INFATUATED YOUTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16507, 24 March 1914, Page 5

INFATUATED YOUTH.

A FLOOD OF LOVE-LETTERS

POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS fPiBK Press Association.! AUCKLAND, March 23,

A strange story of a young man’s love infatuation was told in the Police Court this morning, when Walter King applied to have W. P. Storey bound over to refrain from acts of annoyance. The story told by Mr Mowlem for the complainant was that in May last year the young man Storey met the complainant’s daughter, a young lady of twenty-three years, in Albert Park, and introduced himself in a rather strange fashion. He immediately commenced to write letters to the young lady, at first addressing her as Miss Kinp\ but progressing quickly to “ Dear Ida.” and eventually using the most endearing of terms, despite the fact that none of his letters were answered, and that not the slightest suggestion of reciprocity was made by the lady. King and his son requested Storey to cease the correspondence, and indicated very strongly that Miss King and her family desired to have nothing to do with him. The only result was’that Storey increased the flood of correspondence, while Miss King Was further annoyed by the appearance of the man wherever she went out in public. • He registered the letters to ensure their reaching their destination, and sent telegrams and rang her up on the telephone. In the last case mention of his name always resulted in an immediate ring-off, but Storey persisted. He was warned by a detective, but this had no effect. Counsel was instructed on March 8 to take proceedings. Every day since then the Kings had.received one and two registered letters from Storey. Mr Moody, for Storey, admitted the facts, and stated that the defendant was evidently obsessed with the idea that the young lady was in love with him. Counsel suggested that a way out of the difficulty would be for the Court to warn Storey to desist and adjourn the case with the provision that u would be brought on again immediately should the young man not heed the warning. Mr Mowlem. said his client desired a surety, however small. Mr Cutten, S.M.. ordered Storey to find a, surety for £25 that he would not in any way molest the complainant during the next six months.