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SHERIFF CRIMINAL COURT

... SUEIlMFF CURINAL COURlT. I l . The following cases were disposed of yesterday before or ?? Alison and a jury : c, Aneit Kefly or £'Clark was convicted of having, onl Friday d 1in the 23d of July last; stolen a gold watch from the person of Io ,ht Thos. W~alker, baker, Bridge Street,, while in a close in ?? Portland Street, aggravated by ?? beesn twice a previously convicted. She 'Woe sentenced ...

Published: Wednesday 01 September 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1416 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

GLASGOW POLICE COMMITTEE

... P~w; AA oAmA : A . - _ - The Police Committee met. on Monday-the Hon. the Lord Provost in the chair. THE SMOKE NUV9ANCr. The Committee on Smoke Nuisance reported progress; they had suiceeded in abating the nuisance in some cases, and in other cases had directed the Fiscal to prosecute. Mr. MOIR, in moving. the adoption of the minutes, said that the committee found that the old ?? was gene- ...

Published: Wednesday 01 September 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1692 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

GLASGOW BANKRUPTCY COURT—MONDAY

... GLASGOW BANKRUPTCY COUPT-MIONDoDiY. (Before Mr. SheriffTlr.T. i .(Before Mr. Sheriff DZaI..) EXAMINATION ON ANDREW ALLAN. The bankrupt was a cabinetmaker and upholsterer in Glasgow. Present-Mr. Thoimson (of Thocosons, Ritchie & Craig), the trustee; Mr. James Murdoch, writer, law agent in the sequestration ; andi Mr. George Smitli for seve- ral creditors. The bankrupt deponed-I first commenced ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1939 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

INQUIRY ON LUNACY

... On Friday forenoon evidence was led before Mr. Sheriff snilth iis to thle alleged lunacy of Mr. William Finlay, Of _Niss, Stirlingsliire. ifr. G~emnmel], I rocurator-Fiscal, appeared on behalf of tle. puIlicj, and M3Ar. Wlilkic, of Messrs. Wilkie & Faulds, writers, (~voig',4 quare, onl behialf of the allegerl lunatic, ae .jamrs M'Grtsgor, ai dlay constable of Police, sworn Peponed-WXas on duty ...

SUMMER ASSIZES—NORTHERN CIRCUIT

... SUMIMER1 ASSIZES-NORTIIERIT CIRCUIT. TJUPPI-InT RQ-me. ' lie LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2. lie (Before Mr. Baron MIARTIN and a Special Jury.) TuiE LivIr:cROOa Bonouoii BANK a. ECCLES AND OTHERS. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., 1tIr. Blackburn, and Ilr. Aspintdll, 88 appeared for the plailntiffs; Mr. EdwinT James, Q.C., Mr. -74 Mellish, and Mr. Baylis for the defendants. iw Mr. ArnERToN, in opening the case. said ...

SHERIFF CRIMINAL COURT

... ?? . .. . d PLEADINO3 DIM.eS n Mr. Sheriff Bel presided ?? Court on Moniiay, w bt whew the following cases were, disposed of:- PA , bha MCall-um and Riendy M'Cue, for breaking into w Springfield House Paisley R-oad, and stealing 72 lbs. weight. 1 oF lead pipe, 1 Is. weight of block-tin pipe, and a brass t d cranes, were ?? to nine months? im- ai I prisonment, and M'Cue to. one month's ...

SHERIFF SMALL DEBT COURT

... .-Axx' Olull.kIW1 JJOD13 LUIU U rel nlt I EXTRAORDINARY DECISION BY E3HERIFF STRiA'HER.N. th MARTIN ?? STEWART. c Id InI this case Martin Summoned the defender, Stewart, the master of the Ablma, one of the river- steamers, for the sumli of£,being the value of d carpet bag and its contents, al- geU gd to have been lost under the following circumstances 3t. -The prualong with some of his fil, ...

AUTUMN CIRCUIT COURT

... Thiis Court opened here yesterday at tenl ?? Cowan and Dcas being the presiding Judges. Theit ,l-rd- ships were accompanied to the Court-House by the Lord P1rovost, -several of the Mlagistrates, and the, Sheriffs of the respective counties. The b)and of the Nottingham Militiai and a body of police -were also in attendlance. The Court was opened by Dr. Runcitnan, who offered up an. imipressive ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6178 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

AYR AUTUMN CIRCUIT COURT

... e The following, amongst other cases, was disposed of at n , this court on.Tuesday-Lords Axrdnillan and Neaves pre- siding:- Jamses Stewvart was chargedvwith murder, or culpiable homi- ti d cide, in so far as, on the night of the 22d, or morning of the C, d 23d April last, within the housesin Wigtown itow, Newton- I Stewart, then occupied by him, lie attacked and assaulted Si s Wilhelmina or ...

GENERAL STATISTICS OF CRIME

... (From the Tirpes.)St In 1856 19,437 males and females were committed for trial ri in England and Wales, 3713 in Scotland, and 7099 in Ireland; tl of these 14,734 were convicted in England, 2723 in Scotland, a and 4024 in Ireland. As regards England, 1264 were con- ti victed of offences against the person, 1787 of offences against property with violence, 10,487 of offences against property ...

THE CARPET-BAG CASE

... THE CAIkPieT-B.Gl CASE. ran ?? . ?? .- .. .X .. . . i t .. To the Bdit(or o tke Glasgozo Herold. ?? your paper of the 10th instant appeared the ropoirt ol' a decision by Mr. Sheriff Strathern, in the Small Debt Court, which has been ?? by the epithet 1extraordinary, and has called forth letters fromn each of the litigating parties in support of their respective pleas. Though I do not ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2228 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

SUNDAY IN SCOTLAND

... SUNDA -r Sa)TLANb. to CAM % .(From the Untnes.) Scotland is, in spite of an union 150 ycars ?? manlvye- npects a foreign country to us Englishmen. We lave con- quered Ireland, and introdvuced. Eiglish lams, -asgasi and even habits of life. In Dublin thereis a Court of Chancery and a Court of Queen's Bench, after the fashion of England, and the much maligned Eskablished Church of thlt country ...