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1779. 1 Term. Tuesday Jan: 19th.

Tuesday January 19th 1779.
Present
Sir E. Impey
and
Mr. Justice Hyde.
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In the Goods of Ambrose Rocke, deceased.
James Dolman, An English Hair Dresser and Barber, petition’d for administration as being a Friend and Creditor of the Deceased. He swore the Value of the effects would not exceed Fifteen Thousand Rupees.
This Petition was opposed, and a Caveat enter’d by Samuel Oldham the Undertaker.
The Caveat now came on to be argued
Ambrose Rocke, who was by Trade a Butcher, was One among many here of whom it is not known who were his Relations in England, and in Bengal it was said he had none: the real object of the Contest is, which of these Men Dolman or Oldham, should get possession of the effects of Rocke, and if no Relations applied, should consequently retain to his own use all the fortune of Rocke, which it is no=
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