GRAND DUCHESS'S PEARLS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17814, 13 July 1923, Page 9

GRAND DUCHESS'S PEARLS.

* CALVERT PAYS UP. (Received July 12th, 8.5 p.m.) . LONDON, July 11. Sir Albert Calvert has withdrawn his sjijieui, aud lias paid the Grand Duchess Atuia x.iU,uUU uauuages and costs. la the King's Bench Division on April aa t mi- Justice Darling and a tyouai juty neard an action by the (ttuiui U ucuess .venia Alexandra vna of lvu*»u, a water of the late Czar and , Uiece uJ Queen Alexandra, against Al- . Bert Frederick Calvert, to recover £t</,OiW as damages for an alleged conspiracy between the defendant and a man named' Maurice Sternbach. In the alternative the plaintiff claimed damages lor fraudulent misrepresentation laade by Htornbach as the alleged agent of the defendant. The defendant <feaicd the allegations and denied , liability. 1h« Grand Duchess arrived in England hi 1921. According to her counsel, Sternbach introduced her to Sir Albert Calvert as an eminent finance, and a scheme was arranged to JSTest the proceeds of her jewels in a iwicern known as the Exploration ncaaoe Syndicate to purchase the „ rights of a patent photographic pro- . &**, from which the return of ftibulous riches *as promised. The Duchess waded over her pearls, which were i*»Hßd for £4OOO, and later second *w third strings, which realised i «jO,OOO. Sternbach then wrote to i w« Duchess stating thai Calvert had i &*■& to Hamburg to consult experts, *J>d expected that the deal would bo : «o»d before the end of the week, wsn which £50.000 would be received. w>oa«i described the business aB a • fad fraud, la«i jury, without retiring, returned : fj«««ct for plaintiff for £IO,OOO, and r JMgnsent was entered accordingly with ', « sti '- Mr Justice Darling directed - r" the papers should bo sent to tho ■ "Utt Prosecutor.