APPENDIX TO 
The deceased had, whilst in Ja- 
maica, duly executed his will, ap- 
pointinghisbrother, Charles Parke, 
Esq. and John Higginand George 
Harrison, Esqrs. executors and 
guardians of his. children. 
Heafterwards came to England, 
and resided in Gower-street, Bed- 
ford-square, where he died sud- 
denly, being found dead in his bed 
on the morning of the 27th of 
April, 1813. Search being made 
by the executors, they, in the 
drawer of a book-case, found 2 
marble covered book with a piece 
of paper round it, fastened by wa- 
fers, on opening which, they found 
it to contain in the deceased’s 
handwriting a copy of the will in 
Jamaica. Eleven other papers 
were found in the same drawer, 
three of them tied up with the 
copy of the will, and the rest 
loose. These papers being all in 
avery informalandimperfect state, 
and several of them operating to 
the prejudice of three of the 
defendant’s children, who were 
minors, the executors deemed it 
necessary to take the opinion of 
the Court upon their validity. 
An allegation was, therefore, 
now offered on the part of Samuel 
Baldwin Harrison, Esq. the exe- 
cutornamed in one of them, plead- 
ingthecircumstauces beforestated, 
with the addition of certain decla- 
rations of the deceased to Mr. 
Harrison, to the effect of the alte- 
rations which the papers alluded 
to, but which he delayed, first, un- 
til he had seen his professional 
advisers, and afterwards until the 
arrival of a friend from Jamaica, 
which never occurred. 
Thesame objections were urged 
to those papers as in the last case ; 
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and Sir John Nicholl was of a 
similar opinion as to their being 
merely memoranda, contemplative 
of some future testamentary dis 
position, but never intended to 
operate in their present form. 
He therefore prunounced against 
them, rejected the allegation, and 
granted the probate of the will 
only. 
Hendy and Hendy, by theirGuar- 
dians, v. Hendy and Others.—This 
was a proceeding relative to the 
validity of the will of Thomas 
Hendy, late of the Haymarket, 
deceased, which was propounded 
on the part of Thomas and Char- 
lotte Hendy, minors, two illegi- 
timate children of the deceased, 
and the residuary legatees named 
in it, and opposed by William 
Hendy, the deceased’s brother. 
The widow and the other brothers 
and sisters were also cited to be- 
come parties to the proceedings, 
but did not appear. 
It appeared, that the deceased 
was a master carman in the Hay- 
market. He died on the 11th of 
January, 1814, leaving a widow, 
from whom he had been separated 
for many years, and several rela- 
tions. He had also two iliegi- 
timate children, who resided with 
him, and possessed a considerable 
portion of hisregard and affection, 
one of whom is since dead. He 
had repeatedly declared his inten- 
tion of providing for them by 
will,to Mr. John Darbon, of King- 
street, Marylebone, and other 
friends of his; and accordingly, 
some time in August, 1813, made 
his will, in his own handwriting, 
appointing Mr. Darbon to be ex~- 
ecutor, and giving him all his 
