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NOVEMBER 14, 1820.

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and ctid they had plenty of stmtuuoinnii. A %yawl.-
main come. unit wet s•k«t from the window *hn lit
was, end told to he al, o► they would blow his
Imams out. Ile cud he wav there Im da, %risen
a shot we. tired. sod he fell. Did not see •u% of
them herd. Cannot swear positively to soy of the
Primineni.

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Mary Taylor swore to the converwilion between
the soldier and watchman% at.d that the latter fell
down at her feet. or widno four or titre feet of leer:
she esideavoured to hit I • up, but was not Ode.
Peers ..... the other watchman came ;hovel the chew.
and said, " For God's rake come and assist loin' !"
and immediately was shot. Pearson deed is les,'
than an hour, declaring that they aimed the s:tut
at him.
Juhu lll'Corqudele swore to the riot ou the street.
The not. cuilearoored to tom:: the door, and a shot
was fired frame the *bathos sboee.fierril Simpson say,
" Avast tieing, we are all King's men as well se
you." lie went into the house *lila the gam*.
alai a scut& mimed. The guard went away toilet
fireoareis, and then araretwd the bons', and to&
seserid of the oolilters.. Did not see any of the
mets
Flora Moir corroborated the preceding testimouy
as to the riot on the street, and said she saw too
soldiers !toadied down; then tiring cioilineocral, and
witness saw a man lying bleeding; she called to the
soldier at the window to cease firing till she took in
the body ; he answered lie would tire. whoever
came; she retired, but came back anal repeated the
demised, when he said, " Drag Item in times', rad be
so you !" The wonialed man welt Silurian.
Robert Robertson and John 111'lotosh, sailor.,
swore that they were attacked by the soldiers es
above stated.
Alexander Cochran—About seven o'clock on
the 30th of July, Dempsey mid Surrage took some
whiskey. as they hail three Of four comrades with
Own': heard a disturbance on the street, and the
soldiers came to the door which he had slim, and
demanded their lualgiugs ; Robertson was with
diens ; the mob was *biasing them desperately.
IVbeit they came in, one of them struck Robertson
three times on the head with a candlestick, and
witness pulled him into his kitchen ; the crowd 'to-
creased. and he was oltheed to go out of the win-
dow to call the guard. The guard turned buck fur
their arms, and *inters went alone to the house,
and told the soldiers they were firing ou their own
guard. There were three soldiers. one on each
side of the window with muskets, and one behind
them; Dempsey sus OW of them. but does nut
know the other two. Datupsey said, " You b--.,
I'll blow your brains out for bringing the guard !"
The soldiers were all in blood when lie looked into
the room. The crowd attempted to break open
the dour, and called out agaiiist the bloody souls of
the soldiers. The whole of the window was smashed
iu. Surrage and Dempsey lodged about a month
lee the house, and be never saw any thing but goal
behaviour before. Nn tiring took plaice before the
window was knocked in, mid the mob calleal for
the bloody souls of the soldiers; gut ten half
mutchkins that night ; some were very druuk ;
Dempsey was not very drunk.
Sedeaist M'Lurg, Andrew Colwell, and Joseph
Wooten. confirmed their bring called. Saw Demi'.
sty and Surrage learning out of the window. Sur-
rage said, " Who goes there ?" and was answered,
" The Serjealit of the guard." Dempsey desired
them to fall back, and the Seder'', said, " Don't
tire, 'ti. the guard ; this is a bad night's work."
Dempsey presented his firelock at him. and
cocked it. Colwell put up his firelock. and
knocked it aside, when it went off. They asked
to get la. whet, Dempsey said, if they would take
away the two men at the door. who had been strik-
ing them, he would go along with them. When they
went up to the room Dempsey pushed! the Srojernt
back, and relied Surrage if the guns were loaded,
and prtornted one at I • . Beck was lying in bed
asleep, mid drunk. Did not see Lynch or Clinton.
The Serjeanit went for Capt. Shawano', who bade
them come down and be would protect them to pri-
son. Dempsey, Surrage, and Elliot, came down.
Saw Dempsey and Surrage fire, but saw tiohody fall.
Could scarcely distinguish the features of Dempsey
and Surrage, with wounds, whu said they had sourly
been murdered.

