AUCKLAND LOVE COMEDY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 79, 24 March 1914, Page 3

AUCKLAND LOVE COMEDY.

A TOO PERSISTENT ADMIRER.

XPeb Pbess Association.] I 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 of ' last year the 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 wr.'te 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 that not the slightest suggestion ,of reciprocity was mad© by the lady. King, and also his son, requested Storey to cease the correspondfktce, and indicated very strongly that Miss King and her family desired to have nothing to do with him. The only .result was that King was included in the flood of correspondence, while Miss King was further annoyed by the appearance of, Storey wherever she wont m public. He registered his 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 still persisted. Storey was warned' by a detective, but it made no effect, and counsel was instructed on March 8 to take proceedings. Every day since then the Kings had received one or two registered' letters, from 'Storey! '■" '. Mr MdodyJ* for Storey, "admitted the facts, stating that the defendant was evidently obsessed with the idea 3 that the yoiing ! lady was in love with, him., Counsel -suggested, however. Nfchat the better'way out of-the diffi'oVdty would 1 be for the Court, to 'warn Sterey todes-fet,'and to adjourn l ' the case with a provision that'it could be brought on again- immediately should Storey not,heed,,the warning. Mr Mowlem* said his client desired a surety, however, small, and the Magistrate ordered Storey to'find a surety for £25 that he would not in any way molest the complainant during the next six-months.— ■'y *!«