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The Lady Compton and the Emsdale Claim Case
In a Leeds area saga a widow Violet Dalston seeks to prove her lover Henry Grainger is the late Sir Harry Compton. Attys Ferret and Thornely steer a high drama through marriage records, a parish rector’s testimony, and a key registry entry marked Z Z. The case lands a verdict for Violet and her son, restoring the Compton estate amid county uproar.
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Bar
King's Bench
Westminster
Jasper _TV Thornely
Thornely Hall
Lancashire
Emsdales
Jasper Thornely
Emsdale
Harry Compton
Jasper
Violet Dalston
Emily
Capt
Dalston
Rock Cottage
Outakirta
Leeds
Violet
Elenry Grainger
London
Captain Dalston
Henry Grainger
Capt. Dalston
Mr. Grainger
Dalatons
Cumberland
St. Martin's le Grand
Jeans
America
Grainger
Emily Dalston
St. James Street
Piccadilly
Sir Harry Compton
Young Grainger
Leadenhall Street
Commercial Directory
Bra
Compton Castle
Thomas Lawrence
Harry
Lord Emedale
Winlet
Sir Jasper Thornely
Sir Harry
Sir Jasper
Tere
Cursitor Street
Ferret
Ted
Simpking
Samuel Ferret
Sam
Dilston
Dalstons
Parson
Clerk
Bilston
Z. Z
Sin—Z. Z
Shropshire
Buck
Huzza
Samvuexn Fenner
Mr. Ferrer
Emily Dulston
Lady Compton
Earl of Emsdale
Damaela
Lista
Compton
York
Perret
Doc
Emadale
Lord Evsdate
Griioger
James Kirby
Kirby
Albemarle Arms
Baronet
Zachariah Zimmerman
Mr. S
Enner
Lord Emsdale
Zachariah Zimmerman, Examined By “Mr. Frampton
Dunby
Cramby
Sir Hartry Compton
Zimmerman
Mies Dalston
Sir Henry
Mr. Ferret