Clara Roberts
          1895

Estate of Clara Roberts 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this ??? day of June in the 58^th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety five personally appeared Sarah Hutchings of Spaniards Bay in the Northern District Married Woman Stephen Hutchings merchant of ??? and Sarah Hutchings, Joseph Roberts farmer and John Trapnell ??? and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of Four hundred and twelve? dollars to be had, made and levied on his Goods, Chattels and Effects, jointly and severally, if Default is made in any of the conditions following :---

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Sarah Hutchings shall duly and faithfully act as Guardian of the estate and effects of Clara Roberts a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and shall and do pay and dispose of such estate in such manner as the said court shall direct, then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Signed and sealed
in the presence of
having first been read
over and explained

1895

Estate of Clara Roberts
late of Spaniards Bay
a minor

Letter of Guardianship to Sarah
Hutchings of Spaniards Bay

Dated 14^th June 1895

Sureties
Stephen Hutchings
Joseph Roberts
John Trapnell

Bond for 212.00?

To the Hon. Sir F.B.T. Carter Knight Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or one of the Hon. the Assistant Judges thereof.

The Petition of Sarah Hutchings of Spaniards Bay in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland, married woman.

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner ??? ??? took charge of and adopted an orphan female child by name Clara Roberts, then of the age of two? with the object and intention of bringing up, nurturing and educating her to the best of Petitioner's ability.
That a small sum of money amounting at present to one hundred and six dollars and thirty cents, the sole earnings of your Petitioner, whilst doing business alone and in her own name and in the name of the said Sarah Roberts deposited, in the Newfoundland

Savings Bank in Harbor Grace, which said amount your petitioner is prevented from having and utilizing.
That in order to assist in the maintenance and support of the said orphan female child, it is necessary under existing circumstances, to draw either the whole or part of the said sum of money from the Newfoundland Savings Bank aforesaid.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that for the purposes aforesaid she may be appointed Guardian of the person and Estate of the said orphan female child.
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Sarah X Hutchings

Hr. Grace 22^nd May/95
(Illegible signature)

In the Supreme Court

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
to wit          I Sarah Hutchings of Spaniards Bay in the Northern District married woman make oath and say that the contents of the foregoing petition are correct and true.
Sarah X Hutchings

Sworn before me at
Harbor Grace aforesaid
the 22^nd day of May AD 1895
Andrew L? Drysdale
Commissioner of Supreme Court

Sup Court

In re?
Petition for Letters
of Guardianship to
the person and Estate of
Clara Roberts minor,
to be granted to
Sarah Hutchings

Fiat
J.J. Winters
J

June 1/95