The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1869.

ILato Ina Mama.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
JULY 26.
(Basra the hap °telling.)
IMAM V. ClOlll AND VILLAINS.

This woo a wit swigs( oat of the will of Mr. Marla
O'Hara, the decreer brag propertied by the *ruff, the
rectum for thereto, sad opposed ea tir ironed of res.
pesky the worm of bar lam
Mr. Wham., Qv., sad Mr. relmi r appeared for the
; the Qtrett's Advocate, Dr. Dear, Q.C., end Mr.
T. Chitty for the defeadeate.
The cireernerscee of the ere wore arerrhat singular.
Mr.. O'Hara wee th. daughter of an Irish geatieman named
Wither who died towards the end of the last century is re-
duced drearetros. Bhs had ea neck, tracer, who had

changed hie mime te Baker, IPA simeesed mew property
in Landes se a trader. At hie death it wee left So the
children at Mr. Witham la NM, whets the beemsed wee
girl only 14 rem el age and a ward ta Chiseery, abs was
married wittiest the ennesat et the semi by • perms named
Thompeen. Tbasepeon ems proceeded egaidastl his ere
le to be Mad in 7, Verney. He vas and be-
=and on his dischage Lord yn, the Lord
dieected hie keens, (which consisted
of 1,000!. in the funds) to be settled upon her. Afterwards
oho went upon the siege, which she quitted under the pro-
tection of • gentleman who tented en annuity upon her foe
the rest of her life. In 1816 she we. minted to Mr. O'Hare,
a surgeon. at Bristol. Bowe years later her nephew, Mr.
Samuel Withers mewed his acquaintance with her; and in
1846 halted adaagbter born to him, who became the godchild of
the deceased, and received her noose. It wee shown that the
deceased wee always very fond of this little girl, and made
bequest declarations in her favour. Towards the end
of her life, both she sad her husband began to fell into very
arresting habits; and at last in November, 1864, both
she and bee house were found to be in snub a horrible state
of filth that it wee thought advisable to remove tter to
Clifton workhouse. Here she wee chesesed and kept in a
decant condition till her death, which occurred ma alter.
She had an apoplectic fit, end had suffered from dromy in
ler lege, whime afterwards became badly ulcerated. While at
besseekhouee she or ade•he wih to dispute, and bequeathed the
balk of her property to her god-daughter. She died icon after-
wards, her demise being followed In the course of the year
by that tf her htuband. The amount of her property was
8,0001. or 10,0001. Panties evidence wile given on the one
aide rf lan perfect amity at the time she executed the will ;
but, on the other hand, very curious farts were depend to
which were relied on as leading to a different conclusion. Her
habits, it has been said, were filthy; and her dress wee sated
to be very eccentric. She would never let bee lasibesd go
out without ewestang him on the Bible that he wed' see
speak to Lay women. She used often, to lock him up Is Ise
room and sometimes she would make Man lie down sad
'Omit to have his troumera sewn to the bed. She also kept a
dog, which eke called bee " child" and bee usage)." Was
this dog died she accrued her husband of having palmed
It, and insisted on a poet mortem examination a f the body.
It was found, however, that Its death was occasioned by
over faces.
The case woe proasediag when the court roe.