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CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... CIRCUIT COURT; OF JUSTICIARY. UJtIKUVLt LIVUnr.. .1U - ?? GLASGOW, THURSDAY, MAY 1. . . Jin7cs St} arig was accused of having, in July last, de- posited in a wooden box, four pounds of &~npownder, -with a quantity of-phosphorus and turpentlne, so arianged as to be calculated to explode immediately on the box being opened; and of having sent it with a proper directioe to Mr Alexander Galloway, ...

POLICE BOARD

... e An adjourned meeting of this Board was held y)eter- dav, Mr MAInnes in the chair, to consider the following ;. motion of Mr Losgan relative to is TE NEW POLICE ML:_ f That the Committee of the Board be now dis. - charged, and the former small Bill Committee be re. -appointed,, with the addition of Mr William Scott- and --Mr William Miller, and with the fall power of tle Board h to ...

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—May 13

... COURT OF KING'S BENCH-lay 3. if This action ees - brought by Dr Sheridan, a literary geitlsman. to recover L 101f? fn address t eho was ers' Is of Weestminster, writtcn ffor the defendailt, arlto ted tie i, siroits, some time since, when it ?? &epected 'that Sir s, F. Burlsett would betcalled to the Peernge, -f 's f ir as .cnnDidate~or the honour of representing the City g o t, Westmi Vnstr ...

POLICE BOARD

... At an adjourned meeting of this Board, held yester. day, Mr Logan, in reference to former discussions re. garding the assessment of class-rooms of private teach. ers, stated, that the Sarveyor had now gone over the rent-roll, 'and made a calculation of the amount, from which it a'peared that the sum gained to the funds of Police by this assessment amounted to only L.164. Mr Dan then brought ...

CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... * - GLASGOW, APRIL 29. The Sprieg Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened this day by the ffon. Lords lfeadowbatnk and Moncreiff. William Mi/far and John- Graohame, accused-of break- ing into a dwelling-house in Havannah Street, on the 1th March, and stealing various articles of wearing ap- parel, agravoted by Millar having been previously can- victed, w ere found Guilty, and were sentenced, ...

HOUSE OF REFUGE

... HOUSE OF REFUGE; The state of prison discipline in this courntry is i subject to .Yich of late public attention has been often directed, but strange to say, no attempt has been made to 'riemedy its defects, or to cure that moral pestilence now unhappily prevalent, which there is the strongest reason to believe our Jails and 'Bridewells are the direct means of fomenting and increasing. There is ...

MURDER OF RICHARD LANDER

... OFFICIIAT uDESPATCH. Ssa-Admiral Warren having mentioned to me your wish, that any intelligence respacftnC the expedition on this coast might le addressed to you privately, 'I take the advantage of this communication to state, thst on my; arrival here this day from the Cape and Sirra Leane, Ifood Mr Lander had died on the 2d ingtarit of a wound in the thigh. Mr Landele oft here some time since ...

CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... CIRCUIT COURT OF-JU.STICIARY. GLASGOW, FIlDlAl, MAT 2. , Peter Dale and June Af'AUztley, or Dale were accused of setting fire to a foundry in St Elioc I's Wyll, on1 thle 22d December 183S. the stock of which was insutredl in the Alliance British and Foreign In~surance Coum pany at L 300, a sum considerab'ly above its, real value. an. t The Jury returned a verdict of Nlot ?? 'and th prisoners ...

CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... JEDBIJnGH, MAY 5. The Court met again to-day at nine o'clock, wehen Adrng Cochburn, labourer in Town Yetholm, was placed at ?? hlr, accused (f having, upon the l9th day.of Oc- tiber last, attacked and assaulted Jane Elliot, residing with A-ine Elliot, in Town Yetholhn, on the road lead- ing near-the back of the garden occupied by. Andrew YVoung, tailor, and did there commit the crime of rape ...

CARFET-BEATING

... CARFET'-BEAXT:G. Is there any' Prolice regulation as to carpet-tb. ing ? The present 'practice of executing thisfa. gellation in every lane, street, square, crescent, cir- cUa, and place, is exceedingly annoying to the in- habitants. Even-to the hale, and nuatrurllv souind sleeping, itis 'a shocking nuisance; but to the ner- vous, to those stretched on beds of sickness, an4d more than till,, ...

LONDON POLICE

... LONDON- 101.ICE. LAM ks1w~it S .-:a1F ~ y~,; Mondoar Mrt G t giigat Bishop'a Stortfrdap ibed Mr . e r his advice anti atsitanece under the folloving most ex- t. traordioary oirauiltiltanee st Mr Gee.itated that he was eagaged professionally by.t the executors of a widow lady, named Cahning, toinves t about L2ooo, whrbich had been left.her by her late hus- band,-in profitdble.and available ...

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—April 25

... doURT OF KING'S BENCf-ApTril 25. g ?? - ?? ;, llSmACKL FX WJRT OAAiS-TUR EARL6 1'1VE31YSS LITI' SONACK. . SirJ. Searleit moved for a writ of habeas corpus to bring uP the body of Charles Oaks, a gentleman resid- ing at Brasfcaster, Norfolk, nlow ?? jail, under a warvant of Baron Vaug an, on a charge of . felony i i itoleni certain trinkets frOo` ho rd atye vaol hn 6recked. the object was ftht ...