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No. 19. Motion for leave to appeal to His Majesty the King in Council.
No. 19. Motion for leave to
Majesty the
25th Feb-
ruary, 1936.
TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court will be moved on Thursday, appeal the 5th day of March 1936 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as to His Counsel can be heard by Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro or other of Counsel as King in Counsel for and on behalf of the above named Appellants for an Order that the Council. proceedings herein be continued between Harold John Armstrong (as the Trustee appointed in place and stead of Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton Knight upon his retirement from the trusteeship) jointly with Michael Howard Turner Trustees of the Estate of Sir Catchick Paul Chater Knight, C.M.G., deceased 10 Appellants and the Respondent the Estate Duty Commissioner for the Colony of Hongkong in like manner as such proceedings might have been continued by the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton and Michael Howard Turner if the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton had not retired from the said trusteeship and for leave to appeal to His Majesty The King in Council from the Judgment of this Honourable Court delivered in these proceedings on the 17th day of February 1936 affirming the Judgment of His Honour The Chief Justice dated the 13th day of June 1935 the Appellants undertaking to comply with the provisions of the Rules and Instructions concerning Appeals to His Majesty The King in His Privy Council.
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Dated at Hongkong this 25th day of February, 1936.
Sd/ DEACONS,
Solicitors for the Appellants.
To The Registrar of the Supreme Court and to the Respondent and to the Crown
Solicitor his Solicitor.
No. 20. Affidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson in Support of Motion.
I, RALPH ARCHIBALD WADESON, of No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Solicitor, make oath and say as follows:-
No. 20. Affidavit
of Ralph Wadeson
Archibald
in support of Motion.
25th
1936.
1. I am a partner in the firm of Messrs. Deacons, the Solicitors for the February 30 abovenamed Appellants and as such have the conduct and management of these
proceedings.
2. Since the commencement of these proceedings i.e., on or about the 31st day of December 1935, the abovenamed Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., retired from the said trust and Harold John Armstrong of No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, was appointed in his place jointly with the above- named Michael Howard Turner. The said Harold John Armstrong has informed
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