Daily Republican., 1882-05-22
FIFTH EDITION
THE WILLCASr

T..- ."re Closes for m,
Heirs-The Court uharxs. .a' :.
Jury and They Retire-Rs".,.n I'M
trial 10 Commence To,,,.a'
Morn ing. 'eH
The Superior Court convensd =. :.
O'Clock this morning, and Mr.. Hia", Y
resumed his argument for the %, sslas
ants OF Michael Doran's will. He, Ha ss!,
that IL was utterly inconsistent to 'ala ~
that a man in his right mind w,',y ssy
take his property away from his fa faua,q
and give 1T to a stranger. He concha
his argument at 10. 20 o'clock ana
followed by Mr.. Lore, who said LIN tb.. va
would present n fair statement r' of y
case, and do all in his power n a.', W
the jury in rendering verdict str;sa ros
in accordance with justice Ha .ss w
the only question to Ue considers 'ai
was Michael Doran on the "a a ds.
May, 1879, in fit condition TO mat.
will. The jury had nothing to do ss x;,
the manner in which he disposed ~ wv "
property. He could do as be n,s..
with his own, that was a right thst s n
longs to every man. If he would has
died intestate the brothers. wife vor1
have taken half Of his estate, and ' "
nephew and three nieces yonId bal
taken the other half. 1t is a slgnieoas
fact that shortly after he mad uona
reside at horan's he took the mana.s @
ment of his property from John Do,s'
and gave it to Daniel Mulherin ar,
not only that, but the witnesse, hoy
shown that he went to Father Reilsv !,
see about being admitted to the SSts,'
Home in Philadelphia, and would ba,
gone there iflt would not have been III,
he was told that when he entered NJ
doors of that institution he wouI
have to surrender all the hoardinos
his life, and he said, | will not pjvs \
my property to strangers; meaning
that, persons whom he did not knoy
and had never seen. If the old ma
was happy in the home of the Doran
would he have wanted to 90 AVA
among strangers. The speaker tbouuI
not, as it would be contrary to natur,
The contestants were the ones m
were anxious that Michael Dr,
should make his will, and it has hm
shown that on the morning of the IA
on which the will was made, Arn,
Doran was the one that sent for Mini
herin to come aud draw it up. Mr.. LO1
said that they either knew that the d
man was in q suitable condition
make a will, or, If they knew to II
contrary, then they were guilty Of
attempt to get him to dispose of h
property when he was not in col
dition to know what he was doing.
If John Doran knew or thought
the time the will was made, the testat
was not capable of making a will
that day, then he swore to an untrut
when he appeared before the Regist
and testified that at the time the wi
was made he believed the testator
have been of sound disposing mind
There was nothing said about disputiu
the will until two weeks after the md
had died and nothing would bal
been said then if they had X
all his property instead Uf bal
Mr.. Lore had never known Of a pa
son who had any property, to die thi
some of the heirs had not sal
that the old man was crazy, becau
he had not left them as much az th,
thought he should have done. The
was an illustration of this in New Yol
when old Commodore Vanderbilt u
man that held railroads in his gra
had died; and one of the sons foul
that he had only been left $l,O0O,OOO,
said the man was crazy, and rushed i
to court to contest the will.
He called attention to the testimo
of DR.. Chandler who was the atten
ing physician, and disinterested pa
! ty. He had testified that on the eve
ing of the day on which the will W
made, he had talked with the testatQ
and was convinced that he was
sound mind and knew perfectly W
| what he had done. This should becc
elusive and if it is not, the Jury my
either conclude that DR.. Chandler
incompetent and don't know what
is doing, or else that he has dellbera
Ily testified TO an untruth. MI u
| concluded his able argument at "
o'clock.
The charge of the Court was read
Judge Houston, and was to the en-
that if the jury believed that AZ
time the will was made, Michael Dol
| was in condition to know whas
was doing, they must decide in iavol
the heirs. A blind man may max
will, but it must bA shown that he
aware of its contents. A person
draw will which constitutes nlm
not only an heir, but also an extca' Ga
but it is a proceeding that shoaIu
viewed by the Jury with grea' o0'l
care and circumspectl0n.
1t was for the jury to deciue WI, wnI
ar the t-stator WAS of sound dlspos
mind when the will was drawn,
charge occupied about twenty milI l
lin its delivery and reviewed al
leyidepce and instructed the jury III
the points of law bearing on tno ua
The jury retired at 2'5o, t.ia n
Sharpiey, ESQ, asked that IT. tns ,.ns na'
|James Redden, indicted for lapE
postponed until to. morrow molilus i.nas
account of the absence OF " Wi.he .be
The request was granted VIII WI oart, 'nT
derstanding that the case WILL '''
ily be called at that time. H.. cos
A Jury was drawn ana tnn .,1."r o
IL. A. Pool, Treasurer OF the 81 si'is' a.
Marsh Company VS.. Leonard u
dsgrift was taken up. .,o n,,ini
| John Rodney, ESD, for InI III pf laf1
and George Gray, ESD, 1or 'n' w.
ants. ,.h+ hv ths
This is an action brought W rpcd ra
yer Run Marsh Company yyordsa
lS175 taxes from Leonard u, sauu n0ana
, which were assessed BY the ,aar anr'
of the company for the .cCt ys'a a re-
Court at / o'clock then 1ooA 80
until 3 o'clock this afternoon
s,,e Aims nOuSo'