The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-12 00:00:00

41381ZE INTELLIGENCE

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WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Witraterenri, Dic. 11.
(Before Mr. Jostles Willis)
closossuso • WILL.
,lamp. !loins, Died 47, • forme, wee Indicted for fele-
stonily concealing and deetroyieg the will el one Reuben
Roles, at Sway, sear Lerniapsw, se the lid el May lest.
Ma Booth= conducted titheLrlaeutisw, sod the pri-
sms: wee defended by Me.
. Beetharn, in epeeist the esee,maid the prisoner was
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indicted under, the Act 34 and 25 Vireoris, a 9k e.
which ?marred the seconding el • will felony. Ththee pea-
mato/ was •
George Bela, s labourer at Sway, sad pct.
sonar was his bother, beleg the eldest ass. In 1844 the
father, Reuben Boles, mode • will, sod lett ell hie pro.
party to the eoese ia 1859, la oonsequesoe of some
mistiodea betwee• theca the old 06a made *-
other ill on the 13th Jeassery, wherein, indeed el
leev will
his property to the prisoner, be willed it to hie ewe
wife ffasensek Holes and the prcescator, *pasting bet
executrix end James Read executor there& The will
made in 1844 was riot destroyed. On the ith of June,
1859, the testator died. Alter the old mss'
forma the
whole of the family met. and the will of 1859 was read to
them by • Ines aimed Oberies Taylor. a sehoolaiseter, of
Pousington. There wee a good deal of dimallefeetion
expressed at the mutest. of the will, nod particularly by
the pewee: at the meaner is whisk the property
was left. The will wee, INT hsieg read. take&
el by the widow. Ssee
sith Roles, who
Ml= her parries ease was*. She sod the
prcoecator took poeseesios el the house sad property, sod
this's wait on thus for Dome time. Thinking the will
sma* bi her bonne else lett it in the OM/Sof the Rev. F.
Jeffrey, isousbest al the perish, who kept it until August,
1864, sod thew pee it hook, Whoa *issuer kits, by
mother lied got the will spin be induced bet to give .
him for 21.: he told bet it was useless, beams. unproved,
and she believed him. The prisoner eventually went to
the District Registrar's Mee at Wiesheeter, is September,
sod there took oat letters of administretios on the will
of 1844, with which he proceeded to Sway, and took
pommies of the house and land, toroiss out those is
possemioa While the will of 1859 was in the emen'r
poseess/oo another brother, Robert Holes.
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copy of t, sod Mr. Jeffrey supplied him therewith.
This copy was produced in court and identified. Whim
the primmer took out the letters el adininatratioe he took an
affidavit that the will of 1844 wee his father's last will and
testament. George Holes, another brother, told the whew
that he had done • lee Wog for himself, sad would
traceported for it ; o• which the priers. replied,G
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will not transoms your owe brother ; when eorge .
toted, "Doe's blame me, you have does it yourself
Frieder admitted that be had gives 21. to his 1110ii1Will•
law for some papers, but mid be had burnt them, thinking
they wile of so use, and Itit °odd not reed them.
The counsel's statelesst wee betas eats widows,
the ;misuser then withdrew his former plea mad mid he

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Mr. Justine Willes mid be would not peas sentence
but the primmer must be remended and remain in poi a.
Um spring maims. He would then take care to
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as to the peseidirw judge, and the prisoner's pasites(
would greatly depend on his conduct in the meantime,
what be did in order to restore the aximaled will
render justice to his brother.
The prisoner was remanded aooordingly.