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11souserau.... --....msed foe amide to skew
east* why t* Weed 'epon the tiobibaargais
upon hisepneictios-nnhe Aduallitilkohlna for a
ntisderneanor,-in inticiug away eeitein of bis Majesty's
seamen, should not be paidhy the City of Londou-into
the receipt °ibis Majesty's Exchequer' The Learned
Gentleman stated, that the fine (4,65000 had been sent
to the City, and was detair.e .1 by the Corporation, who
claimed the right to it ; but they had, proceeded on
erroneous grounds. ,Certainly there were some Char-
. dirs grouted to the City. in.the time of ,Elenry.- which
gate them a lien upon all fines imposed on offences
.committed within the City of London. In this case,
the offence was committed without the jurisdiction of
the City; for it was an offence committed on the high
seas, cognizable by the Admiralty Court; who merely
held their Sittings at the Oki Bailey for convenience.
He cited several authorities to show that the City had
no right to the money.
The CHIEF BARON' directed a rule to go.
PREttOGATIvE COURT, JUNE 29.
HUNTINGHON C. lIUNTINGDON•AND OTHERS.
This was a question relating to the last will of thy
Rev.W. Huntingdon, late of reototivitle: ft appeared
-- that the deceased, being taken ill on the v 44 Jena,
1813, went to Tunbridge, in order to with
- Stone,his solicitor, respecting his win ; thilMt:fertOne
took do% ipso uctions from the moilthoffthefeci*aseyl
in order to prepare his will ; out being maelifatigtted,
the deceased deal ned complelin -.4lcksired
Mr. Stone to come the -
vented, they Were not
day. These instructions_
ed Nos. 1,2, and 3, which
perty to his wife, commonl
fiaunderson, doring her
will cc uld be preparee,
kin (one of the deceased'
. they were in an unfini
—heen erect teekby died
to revoke a foimer wit. which .„
children in a manner perfectly destin,
The Court said, it had nodeubt whatcsee in pro-
nouncing for those mars, as contoitung the-,aeill of
the deceased ; and decreed the same accordingly.
SHARP busitr.
This was a question inspecting the will of R. Sharp,
formerly a seaman on bo rd the ship of war Hussar.
This case came befote the Court on the admission of the
allegation. It appeared,that the Hussar was lost on the
coast of France, and the testator was made prisoner
with the rest of the crew.: He had been a prisoner nine
years, doting Which period he nsiade the Will in qua.
tioi in favour of his mqtlacr ;,hut which was opposed
by his widow, on whose. pare lt,lwas contended, that
nn wanstm's will could 6e -cried, under the statute of
-had the certificate either
the 26thuplelkit
of tWiCaptattior libitnengter Officer of the ship at.
tached to the part of. the propounder or the'
Will, it was contended, that the testator at the tierrio
e,f ttecirtini his will; did not belong to a ship of war;
and therefore did not tome under the meaning of the
Aste.,,The Court saw, Clout ;giving,any
what -would bu the effect of this will, respecting wager
or priestontanif. The wfdow Might to have apple
for a limited administration ; and therefore, nni
, . all the circumstances, it admitted the allegation.
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will, which would Italie his UWII
perfectly destitute.