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Subject: Re: [CHS] Wills of 'Criminals'
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:56:29 EST

Hi Gail

Just because someone was a criminal and executed (you could be hanged for
poaching rabbits not so long ago) wouldn't have prevented you from making a
Will nor for it to be proved. Of course quite a lot of criminals probably
didn't have anything worth leaving by Will ! For really tasty traitors it may
be more difficult as their property could well have been 'attainted' and
forfeit to the Crown

Chris Graves, Colchester (solicitor who hasn't much experience of dealing
with traitors' wills though ...)

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