"MISS" ROBINSON.
PERJURY TRIAL COUNSEL OH HER HISTORY. ; HUSBAND AT AVORKSOP. , : BT TELEGRAPH —HU3SB 'ASSOCIATION—COrTRIOHT. ' (Rcc. Jon. 27, 0.38 a.m.), , ,: London, January 2G. ■ Sir Charles MathoWs, who is appearing, for tho prosecution in tho chargo of. perjury against "Miss" Robitjson, i witness*- in tho. Druce ' case, said thfif /accuaed's-husband worked as a shepherd at Worksop (near Wclbeck Abbey) m 1870. Both sailed .for I New -Zealand in' 1874, whore they wero residing,; at Waimate, m 1873. • ... . •. ' Accuscd was tho mother of several chu-j dron, including Maude; boin ih 1881, /wlio, as Maud O'Neill, appeared as a witness ; 'in the charge of perjury-against .Herbert Druco,. but who never stated her relationship to accused or lier real' namo 'After , her. husband's death, .in ■..1884,. accused kept boarding-houses, including one at. Nbjiv Brighton and one.., at - Falsgravo Street, Christchurcli, until 1906. She had been, paid £3 17s , weekly-sinco her arrival in England. ; Sir Charles Mathews stated, that he. had .a 1 witness from Now Zealand who had known, accused since 1878. ; : Sir A. Rutzen, tho Magistrate, , con-, sidored, and dismissed, an <,unsupported statement .that accused is of unsound mind.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 7
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186"MISS" ROBINSON. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 7
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