The Sun. — 1850-08-08 (London, England)

DOE DEM. DAVID AND OTHERS V. JONES.  Mr. Whately, Q.C., and Mr. Phipion were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. W. El. Cooke for the defendant.  This action was brought by the sisters of William Jones, a surveyor, at Brecon, who died intestate and unmarried, in September, 1849, to recover possession of a small farm at St. Melon's, in this county, of which the defendant was in possession, and the question in dispute was as to the legitimacy of the defendant's father, Morgan Jones. If he was not legitimate, the lessors were entitled to the property as the heirs at law of their deceased brother William; but if Morgan was legitimate, then he was tie eldest brother of William, and the farm descended to the defendant. The facts of the case were curio Is; and as the history cf the Joneses was taken up at th year 1775, patriarchal witnesses were called on each side to detail their knowledge of the family. They were chiefly Walsh, and certainly amongst them were some fine specimens of the robust health which may accompany very advanced age amongst the simple peasantry of the rural districts of the Principality. Some of the witnesses had passed the age of ninety, and several nearly attained that age; and two particularly hearty old women, one of ninety-eight and the other of eighty-four, excited general admiration, not only by their sprightliness and intelligence, but by the natural ease and politeness of manner which they exhibited.  Au objection was taken to the admlssibility of the parochial register of Llangelfalach for 1775, the baptisms and burials not being inserted from time to time as the events happened, how, appearing to be copied into the register at the end of the year. After some discussion, the Learned JUDGE, after consulting with Lord Campbell, decided, on the authority Rha(r)gWedNWCitohUsßteTa of May v. May, 2 Strange, 1,073, to receive the books, there being no other parish register in existence, and the books being brought from the proper custody. After some consideration, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Eliza Bevan, Elizabeth Evans, and Catherine Preece, I—im:freofouirethLeord personC an. no fE LT, George) Abraham the sum of 41. 5s and wereCc ~other article!. Mr • Skinner prosecuted, and Mr. Smithies defended the prisoner Bevan. The prosecutor„ a Jew hawker from Loudon, deposed that ho sold some Dutch drops to the prisoner Bevan, at a house of ill-fame kept by her at Newport, and that ou entering a room to receive payment, four or five women rushed on him, one of whom flung a handkerchief over his lace, damp, and with a strange scent, while the rest pulled him down on a bed, when he became insensible. On recovering his senses about an hour and a half afterwards, he found himself alone in the house, lying on the bed, and all his money, 41. 55,, except one sixpence, and some other articles taken from his pocket, when he immediately informed a policeman, and re- , turned with him to the house. .The policeman deposed that the prosecutor was trembling and agitated, but had not at all the appearance of a drunken mall. That he saw a woman running out of the house, the bed tumbled, and a sixpence lying on it. The prosecutor, on cross-examination, stated that previously to this transaction he had read accounts of robberies committed by the use of chloroform. For the defence it was contended that neither chloroform nor any known agent could produce the instantaneous effect described ; and that the effect of chloroform and ether is that of intoxication, and must have produced similar appearances in the prosecutor if he had medical evidence was given on been subjected to it. No m this point. The prisoners were convicted and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. This case was tried yesterday. Lord Campbell has oeen all this day engaged with a was not concluded at post-hour. case of murder, which  MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, Aug. 5.