Section 17Part 0 —
Evidence by affidavit receivable
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It shall be lawful for the Court, on application being made to it for probate of any will or for letters of administration, to receive evidence by affidavit of the due execution of the will, and of all matters and things required to be proved in support of such application; and it shall be sufficient in all cases where an oath is required to be taken that such oath shall be in writing and sworn before a Justice of the Peace and filed in the Court: Provided that in cases where letters of administration are applied for by any person in the character of a creditor of the deceased, such person shall appear personally in the Court, and shall be required to give strict proof of the several matters relied on that person in support of that person’s application.