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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... HIGH COlRT OF JUSTZCIA-r. Monday (as mentioned in our last) came on, be w fore the High Court of Justiciary, the trial of Clris- ci - tian Sinclair, some time residing in St Ola, county W' of Orkney, accused of murder. . The following witnesses 1were called for the prose- Ci 1 cution ro Jane Petrie was delivered of a female child in August po i 1i2; she told Thomas Sinclair, two weeks after ...

COURT-MARTIAL

... TRIA.I. OF LIEUT. GENERAxL SIR JOHN MURRAY. The Cou:tFMartial appointed far the trial of Sir John Mu- ay, on Mowday, assembled at Winchester, at ten o'clock. General Sir Alured Clarke, Presi- dent. The Members having been sworn, and the chlarges; which were three in number, read, the De- uty Jd-ge Advocate, Mr Larpent, addressed the Court at great length ; Sir J. Murray having previ- ously ...

SHERIFF'S COURT—DEC. 1

... bAERIFFS COUPTR-DicC 1. ABD1Y ?? NSTISCt(. K .| This was an inqtaisition heil before tli ESherif > df Middlesex anil a Special- Juiryy to assess tlrtI damages to be leviid, in tfle.case of Sir liai1 Aby, Ilart. against the RIght. Hojourable Xr CHIrlcs 1entinck, for a crinn al conversation ' with tile plaintiffE' lvle. The ?? ?? ed judgment to go by 'default, and the danages were laid at Lm.39 ...

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE

... CIYWCUIT 7NT.rrLtfGzSjCA AYR, SUPT. 21. ita- ?? Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened en. here, on Tuesday last, by Lord Gillies. The tes- Porteous roil contained six indictments. The Ione first taken in was against John Jackson, ac- nee cusing him of forcibly entering the work shop of no- James Wright, weaver in Girvan, in April last, ,eat and of' cutting out and carrying off the webs, the ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... - . c - ..L t C f , . ;7_I 1. . A . ?? _e.s ?? I'I k :.ane on the tria iof Magnus Bakie; and Catblieine Ferrietj atias Stewart, wif'e of Ro- bert Adwart, publican,- or lately. keeper of the tap-r ooni . tavern in the Ca- ,nongite. of Edinburghb accused of theft, com° mitte4 Ecy. touse-bre aking, as also reset of theft. Thc 0mdictfment charged the pannel, Ba- kie, of six ZR'l i. 'ts of ...

OLD BAILEY

... OLD BJILEY. ral a On Wednesday se'ennight, Laurencce ILIXr otel C: I ng Gregory, Dt e or in Divinity of King'sCoilstrde-a e gentleman of most respectable appearance andb,!une mnat ad and apparently about lif years of age. tns indicthl\ I 'Ct having, in the month of January lhll, Lant io~t frank in the name of Sir William Ganow, h1it\dNt, ?? member of Parliament, and having thereby detenvba ...

JURY COURT—NOV. 30

... *-U, .RrzcbvURT.- Nv. SO. .: ina thei tthili ~brtigt~ e oV -the yr f6ild fUnderwpodaepl1wE is. pr5ul a Graharn; Esq. oan defender; * , Wht wvas thC vailue.OW o'ftdiineijil3?iapxs i the estate Of Kinross, at-the-time the-defeader succeeded to 3aid estate, under the tra saction with.tbe pqrs tetIj- What was the'surpthi value of the policy orpleaiure ground 4 about the said mansion-holise it the ...

JURY COURT

... 1. K - .. In Jan~uary last, Alr William Aitken, land-steward to William Crawfo~d, E sq. fofmerly of latbo, and now of l Cartsbilril convened George leid H Esq. of Ratho Ban ,i a d Mr Robert Fleming, farmer at Mattonomins, in an in action of defamation and damages before the Court of Ses- be son.. After the usual pleadings were gone through, that tal .Court..sent the case to the Jury Court to ...

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 9

... HOUSE OF-:fORDS, JUNE 9o ANflsPctv'.-MlirtnOC II. The Lord Chaticellor said, that this case wvas h'isbit-im- portent one,' arising out of two acts, 'the ,ite,' 'that of 1701. 'C.J ?? for psieventing wrongous impiriso-nmient ; and, the other, ~i 39th of the' King, for extending- bail 'in ge rtalff casesp The8 facts of the case, his Lordship conceived, he need not state zt6 anylenth bu i *old e ...

COURT OF KING'S [ill] 28

... coUR OI ?? R.NCI-MA-i,28 t b ?sx^ eR Ps;V NAL Pr-?. .; PC o rv ?? Horace Twist stated, thlat ttbij Was an au action to recover danmrxes for printitng two Songs, the ct;ne r allr ?? Pli' iiot yet zind tlic otlier cailled '4E en' ae Il he songs were -written and adaptA to ld isinfe1'6die, by T'hnmA4T%46ore, ELr' ,- hey'w;ereoiigia1aiiy publi nfaisong m3ny oihers, hut ejng twro favouirite songs ...

OLD BAILEY

... OLD BAILZr. ng. Oa F iday, Johln Strong Was indicted forde est murder of his wife. This case presenled the iii ies choly spectacle of children giving e 111ien n Il their parent on a capitail charge. It n 'h C tie prisoner was clerk to NPrc) 1 Pareq the baker, in Wapping, and had lonx maini T., a red character, The deceased, however, to whom ri lge been married 15 years, and by wholl, he h5 )n) ...