A fund was set up to pay allowances to widows and dependents of deceased members of the West Sussex Constabulary.
Money had come from (1) the members themselves (2) raffles and sweepstakes (3) collecting boxes (4) donations and legacies.
Goff J held all money was bona vacantia, except for the donations and legacies which were a resulting trust.
Regarding the different sources he said: (1) Because the members' contract governed their contributions and gave them no claim to any residue, it was bona vacantia.
(2) The raffles and sweepstakes contract also gave the participants no right to the leftovers, and thus that money was also now bona vacantia.