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to he due to the * said Plaintiff, might hz paid to her.
An..tiO cost- it should apprar that -the eiaimiir 1,„0
executed any deeds, purporting to be atab.olutc
conveyance of her right and interest ?W the said
plantations and estates, to .the said. Defendant, then
that the same• might be declared to have been
unduly obtained from her, and might he decreed
to be delivered-up. to be 'cancelled ; anti thm .such
(ieeds and instruments as the Plaintiff should appear to .
I
haveex.:cuted.for securing the ritynr.nt any SUMS
of money to the Defendant might he declared to be
:securities for such sums only -as were really and bona
fide clue from the. said Plaintiff' to the -Defendant ; .
a d that an account might be taken of .stich sums of
money, so due ; and civil the said .D:tendant might
account for, and pay to the said Plaintiff, one moiety
of all the rents, •issues, and prays of the said plan.
rations and estates, accrued due since the &cease of
John Purcell, the said Plaintiff brother ; and that.
the said Plaintiffmight b let into rsses“on of one
moiety of the plantations and 6tares. Atti Incase
it should appear that the said Defendants Cohn .
Balite, George Baillie, J hn Toting; Robert Lang,
Nathaniel Snell, Erich Lord Reny, Or either of
them, had .any charge cr incumbrance on the said
estate, derived from or through 'she said Defendant,
John Macnamara, then that he might be deemed to
exonerate the Plaintiff's moiety of the said estate
from.such charge or inctimbtarice, and in the ,mean
tirne that a receiver and comignee of the said estates •
might be appointed under the older of this Court,
witty:the usual direaions.
• .-This,•was the prayer of the Bill, and Mr. Ram'
tY observed, that this was a Bill Which 'sought to
vacate the deeds, which had been obtained by Mr.
Nlacnamara from• the Plaintiff, by. an abuse. of the
confidence she had reposed in him.. The fans of this
case were very numerous, sonte of them were. very
complicated, and very difficult to be explained ; ,and
in laying a case of this description before -the Court,
• it seemed impossible not to. state things extremely.
to the disadvantage of Mr. Macnamara. He ought
always to bear in mind (and its would dosifttice to
Mr. Macnamara), tho Ugh he was yet unacquainted
with. his detente, notwithstanding he :had seen his
answer, though he was not fully awareol the merits
of his defence, he did not say an answer might not
be given to the Plaintiff's case. By the tenor of IVl‘.
MaCriaMiltel answer, he hada full defence to the
Plaintiff's case. Mr. Macnamara had disdained to
justify himself. He claimed commendation for his
conduei towards the purcell family. Mr. Macna.
mars contended, that the transactions which the
Learned Counsel reprobated, as being founded in
fraud, were, in truth, trantaflions for which he was.
entitled to the thanks of the Plaintiff, and to,the ad-
miration and applause of the rest of mankind. He
waled himself as the great benefatior of the. Plain.
Of and of her family. He said, in his answer, that
all lie had done proceeded from an extensive bane.
volecce ; that it arose from misapplied friendship
and .tnistaken humanity, and for which he was COM
scious he was entitled to the thanks and gratitude

of the Plaintiff.
The kis of the case were shortly these ; John
Purcell, Esq. the father of the Plaintiff, who died in
1771, had been the G tvernur of the Island of Tor-
tola, and was possessed of a very considerable estate
in that Island. He was sole Proprietor of it him-
self, and of a small Island called Norman island.
The learned Counsel said, he was not capable of
staring what was the amount of the annual income
of that estate. (In the course of the cause, it was
said to be worth 4,0001. a-year). The number of
negroes employed on it • was not less than 320. It
was in a rilust.llJuri&ifig state at :he time of Mr.
Putcell's death; there was then no incuruhrance`on
; and. Mr. Trevanion, who then the consig,
rite of that estate in Landon, was debtor 'to Mr..
Purcell at his death, in the sum of tz,oool. for which
he had giver, his bond, and likewise on the balance
of an ouliquidated account between three and four
thousand more, so that at Mr. Purcell's death his
son Joha Purcell, was possessed of fifteen or sixteen
thousand pounds, exclusive of eleven thousand
pounds, that was due from a petson of the name of
Nihhs, cif the Island of Tortola. Mr. Purcell's family
consisted of three cliiidre it, of John Purcell, Frances
Pureed the Pa :iota, of Mat garet Purcell, one
'of the. Ddendants. Mr. Purcell .some. time bet' re his
death, went to the Island of Tortoli, leaving behind
him his two daughters ie St, James's Place. All his
children, at the time of his death, were infanta. Mr.
Purcell took his son with him to Tortola, and after
hie death a will was found, leaving his estates to his
s 'CI, burdened with the,payment of 701;201.10 each of
his daughters. His sob John was then of the age,of
19 ; Mt.s Purcell, the Plaintiff, was of the age of
t 8; it el Miss Margaret was 16. Dr. Michael Mama.
oara, who was. one of the Executors of 'Mr. Pur-
cell's will, took upon himself the guardianship of
these two young Ladiesand'Orphans. It was from
that circumstance• the. Plaintiff and her sister. Mar.
garer became acquainted with John Macnamara,
Esq. the Defendant, who was then living in
Lincoln's Inn, as a Student in the Law, ..and who
seas afterwards called to the Bar. It was very na-
roral,he should become acquainted with these. young
battlers, vho were taken into the house of Dr. M.
Macnamara, the Defendant's uncle, and brought
up as his daughters. Mr. Macnamara very soon
became extremely intimate with these young La-
dies. He could tfot Ante at what time, but in a very
few years after the death of their father, Mr. Mac-
namaea was consulted„on all occasions of the least
importance, and on all pecuniary traosaaions ;
and, in a short time he came to have a cone te:e do-
/eine n over them, and over the manigementolahaiir
rriiierty., Mr. John Purcell, the son,.who wiietaken
ees the island et Tortola by his father,,soonifterhis
tatter's death, married a Lady in that neigboinhond.
This was an imprudent marriage, arose
between them, anti he came over to PfigislPaututer
gust-x. 773, .and Caine ul age'in the pecember of that
-Fear;: fats wjfe SOUII followed him;' seta in 2774, ip
consequence of further disagt cements het weeo them,
-they separated, and .never lived together afterwards;
she went into.a. French convent. Mr,,Pureeli, whcn
lie came to Englatidocepoetd the same uolimited con.
felence in Mr. Macnamara that hisailsrees did, me.
R4actiatuara having engaged in. the profession of the
lawyMr. Purceltjaistly thought he might repose great