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Edinburgh, July 4

... eDilbtt~b, UtP 4- COURT OE SESSION. rFeNSSMIISSION OF hlONEY BY POST. 3 caufe is highly important to the conn- at large, as well as to thofe intrufted .i he Pofi Office department of the fe. The circumatances which gave life h a~1ion are as follokws f Farries, carrier in Ecclefechan, the ..e, through the medium of his brother tTt' n Farric.y, inclofed in a letter to Mefffrwr ?? & C7o. fpirit ...

EDINBURGH, July 29

... E D INB UR G H. JytI 29. HIGHS COURT OF JUSTICIARY. . ' Thurfday, came on the trial of Patrick Anderfon, Officer of Excife in-the parifh of e Cruden, and county of Aberdeen, indi&ed I at the inftance of his Majefly's Advocate for I murder; he having, on the xpth of Decem- t I ber lafi, in a fcuffle with John Kennedy, and Philip Kennedy his brother, wickedly and t I feloniously flabbed and cut ...

Police Intelligence

... 1police -qr# once. FORGER? iOM THE BANK OF. ENGLAND. Carpmeal, theipolicr arrive& at the Public-Office in.Bow-fireet, London, ori Saturday laft, from an excurfion in whic-he anied V Mr. Blifs, 'a gentlenian' belingirsg-'to the anka of -England>-. It- had -been Bifcovered that a B great numniberoff6r'ed Bank ?? Notes had been, circulated--near Leeds, and ?? larly at Otley, in Yorkihire, as well ...

Military Courts Martial

... w0-maitarp airtz partiat. I ,Yudge ?? Ofer, sif, OH.a o; 1799. I have had the honour to lay before the e Ring the proceedings of a General Gpurt_' r. Martial, held in the city of York on Monday el the' 23d day of laft& months and on- feveral fubfequent days) for the trial of John Worth- A, ington, Efq. Major of the Suffex Regiment of ?? Fencible Cavalrv, upon feveral articles of E charg6 ...

Edinburgh, Dec. 5

... Milbuff 1), Dec. 5. ch~ HIGH COURT o JUSTICIARY. be Monday, came on before the High Court to I of Jufliciary the trial of David Hunter, la- fou bourcr at Bonryrigg, parifh of Cockpen, and to county of Edinburgh, accufed of the murder feel of Anne Blaikie, refiding at Bonnyrigg, by me difcharging at her the contents of a loaded gun, which lodging in her neck, occasioned wit death immediately, ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE

... LAWP INTJELL IGENCE. to y( COURT OF KING'S-BENCH, NOv. 30. gcne - plac l5OOPER 5J. SUTTON, POP AN ASSAULT, verp It was flated on the profecution, that Plaintiff conf vwho is an old pyeman, was, without provocatiorij foiu ftruck by Detendant, who cut his face, and knocked Erle, out one of his teeth. It was on the other hand at Ih flated, that whilft Defcndant flood with his wife at his door, ...

Edinburgh, Dec. 12

... eDiliburffl), Dec. 12. HlGII COURT of YUSTICIR2- Monday, came on before the High Court f Jufticiary, the trial of Andrew Holmes, ?? ufed of breaking into the fhop of Philip j tylor, fpirit dealer, Lawn-market, on or . ;ut the night between the 9th and ioth of arch laff, and flealing from thence 701. in caih and notes-of breaking into the fhop of Alexander Livingflone, grocer, Crofscaufe. -to ...

COURT of SESSION

... A On Wednefday, the Court of Seffion de- to cided a queflion of confiderable interefi to thc truflees on public roads, in a cafe between of the Hon. Henry Erfkine and others, on the bo. one fide, who ?? as a committee of the on trullees, under the ac of Parliament, for nut making the new road betwixt Edinburgh aud cee Glafgow, by Bathgate, and who borrowed 'o money to carry it on, againfl Lord ...

Edinburgh, Dec. 19

... U cuilw, v , , Dec. I 9. I -go -iiaiiG .ouD'Iiof )IrUsTIc~i1.R2 .jIondlay, came on the trial of Jai ILeiih- r: , William Hoffack, Alexander Boyclck, lxoander IMartfhall, and Robert Oliver, * afveymian tailor;. for a combination to rnifc j'ames LeiPLaan was outlawed for not ap- U5 ;ring to ?? trial. rfter hearing Courifi:d on the relevancv of i'C libel at confiderable length, a majority o; heir ...

Edinburgh, Dec. 26

... Mubug), Ore.26. HIGH COURT oj YUSTICIARE Monday, came bn before the High Court ofaJ ufticiary, the trial of James Davidfon, late a gentleman's fervant, accufed of pick-. 'ing the locks of drawers in three public lh~u f;es, and flealing therefrom fundry articles. i ne libel was refiriaed to an arbitrary i ?; ibmerit. tvo other gentlemen's fervants, Mitchell I Sutherland, were flated to have ...

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS

... z ftJ.. . V tL& A± I ' 1 ?? J taJ~ALJ . 1. Seiozrday, Dec. 20. ,: - Jsan Prevot, a Frenhi',;boy;y appa1e tic .not more than 17 -or l8 years of age, wasgin diiaed, for that he, on the ifi day ?? 1797, oq the high feas, Within the joritic? tion , the Admiralty-of -England;-'fMni .ivifly, and of his malice aforethought,- did. kill, and murder James Wilcox, Cap'tain tf, the Lady Jane Shore. Upon ...

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

... COURT oF COMMON PLEii. I'l'Wednefi/av, December S. d* WSILSON V. POWnITCn. al- This was an a&ion of damages for a brearl ; of ofpromife of marriage, at the fuit of av .;un 7th Lady of Newcafile, agaiift the Capt. in (d, 2 Baltic fhip. re . From the evidence of the plaintiifs mu hei aen and brother, and fromi the defendanls per ters, it appeared that he h1d paid ha his dreffes to the lady fo ...