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I CT7BT0FS WILL CASE. |The validity of the will or wills of Mr. William j JRae Smee has been under discussion in the Probate j Court, The deceased gentleman was for many years I Secretary to the Treasury of *he Bank of -England. I In 1859 he made a will By which he left his property, valued at £12,060, to his wife j in 1867, by a second will, he gave his wife only a life interest, and directed that at her death the money should go to the corporation of Brighton for establishing a public library. This latter, will is disputed by the widow and the heir-at-law. The deceased had one delusion —that he was a son of Georg© IY. • and he onee wrote to Napoleon III. asking his assistance to recover i the Crown of England. The jury found that at ! the time the testator made both the wills he was of unsound mind. The Corporation of Brighton were ordered to pay their own costs.
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Sat, Dec 13, 1879
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