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CHANGE OF STA TIO,NB OF DSPOTS Of CGRPS.•
-The Depot of the WM Regiment of Infantry is ordered 0
rmn, eve to Stockpot; the Depot of the fhitit ditto to Beverley i the •
Depot of the 80th ditto to tit Isle of htn ; the Depot of the 2is st:‘,
Battalion of the Royale to the tale sof Ight t theiDepot of she
88th Foot to Spike Island; and the Depot of the 19th %NM- t
l'oughall. , ..
. - - CHANGE OF STATIONS OF LCOR,PS It tashitaini,
'The Ifth Regiment of Foot hat beefi OftlirC(l from Yertaele Oh
Templernote, the 224 ditto from Kilkenny to Linesichathei,lll%
ilitto from -Cork to Kilkenny, the 2flihtliZSOOmnrilnseriek so bees.
Ste-Wdt ditto from KEkenoy to Waterford. the 34th Cif!, frota
Longford to:Athlone, the 530 ditto Rola Watt:foe& to Dublin.
the Slat ditto frran Limerick to Longford, the 62d ditto trona, , -
Dahl% le EdnishOleta the 69th ditto fr nn Mullinger to Bier,
the 611th di do from :1 thlene to Dublin, the•fld Stltheltdin Ness
to Dublin, the 78th ditto from nubile to•Newrw,tiabeirßter ditto
frond- Ennis to Fernley* sod the filth ditto fame-Fereney t
LAosaick. . • • • •••
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HIGH COURT Op JUS7'ICIARY,IIOIPIIMIRGR'.
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e, CASE OF 9IURDER.
The filitteCoult of J'weleiary melon Wednesdays**. ate hid!
of trillium Alien, lath aofter, at.airtnus beat, parish of Men.
qullitter, A benieensh t re, accused tif.nusseer and ;robbery. The hie
dietnient &barged him Aith having„on the.l7sh bepterober ime,
upon the road leading froth the toll.bar of .Fevie„along the mouth
• wide of the wood of Den of Emblem Old Rayne, attacked Ales.
ander iulgat, tailor and drover, or farmer's :talent, and whit the
leaded eitd,of a whip, or some other blunt and heavy instriments
struck itin: am real times severely on die head, fore, and sides. e-
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enere.by• be eta /rocked to the ground, his eke?! •• -
one of lea eon, beektn; any while hi thaeseihtm A 14 ....
him of a onmpaumi note and several pieces of oily Coils ; and be
consequence of these blows, Alexander IWKsy was mortal,
wearied, and died on the night of the 2d October follewing,-s 6 Allan o,i:tied Not Guilty:
. . James Hay, one of the Justices of the -Peace fat Aberdeeaw
shire, was told by Captain Forbes there wee a maw in the Inkof lyv4, hurt. (Vent to Mr. Alacktes 'house and saw ore
a table the bones which had ban taken out of the matt's bests
He was in . great distress, but gave his answers very distitierly -
He said 'his name was Alexander M'Key, acshe came from the
parish of Fair, In Sutherland. Ile said he hat come • from
Comm Angus with • man named William Allan, and had slept
set Davlot witty him the night befbre. . He suspected that he wits
wishing to tate his money, as he bad wished him aleays to get
by-roads; and he thought he felt his hand attempting to get
at his money doting the night. That. whennear Fysie, they It
left the road and. come through a muir. eta cereal place where( •
there vase road teeth a wood on one side •and rorrtstookSon t -41e't
other. Allan came behind and struck -him with a whip on s••;,;
head, and he Fell among whine ; but he recollected nothinh moe l'''
Witness went to the place described, and observed a but lytag in.
side the wood of Den of Retitle. [laving a home with him, hat
masked the place and came to Fyvie ; and, along with Captain. • a
Forbes and Mr. Mackie, the innkeeper, rerarnedand found the hat
and a stick. They took them down to Fyvie ;identified Meth i, thew',
were shown to 31`Ksy, who said they were both his. The'ptaert IS
a lone plax • only the roof of one house visibla•S•anir it. Saw' r'
M'Kay on the Sundry and Monday following. On Monday le • se
regular deposition was taken from hire, which witness identified.:
He did not vary a single word in his story from first to. last. Wlt.-
nese never entertained the least doubt of the truth of what 31`Kay
had 'aid, 31`liay described Allan as having lightish-titbit:tea
hair, and having recently bad the small-poi, with which he was,
marked. When witness afterwards saw the prisoner his appear-
ance agreed with this description. The prisoner was present when. ...
31'Kay's deposition was taken, and was distinctly identified by, AS
him as the man who had assaulted him. When 111‘Iflay took the
whip in his hand he shuddered. The whip had. been taken front.
the prisoner by the constables.
John Fyfe, messenger-at-arms in Aberdeen, related his appre.
hension of panel, who was found by him and Mr. Urquhart on i
Sunday morning feeding cattle in a mesa. He took him into his house,
on pretence of seeing a citation to the Circuit Court which panel
had received as a witness ; there made him -prisoner, and-demanded
his whip, which panel hesitated to give him, till he threatened, to,
search for it, when he gave it up. Witness allowed panel to shill,
himself ; and observed in his chest a pocket book containjug two.
one-pound notes, two five shilling pieces, three half crown., and;
two and sixpence in silver in the book. Identified the money. Pri..
goner said it was all his own money, and asked when he should get
it again. Prisoner, when he first saw him, was dressed in a blue
I bonnet, with leather front, and two letters on the bonnet .-. • brown'
' short coat, a pair of very dirty corduroy trousers, anti boots. Ho.
