The Archive · 1876

R, (Pource) Roseer Buck

Drunkenness

Defendant, " marine belonging to H.B.M.'s vessel Mosquito, was found at 5.20 on terday afternoon, drunk and incapable in a jinrikeha, in the Honan-road.

Discharged on payment of costs.

Wan Bevan of Ho, al soup a SUES oder sch gait aaciapaes as Seas Sethe ae ak io enn Geet cee o'er tural ENGEL mes a Atta at alt this property had been received by the manager, in Shanghai, of the Chas a fidia, 4 China, and that in accordance with the had paid Magaret Anu Kofod one hundred Shanghai taels per quarter of a year being her portion of the rent payable to her, The remainder of the out was devised to the plaintiff. Margaret Ann Kofod ied on the 11th of Mare, 1809.

The Defendant alleges that by a deed dated the September, 1608, (the full particulars whereof are ut present unknown to the Plaintif]), he, the d fendant, was constituted an executor wud trustee, jointly. Nil 8 aid Wiliam Trannack, ofthe said wil ofthe I1.—On or about the Srd of March, 1674, the defendant executor in oF of the estate of the fad testator, transferred to hinoself in the said books for the registration of land mentioned in the 6th pas graph +f this pet ald Jot or parcel of lat Suubered 268, also mentioned in the said paragraph, hold the same' Inud to himeelf a owner thereof. The seid transfer was made without the knowledge or ea sent of the plaintiff 12—It also appears from the said register books, that toy. deed dated the Jet day of October, 1876, the said lot of land wnmbered 266 was together with certain other lots of land mortgaged by the defendant to Dr. Macartney to secure Taels £,000 and interest, 18—The plat ned the age of twenty-one yenra the 10thof August, 1870. At that date lo was absent From Shanghai, and he did not come to Shaoghal until the month of January, 1876, 14.—The plaintiff contends that under and by virtue of the said will ani codicil he became on the death of Tot or parcel of Tan numbered 206, subject to the life ao} aid Anterely of the said' Margnrvt-Ann Ko: one half of the rents and profits thereof, and that the defendant ret had any beweticlal Interest in the said laud, oF feot, and that he had no right made to th Acdensant of of the rents and profits of In'pemgraph 12 of Ons petition, and that the payments th the death of the anid Aorgaret Sen male in error han ayplisd to the defendant. to to him the mid lot of and numbered 200, and to Tay to him the sum of Taole 2.700 8.3, Doing. the total amount as aforesaid paid to the defendant, the rents and profite of the ald premises since the death of the said Maygaret Ann Kofod Sue the defendant has refused to niake the said transfer 'oF to pay the aa d um or any part thoro! should transfer to him the lot of land nurabered 266, plaid, therefore, bred that freed and discharged from the said mortgage to Dr. Hi. Macartiey and from all other charges avd incumbranced aywient by the defendant 00, aod the costs ofthe suit,

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