The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-26 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

CIIELAISFORD, JULY 23.
DOE, DEMISE OF BRAND, V. ROBINSON.
This very remarkable cause seems to have excited
a great degree of interest in the county. The his-
tsl,—a maiden
of SO, at
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Elizabeth
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Saffron Walden, had been born and lived all her
called Clavering, her own estate, within nine miles
lhiofeo,du.ntil within ten months of her death, at a place
of Walden, to which she was greatly attached, and
was much respected and beloved in her neighbour-
she had a favourite namesake and niece,
Miss Betsy Brand, whom she took to reside with
her many years ago, and also a favourite nephew,
Charles Brand, the brother of this young lady, who
lived at a short distance from (layering, on a pro-
perty of his own, and towards this nephew and niece
she professed the warmest attachment, and had
always given them to understand that they should
be
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in uccessors
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rm e d
herro previouserty ttft ehe r
professions
death
by making a will in which she bequeathed to them
the whole of her possessions, real and personal, and
she built a new house on the estate, the first stone
of which she had laid by the hands of those two
state until the beginning of March, 1830, when
re-
turned re
rherlaftoiorlls
fondness.
wess..ho
Matters continued
had always
eerseontinueai
nt
this
suddenly the old lady, without the slightest apparent
cause, professed
the greatest dislike for this niece
and nephew, and about the same time some remark,
able aberrations of mind became observable to those
around her, to which alone could he attributed her
sudden dislike of her relations. Just at this time
Mr. Thomas Archer Catlin, of the firm of Gibson
and Catlin, bankers, at Saffron Walden, a very
disrsiit relation of the old lady's, paid her
a visit at Clavering, which he had not dine
!above half a dozen times in as many years
before, and in exactly one week after his visit—
aamelv, on the 10th of March,—the testatrix
quitted' he own residence at Clavering, and drove
in her carriage to Saffron Walden, whibre she took up
her abode at the house of Mr. Thomas Catlin, and
where she was placed to breakfast, dine, &c. in the
he
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mother;
amabolyteatsidileoeb.rrre,of:on_i.arilnieo:dv Messrs.dl
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all
former town-clerk of Saffron Walden, the solicitors
l
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the
whole to Mr. Catlin, and almost total strangers to the old
I:oddly:1h) were e
and
tredneiticerf entirely
to her, and on the same day
these professional gentlemen drew up a will for her
excludedi o
her favourite
efaryo propertyurite
vided amongst Mr. Thomas 24.reher Catlin, Mr:Nu.
hia brother, and a Mrs.' Robinson,
their
:n three dayS'atter signing this will,
_taenirarliz sneliesCitytal..,li and ;n
sigued also a power of
attorney dawn up for her by Mr. Hall, handing over
to Messrs. Hall and Master the whole and sole pos-
session and management of all her property during her
life; and under this power of attorney thesevntleizen
immediately acted and took pess2ssian of Cavern,
every thing eke that belonged to the testatrix, even
to a few pounds in money in the hands of Miss