BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
HEAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED. A DISHONORABLE DEFENCE TO THE ACTION. VERDICT or JURY SET ASTDff.' ' ** London, Nov 80. Miss Wiedemann, a German governess, brought an action against Mr Robert Horace Walpole, heir to the earldom of Oxford, claim ing £lO,OOO damages for breach of promise of marriage, and libel in accusing her of the theft of a ring. Defendant denied the libel, and pleaded that the promise of marriage was not binding as it was made in Turkey. The evidence showed Walpole became acquainted with plaintiff in Constantinople, and deserted her after seducing her, A verdict was given for Miss Wiedemann, with £7OO damages. London, Dec. 1. The plaintiff in the breach of promise case against Walpole refused to answer questions referring to the birth of the child, and created a scene in Court, The Judge directed a verdict to be found for the defendant, notwithstanding which the jury returned one in favor of plaintiff. A new trial was applied for.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 230, 4 December 1888, Page 2
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164BREACH OF PROMISE CASE Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 230, 4 December 1888, Page 2
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