case jones v thomas Lord chancellor Talbot in a plea of a purchase it be a  sufficient denial of notice to say that at the time of the purchase he have no  notice without say or at any time before in a plea of a purchase the defendant  in his denial of notice deny that at the time of make his purchase and pay his  purchase money he have any notice of the plaintiff title c peer William er p  the attorneygeneral object that this be not a good denial of notice for it may  be he have notice give he before though he have no notice at the very time of  the purchase and in such case the defendant may forget the notice and will not  be liable to a conviction of perjury if it shall appear he have notice only  before beside the usual peer William way of plead be that the defendant have  no notice at or any time before the make of the purchase Lord chancellor  notice before be notice at the time of the purchase and the party will in such  case on its be make appear that lie have notice before be liable to be convict  of perjury wherefore the plea be well enough notwithstanding this exception in  all case of a plea of a purchase or marriage settlement notice must be deny  though not charge b the bill and it may be sufficient to deny it either by  theplea or answer notwithstanding the objection that it ought to be in the  plea since all the defendant have to do be to prove his plea for the defendant  be not to prove a negative videlicet that he have no notice as to negative  plead vide Newman v Wallis bro c c hall v Noah bro c c negative plead be now  hold to be good plummer v may ves sen gun v prior dick S c Cox Jones v Davis  Ves Hitchins v Lander coop draw v draw v b chamberlain v agar v t b Evans v  Harris v b Armitage v Wadsworth mad Barker v ray mad sander v king mad York v  fry mad earl of Strathmore v countess of Strathmore I W hook v Dorman S S  Warrington v Mothersill price Thring v Edgar S S however it seem best to deny  notice both in the plea and answer by the Lord Parker Aston v Curzon hill the  same point determine by the Lord king in the case of Weston v Berkeley July et  vide meadow v duchess of Kingston Mitf plead d Edward Davie v Chester ibidem  hoar v Parker ibidem S c Cox coke v wilcocks mos pope v bish Anst Edmundson v  Hartley Anst Bayley v a dam Ves e van v Harris ub sup cork v Wilcock mad peer  William de term paschae