The devolution of the property depended on the burial clause--clause two; but the burial arrangements would ordinarily be decided by the executor, who happened to be Mr.
Jellicoe.

Thus the will left the disposition of the property under the control of Mr.Jellicoe, though his action could have been contested.
"Now, this will, although drawn up by John Bellingham, was executed in Mr.Jellicoe's office, as is proved by the fact that it was witnessed by two of his clerks.

He was the testator's lawyer, and it was his duty to insist on the will being properly drawn.

Evidently he did nothing of the kind, and this fact strongly suggested some kind of collusion on his part with Hurst, who stood to benefit by the miscarriage of the will.
And this was the odd feature in the case; for whereas the party responsible for the defective provisions was Mr.Jellicoe, the party who benefited was Hurst.
"But the most startling peculiarity of the will was the way in which it fitted the circumstances of the disappearance.

It looked as if clause two had been drawn up with those very circumstances in view.