NEVER in the romance, the fable, and truth that surrounds the glittering lure of a golden fortune has such a weird story been told as that unfolded at Sydney Equity Court last week. It was a legal struggle for £80,000, and after three days of amazing allegation it remained undecided. CENTRE of it all was an old lady of 88; since passed into the gloom of the Beyond. Passed on, yes, but vividly and sensationally reincarnated in the Court of Law by evidence of witnesses who swore they knew her intimately and well. She stood there in that painting of words; ghostly silent, yet the figure of overwhelming attraction. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 6,286 wordsAND when will this sensational case end? None can tell. Already reams of notes have been taken by the official short-hand writers, and three full days of evidence fairly brittling with extraordinary incidents has been recorded. ...
Article : 141 wordsAT the end of the tangled mass of evidence the burden of weighing and sifting the matter to its final decision rests upon the capable shoulders of His Honor Mr. Justice Harvey. He has keenly followed every word through the three days ...
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Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sun 22 Mar 1931, Page 13
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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