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London, England, 1824-05-11 00:00:00

ARCHES COURT,IIIoioAr, MAT 10.

LLLIS V. ELLIS. I
This wart an application to Ole Court for the revocation of a pro-
bate of a will which had been granted to the defendant last term, on
the ground that the testator was not in a perfect state of mind at the
time of executing the same; also that the Court would allow pro-
bate of a former will, and costs of the present application. The
parties in this suit are brothers, and the testator, who was also of the
same name, is their uncle, and bad, by will, executed about a year
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and a half before his decease, bequeathed bis pro riy, amounting
to upwards of :Al,OllOl. equally among his six ne ews. Thls will,
' however was revoked by one made a few day* tefore his demise,
in which he bequeaths the great bulk of his property to Mr. John
Ellis, who is we defendant in this suit, and from whose affidavit it
appears that he is himself a solicitor, and that the latter will was
drawn up by himself.
In opposition foible' latter will It is contended, that at the time of
Its execution the testator was In too infirm a state of mind to he able
to comprehend its contents ; that he was unable, from weakness,
to sign his name to it 4 Wril that in consequence it was found neces-
sary to guide his hand; that the contents of this will were in oppo-
sition to his repeatedly declared intentions, and that the whole
transaction was of a clandestine character.
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Judgment was deferred till Thursday next.
WILLINSON, LATE LAWES v. unarm's.
This was an application on the pan of Mrs. Wakeman, late
Miss Imitea, he letters of administration of .she property of her
deceased Sian, Elisabeth Lawes, who she alleges died intestate,
and a spinster.
The allegations set forth, that Thomas Gordon, to whom the
deceased was inserted in September 1818, was previously married
aHarriet Cole, and that the said Ilarriet Cole being alive at the
period of the second marriage, it became no legal marriage. It
joss on to state that Thomas (Jordon had offered bribes to different
potties who were anputinted with the flintier marriage, to bind
them to secrecy, and that a true bill had been found at the Easter
gessions, 18118, at the Old Bailey, agnint Thomas (Jordon, for
bigamy, who was thereon tried and convicted, sad sentenced to
seven years transportation.
In reply to these allegations it is averred, that the int wife,
Harriet Cole, tuned out a most prolligete woman, dementd her
husband, and was some time atter admitted into St. Thomas's
Hospital, under the name of Mary White, where she died on the
Bth of July. 1818. That prior to the indictment being preferred
against him for bigamy, placards had been Issued offering a reward
fur evidence of the existence of tho brat sme, at the time of
.he wood marriage, and that subsequent to his convictim, a me.
atonal bad been transmitted to his Majesty, who had thereon
graciously granted him his free pardon. It is further averred that
the property of his second wife had been bequeathed to him
by will.
An exception was also put in to the evidence of Emma Baker,
who on the trial swore positively to having seen the first wile after
the second marriage, on lewd a vessel off Plymouth, at which
time she was pestling by the name of Lady Rodney among the
seamen on board. 'the exception is grounded on an affidavit,
which mated that the female alluded to had been since confronted
with Emma Baker, who then acknowledged herself to be mistaken,
and that the real name of the female who had acquired the appella-
tion of Lady Rodney 'was Charlotte Lindsell.
Counsel were heard at length on both sides, and judgment dc.
fisted till next Thursday.