MODEL HOUSEMAID
ENTICED AWAY BY NEIGHBOUR SUCCESSFUL ACTION FOR DAMAGES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 20. (Received February 21, at 1.30 p.m.) Edith Saville was a model housemaid, and when she left the employment of Mr Herbert Stretch for the home of a neighbour, Mr Alexander Sim, both living in Cookham Dean, the former sued the latter for damages for enticing her away. Counsel for the defence described it as the most trumpery charge for fifty years. Counsel for plaintiff quoted the tenth commandment. The King’s Bench jury returned a verdict of £23 damage and costs on the enticement ' charge and £230 damages for alleged libel contained in a telegram Sims sent to Stretch asking him to dispatch Miss Saville’s clothing and money owing to her. The costs will probably be in the vicinity of £4OO, so the Sim family’s coveting Miss Saviile’s model work cost nearly £7OO. Miss Saville gave evidence on behalf of the plaintiff, with whom she smilingly left the court.
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Evening Star, Issue 21960, 21 February 1935, Page 9
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164MODEL HOUSEMAID Evening Star, Issue 21960, 21 February 1935, Page 9
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