"AMOROUS UNCLE."
PARSON'S IMPROPER LETTER. LONDON, October 12. An extraordinary letter, written by the Rev. Eric Farrar, aged 64, to Dorothy Sheppard, aged 18, who replied to Farrar's advertisement for a young lady to act as companion to an elderly gentleman, formed the subject of a libel action at Eyde. Farrar wrote: "Your reply is one of many. You ought to know that my uncle is, an amorous gentleman of (54, and might desire to take liberties, but ne will treat you generously and take you to all sorts of shows. I am sorry if you are too respectable and modest to Consider this. Otherwise, you will not regret it financially." Farrar admitted to the police that ho had inserted the. advertisement and had sent the letter, which his solicitor described as grossly improper and senseless, but not libellous. Farrar was committed for trial.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 7
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