The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth,
Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other Peers.

APPEAL-SMITH Y. KEAY.

The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was re•
sinned this morning.

lqr. R. Palmer, Q.C., resumed his argument for the re-
spondent. The learned counsel referred to the statements
contained in the afiS,,i-er to the e.7;idence produced, as show-
ing the position in4Which he stood at the time the bond was
granted to the appellant by the respondent.
It is probable the arguments will continue all this day.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.)

IN GRAM V. FULLER AND ANOTHER.

This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff to prove the
will of a gentleman named Fuller, deceased, which was dis-
puted by Francis Fuller, one of the defendants and heir at
law, on the ground that the will was not duly executed, that
the testator was not of sound testamentary capacity at the
time of executing, and that he was under undue influence
and control.

Dr. Addams, Q.C., was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Hawkins, Q.C., for the defendant.
From the opening statement of counsel, it appeared that
the plaintiff took out a probate of the will on the 6th of
December, 1858 ; but it was disputed on the ground already
specified, and the plaintiff was compelled to adopt the pre-
sent proceedings to establish his claim. The plaintiff had
taken out a decree against the defendants, to which an ap-
pearance had been entered, and after considerable delay a
day was fixed for the trial. It further appeared that prior
to the disputed instruments, several other wills had been
made by the deceased, in all of which the plaintiff was ap-
pointed sole executor and devisee, with the exception of a
few bequests.

The legal adviser and medical attendant of the deceased
gave evidence as to the due execution of the will, and to
his full testamentary capacity.
Mr. Hawkins, on the part of the defendants, did not offer
any opposition, and, under direction of the Court, a verdict
was found for the plaintiff.

The probate was accordingly decreed, but the question of
costs was reserved.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,-(TIIIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH. STREET.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE AND JEWELLERY.—
Emily Ellen Clifford, a: chalwoman, Ellen Willis, a ser-
vant, William Willis, house decorator, and George Fre-
derick Garcker, a porter, were charged with stealing plate
and jewellery of the value of £lBO, the property of Mr.
Edward White Fox, dealer in water-colour drawings, of
60, Brook-street.
From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared that on
the evening of the 23d of March he went to spend an even-
ing with his wife at a friend's at Notting-hill, leaving his
house in the care of Ellen Willis and Garcker, and in the
course of the evening was fetched away, being informed
that during his absence his house had been extensively
robbed. He immediately returned in a cab, and
on searching the place found that a cupboard in which
the plate was deposited had been unnecessarily
forced, the door at the time not being locked, and a large
quantity of plate of every description stolen. A cap,
"jemmy," and pair of housebreaker's noiseless shoes were
picked up and given to him by a constable. He (prose-
cutor) then went to the bed-room, and on opening a ward-
robe found that a box, which had been concealed behind
some dresses, had been removed and placed on the table,
and a quantity of jewellery, consisting of diamond and other
rings, brooches, &c., were stolen. From the appearance of
the place, and from the fact that all the plated articles were
left behind and only the valuable ones taken, and from
other circumstances, he was led to suspect that the thieves
must have been aware of the places where the articles were
kept, and for that reason he had given the prisoners into
custody.

After a little further evidence was given the prisoners
were remanded, Mr. Bingham stating that he would take
good bail for their appearance.