Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-03
Prom the LivsrpSOl Timer, Ass. H.
Extraordinary Trial

At the Gloucester assIes this week. which lasted
three days tried, in which so dissaRf Sir Richard
Smyth strove To eject undoubtedly bona file Snyh IA
nnor from the posson of valued from E2OOOO
10 e25,UOO year The follow ing summary Of the trial Is
of the ancestral OF the Smyths derives his title
ON his grandmother the sister Of certain Sir Hugh
Smyth, who died in 1894. Sir Hugh was known TO be
twice married, and 20 have issue in either On
the death ofSir Hugh IN 1894 his brother Sir john
ceeded TO his estates, Who dying in lsIe succeeded
by his sister Florence. The plaintiff claimed possession
a. legitimate OF old Sir Hugh by previous mar
rage His mother, he said, died in childbed, and the
birth kept because the father wished
daughter of the Bishop OF Bristol The plaintiff was The
aedged) sent abroad aud his father made afterwards TO
believe him dead. The documents brought forward in
support of the plaintiffs the register Of the
marriage from old family Bible the regstervf the bsp
tism from the same Bible, letter iron Sir Hugh to
the wife just upon the OF delivery, and deeds made
in favor OF the present claimant when Sir Hugh made
acquainted with the fact of his existence Ii is to be re-
marked that the signatures to these documents were ass
ted with various degrees of by persons appar
emily entitled TO different grades OF credit One fact
asserted which, although proves nothing, was cacuted
TO make remarkable impression The plaintiff declared
that when in 1919 he communicated Sir John Smyth
the fact OF his being in possession of proof that he
the legal heir the effect such, that Sir John on ~
vived until the morning
The plaintiffs life, according his statement
which was certainly not very cohercn has been remark
aoe Tor It's NicSsitudes This statement was to the effect
that he remembered being at the of three
years old, with named Reed; that he
ed from this place by Grace Sir Hugh butler the person
sons being alive After receiving instruction from various
quarters he entered Winchester College a
moner under Dr. Goddard His bills not being paid he le
Winchester in lSl0, and advised by Dr. Goddard
proceed TO London, and call the Marchoness Of Bath
Who with Lady Isabella THYME had been accustomed to
visit him when school The Narchioness refused give
him information respecting his mother but put him in
possession OF of money to the amount Of sliO0
El5OO notes, which had been left him by the mother
shortly after this he travelled assumed the profession
lecturer education, and afterwards England.
where he became acquainted with the nature of his claim
and made the commute the of the estate
which attended with the fatal consequences above al
uded to- Ii is follow the plaintiff through
detail OF circumstances the falsehood of which be
came gradually apparent under the searching examination
Of Sir +. Thesiger 1t will be sufficient to proceed
at TO the startling termination OF one OF the
most singular that has been brought into
court OF justice The inst decisive blow given TO his
story when IL shown that a letter in his hand.
writing scaled with the Suyth seal dated the Sab of
March, he having before that he did obtain
impression OF the seal before the Ih and had then get
engraved. What defence he would have made at
point in the evidence il Is impossible say; he turned
pale and requested permission retire At this moment
when the skill Of the counsel had brought the witness
stsnd->til, a mighter power II hand crush HIM
with it, evidence. While he utteruc his pyrurics
IN the full persuasion that he should be enabled 10y their
means 20 commit gigantic robbery, the lightning
flashing along the wires and conveying the most iucou
An electric Geographic message from London brought The
news that the police irsd discovered that witness had
~ January last, applied euCraver in oxford place
the biul'u crest on ring which he had produced
family relic. The evidence complete The criminal
detected The counsel for the defence deeply
moved. The court Wa hushrd in silence. All were i'm
ures'el wiki the soemGity ef the scene. Sir Thesis,r
showed THAI the witness had previously found guilty
on charge OF forgery, and sentenced transportation
The counsel for the prosecution threw 10 his brief sni
the detected criminal committed goal to take his
t'ltl TOR forgery and perjury.
Who si say, after thus that the e=enis OF modern life
are not as tut OF romance the most laboured fcons