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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 38, 10 March 1909, Page 2

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riii: .uadkjjj riioi-KKUiMis. Dfcl-KNDAXTN I'tHM) NOT UULTY. Kccuived )). p.m. .Madrid, March !». Alter (he Public Prosecutor svil!'. drew his indictment, Lionel Sa-r*kvil'»• West, a> iutenener. continued Ihe |h'o- \ seeulion l'ophoit ami Sain'li<'7 on ' a <-liar<r., of falsifying the re- I cord uf a ballot dan:n\ Pnpita Dnran, vvitli ono liabrhd Olliva. allowed to have | j taken place, in LS.>l. lie commented nj>on tin: fact that Krnest Sackville West had nol prosecuted. The jury found defendants not guilty.. Ilot'i were diV charged. As Anton, the defaulting defendant, is still liable for prosecution, the Court itivpouiidvil the cluuvh regi>tor nlhged to contain- a record of tliu marriage of Duran and Olivia. Whether genuine or apocryphal, the Daily Mail states the Court «ave ju decision regarding the document itseii.

If the charges had lif'ti proved and the Dura.i-Oliva niar iagc record established. then the petitioner, who i< the son of Signorina Duran and the second Lord Sacliville twho died last year), iilltgitiniaie. lie win thorn at Arraelion. in France. «>a .luue '24 th, 1 S*»o. Lite other claimant. Lionel Saekville West, \ 'nephew of ilic late peer, and at present I in the enjoyment of the title and esdeclares that Krnest. bci«ig a natural child, cannot .-ucceed ill Ins claim. For the jM'oseeution in t he ease jus! Concluded il wa> tliut Kophon. a neph. w of Signorina Duran. tampered •willi lhe church register >ome time va the. year 11MMI. after Krnest SaekviU" \\V>i's claim va> Ur>t lodged, altering the names and so changing the entry thai it mad< uo reference to tin- late