Arthur C. Waghorne
          1900

Estate of Arthur C. Waghorne 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Whitbourne, To wit
(First line lost in a fold in sheet)
Whitbourne aforesaid, Clerk in Holy Orders do swear that I believe that Arthur Charles Waghorne late of Bay of Islands in the Island aforesaid, Clerk in Holy Orders, 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 the law shall bind me 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 after 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, of which he died possessed, within the jurisdiction of this Court do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Fifteen hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at Whitbourne                                                  Emily Jane Bull
this fourth day of May
A.D. 1900

          Before me and
I certify that this affidavit was read
over in my presence to the deponent
who seemed perfectly to understand
the same and who made her signature
thereto in my presence.

          Wilcox Spracklin
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

F 277
1900

Estate of Arthur Charles Waghorne
late of Bay of Islands
Clerk in Holy Orders Deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Emily Jane Bull of Whitbourne
Northern District
Married Woman

Dated 10^th May 1900

Sureties Rev'd Wm. Pilot, D.D.
and John D. Withers, Esq.

Estate sworn under $ 1500

The Hon'r Jos. J. Little   Chief Justice
Geo. H. Emerson   Judge
D. Morison          Judge

D. M. Browning
Chief Clerk and Registrar

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 has been filed thereto.
          St. Johns this 5^th day of May A.D. 1900

W. C. Carroll
A.C.S.C.

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 Letters of Administration to the Estate and effects of the late Arthur Charles Waghorne of Bay of Islands in the Island of Newfoundland, Clerk in Holy Orders, deceased, to be granted to Emily Jane Bull, sister of deceased.
          St. Johns May 2^nd A.D. 1900

WC?                    Alec Briteau
A.C.S.C.               Solicitor for applicant

To the Honorable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof.

The Petition of Emily Jane Bull of Whitbourne in the Island aforesaid, wife of H. Bull, Clerk in Holy Orders.

Humbly Sheweth

That Arthur Charles Waghorne late of Bay of Islands in the Island aforesaid, Clerk in Holy Orders, deceased, died at Gordontown in the Island of Jamaica, where he was on a visit for his health, on the 11^th day of April A.D. 1900, intestate.
That the said deceased left him surviving as next of kin, his sister, your Petitioner, and one brother, Albert Waghorne of Melrose in the state of Massachusetts, United States of America.
That at the time of his death, the said deceased possessed property within the Jurisdiction of this
          Honourable

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Honorable Court of the probable value of fifteen hundred dollars.
That no probate of any will nor administration to the Estate of the said deceased has hitherto been applied for by or granted to any person.
Your petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration to the Estate of the said deceased may be granted to her.
And as in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray etc. etc.
Dated at Whitbourne this fourth (4^th) day of May A.D. 1900.

Emily Jane Bull

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

Newfoundland
Whitbourne S.S.          I, Emily Jane Bull of Whitbourne aforesaid, wife of James H. Bull, Clerk in Holy Orders, the petitioner named in the foregoing petition, make oath and say that the several matters and things therein set forth and contained are in every particular correct and true.
Sworn at Whitbourne                                                  Emily Jane Bull
aforesaid this fourth
day of May AD 1900

          Before me and
I certify that this affidavit was read
over in my presence to the deponent
who seemed perfectly to understand
the same and who made her signature
thereto in my presence.
Wilcox Spracklin
Comm'r Supreme Court

Supreme Court
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In the matter of the
Estate and Effects of
Arthur Charles Waghorne
late of Bay of Islands in
the Island of Newfoundland,
Clerk in Holy Orders, deceased.

Petition of Emily Jane Bull,
sister of deceased, for
letters of administration.

Fiat --- on usual security
May 5/1900
Geo. H. Emerson J

Alec Briteau
Solicitor

In the Supreme Court
of Newfoundland

In the Estate of Arthur Charles Waghorne deceased
We William Pilot D.D. of St. Johns, in the Central District of Newfoundland, Clerk in Holy Orders and John W. Withers of St. Johns in the Central District of Newfoundland, Queens Printer, severally make oath and say:
That we are the proposed sureties on behalf of the intended administrator of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits, of Arthur Charles Waghorne deceased, in the within bond named, for the faithful administration of the said estate and effects, rights and credits, of the said deceased; and I the said William Pilot of St. Johns in the Central District, aforesaid,  make oath and say that I reside at St. Johns and am worth property to the amount of Three thousand dollars, over and above all encumbrances and over and above what will pay my just debts, and every other sum for which I am now bail, or for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise, and I the said John W. Withers for myself, make oath and say, that I reside at St. Johns aforesaid, am worth property to the amount of Three thousand dollars, over and above what will pay my just debts, and every other sum for which I am now bail and for which I am liable as surety or endorser or otherwise.

The above named William Pilot                                        William Pilot
and John W. Withers were                                                John W. Withers
severally sworn before me, this
10^th day of May A.D. 1900.

Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 7^th day of May in the 63^rd 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 Nine Hundred
personally appeared William Pilot, DD, of St Johns, Clerk in Holy Orders and John W. Withers of St. Johns, Queen's Printer, 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 Three thousand 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 Emily Jane Bull as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Arthur Charles Waghorne late of Bay of Islands, in the Island aforesaid, Clerk in Holy Orders, deceased, do make or cause to be made, a just, true, and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of her the said Emily Jane Bull, as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 7^th day of November next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, at the time of his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of her the said Emily Jane Bull, or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of her said Administration, on or before the 7^th day of November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand eight^nine hundred and one and afterwards from time to time as she shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue, and remainder of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration Account, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a 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                                                            William Pilot
in the presencee of                                                           J. W. Withers

Geo. J. Adams
Comm'r Affdts, S.C.

1900

Estate of
The Rev'd A.C. Waghorne
late of Bay of Islands, Clerk
in Holy Orders, deceased.

Bond?