THE DRUCE CASE.
CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST MISS ROBINSON. Received January 27, 12.38 a.m. LONDON, January 26. Sir Charles Matthews, conducting the prosecution in the charge of perjury against Miss Robinson, stated that Miss Rcbinson's husband worked as a shepherd at Worksop in 1870, and both sailed for New Zealand in 1874. They were residing at Waimate in 1875. Miss Robinson was the mother of several children, including Maude, who was box-n in 1881, atd who as Maude O'Neill, appeared as a witness before Mr Plowden, but who never stated her relationship. After her husband's death in 1884 Miss Robinson kept boarding houses, including one at New Brighton, afnd another iri Falsgrave street, Christchurch, until 1906. She had been paid £3 17s weekly since her arrival in England. Sir Charles Matthews stated that he haJ a witness from New Zealand who had known Miss-.Robinson since.lß7B. Sir A. Rutzen considered and dismissed the unsupported statement that Miss Robinson was of unsound mind.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 27 January 1908, Page 5
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161THE DRUCE CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 27 January 1908, Page 5
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