In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Carlton Gates, Deceased: Argument |
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... tell you on that sub- jcet ? Mr. LYON : And when ? Mr. VAN PELT : Yes , and when , every time ? A. I can't say when , I have no date ; he said to me , you desire me now , shall I answer ? Q. Yes , sir ; tell us what he said on that ...
... tell you on that sub- jcet ? Mr. LYON : And when ? Mr. VAN PELT : Yes , and when , every time ? A. I can't say when , I have no date ; he said to me , you desire me now , shall I answer ? Q. Yes , sir ; tell us what he said on that ...
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... Tell us what he said or did ? A. He said : " Are you all here ? " he asked : “ Are you all here ? meaning myself and daughter , and Mrs. Gates and the Doctor ; and I knew that Carlton was in a great age , and I said : " Doctor , for ...
... Tell us what he said or did ? A. He said : " Are you all here ? " he asked : “ Are you all here ? meaning myself and daughter , and Mrs. Gates and the Doctor ; and I knew that Carlton was in a great age , and I said : " Doctor , for ...
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... tell you he was poisoned ? A. Yes , sir . Q. Did he say by whom ? A. No , sir , he did not ; he said , " I think I am pois- oned , " but he suspected me . Q. You understood that you were one of the he suspected of having poisoned him ...
... tell you he was poisoned ? A. Yes , sir . Q. Did he say by whom ? A. No , sir , he did not ; he said , " I think I am pois- oned , " but he suspected me . Q. You understood that you were one of the he suspected of having poisoned him ...
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... Tell us how you come to leave the house ? A. The reason why - I could not stay any longer ; I was afraid to stay , and he did not want me . 209 210 211 212 Q. Did he tell you he 53.
... Tell us how you come to leave the house ? A. The reason why - I could not stay any longer ; I was afraid to stay , and he did not want me . 209 210 211 212 Q. Did he tell you he 53.
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... Tell me when the first occasion was that any such occurrence took place , about when it was ? A. I think , in April . Q. He was taken sick in March - the last of March ? A. March and April - I think that was the time of his sickness . Q ...
... Tell me when the first occasion was that any such occurrence took place , about when it was ? A. I think , in April . Q. He was taken sick in March - the last of March ? A. March and April - I think that was the time of his sickness . Q ...
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American Exchange Bank antipathy Arnold asked attend believe called Carlton Gates codicil condition conduct conversation counsel County death delirium disease Doctor Gates Doctor Hulbert Doctor Wood door evidence examination excited executed executors fact father feeling Friday Gates family gave Getty House give heard household influence of liquor insane delusion interview kind knew legatee Migy mind Miss Palmer Miss Sault Monday monomania morning mother Nesbit never night Nisbet objection overruled occasion PELT person physician poisoned question Radford reason recollect reference regard remember return from Europe Romer sane Saturday saw Doctor sent servants shoot sick suppose Surrogate talk tell testator testified as follows testimony things thought Thursday tion told took Upham VAN PELT Village of Yonkers Wednesday week Westchester Westchester County White Plains William Radford wish witness York
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Page 501 - Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Flint as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Page 518 - Witnesseth: — That the said party of the first part in consideration of the sum of One dollar to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 526 - Clarkson, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Notary Public in and for the City and County of New York, dwelling In the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.
Page 553 - If a person persistently believes supposed facts which have no real existence except in his perverted imagination, and against all evidence and probability, and conducts himself however logically, upon the assumption of their existence, he is, so far as they are concerned, under a morbid delusion ; and delusion in that sense is insanity.
Page 543 - ... are the cases which frequently mock the wisdom of the wisest in judicial trials; because such persons often reason with a subtlety which puts in the shade the ordinary conceptions of mankind. Their conclusions are just and frequently profound, but the premises from which they reason when within the range of the malady, are uniformly false — not false from any defect of knowledge or judgment, but because a delusive image, the inseparable companion of real insanity, is thrust upon the subjugated...
Page 527 - In the name of the Beloved Father of all : Amen. "I, Jerome & Loretta County of Sandusky, and State of Ohio, being about 64 & 65 years of age, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare...
Page 528 - Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Dame Margaret Cave the Testatrix, as and for her last Will and Testament, in the Presence of us, who, at her Request, and in her Presence and in the Presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto.
Page 520 - On this day of nineteen hundred and before me came to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.
Page 526 - Sere, to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned.
Page 520 - York, dwelling in the said city, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such notary, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.