A NOTEWORTHY CASE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 204, 28 December 1871, Page 7

A NOTEWORTHY CASE.

(From the " Melbourne Leader.")

The Grahams of Netherby never fought fiercer in the field than the Crrabams of BeverLy feel inclined to fight in the law courts. It is true the prize, soms £30,000, is worth fighting for, and the claimants believe they are entitled to it. Though the estate in dispute is not equal in value to that involved in the Tichborne suit, yet some of the incidents of the case are equally striking to those that have come to the surface in that trial. It is alleged that Graham pere, the late Oollingwood brewer, who died some time ago, forsook his own wife, and left England with another woman. The vessel in which -he sailed was burnt on her passage from England to Hobart Town, and Graham's companion perished at sea. Graham eventually found his way to Melbourne, and here he amassed a fortune. Another Mrs. Graham, too, appeared on the scene, who figures as the defendant in the suit, and who claims to be the lawful wife of the deceased brewer. Prior to his death, Graham, it is alleged, remembered the children of his wife, whom he had left in England with her, and in January of 1871 it is stated he wrote to them intimating his desire that they shonld come out to this Colony and be put ie possession of their father's estate. Ou Wednesday the case came on at the Equity Court, the letters were put in as evidence, and John Lancaster Graham, who came out it is asserted on the receipt of the letter, was examined in support of his claim. The plaintiff was born in 1821, and the last time he saw his father was when he was eight years old. From that time he heard nothing from his father until he received the letter apoken of. The cose is still sub judice, and before it is over it will establish its right to a place among the causes celebres of Victoria.