BREACH OF PROMISE.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 5, 24 July 1878, Page 2

BREACH OF PROMISE.

We h*v.e already been. i«fo*med by eabMbatin the Bydaoy breaob of promise caw,. Maunsell *. Prootor,. the jury returned averdiok for the plivwvtiffi for £160 damages. A correspondent of the Melbourne Herald say»:— «Tb# plaintiff it Miss Phoaba Maunsell ft ladflt aged 29> years,, and aho necks to recoior tbo sum of £10)000 from Mr Proctor* tto Mayor of Armidalo.. The eouiship eslendod over a period of about two moatfce, and an im» monso number df letters were written. They were a* numerou* that tbote pro* dueed weighed nearly, a hundredweight* | They are fulli of poetry, sentiment* pro* :a>i*et,andi finally disappointment, Tho 'parties, to th<Muit met acoidoutaJly at tb* Exhibition, and not only 'spok* with their eyei/ but managed to aoonre-an inlroduo* lion to each other Tbo gentleman* pro* posod almoat imraodiatol^and the fetling- ; being* reoipreeaJ, wa» aeovpted. Then oommrnoed tbe> tetters, sod at leant two | from each pawed every day foßwwral monthf. lho lady was mott atteotire to thf» biwnob of the ooorlahtjp, and replied to hor ftwninV leitore- with the regularity of olookwork,. and- told him of erery little eirettnistanoa in. connection with henelf, even to. a ah'^ht pain in her litile toe. He in reply hopori tliin would notinterforo with their marriage or tho honeymoon. Tho defendant who it a member of the bar, appeared to be full of sentiment, Ho inrited a large number of brother barrister* to attend the wed* ding aadituo* bridaJi banquet, and went 8> far is to aoieot a leading praotitionsr on tho criminal side of the oourt as bis bent ;man. On tho other hand 1 , the lady was. j not behindhand, and* had recourse to tho ; telegraph wires, i» order to invite friends in Adelaide) Molbourne, and Brisbane to :bo present at the oaremdhy, and ordered her wedtfng trosseaux. In their lotters •the parties entered into minute caloula* ttons as to the number of hours, and the i minutes that were to elapse bofoiwthey became one. In (Mi Miff were t couple of model love«let(er writer*. AH went well and happily until Mr Procter's lifter arrived on theseene, when aooord* 'ing to the plaintiff's oase, she being vn old maid advised her brothe* against the raatoh,. and thereupon ho suddenly broke< it off.