THE DRUGE CASE.
GRAVE TO BE OPENED TO-DAY. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. HOLLAMBY DRUCE’S POSITION. United Press Association —Copyright (Received Dec. 29, 4.40 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28. Mr. Statham, Hollamby Druce’s counsel, stated before Chancellor Tristram that the opening of the vault was absolutely immaterial to the main issue in Druce’s action against Howard de Waldon, which did not turn on the question of the mock burial, but on the fact whether the fifth duke married Elizabeth Cricknor and whether the marriage was valid, both being under age. Hollamby claimed to be descended from that marriage. Whether the Duke of Portland was subsequently guilty of eccentricities and indulged in a mock funeral did not affect tly> question. Hollamby and T. lv. Cockburn, solicitor, would like to be present at the opening of the vault, though the,y would be represented by a medical man and a surveyor. Herbert Druce would bo similarly represented.
Chancellor Tristram thought Hollamb.v’s presence unnecessary, since lie would be represented. The Daily' Mail states that the opening of Druce’s grave takes place on Monday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 30 December 1907, Page 2
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175THE DRUGE CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 30 December 1907, Page 2
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