THE DRUCE CASE.
Miss Robinson's Evidence. London, Nov. 19. At the further hearing of the charge of perjury against Herbert Druce, brought by George Hollambv Druce, bis nephew, and claimant to the Dukedom of Portland, the New Zealand witness, Miss Robinson, was closely crossexamined by Mr Avory, K.C., regarding the dates she associated with meeting the novelist, Charles - Dickens. She stated that she was much deceived if Mr Avory was correct in his statements. Witness said that she did not think that the Lion Hotel, Worksop, where she stayed with her mother for a few days, was kept by a man named Pearce. She went to lodgings that were kept by Mrs Pearce, a lone woman. Her mother took the lodgings. “I gave my name as Madame Tussaud,” said Miss Robinson. Mr Avory asked : “Were you a girl of 17 ?” Miss Robinson replied : “ I was not like a little chicken.” Witness was further questioned in the direction of testing her local knowledge of Welbeck. Answering a final question, she admitted that £250 had been cabled to her at Christchurch, New Zealand, last January, to enable her to come to England. The hearing was adjourned till Wednesday, if possible, otherwise till Friday.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 26 November 1907, Page 3
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201THE DRUCE CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 26 November 1907, Page 3
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