only allowed him to shift his trousers, as they were very dirty -
but he had perviously inspected than, and found 'no smirks or
blood upon them. The dress of the prisoner correspondo, ex-
actly with the description given of it by 31`Kay. Witness
brought the prisoner, along with the articles mentioned, to Lewis
of Ilyvia. Took him into the room where M'Key lehrtfltegi. - •
Srhere we, ...mid whir in the roma. Datered May 's` -•-
Ito look retied, and bay f the man was Mere who had sobbed
him. Ile looked up, and pointing to Allan, exclaimed, "Oh I
Willie, how did you murder me? You might have asked my
money, and I would have given it to you." I% itness asked M•Kay
would he swear, ass dying man, that Allan had robbed hint. He
replied, " 0 yes, as a dying man." Prisoner head this declares.
tion. %Fitness asked him what he had been struck whit? He
said, " with a whip with a brass head." lie then asked if he
should know it? lie said he should. li'itneas handed it to .hiro,
and he grasped it very bard, with both his hands, and said, " Och
°eh h-that's my butcher." He then asked him what money be
hod lost ? He said a one pound note; but he did not know of whet
bank. He said he had a five-shilling piece of his own, and Allan
had another ; and that on the road Allan wished to exchange wit*
him, that he might have the two; but lll`Kay had refused to es.
change. Ile said he had some half-crowns, he thought three, and
some shillings. Witness then showed M`Kay the money. Her
turned over the two notes, and pointed out one of the Dundee
Union bank as being like his. Ile looked at the two large pieces,
and after turning them in his hand, said, " Willie, that's your five-
shilling piece and mine." During these proceedings ths panel, in
reply to Ill`Kay, always said, it could not be hint ; for he knew
that he had been kind to him. 111 `Kay, in reply, said, " Och r
00: you know very well it was you."
David Burnet-Prisoner anti he were in the service of M r. Fyrra
rattle dotter. In the end of August, went towards Falkirk, with.
the cattle, along with the prisoner. Came one stage, to Leigh
Lodge, with him, and breakfasted there. Prisoner asked,'
witness to pay for the breakfast, because he had no money, and
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paid threepence for him. Prisoner said he had threepence half.. ii
penny-when he left Ellen market. Prisoner got in. host winless
for watching on the road. Ile paid his maintenance out of it. His •
wages for watching. were Is. a night. They sere thirteen nights
on the road to Falkirk. Saw the prisoner paid his wages, by Mr.
Fife, at Falkirk. Ile got IF. 17s. 611. He via offered 21. and was
asked to give in the change, but could not; anti was then paid esitlt•
a one pound note, a five shilling piece, and other silver. Went
with the prisoner afterwards as tar as Cupar Angus. Did riot
see him have any other crown piece than the one he got bleu: le
Mr. Fyfe.
(The prisoner had said, in his declaration, he got the two pound'
notes found on hint from Mr. Fyfe.)
David Cable, farmer, Rosewalls, was at last Falkirk tryst.-1:•:.
gaged Alexander APKay, at a market in Aberdeenshire, todrive
cattle front thence to his farm. He was • man about SO or EQ. Ha
paid him at Falkirk 225. Thinks it was on the 13th of September.
Lewis Middleton, crofter at Drum of Wastle, proved having
met panel and deceased betwixt Echt and Leigh Bridge on 11*
Friday before Tarvia fair, in September last; went several miles
with diem. Parted from them at Leigh Bridge, where prisoner
said he would stop all night; about two hours after saw diem
behind him, and he walked fast, as he thought they wished to shun.
him.

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Margaret Duguid, servant to Wm. Barron, vintner at Kirktown.'
Daviot, proved that k,anel and deceased slept in one bed in her
master's house on Iriday night. Described panel's dress and
whip the same as other witnesses. They left Daviot a quarter bes
fore six on Saturday morning.
Jane Bruce, daughter of James Bruce, farmer at Cowhill, on
the mad between Daviot and Fyvie. Saw two men pass her father's
house, between seven and eight in the morning in question, oat .
young and the other an old man. The old Mat) had- a plaid like
that !Mown her. They were going towardsh Fyvie.
)11/scritiedsthe
rhouonhf
handm an'shdh resat)
whip; it w
d inasthleikoetl::at l'ilkeowthne whipe in Court. She
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afterwards sew a young man at Fyvte, a poisoner. She knew him.
to be the one she had seen in the morning, The prisoner isthe man.
Jean lronsitle, servant in Mains of Fyvie, saw the prisoner there
on the day a man was hurt near Fyvie. It was between nine and
ten o'clock in the morning. He was alone, and went towards
Comieston. _

Alexander Pratt, miller st mill of litactorry, parish of Ft vie, tins
the road leading from Fyvie to Comieston. Saw the prisoner ua
the morning of the 17th of September. on n Saturday, about ten'
o'clock. He was alone, walking quick. He had a big whip be..
neath his left osier. Prisoner said he had come from Meldrons
that morning, and had got n dram when coming out of it. Old.
McMillin is on the high road from Fyvie to Aberdeen. Prisoner
went on the road.
The Jury were addresled, in long and able speeches. for the
Crown by the Lord Advocate, and for the panel by Mr. Jam*.
Gordon.
'J'he Loan JrPTICE CLERK summed up.
After being enclosed about fifteen minutes the Jury returned Alb
unanimour verdict of Gaily. . .
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The panel was then sentenced to be executed at Aberdeen on
Friday the 10th Feb. next, betwixt the ho trs of two and four in the
afternoon ; and his body given over to the Professor of Antitorry
in that city for public dissection.
The panel is a young man, who, we understand. was married
only six months previously to the commission of the crime for
which he is to suffer.
After the verdict was returned he could not believe it till mewed
of its nature by a person besiths him, when he exclaimed. `• i)
God eftelp me !" lie again asked that person if he was sure ; 110.4
on receiving his answer burst into tears. and subbed bitterly *WO
the in/3ga were delivering their opinions.