Brief for the defence in the case heard at the Carmarthenshire Assizes, July 1870, against Evan and Hannah Jacob of Llanfihangel-ar-arth, co. Carmarthen, for the manslaughter of their daughter, Sarah Jacob (1857-69), the 'Welsh Fasting Girl'; the brief includes transcripts of depositions by witnesses, taken before the magistrates at Llandysul, and of related correspondence.
A group of manuscript and printed papers, 1900-1903, acquired by John Morgan Davies, Froodvale, Llanwrda, by virtue of his office as high sheriff of co. Carmarthen, 1902. They include a transcript of the appointment, 6 March, 1902; correspondence from the Privy Council Office, 1900-1901; printed posters of Carmarthenshire Assizes, 1902-1903; a holograph letter from [the under-sheriff] D. E. Stephens, solicitor, Carmarthen; etc.