The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN.

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LAW INTELLIG ENCE—This Day.

COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde.)
DOWN V. CIIAFFINS.—IMPORTANT DECISION.

Mr. Lopez made an application on behalf of the
defendant in this suit that his costs should be
allowed. The case was tried in November, 1867.
It appeared that a will had been made in March,
1863, in which the property of the testator was
divided in six equal portions amongst his children,
the defendant being one. The testator died in
February, 1867, and in the meantime he had made
a first will, iu which the defendant was omitted
altogether. This was quite inexplicable to
him, as he was on the most friendly terms
with his father when he died. He could only, there-
fore, attribute it either to undue influence or to the
infirmity of his father, he being partially blind.
The testator had been a large pawnbroker in Wat-
ling-street, in the City, and had retired from that
business and gone to live at Brighton. On these
grounds it was contended that it was natural that
the son should be surprised at the course pursued
by his father, and that it should occur to him that
his father, being in a weak state of mind, should
be influenced unfairly towards him by a stronger
one, and that, therefore, he ought to be
allowed his expenses for having brought about this
inquiry. It appeared from the statement of the
executor, and which ought to have been made at
first, that the father had not left him anything, be-
cause he did not wish the money to go to his cre-
ditors, but he had left a message, which was not
delivered to one of his daughters, who appeared to
be better off, asking her to provide for this son.
If her sou.had been properly informed of this he
would not have instituted this suit, and this was
an additional reason for the remission of costs.

The Court thought that such applications should
not be encouraged, and refused to grant this one,
but ordered that the attachment should be in the
registry 10 days.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STANDING TREAT AND ITS RESULT.—Catherine
Mills and Bridget Collins, two low-looking women,
were charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing
from the person of Mr. Thomas Thompson Collier,
a clerk, residing at No. 21, Cirencester-place, St.
Pancras, a canvas bag containing £3 in gold, 38s.
in silver, &c.

The prosecutor said that about 12 o'clock the
previous night he was going home, being rather the
worse for drink, when he went into a public-house
in Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, to have
a little more, and he there saw the prisoners and got
into conversation with them. The prisoners asked
him to stand treat, and he did so, giving them half
a quartern of rum each. Shortly after he left the
house, when the prisoners followed him, and on his
putting his hand into his pocket for the purpose of
getting out some money to pay for more drink he
missed a small canvas bag containing £3 in gold,
38s. in silver, and some coppers, lie seizad and
gave Collins into custody, but the other prisoner
got away.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwbitt, Sergeant Ingerson,
6 E, said that neither the bag nor the money bad
yet been found.
Sergeant Burroughs, 21 E, said that about 12
o'clock last night the prosecutor, who had been
drinking, but knew what he was about, gave the
prisoner Collins into bis custody as an accomplice
of another woman with robbing him, and ou taking
her to the station she said that it was not her who
robbed the prosecutor, but another woman, who
after doing so ran away and left her with the pro-
secutor. From information the prisoner Collins
gave Mills was taken into custody at her lodgings,
iu Short's-gardens, by Sergeant Ingerson.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners.