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Breach of Promise Actions WOMANHOOD SUFFERS Bachelor Judge’s Views Ey Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. March 15,5.5 p.m.) London, March 14. Mr. Justice McCardie, who is a bachelor, heard a breach of promise case in which a 33-year-old woman was awarded £l5 damages against a 33-year-old man, who broke an eight-years’ engagement because he met a wealthy Park Lane widow. In awarding the damages, His Honour said: “Instead of assisting womanhood. these actions greatly lower its dignity. There is no more degrading occupation for a judge and a jury.” He added that they did, however, raise the point as to whether it was desirable for a girl to accept a man without setting some time limitation to the engagement.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 145, 16 March 1931, Page 10
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