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SCOTS APPEALS

... Hooase of Lords, Monday, July 25. CLELAND V. CLASON. This was an appeal against a decree of the Court ?? in a case in which execution had issued. The matters involv- ed were whollv of a technical nature. Mr Anderson appeared for the anpellaet, and Mr Rolt end Mr J. L. Adolphus for the respondent. Lord Brougham on the gtound that the appeal really in- volved nothings but matters of practice, ...

WEE BROKERS' CASES—LICENSING COURT

... WEE BRORERS' CASES-LICENSING COURT. On Tuesday, the magistrates held a court in the Central Office, for the purpose of considering the cases of the wee brokers, ap- plying for a renewal of their certificates of license, also the sche- dules of new applicants. Bailies Gilmour and Bogle presided, assisted by Mr. Davie, assessor. Superintendent Smart acted as fiscal, and Mr. Charles Baird, ...

LEGAL ANECDOTES.—ENGLISH AND IRISH BENCH AND BAR

... lLGGAiL ACNOTS.NGUg D IRISE E.C I' ?? rm the 'AIN f BA R.f . . I- . (Tr&M ?? ~ ?? P-1, ~f - (From thei Note Book of a Student Of Liar ?? GrIEF 'JUSTICE BOLT.-1689c In th~e reign of Queen Anne, 1704, severasl freemen0f tebr ad Aytebsltry, whi) proved their quaificatios. tere refill ofvtn tthe election of a Member'O werei ref05 tfip, liberty such cases, imposes a-~fine on else retuni, of ...

THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE LORDS

... I I (From ?? 3fornibg Cleonic le.) Lord Brougham's habitual sensitiveness to newspaper criticism, unwillingas we may be to call it forth, is scarcely a sufficient obstacle to prevent public writers from discuss- ing the present singular condition of the highest Court of Appeal in the country. We are not aware of any rule of justice or courtesy which binds us to assent to the Noble Lord's ...

SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT MURDER

... I (From the Dumfries Courier.) On Saturday moenhig- lest, a murderous assault was committed by a wife upon her husband inl the usually peaceful town of Gate- house-upon-Fleet, which has naturally produced a good deal of excitem~ent m the locality. As the case is in the hands of the proper authorities, we refrain from entering into details of the occurrence, but may mention the following for ...

SHERIFF CRIMINAL COURT, INVERNESS

... .SHERIFF CRIMil;Al a T c IiBs. i dtil'red in the Rebtide, wkexcrited considera'ble. interestter'ad Whserever theadimy aPread. It was as~ romanceo of love--of Itr ~i~sd~b~ frends.offlight, pursuyit, capture, asid ?? It5 515 arr~ge'.Neve wa'the old 'adage, *i'Iosi laughis st Idckinmltbsj'i mo1re ?? In tse course of the -procoeelinga, ,how'5 ever, certain Waid~and lawless proccqdg tokpae o h ih ...

SCOTS APPEAL

... Heouse of Lords, Wednesday, August 14. TR0O1AS DYacES, WRITI'.1, siAUtLTON, APO'LLAt{T, AND ROBERT ST117TiERas, UPHOLSTERER siN GLASGOIW, VESPONDEoNT. Lord LANODAI.E, in givingjudgment, ?? Lords, in this ?? Cottenham has communicated to me in writing his opinion, and under- standing that the Noble Lord, who heard the tase with him, concurs in the opinion he expresses, I will now read it to ...

PRISON DISCIPLINE

... (From tje Times.) r The embarrassments attending, the question of prison ] t discipline are aptly symbolized by the report of the select I s committee on that subjeet. Twenty-six resolutions re b present the hopes, the fears, the doubts, the discontents, a and the dilemmas of the gentlemen charged with the con- p sideration of the intricate problem. To say that either e philanthropists or ...

SCOTS APPEALS

... M,, r House of Lords-Monday, July 29. f This moeming the losten again sat on appeals. Lo~rd lroiigiiam officiated as deputy speaker. The ether Noble Peers in attendance were \'incount St. Vincent sod the Earl of Waidiegrave. 'rTE ?? OF' DOXBflOils v. MISS J. W. RAMS5AY ANlD OTOECO. SALMION FISHtING& This wats an appeal against certain tnterlonutors prensunced by the Coort of Session Inl ...

POLICE MEETING

... ?? EPOQL..CE M-EETING. , - Ae-etst. . ~ y 6h72u8 E 2 - ?? .:The..LORD -PitOvST, P'reSe.S . . PRESENT-TreasurerNicol; Dr. Matthew; Convener Sutherland; Messrs Buyers, Topp, Simpson, Gor- don, Calder, Ness, Bissets(Rose, W.Matthewsl -Sherar, Mit hell. 'WATTE COMMITTEU. , r The Water.Committee gave: in, a report which stated ~ tha in i-deciding-upon the estiniates for. the newecylinders a. the ...

THE GORHAM CASE

... ial _ s- The Bishop of Exeter has addressed a letter to the church- d wardens of Brampford Speke, which, after narrating the steps which had been taken in the case of Mr Gorham, concludes e with the following paragraphs:- e Mr Gorham was found by me, on examination, to hold most d palpably unsound doctrine respecting the baptism of infants. e Whether he holds similarlyounsound doctrine on ...

THE MURDER OF MR. ROBERT PIKE

... THE MURDER OF AIR. ROBERT PIKE. at_-~ da u . _. D nA.fO ls]oA vis A' b1a vs v~s --v ' -- - -- The Newsletter gives the following ample particulars of this last dreadful murder '4Birr, 2Tuesday, Asg. G.-In Yesterday's publication an an- nouncement was made that Mr. Robert Pike, agent for Mr. Robert Cassidy, of 'onastereven, had been murdered on Saturday last, near Parsonstown (or Birr), the ...