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London, England, 1824-06-15 00:00:00

PREROGATIVE COURT, llfoximr, JLNE H.

LOCILIC r. nits "ES.
Sir SOWN NICHOL delivered his judgment in this case. The
d•xessed was formerly married to a person named Clinch, who, as
s coach-maker' had amassed considerable property, the whelk of
which, at his death, he bequeathed to her. She resided many
years at Ternbam, and was a very illiterate woman. In DUO she
married the 'Rev. Dr. Locke, who was in embarrassed circuit).
surces, and who seemed, bolt at and after the marriage, to have had
no tither object in view but the possession of her money. She.
however, had a marriage settlement emended, by which all her
yroperty was placed in the hands of trustees for her use. :step'
the sum of 3,111 W. or 4,9061., which she gave to her husbands
thereby reserving the same power of disposing of her property at..
her death as ilshe should die a widow. Shortly after her marnage
sl. made a will, by which she devised all her property to ter poor
tenet one. On the .13th June, 1811, she made another will, giving
Luo4ll. stock betweeen her four brothers and two sisters, and the in.
tyros of 6,311161. to her husband for lite: by a subsequent codicil, she
• revoked the bequest of the interest of 6,6001. to leer husband, and
gars him in hews legacy of 2.0001. In May_. 1819, she executed a
wilt of quite a drflirent character, giving Dr. Locke all her pro.
',my, and appointing him sole executor; on the Wth May, 1019.
sere revoked the former wills and executed another, by which
ter propene went chiefly to her relations, as she did not seem de.
Mans that her property should go towards site support of a young
wile, if ever Dr. Locke should marry again c in this will Mr.
Denier was appointed executor, and in opposition to it Dr.
Locke put in a will, bearing date die ilith of June, 1819, the very
day before the death of the deceased, in which he is appointed sole
executor, with the whole of the propaty, except a few trilling legs.
cses to her relation". Now the question for dirk...yenta detitiewas,
as to the mode of procuring the latter document, which was all
written by Dr. Locke, and signed by three of his servants, there.
lore a greater burden of proof was necesaarilv thrown upon hr.
Locke, while the other document of Ma-,181'9, was signed by re-
spectable and disinterested persons. The beamed Judge read
over a great portion of the voluminous evidence, and commented
upon it as he proceeded. Ile &Aerial, it was clear that Mn.s
Loclt had bent influesoed to make some of the wills mid that in
one hater, written by her direction (as she was unable to write)
•to her professional adviser, alluding to the will in favour of her
religious, she begged bin not to let D. Locke know she had exe-
cuted mach a dormant:, fur if lie knew of it, he would compel her
to make one more in his favour. It also appeared that the de-
casxl mum e very low state from the 4th of June, Intl, until her
aertbs and dint her capacity was too much impairs! to execute a
tcstiroentary document only the day preceding her death. On the
whoh. the Learned Judge observed. that he could not help think-
ing that Dr. Locke had so contrived the transaction, as to give it
n very appearance of fraud; he therefore was bound to decree pro-
bate of the will of May, 1619, to 31t. Leaner, mid to condemn Dr.
'-dAke is the coats of the salt.

!i owrr rr REWAIMEI).—A tow nights ago a gentle-
man hired a haskney coach, and, after being diircn to
I:evecal places, paid and discharged it. On cleaning his
coach the neat morning, the coachman found a pocket-
book, containing hack-totes to the amount of 1,0401. which
he wok to the Hackney Coac Office. Thegentleman
being suit to, gave the coachwah n 1100.'. for his hog
nesty.