he was a remarkably devel
oped infant. Laughter.
Mr.. Justice Hawkins-He saws himself ht
is sin prime condition" lRenewed laugh
ter.
Mr.. Wiuch-He was a wonderful infant
and he has been conducting for two years
large business In Wales. Such was his pre-
cocity. [Laughter.l He, (Mr. Winch advised
the jurvmen, If any one of them had a son o
II or IS with whose cOrdtion they were no
quite satisfied, to send him down TO Wales
and just see what II would do for him
Laughter
Miss Esther Rebeeca Goodman, the plain
till, was called in support of the statement O
her counsel.
. Mr.. Raphael Goodman, the PLAINTIFF
brother. deposed that Mr.. Lyons, Jr. said in
the defendants presence that the business
at Tredegar was first class business aud tha
the defendant was making g1O or e12 weel
profit.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr.. Abraham Lyons, the defendant, was
called. He said taat in March, 1882 he was
I proposed for u Free mason, aud in answer "a
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