YOUNG MAN'S INFATUATION

Southland Times, Issue 17608, 24 March 1914, Page 5

YOUNG MAN'S INFATUATION

YOUNG LADY ANNOYED. •LETTERS, TELEGRAMS AND CALLS. (Per United Press Association). AUCKLAND. March 23. A strange story of a young man's love and infatuation was told in the Police Court this morning, when Walter King applied to have \V. P. Storey bound over to refrain from acts of annoyance. The story told by Mr Mowlem (for complainant) was that in Mailast year tho young man Storey met complainant’s daughter, a lady of 23 years, in Albert Park, and introduced himself in rather a strange fashion. He immediately commenced to write letters to the young lady, at first addressing her in the letters as Miss King, 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 not tho slightest suggestion of reciprocity was made by the lady. King and also 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. Tho only result was that King was Included, in the flood of correspondence, while Miss King was further annoyed by the appearance of Storey wherever sh© went in public. He' registered his letters to insure their reaching their destination, and sent telegrams and rang up on the telephone. In the last case the mention of his name always resulted in an immediate ring off, but Storey still persisted in his attentions. He was warned by a detective, but it had no effect. Counsel was instructed on March 8 to take proceedings, and every day since then the Kings had received one and two registered letters from Storey. Mr Moody (for Storey) admitted the. facts, stating that defendant was evidently obsessed with the idea that the young lady was in love with him. Counsel suggested, however, that th© better way out of the difficulty would be for the Court to warn Storey to desist and adjourn the case, with the provision that it b© brought on again immediately should Storey not heed the warning. Mr Mowlem said that his client deserved a surety, however small, and Mr Cutten, S.M., ordered Storey to find a surety for £25 that he would not in any way molest complainant during the next six months.