To  the  Honorable,  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas
of  Chester  County :

The  petition  of  James  Wills,  Respectfully  represents  :

That  John  Gregg  of  said  County,  by  reason  of  habitual  drunk-
enness, has  become  incapable  of  managing  his  estate,  and  is
wasting  and  destroying  the  same,  as  by  the  affidavits  hereto
annexed  appears :  Wherefore  the  petitioner  showing  that  he  is
a  relative  by  marriage  of  the  said  John  Gregg,  being  the  hus-
band of  his  daughter,  (or  as  the  case  may  be,)  respectfully
prays  the  Court  to  issue  a  commission  in  the  nature  of  a  writ  de
lunatieo  inquirendo,  to  inquire  of  the  habitual  drunkenness  of
the  said  John  Gregg,  directed  to  such  person  as  the  Court  shall
think  fit.
And  he  will,  &c.
James  Wills.
(Affidavits  of  petitioner  of  truth  of  petition; — and  also  of
other  persons  stating  facts,  to  be  appended.)


7. — Notice  to  Relations,  ^c,  of  Commission.
p.  551.    pi.  7.
To  Charles  Gregg  and  James  Gregg  :  You  are  hereby  notified,
that  a  commission  issued  by  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of
Chester  County,  on  the  First  day  of  May  instant,  and  directed
to  the  undersigned  to  inquire  of  the  lunacy  of  John  Gregg,  will
be  executed  at  the  house  of  John  Babb,  in  the  borough  of  West
Chester  in  said  County,  on  the  Twentieth  day  of  the  same  month
of  May,  at  Ten  o'clock,  A.  M.
Witness  the  said  commissioner,  the  First  day  of  May,  a.  d.
1860.
William  Marshall,
Commissioner.
464  LUNATICS  AND  HABITUAL  DRUNKARDS.
8. —  Venire.
pp.  550,  551.     pi.  3,  8.
Chester  County,  ss.
