Peculiar Case.
ABRUPT CHECK IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
DEFENDANT'S COUNSEL FAINTS
[PEE PBESS ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington, This day,
A rather peculiar oase came before Judge Richmond thin morning. W. J. Meek, of Wellington, sued Alice Attwood, spinster, of Christchurch, for return of jewellery, rings, bracelet, locket, etc., valued at £70, aud £30 damages for detention. From the evidence of the plaintiff, who is a widower, it appeared his wife died in August, and in December he proposed and was accepted by the defendant. He allowed her to wear the jewellery on condition that she married him in January, but tbe engagement was broken off Defendant refused to return the jewellery, and he had never been able to get it back. From the cross-examination it appeared plaintiff's age was 66, and he had since married again, but the case had only proceeded thus far when brought to a sudden termination by the defendant's counsel Mr Hall, fainting*. The case was adjourned till 2 p.m.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6170, 10 June 1891, Page 3
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