... *1 POLICE COMM1SSION?i?' A meeting of the olee Board a M d Dean-of Geildsome inatn the hair. WATCHounCL the report of ?? appointed t, I Te mittee reported that the pvesent cois Th 'anthOf 'te inmates, and that theand 111d~ation wras ?? ' o 'St pat of the rep 'ort M S ,,dissete f_ IMr S`AIMPSGN said that, te Cr i P Of opinion that theyi wetrbe otog ea fnin d d see otj injurious 61hsilt, houses ...

... SijEEIFF C6U-T., -- A A - --l .11- AA, f yesterday tae-following cases were disposed of by Sheril Bell, _ attlaje ood pleaded guilty to the tleft of twd wateheaflind I appendaes. v-Seotence-, 6 months' imprisonment. i.sabella ?? pleaded guilty to the theft of ?? brass candle; sticks by means of housebreaking acid was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment( John Driargy pleaded guilty to the ...

... JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT-POLLOKSHAWS. 0e 01 ?? .ems, The following cases were disposed of at a Court held on the 23d go ! the nitirno:_C day Jane. Horn, convicted of the theft of a one pound note, two towels, 3i ~es to and some other articles from the house of Bailie Drysdale, Pollok- -shows, on 12th April. 60 days' imprisonment. Miary Stewart, convicted of the theft of a linen shirt, from floe ...

... rh is (From the Times.) L is Liverpool, Monday, ?? This afternoon at 3 o'clock the prisoner, William Threlfall, who ?? was apprehended at the George Hotel, in this town, on Friday, le chargedwith extenshe forgeriesprincipaly ?? Flax a and Cotton Will Company, was again placed in the dock. le Mr. Blair, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Harvey, solicitor, or appeared for the prosecution; and Mr ...

... - -llM TR ?? is - -- - SPIRUT LICESSES. ?? On Wednesday an adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace for e the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, was held in the Justices' Hall, d County Buildings, under the Act 9 Geb. IV. cap. 58, for granting ylicenses for the sale of excise liquors. Present, Messrs. William Galbraith, Robert Urqulhart, Geo. Ferris, Alex. Dick, William Kidston, William Brown, Robt. ...

... THE MURDER AT j UNIPER GREEN. Yesterday, Peter Pearson, who so brutally murdered Dr. Wilson and his mother at Juniper Green, near Edinburgh, in the month of March last, was brought up for trial at the High Court of Justi- ciary. Pearson was brought, on the previous day, fromn Perth, where he had been, for soane weeks past, imprisoned in the Peui- tentiary. Before coming into court, his right ...

... HIGH 'COURT OF JUSTICIARY. *6 t TSE JUNIPER GREEN MURDERS, O This Court met at ten o'clock on Thursday last - Lords 0 Moncreif, Cockburn, and Ivory on the ?? Mon- 0 creiff presiding. o P r Pearson, a stout, able-bodied oan, seemingly about o fifty years of age, with a manacle on his right hand, his left ha nd being also secured, was placed at the bar, on a charge o of murder. The indictment ...

... ?? i n On Friday, the following cases, inter alin, were tried at this Court before Bailie AMLDowall:- SC Thomas Lorimer, a young hopeful, charged with picking the di pocket of a person whilst standing in a spirit-shop in Bridgegato c¢ Street, and abstracting therefrom a silk handkerchief, was con- il victed and sent 60 days to prison. hr Robert Keen, another young rogue, was accused of ...

... JURY COURT-SECOND DIVISION. The lard Justice-Clerk and a jury were engaged on Thurs- day and Friday, in hearing a jury trial, in which Mr James Methuen, fishcurer, Leith, was pursuer, and Messrs James Brown, accountant, and Alexander Sinclair, Edinburgh, as trustees and commissioners of Sir George Sinclair of Uibster, Bart., and the said Sir George Sinclair, were defenders. The nature of the ...

... t the MONDAY, MAr 20. i also The Court met to-day-present, the Lord Justice-Clerk, night presiding; Lord Cockburn, and Lord Ivory. 000, IiOUSEDREAXING AT HADDIN'GTON. other John Johnston or Parker, and James Kelly or Scott, were ; any indicted for theft by means of housebreaking: in so far as, on lirec- the night of the 5th, or morning of the 9th of March last, they ch a fbrcibly entered the ...

... te. apt YesterdayyaJustice of Peace Court was held for the further tad heariug of the complaint, at the instance of Charles HigTins, a a collier, complaining that Messrs. Wilson & Co. of the Possil Col- oga lieiT, paid the men their wages in a tavern or beer-shop, in the d a vicinity of the worlks, in contravention of the Act 5 & 6 Vicet. cap. 99, commonly known as Lord Ashley's Act. Mr. ...

... HIGH-COUCIT OF Jl7STICIARY. MOacAY, MAY :20. The Court tiet today-preshnt, the Lord Justice Clerk, presid- ing; Lord Cockburn, and Lord Ivory. HOUBexsEAKING AT HADDINGTON. Johr Jolmstsoi or Parker, and Jna's KCJelly or Scott, were indicted for theft by Imeans of housebreaking, in so far as on the night of the'8th, or morning of the 9th March last, they forcibly entered the shop of Messrs. John ...