RICHARD LEARY
          1886

Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Signed and Sealed                      }           Michael Hardy
In the presence of                      }           Richard Headen
Israel S McNeal
Comm^r Supreme Court                           Timothy his X mark Leary
                                                              Having been first read over and explained. I S McN

NOTICE

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Probate of the Will of Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Richard Leary formerly of Low Point in Conception Bay fisherman deceased to be granted to The Very Reverend Michael Hanley.

Dated at St John's this tenth day of December Anno Domini 1885

Robert J Kent
Little & Kent
Proctors

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CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the Notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my Office from the day of the date thereof to this date and that no Caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered.

Dated as St John's this 12^th day of January Anno Domini 1886.

Otto Emerson
Asst Clerk

To The Honorable The Supreme Court
of Newfoundland or any of the Honorable
the Judges thereof

The Petition of Very Reverend Michael Hanley of Western Bay in Conception Bay Roman Catholic Priest

Humbly Showeth

That Richard Leary formerly of Low Point in Conception Bay aforesaid fisherman was drowned at sea in the spring of this present year. That he died intestate and possessed of property situate within the jurisdiction of this honorable Court of the probable value of about eleven hundred and fifty five dollars and sixty six cents being money deposited in the Newfoundland Savings Bank. That he left him surviving his Mother Mrs Johana Leary now a resident at Low Point aforesaid and very old and feeble also one brother Timothy also resident at Low Point aforesaid and a sister named Susana Leary now the wife of John Dunn XXXXX of St John's Fisherman. That the father of the said intestate died several years before him. That the mother of the said intestate has assented to the grant of administration to his estate being made to your petitioner as appears by the written consent hereto annexed and marked A. That no probate or administration to the estate of the said deceased has been hitherto granted. Petitioner therefore prays that administration of the estate of the said Richard Leary deceased may be granted now to him and ??? is duty bound he will ever pray ??

Dated at Carbonear this ninth day of Feby 1886

Robert J. Kent
Proctor for Petitioner

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the Estate of                        }
Richard Leary formerly of Low Point in     }
Conception Bay, Fisherman, deceased          }

I, the Very Reverend Michael Hanley of Western Bay in Conception Bay, Roman Catholic Priest, do make oath and say that I am the Petitioner in the foregoing petition in this matter named and that the several matters and things in the said petition set forth are just, correct and true.

Sworn before me at Carbonear this ninth day
of Jany, Anno Domini 1886.                              Michael Hanley
Israel S McNeil
Com^mr Af??
Supreme Court

           1866
Supreme Court

In the Matter of the Estate of
Richard Leary
formerly of Low Point in
Conception Bay, fisherman,
Deceased.

Petition for Administration.

Fiat
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Official Stamp:
Robert J. Kent, O C
Barrister, Solicitor &c
St John's, Newfoundland

A

I, the undersigned Mrs. Johana Leary of Low Point in Conception Bay, Widow, the mother of Richard Leary of same place, fisherman, who was drowned at sea in the spring of this present year, do hereby consent and agree that administration taken to his estate be granted to the Very Reverend Michael Hanley of Western Bay in Conception Bay, Roman Catholic Priest.
Witness my hand at Low Point aforesaid this ninth day of January, AD 1886.

Witness the same having been first read
and explained to the said Mrs. Johana X          Mrs. Johana X ^{her mark} Leary
(her mark) Leary.
Richard Headen

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the estate of
Richard Leary, formerly of Low Point
in Conception Bay, fisherman,
deceased.

I, Richard Headen of Small Point do make oath and say that I was present and saw Joannah Leary, the party named in the the above written consent in this matter, duly sign the same by offering her mark thereto.
Richard Headen

Sworn before me at Carbonear
The ninth day of January, Anno
Domini 1886.
Israel S McNeil
Com^mr Aff
Supreme Court

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

ST. JOHN'S, }
To Wit           } I do swear that I believe that Richard Leary deceased, died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay his debts, so far as his Goods will extend; and that I will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the deceased, and render a true account of my Administration into the Registry of the said Court, within six months from the date hereof, or when I shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said deceased which he died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Twelve hundred dollars.
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Sworn before me, at St. John's ^Carbonear, the seventeenth                    Michael Hanley
day of February in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty-six.

Israel S McNeil
Commissioner of Affidavits

          1886

Estate of Richard Leary
late of Low Point
in the Northern District
Fisherman, deceased.
Dated 20^th Feby 1998