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On tile 2Tlh Of June, petition presented in the
British House Of Commons from widow, nov pauper
dependent the parish Of Greenwich. The petition
sta ed that in l11S she had married carpenter who lad
amased small property and purchased some lands Her
husband died, and his affairs thrown into Chancery
in 1870 Eleven wears afterwards although the freehold
estate worth 900 pounds the Court had only collected
400 pounds In August 1921 242 pounds in addition, had
been collected The total amount othe poor mans proper-
v was 1896 pounds; and the Of the Chancey suit
had been run mp 155 pounds The widow ordered
give up the title deeds TO the Court She could net do
hs because the property consisted Of mogaged lands
which had been purchased and the titles lodged
cuiites with the mortgages For her noncompliance
with The order of the Court she attached and cast into
the Flee Prison, where she had remained % months
The Of the attachment was 35 pounds which she
utterly unable pay and she was released BY the petty
savings OF her poor relatives She is 75 years


tic balance Of her husbands property had procured her
annuity Of 70 pounds year, but il had all heen sosorbel
by The Court of Chancery, and the widow pau
per, suhssng the cDariy OF the parish. The petition
was referred the Commissioners who have been appon


ted TO investigate the abuses of the Court Of Chancey
4 Chancery attachment appears IS the last attachmen
which female should 81 des:ous 70 provoke!


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