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London, England, 1819-04-29 00:00:00

TURNER V. LEWIS.

Mr. GURNEY moved for a new trial in this case.
It was an action of trespass tried before Mr. Justice
BAILEY in Kent. A verdict was found for the plain-
tiff. It was a question of right to land, which tcic
plaintiff claimed, contending that it was part of an
estate sold to him by Lord Le Despencer. Mr. Gur-
ney, in support of his application, said he was pre-
pared to prove it was a verdict against evidence.
Mr. Justice BAILEY—" I was dissatisfied with the
verdict, and myself for not having gone through the
evidence from the beginning to the end. The Jury
appeared to assent to the evickmce as it stood, then
retired and expressed their dissent to my direction by
finding a verdict contrary to me."
The Court granted a rule to shew cause.
The Court was occupied during the remainder of
the day in hearing motions of course.

JURY COURT, DUMFRIES, APRIL 14.
BELL V. BELL.

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In this question the following issue cameto be tried :
" Whether the defender, Janet Or4essy Bell, is the le-
gitimate daughter of the deceased William 13e11, of
St. Kilt's."

The defender, Janet Bell, had been served heiress
to her father, W lliam. Bell, of the island of St. Kitt's,
and that service was challenged by the pursuer, the
brother of William Bell, on this ground, that Wm.
Bell never was married, and consequently that the
defender was an illegitimate child.
The pursuer brought forward a great number of
witnesses,• several of whom were his relations. Ac-
cording, to their testimony it appeared, that above
twenty. years ago; William Bell came to .Scotland,
bringing with him the defender, then about 7 years
of age,. and he introduced her to his family as his
child; but on various occasions when asked whether
he was married, he declared he was not ; and one
witness said, that at that time he was paying his ad-
dresses t 9 a Miss Brown. All the witnesses for the.
pursuer said they unifornily considered the defender
as illegitimate, and that she was generally reputed'
to be so, excepting one witness, who said he always
looked upon her as a lawful child.
The defender, on the othet hand, proved by wit-
nesses. quite unconnected with the parties, that Wm.
Belli when he brought the defender to this country,
informed them he was married to Esther Bell, the
daughter of, it Mr. Bell, from Tweed, and that he
had three children, of whom the defender was the
eldest, and he had brought her over to Scotland to ob-
tain her education. Some of the witnesses said, that
in

with a Captain Hoggan, now de-*

ceased, they had heard that gentleman say he 'was
in the house of William Bell, in St. Kitt's, and saw
a lady he acknowledged as his wife, and children
who were declared to be the issue of that marriage.
All the witnesses for the defender said they never held
her in any other view than as the lawful child of
William Bell, and, till the present question arose,
they never heard any thing to the contrary:
The witnesses on both sides agreed that the defender
evidently was a girl of colour; and no evidence what-
ever was brought to shew what had become of Wil-
liam Bell's other children, or of Esther Bell, his wife.

The defender having obtained herself served hei-
ress and thereby acquired the statutes of legitimacy,it fell upon the pursuer to prdve she was not a lawful
child of William Bell.
The proof of her character of legitimacy prepon-
derated over the negative proof adduced by the pur-
suer; and the Jury returned a verdict in favour of
the Defender.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, APRIL se.

Thomas Bradbury, aged 16, was capitally con-
victed, of feloniously disposing of and putting away
three false and counterfeit Bank-notes for 4-Leach,
with inteat to defraud the Bank of England..
John Murphy, the-poor illiterate Ilibmian, wfio
had already been twice brought up to plead 4-Why
to the minor,offenoe of having forged Bank-notes in
his possession, but who, from an obstinate declara-
tion, of his innocence, had been remanded by the
Judges for vial, was again lint to the Bar.
Mr. ALLiv. On his behalf, now stated, that the
prisoner•onoe more appeared, for the purpose of re-
tracting hiii ' plea .of Not- Guilty generally, and to
have the minor plea tecot'dedag.linst him. What he
had previously done' arose through ignorance.
The Cover asked biurif-he-mow knew what be
was about, and ~ ~ I*„sfas iiithec,fing -himself to
transportatioh, Or • 1....
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The prisoner ...4.14:1Ea5, satligikahoiti it, and
the Bar dc ociog-tO, the prisouer'4.plea, he was re-
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the on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattesting all. Kinds o ' John B4aist was capitally *convictea of stealing
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for the Family Dairy. By eloping the .plaa reenn- of 'his ,ikayer.,..Waiiale. and spirit-merchant
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n,.1 are obliged to pay at the markets; and the 'Farmer which he had not brought to account. The prisoner
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