Leimos. of the Greenock Police. saw tyro
men at a window, one with a firelocl;, whom Ser.
leant Miliorg called Dempsey. Witness desired
him not to lire. fur God's mike, and told him he was
Master of Police. and came fur peace. S.tw a gull
tired, but it was above the brad of any person in
the chur ; beard Dempsey threaten to blow the Ser.
jeinit'• brains out.
The declarations were read, and the medical gen-
tlemen examined, when the evidence for the prose-
cution closed, and that f,r the l'ettels c meiaced.

Malachi Clinton was drinking with the Prisoners
on 30th July. Many of them were drunk. In
going home with Suffrage; met two sailors and a
woman ; Surrage and the woman spoke, but wit-
tress advised hint to have nothiiig to say to her.—
Sloe followed, and asked drink, and the men call-
rJ " a lobster-backed b--." They
proceeded toward. Shantion's•close, and as they
were entering their lodgings Surrage and Drliiirsey
were knocked down by the sailors, and lie himself
received is blow on'the head from a stone. Demp-
sey awl Surrage were much wounded in the face
by the mob. Air fir as he knew, there was no de-
sign on the part of hits comrades to pick a queue!.
Mrs. Cochrane bore testimony to the character of
the Primness, as sober, decent, and quiet men.—
About II or t! o'clock four of the soldiers came,
and the thinks Dempsey cried to open the dour fur
Crd'. cake, as shey would be murdered. %Vireo
tlwy gut iu they rushed up stairs, and Dempsey
was covered with blood. There was assessing and
blaspheming etllollg the b uts the outside, who
brake her window-mutters, end swore they would
have the bloody soul. of the soldiers in a hew at'u.
merits. This was before the firing, and the web
would loose gut its but fur the firing.
Captuiu Shearmau swore that the Eddies came

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instantly down noon his saying 1w would p r.l.rt
throb from the mob, and eurreankred their mn•krts.
Hod it hot been for the interte►eoce Mr. Lena -
tioX and some respectable inairitht.l., the writ I
would hese attacked the soldier►. They were Try
•ra^h di•lignred and appetite! to he 'hi. k.
Mrs. Boyd remembers seeing the towsopi opt!
clueing the soldiers iota Ctschiso's honor, awl
breaking the windows, and forcing the d. 41. w.t:i
1.11111.• S4ll/ rail Maid moire filing fermi
the high window, but a voice called out •• Take
care." before the .hat•. Si,, 'soberly fell. Th.,
window at which the soldiers were was broken ly
sticks mat ►tunes berate lIIC firing commenced.
Sir %Vet% Williams, Lieu•.. Colonel of the 13th.
swore Sutrage win always an eitreiler.t sob. r mon.
and mod, regarded by his 'Captain. D.mitsry,
640.0 food of driok it little, was viewer Itsit,wit as
cruel. mod the other Primmer* hod gaol cher..c'er►..
The Luau AriVaCaTt thou 'Admitted the Jury
at irligth, •ud after slights that he hod toot react.
cost proof to Mast utmost Elliot, Beek. sad
1.400. raked a verdict of Cruelty apimt Surroge
■ud Dewspitcy.
Mr. Minims. for the Panels, modest' able tool
ingenious defence, winch, however, we are con-
strairied to omit.

