... COURT OF SESSMON JURY TIIALS. MOENDAY, DEC. i] i. & G. GRAY it. Jtarts SUTHEttLAND. This cause was tried by the Lord President and a jury on Mon day last. Tie defender, who is a sitipmassler in Aberdeen, had en. tered into guano spieculations in oha a-ear I S44. On the 1t Jtrla 18-14, bacing then at Jeitch1 ' on iteC coast of Africa, he addrressedI a loiter to Imlrie &, Tomlinsun, shipbrokers ...

... HIGH .COURTFe.F::IUSTICIARY. This court met on Thursday morning at ten o'clock, when George Martin pleaded guilty et the charge of stealing a pair of trousers from the shop of William Watson, tailor, Kelso, on the 6th of October last, and of afterwards seriously assaelting two constables while engaged in apprehending him. Several previous convictions were recorded against the prisoner, and he ...

... JURY COURT-SECON7D DIVISION. TURSDAY, JAN. 8 STUTtirtOCl V. GREIG AND OTHERS. A case of some interest came on before the Lord Justice Clerk en). a jitV, inl the Second Division, of the, Court of Sossion. tlis da~y, beinig the cause in which Mr Peter Sturrock, assistant and successor to thle plarochial schoolmaster of the pari.li of BLairguwnrir. was pursuer, and the 11ev. Archibald Or-itircre ...

... This court was opened at Glasgov on Tuesday forenoon try th Lords Cockrburn arid Ivory ; George Young, Esq. Advocate- in Deputc. On this occasion their lordships, in virtue of a re- cent act of Pairliament, proceeded to hold two courts. Lord It buory occupying the sniall jury court, and Lord Cockburn re- SC meining in the large hall. h On 'l'rcsday the trials were principally for theft, and ...

... ESC.kr-E OF A PARITY CHARGED WITIE MURDER. Through legal ingenuity says the Saturday Post, the police- i rn tnatned Camneron, of the Glasgow establi-hment, who was yesterday charged with murder hefbre the Glasgow Circuit Coinrt, Las been enah l'd to defeat thc ends of justice, and this forcnoon was liberated fror jail, and hais escaped. In case- of ony misippreelinsion in the public mnind as ...

... JURPY COURT. | RIEZACit OX CONJRWhC3-NICHUOLSON, £&C-Q. VxuNsEDt l In this case, which wvas tried before the Lord Justice-Clerk and ?? on Thursday, rlfrrrancis Nicholson, mcrchant, Duim- I frirs, (as representing the deceased James Henderson. mer- chant, there), was pursuer, and Mr James Kennedy, npursery- man, Dun-fries, was defender. !Ihe case went to trial on the following issue:- Whether ...

... POLICE CO1MMISSION. A statutory meeting of this Board was held on Mionday- Mr Hill in thle chair. The joint meeting ofthe finance committee and sub-fire en- gine committee reported in reference to the resolution by the Edinburgh Fire Insurance Companies to withdra their con- tributions to the fire-engine establishment, that having taken the subject into consideration, it was resolved, that in ...

... TrE DISTURBANCE AT THE COLILEGE. POLICE CoURT.-On Thursday the cases of the students wbh bad been apprehended on the previous day were brought be. fore Bailie Tullis in the Police Court. On the first case being called, Mr Logan, advocate, and Mfr Meikle, S.S.C. appeared on behalf of the students; and on th charge being read, Mr Logan moved that, as he h2ad only been instructed late last night, ...

... POLICE COURT-TiHE LATE DISTUFlD.INCC AT THIE COLLEGE. This court met on Monlay-Bailie Tullis pre^ioling-ac- is companied by Bailies Gullanrd and Tait. The court was crowded in evcry prtt; ?? aftci0 sota min or ciqcs had been dispost -d of, the case oF the studcnts, charged x' ith obstructing the police at and near the Collegc on the previous Wednesdav ;which had been continued fro:n that day ...

... THE KIRM1i4IfLLOCI-I CHURCH- CASE CRAlGIE ANb OTS1ERS i. OkiR SttfAtn Ax oTetris. In this case, which it will be recollected was argued at great length before the Second Division oP the Court of Session prior to the Christmas recess, judgment was pronounced on Friday. The question at issue was whether tile chapel at Kirkiritilloch, which in its title was stated to be held in trust for behoof ...

... THE DIUPDER AND SUICIDE AT MANChEISTER. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Mr and Mrs Novelli was held on Wednesday, at the Griffin Inn, Lower D~ronghrton, before Mr W. S. Ilutter, county coroner. Mr .. I. Ilampen, jun. who acted as the solicitoy to the eecutors of the lgte Mr Lewis Novelli, husband to the deceased Mrs Novelli, deposed that he bad been in the habit of seeing MAr A. ...

... CouRT OF EXCanQUER, Jan. 28. ADVOCATE GENERAL V. SCOTT. This was a prosecution instituted by the commissioners of inland revenue to recover penalties from James Scott, writer in Perth, for having acted as a procurator before the Sheriff Court at Perth, without being possessed of an attorney license. Mr Clezhorn opened the case fur the Crown, and read the statutes founded on. Tb e Sheriff-Clerk ...