Prerogative Court, Friday...
I-ne Uourt was occupied again to.day in hearing the further argu. ments of counsel in tbin case, whicl is not yet assigned for sen- tence. No other business was taken. TIHURSDAY, JULY 1. PEDDLE V. EVANS. In this case a uestion arose upon the validity of the last will and testament of thelate Mr. Evan Evans, a native of Glamorganshire, who disd at Llandaff, in the county of Glamorgan, at a very ad- vanced age, on the l3th of December, 1821. S.r Jopw NICtIOLL gave sentence in the cause to-day ; but as the facts were not in the slightest degree of a nature to interest public curiosity, it may be sufficient to state, that the deceased made two wills, the one in July, 1811, whereby he gave the bulk of his pro- perty (upwards of 2,0001.) to a god-daughter of his, Mrs. Peddle (the wie of an exciseman, who nmanaged his pecuniary concerns for hin); and the other in September, 11321, whereby he disnosea of his property to a niece of his and her children. It seemed that at the former of these periods, deceased was residing away fromn his whole family, and upon rather bad terms withi most of themn; where- as, at the date of the sceond will, he was residing with this niece, IN rs. Janet Evans, and upon much better terms with his family, armong who , after ant estrangement of several years, he had taken up his abode. On the part of the propounder of the first will, it was endea- voured to be shown that the deceased had been removed from Bristol to Wales against his consent, and that the second will was executed by him while in a state of mental and bodily imbecility 4 but the learned Judge held that the evidence preponderated on both these points in favour ofsuch second wiU,landpronounced foy it accordingly. PREROGATIVE COURT. FRIDAY. JULY 9. RICH V. MUS}HETT.