A YOUNG MAN'S INFATUATION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20039, 24 March 1914, Page 5

A YOUNG MAN'S INFATUATION.

THE LADY UNRESPONSIVE.

STORY TOLD IN COURT,

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AUCKLAND, Mar. 23

A strange story of a young man's love infatuation -was told in I>he Police Courtj. this morning, when Walter King applied to have W. P. Storey bound over to refrain from acts of annoyance. The story told by Mr Mowleni, for the complainant, was that in May last year the young man Storey met the oosmrplainant's daughter, a lady of 23 years,. an Albert Park, land introduced himself in a rather strange fashion. He imme^diately 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 theslightest suggestion of reciprocacy was made by the lady. King, and also his son, requested Storey to cease corresponding, and indicated very strongly that Miss King and her family desirea: to have nothing to do with him. The only result was that King indulged in a flood of correspondence, while Miss : , King was further.(annoyed'by the appearance of tStorey wherever she went, in public. He registered' letters to insure their reaching their destination,, and sent telegrams and j&ng up on th© telephone, and in ,tHe- last case the.menr, tio'n of his name always resulted in. anL immediate '.ring off; but Storey jstill' persisted. Storey was visited by a detective, but it had no effect. Counsel was instructed on March Bth to take proceedings. Every day since then the Kings had received one and two registered letters franv-Storey; Mr Moody,. ,for Storey, admitted the facts, stating that the defendant was evidently olksessed with the idea that the young lady was in love with him. -Counsel suggested, however, that the better way out of the difficulty would be for the Ooui# to warn Storey to desist and adjourn the case, with a provision, that it her brought ,up again immediately should Storey not heed the warning. Mr Mowlem said his client desiredf a surety, however small, and Mr. Outtens, S.M., ordered Storey to find surety for £25 that he would not in any way molest the complainant during the next, six months.