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COURT OF SESSION—STEWARTON CASE

... COURT OF SESSION-STrEWARTON CASE I ?? zi~r On Tuesday the pleadings in this important case w. commenced in presence of the whole thirteen Judges. rat It was arranged by their Lordships, that only the re- fie spective senior Counsel should be heard ; and it w ?? expected that Mr P. Robertson, for the heritors ar.e' minister of Stewarton, Suspeaders, and Mr Rute; - aci furil, fear the Presbytery ...

A BOA CONSTRICTOR KILLED

... A BOA CONS-TRICTOR KILLED. On Monday last, a boy in the service of Mr Robert Grange of Weligrove, who wvas employed in tending sheep on the waste lands bordering on a rather extensive tract of woodlands known as the Fells, came running in a state of breathless haste and alsrm to the residence of his master, and gave the following extraordinary account :-He was lying on the ground, he said, ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... II-G10 COUilT OF JUSTICIARY. The 'High Court of Jastraicry met on Mondaoy to tire- prop psede of several cases which haid been certified by thle roonil Circuit Courre. The Lord Justice-Generitl pracided- TI and the other Judges present were the Lord Jus~tice- Lood Cloth, Lord Meadoehank, Lord Mackenzie, Lord Alen- veral crEtff; oand Lord Cockburn. TI CASE (PFCE11,t'ABLE itftoISCtDE. pronl The ...

POLICE COMMISSION

... On Monday a meeting of Police Commissioner& was beld, the Lord Provost and subsequently Sheriff Speire in the Chair. A very long discussion toolk place on the report of the Special Committee appointed to inquire into and re. port upon the nature of the duties of Mr Paterson, the Surveyor, holw they ore performed, end the fees arising from the different situations he holds. No fewer than ...

MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND

... I I a This neighhourhood has been thrown into a state , of the most extraordinary alarm and excitement for the last week, in consequence of a most horrible and r brutal murder at Killeen, near the demesne of Dur- v row, where the late lamented Earl of Norbury was a most mysteriously, but most barbarously, murdered r -of Mary Wlheelahan, on the night of Tuesday the r list ult. who was strangled ...

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

... I TRIAL OF COOPER FOR THE MURDER OF POLICEMAN of DALY. ly (Continued from our Latest News of Monday.) le Mr Justice Patteson proceeded to sum up, and concluded his charge at five minutes to eleven ?? clock. e Mr Marker, the Usher of the Court, having in the 'Y Usual manner said, Consider your verdict, Gentle- 'e men, the Jury rose, grouped together for an instant, n and then resumed their ...

ADMIRALTY COURT—May 31

... ADMITRALTY COURT-May 31. THE AUIIIADNZ-BOITOt1Y. After Dr Banford was heard against the bond, Dr Lushington, in giving judelitent. said the bond in Rllit wag dated on the 19th of June IB41, the vessel ot that time beingin Calcutta, and it was granted for L.853 5s. 5d., and with 12 per cent. interest. It wao stated in support of the bond, that the advances were made to en- able the ship to put ...

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—June 13

... CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-June 13. THE ATTEMPT ON HER AIAJESTYY'S LmFR. The eighth session of the present mayoralty of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir James Duke, Alderman Kelly, and other Civic functionaries. Presiding Judges on the Rota-Lord Clief-Jus- tice Tindal, Alr Justice Patteson, and Mcr Baren Gurney. The Grand Jury ...

CURIOUS AND ROMANTIC CASE IN GORBALS.—ANOTHER FEMALE CABIN BOY

... CURIOUS AND ROMANTIC CASE IN GORBALS.-ANOTIHER FEMALE CABIN BOY. On Friday evening last, as Mrs M'Bryrle, vvife of tial the manager of the Nursery Mill. was taking a walk Bei on the banks of the Port Eglinton Canal, she disco- lie' vered a genteel loo'king youth loitering in a despond- not ing attitude, and occasionally straining his eyes heavenward as if in the attitude of prayer. Fearing An ...

COURT OF SESSION—STEWARTON CASE

... ,_STESSI;VSTE WARTON CASE. C ,on TueslY repline( for the -- .11 Tes M.RY cor, 00 ~ Ueda~iY replilid for the miu Pvlr re lto.1the ?? of Nir Robvrt- thai lit f Triine sunpender4. The torv f1~ti~ enterS 00t~ndd, tli by the art of aga' Gilt1 iii itie pltform of thle Preshy- thle ?? nn~~ rca ~y (tiler statutes, the wil florid tion osas veted in thle Churrhl, Coo lii~li~licai~,, 1-r Il ohe r ti ...

PETITION OF THE FATHER OF FRANCIS TO THE QUEEN

... PETITION OF TITE FATHER OF FRANCIS TO THE QUEEN. The fillowiti petition from the failher of Francis was yesterday transmitted to her Majesty through Sir J. Grabainm The Petition of Jolh Francis, of No. 14, Totten- ham Court Road, in thle county of Mliddlesex, ?? ?? your petitioner is the unhappy father of the wretched convict now lying tinder sentence of death, and ownitimr the awful execriota ...

COURT OF SESSION—FIRST DIVISION

... COURT OF SESSION-FIRST DIVISION. STR5ANRAER1 CASE. A note ofr sipension and interdict was on the 5th of Mlay la-t presented by the Rev. D. Wilson, 0 minister of Straiiraer, to the Lord Ordinary on tile t Bills, against certain proceedings of the Presbyterv of Stranirer alhi-i og hiin, on the ground mainly 01 that the Court was vitiated by a gqoasd sacra minis- at ter being admitted as a member ...