ROMANTIC SUIT
OWNER OF NEST EGG IN BANK
GUATEMALA OR EX-PRESIDENT'S SON1?
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) (Received 26th March, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 25th March. A romantic suit involving £25,000 deposited in a London bank in 1906 by Signor Cabrera, President of Guatemala, who, after a revolution, died in prison, has commenced. The Guatemalan Government claims the money, declaring that-Cabrera acted on behalf of the Republic. Cabrera's son, Estrad, the defendant, asserts that the Government's claim is based on documents his father signed in prison under threats of death. Counsel" said that he did not wish to endanger international relations, but the plaintiffs could not be trusted an inch. When Estrad went to Guatemala to his father's funeral he was arrested with a view to ending the dispute, but he escaped. The Judge declined to appoint a Commission to take evidence in Guatemala, but adjourned the hearing until 4th May to enable witnesses to be brought to England.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 73, 26 March 1926, Page 7
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159ROMANTIC SUIT Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 73, 26 March 1926, Page 7
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