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"Unto the Trustees of the British Museum the residue of e Hurst of The Poplars Eltham in the county of Kent the suacy duty and unto ham or if he should die before the occurrence of ham the residue of my estate and effects real and personal subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter namely: "2 That my body shall be deposited with those ofto the church and parish of St George the Martyr or if that shall not be possible, in soround, church, chapel or other authorised place for the reception of the bodies of the dead situate within or appertaining to the parishes of St Andrew above the Bars and St George the Martyr or St George Bloomsbury and St Giles in the Fields But if the conditions in this clause be not carried out then "3 I give and devise the said residue of e Hurst aforesaid and I hereby revoke all wills and codicils made by me at any time heretofore and I appoint Arthur Jellicoe aforesaid to be the executor of this my will jointly with the principal beneficiary and residuary legatee that is to say with the aforesaid Godfrey Bellingham if the conditions set forth hereinbefore in clause 2 shall be duly carried out but with the aforesaid George Hurst if the said conditions in the said clause 2 be not carried out

"JOHN BELLINGHAM

"Signed by the said testator John Bellingham in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses

"Frederick Wilton, 16 Medford Road, London, N, clerk

"James Barker, 32 Wadbury Crescent, London, SW, clerk"

"Well," said Jervis, laying down the docu-pad, "I have ive the to be administered One of the two executors is a ebraical problem with no answer"

"I think that difficulty could be overcome," said Thorndyke

"I don't see how," retorted Jervis "If the body is deposited in a certain place, A is the executor; if it is somewhere else, B is the executor But, as you cannot produce the body, and no one has the least idea where it is, it is impossible to prove either that it is or that it is not in any specified place"