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Court. I saw him in my private room, and after some conversation about what had occurred in Court just before, he asked me to take a small Probate case. He was applying for papers, and I granted it. Administration was waiting, and I then adjourned the further hearing of these matters to 2.
Came at that hour, Mr. Gibbons came into Chambers, and expressed his intention to withdraw all the matters taken in Chambers. He said that a most unfortunate thing had happened owing to his abandoning the principles that all proceedings in Probate and Bankruptcy must be heard in Open Court. The Chinaman whom I had granted letter of Administration had, when he was tendered the proceeds of the estate in dollars, refused them and demanded banknotes, specie, and revolvers, and the property which had been sold. Had the judge been in court, he said the Chinaman would have made his objection, and the judge would have refused him the letters of Administration. I asked why the Che... was not brought to...
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