A marriage to which parents were alleged to object was mentioned at Chester Assizes when Charles Leonard Morton, 21. farm labourer, of Hurst Green, Norbury, pleaded guilty to a serious offence against a girl of 14.
Mr. Francis Williams, prosecuting, said Morton was engaged as a worker on the farm where the girl lived wit her parents. He lived in. The girl crew very fond of him. She wrote a large number of love letters.
Sgt. Withy stated that Morton bore excellent character and his present employer was willing to take him back.
Replying to Mr. Justice Wrottesley, Mr. Williams said the girl had had n Marnon, defending, said the girl would have married Morton. She had stated to the police: "I am in love with him in spite of everything that has happened. I want to marry him and he wants to marry It was stated that the girl's parents would not consent to their getting married.
Mr. Justice Wrottesley postponed decision.
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