NURSE GETS DAMAGES.
MARRIED MAN’S PROMISE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hamilton, March 7.
Tn the Supreme Court Katherine O’Donoghue, trained nurse, of Auckland, sued Davis Corban. storekeeper, of Te Kuiti, for £5OO damages for alleged malicious prosecution. Evidence was given that the parties met in Auckland, where defendant, under promise of marriage, induced plaintiff to visit his house at Te Kuiti, stating that the wedding would be delayed till the arrival of the Jewish Rabbi. Later defendant induced plaintiff to live with him as his wife, still under promise of marriage. Then, learning that he was a married man with several children, she left him, taking with her the present given her. Defendant then had her arrested for stealing the presents, and she was placed .in the lock-up for eighteen hours. The charge of theft was dismissed. Plaintiff contended ( that this was a malicious prosecution for revenge, because she would not return to defendant.
The jury awarded £4OO damages.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1924, Page 7
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