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JURY COURT

... Stromness IHarbour-Riglht of Pablie to Sea Shore in. Marine Towns. SMILLIE V. BROWN. A case of much public interest to our maritime, arind especrial]v our northern friends, occupieil the Court and a Jury on Mlondiy, relative to a public lan ding place (in the well frequented harbour of Stromncs$, in Orkney, where so many British and foreign ships resort on their passage to and from the laltic, ...

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

... TO-WN U6TjNC]L pROCEEDINGS. Tu'SDAY, MtAV 17. Bailie MACrARLAN in tihc Chair. CHAIR OF IIATIOLOnC.Ol Mir Grtart begged to ask Bailie Malefarlan, whether be hbad received any information to the effect that there was not nowv a vacaicey in tbe pathology Chair. He hadl seen that stated in one paper, and he was desirous t know howv the case stood. Bailie Alacfarlan said, that Dr Thomson had never ...

SCOTTISH BILLS

... SCOTTISH )ILLS. (Fron a Private Conrespondent.) CLYDE NAVIGATION BILL. London, Friday Afternoon. The Court of Chancery, where this important i inquiry has been holding for some days past, is crowded to-day with numbers interested in the af- fairs of Scotland, in the expectation that a divi. sion will take place on the preliminary objection raised to amend the preamble of the bill, by al- ...

SCOTS APPEALS

... ?? - - r --At House of Lords, May 9. iC uloquio of Breadalbanne v. Mlarquis of Chiandos, et Tue al.- Itriea presented by the appellant to put off the C losing of atheappeal, and a counter petition of the re- tim Ffoolents read and referred to the Appeal Committee. B TieCarnrrnirtee to Meet on Tuesday nextr.. time Sir IV. C. Anstrother e. Mrs Anstruther.-Petition S ertieoted by the appellant to ...

SCOTS APPEALS

... House of Lords, Mry 18. rati Present-The Lord Chancellor. along with Lords Lyndhurst and Denusan and other Noble Lords. Hamilton v. Littlejohn. The further consideration of this appeal was resumed yesterday, when The Lord Chancellor, in moving for judgrntnt, of said, that as the Learned Counsel who hail argued this case before their Lordships had referred to an appeal t.a from the Court of ...

INVERNESS CIRCUIT COURT

... - -mffsas el 2. SATURDAY, APRIL 23. The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here this dayi h e C ourucise, or Castlo of Inverness, by the t Lord Justice uletrk Coamo Iroes, Esq. being Ad- vacate-Depute. .Johl FletfI chsrg'ed with a-ealing, in September last, two watclb~s, seals, andi keys, from the shop of James I Paterson, natchtrifiker, residing in Lerwicke, in- Shetland, by removing the ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... HIIGH COURT OF JUSTICrA1RY. The Court having met on Mdonday, WFilliam MfLaire7,. la6ry grocer in Perth, was placed at the bar, charged, with perjury,, falsehood, fraud, and wilful imposition, on the eve and in contemplation of bankruptcy, with a view to defraud hisjust and lawful creditors. This case, came on fo-r.trial at the late Assizes at Perth, when it was certified to the Hligh Court, on ...

SCOTS APPEALS

... -,LUW J a Atlrla Lo>.5 House of Lords, May 2o. A.NSTRUTI5H1R V. ANSTRUTl3n1. Yesterday Dr Lushington concluded his address for the respondents. Mr Attorney-General afterwards re- plied for the appellants. The Lord Chancellor then ordered that the lreadal- bane case should be proceeded with: whereupon Mr Attorney-General, who appeared for the nppel- ints, stated that he hoped their Lordships ...

COURTS MARTIAL IN INDIA

... ENsIGN S. W. S. SMiTIT. Head-quarters, Calcotta, Nov. 3Q, 1835. At a general Court Martial held at Barrackpore, on the 18th Nov. 1835, Ensign J. W. S. Smith, H.M. 36th foot, was arraigned on the following charge:- Charge-' Ensign John William Sydney Smith, of H..M. 38th regiment, placed under arrest by ate, and charged as follows:- For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a ...

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—May 3

... COURT OF KINO'S BENCH-May 3. THE IKING O1. JOSEPH HUME, ESQ. St ?? in this case Sir William Follett stated, that the Couit wa s would probably recollect that a ?? information had Mr been filed again st the defendatt for having published se- pla veral letters reflecting upon tbe conduct of Sir John GI Gibbon in his Magisterial character. Thedefendanthad Ed since, however, written a letter which ...

SCOTS APPEALS. OuVaC

... ) ArrViab. House of Lords, Mlay 16. Hamilton X!. Littlejohn.-In this ease, which was heard ex parte some time ago, and of which wse gave a fell report, the Lord Chancellor has intimated, that he o0 aill pronounce judgment tomorrow fit The Scotch appeals which stand on the paper for hi hearing during this week are- Anstruther v. Anstruther, for to-morrnv ; and Via. count hilaitland, &e. v. ...

COURT OF SESSION

... * COUIT OF SESSION. . . .. BiLo to males certain altorations in the duties of tile Lords Ordinary, and ins the Estoblishinetnt ef Clerks, &sa. and to reduce the fees. In alluding to thes objects of the present bill (which is t founeded upon two reports of the Law Commissioners), the Lord Advocate said, I cthe saving in feeso to litigants will ?? to upwards of L. 19,000 a-yenr. They will be ...