Show STOLEN KISSES AR ARE RATED AT rich man assessed for caressing nephews wife columbia S 0 when a wealthy man the wife of his hi nephew against her will the young woman Is entitled to receive in cash that la in it if the kissing occurs tn in south carolina mrs ethel aurven pretty young wit wife of a prominent darlington county man has ha just ben been awarded that amount as a result of a decision by the state supreme court which john IC kirven her husbands uncle had appealed after the th young woman had been awarded that sum gum by a jury in a lower court mrs kirven alleged that she was greatly humiliated shocked frightened and unnerved by the incident and she sued her bus husband bands uncle for files all two complaints complaint on two occasions occasion mrs kirven charged in her complaint her husbands wealthy uncle without warning assaulted and rudely laid hands bands upon her and ruthlessly over her protest and before she could tear herself away from him took liberties with her person by kissing her and taking her in his bla arms arm and that he made improper proposals to her kirven who Is well known in south carolina denied the accusations and the trial in a darlington county court was one of the most moat sensational in the history of the county mrs kirven a comely young matron was the principal witness adaist against her husbands uncle kirven contended that he had h ad always alway admired and respected the plaintiff and that he did not intend his actions to be construed as a improper divided opinion owing to the prominence of the tha two principals the case attracted statewide state wide attention the opinion in the case was written by acting associate Asso claf justice 0 T graydon A dissenting opinion wa was written by associate justice thomas P cochran Coe hran who pointed out three errors arora chief justice eugene bless aleasa also dimen dissented ted agreeing with justice cochran that the presiding dIng judge erred when he charged the darlington county jury in effect that it was wai against the law in this state tor for a man to caress cares a woman |