VICTIM OF A JOKE
BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION. MELBOURNE, April .4. Somebody’s idea of a practical joke on Saturday (April 1) was to send to Mrs Rose Connelly, widow, of Punt Road, Windsor, a cheque for £lOOO “for lost affection,” and signed “J. McCormack.” The significance of the joke lay in the fact that two days later the hearing began before Mr Justice Wasley and a jury, in the First Civil Court, of Mrs Connelly’s claim against John Peter McCormack, grazier, of Barwite, for £lOOO damages for alleged breach of promise to marry. When McCormack was being crossexamined to-day, Mr Barry, who is appearing for Mrs Connelly, showed McCormack the cheque, and asked him. if he knew anything about it. McCormack: Absolutely nothing. It is not drawn on my bank. Then it was not your joke?—No. Mr Justice Wasley: Do you see any joke in it? McCormack: No. (Laughter.)
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 April 1933, Page 2
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