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too evident that ty the rapid increase of her
population Ireland is apprusehing a fearful
And if relief be not 'admiaistered, or at
least attempted ere long, the enoseqeence say
be too appalling to contemplate without emotion."

RION COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
SIDNISSUROiI, MONDAY, JAL eel.

Jolla GikAria was put to the bar, charged with
/Milt and higlipay robbery on the 7th .(N0v,...
ber last. • e: !ft
1.11 VOMNIrI
The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. • : 1
Mr. Moodie, Lieutenant of the Davy so lusl.flost
residing at Tipperliun Lodge, tea the left of Met:
chietoti Castle, in the parish of St. Cuthbert. Had
been calling at the Abbey upon • geutlesnan, about
live o'clock in the evening, on the 7th of Nov. Qs
going house fromthe Abbey, he directed be eamssel
to the Calton.hill, and went up the footpath beei
wards the walk that leads round the hill. This ote4
curred betwixt eight and nine o'clock, and it was
moonlight. - He meta girl upon the top of the hill.
She said, se Here ira fine night." %tom asked
what she was doing there? The girl answered that
she was taking a walk. Stood about ten minutes
with this woman. talking to her. , Saw • man and
a woman sittihg oil the grass about3o yards from him.
Saw two men go towards theist. Oue of those men, the
Prisoner at the bar. came towards witness. thejtither
one went to the northward, and stood by himself.
Prisoner said, ri Give me your siller," or, " Give
me saute siller." Witness told him that he would
give no Biller. and ordered him to go shoot his
business. Happening to look rised, supposing that
the other man was coming behind him, at that mo-
ment the Prisoner snatched the stick out of his bend.
Witness asked foe it again. Prisouer said, " That
wont do; money 1 want, and money I shall have."
Witness told him to take care what he was about ;
but the prisoner knocked him doles), by giving him
• blow on the forehead. After he was down, the
Prisoner got upon bine and struck him several blows
with the stick. He was incapable to muse from the
blows he received. The Prisoner collared him by
the folds of his handkerchief, so that he was almost
choked. While he was upon the ground he gave the
Prisoner a blow with his left hand on the face. upon
which he whistled, and a man came down from the
north, three other men were standing about fifty
or 6o yards to the booth, apparently watching.
The witness called out for assistance, and the man
that was coming from the north came • little nearer.
but still kept at some distance. Prisoner said it
was useless to make any resistance, for those men
aside were all his associate.. He then allowed
the Prisoner to put Iris baud into his side pocket,
and his west pockets, where he thinks there was
nothing. Prisoner then allowed the deponent to
get up. Prisoner afterwards marched the pockets
of his teasers, and took the contents, among which
were the keys and comb, and a small rivantity of
money, but could not say how much. His bat
was lying at some distance on the ground, which
the Prisoner took up, and was carrying away, hut be
again returned sod said, " I won't take your hat;"
but at this time he took his breast-pin oat of his
shirt; was put in bodily fear at the time of the
robbery ; came down Gum the bill by the shad-
ing reed; met a policeman as he passed the
new Poet Office, and told him what had taken
place. Went also to the Calton police-office, and
gave information there; retnoined about au hour in
the police-office till Dr. Black came and dressed
his wound. The Auslice-nsru brought in the pri.
soner about a quarter of an hour slier the rubbery.
[Witness here identified the stolen property
which was produced in Court.]
The LORD JUSTICR CLIIRS then charged the
Jury, who retired for about en minutes. and tee
turned • verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a
strong reconsinetidat toil to tne leniency of the Court.
Several of their Lordships delivered their opi-
nioes, in which they concurred in thinking that 14
years trausportsbpn war the least that could be
awarded fur the offence, which sentence, alter an
admonition, the Lind Justice Clerk pronounced
ott the prisoner. [The prisoner was about 19 years
of age.] The Court thereafter adjourned.