THE DRUCE CASE.
THE RECENT PERJURY TRIAL. SCANDALOUS 'ABUSE. London, January 16. • Sir H. Poland, K.C., in a letter to The Times, contends that the prosecution of Herbert, Druce by his brother for perjury was a most scandalous abuse of the criminal law since thfcl facts of the burial had been overwhelmingly proved before the Probate Court in 1901. ,
The recent proceedings which culminated at the opening of T. C. Druce'i grave, consisted of the trial of Herbert Druce on a charge of having committed perjury by stating that he had seen the body of his father, T. C. Druce, in a coffin, in 1864.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 318, 17 January 1908, Page 2
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105THE DRUCE CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 318, 17 January 1908, Page 2
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