Alter the Loao Justice Chute had summed tip
the evidence, the Jury returned a viva wore verdtc;,
finding Beck Not Guilty, the tudictmesit spinet
Elliot and Lynch not Proven, and Soilage mid
Deintiey Gorky of the murder of Simpson and Pear-
son map bat mon l i iii ouely recommended Surrage
to mercy.
The trial occupied eighteen hours and a half, and
the Court adjourned at holf-past four on Wednes-
day morning to half-post ten.
For the Crewel—the Lord Advocate and J. A.
Maconuchie, Esq.; Agent, Adam Rola►.d, Eq.
W. S.—For the Prisoners', Wm. Metisiee, Esq. ;
joint Agents, William Balfour and Robert Chal-
mers, Esqrs. W.S.
The Court accordingly met at half-past ten o'clr
on Wednesday, when Geo►ge Curscel/ioa was brought
to the Isar, accused of assaulting, on the highway
leading bent Ayton to Dauber, on the I Leh of
August haat, William Dobson, Isho•trer at Slid.
bottle, in Northumberland, and robbing him f a
silver watch, a hat, two one pound not. s. and 1.55•
in silver. The Panel pleaded Guilty to the charge
before the Court and Jury, and, after a suitable ad-
monition, was sentenced to transportation fur life.
Joins Dempsey and Hobert Surrage were II en
brought to the bar to receive sentence.
The verdict of the Jury having beets read,
Lord Guides said it now became the duty of
their Lordships to give effect to the impartial yet.
diet which had brat pronounced by an attentive
and intelligent Jury, against the very unfortunate
Prisoners at the bar. He felt himself bound to may,
that a fairer or more equal trial he had seem 044.
timed. and that the Pleads had been mo.t ably
defended. He conceived sod suggested that the
verdict of the Jury hid left no alternative in tine
breasts of the Court. but they must foitlifulty
administer the full penalty which the law, beta
human and divine. has denounced against the crime
of which the Panels had been found guilty ; anti,
with the moat pitiful feeling•, he hid to propose.
that the Prisoners be 'Mimi from the bar to the
place front whence they came, and be el.-
clued in the manlier which the law prts••ribts. un
Wedoesdey, the 13th day of December next. Pal.
ticipating its the regret which his Learned lite:ors.
stud all humane persons must feel, that sucd► a
solemn example should be nuavoidable, br traste,%
while it would serve to convince the miliissy in pal-
dealer, that the weapons which they wore wore in-
trusted to them for the defence, mid nut fur tl.
destruction of their peaceable fellow-citizens. it
would also demonstrate to the oilier cleans of his
Majesty's subjects, that the law and the adosiois.
datum of the law are even-handed : nod that it
would serve as a warning to oil clas-es of worn, nut
to indulge a rancorous spirit, and not in surrender
their better feelings to the indiscriminate and ut.-
controllable fury of a tumultuous indignation.
Lord Pirsitt.l.Y never had addressed their Lord-
ships under deeper or more acute stiff ring than on
the present occasion ; but it could net fail to be
satisfacto►y to the l'anela themselves, ton►ervatiee
of the law of the country. anal impoitunt to t• e
comfort of us all, that in this or any other Crinsitol
Court never did Counsel, Jury, and early peteon
bound to interfere. conduct themselves with muse
ability and propriety their has been exemplified by
all the parties concerned in this trial. The Jo,y
have shown throughout this case an attention that
reflects on them the bights' credit. The verdict
was the only one that could Irate been pioi.oui:ced
',idiotic danger to the country. It was imponable
to suppose that the peace of a garrison town could
ever he preserved if such an on rage and viultoce as
had been proved against the Panels were to pas.
unpunished ; ■nd the sentence named was the otily
one In their Lordships' power to puss upon the u. -
fortunate Panels at the bor.
The LORD JUSTICI CLlCKli.—Prisoners at th.e
bar, it is with the most usifeigned reluctance, I
assure you, that the Court feel theunderes Cl.ll.
strained to perform the ',meet most painful
You have been convicted by the verdict of a uw•t
liatirist, and attentive Ju.y id' your
co sssss rytnen, of a wilful, unjustifiable, and maroon
murder. It is fir, very• far from my narwhal ur
wish to aggravate the poigns►►••y I I that dimity.
which I perceive at this moment ;missing rood
heavily upon your hearts ; but it is my duty to 'tete
to you, as I stated this morning. that the
u.d•.lsrra-
ide verdict of a Ju►y has placed you in a si two)
which forbids you to repose with cotilidetice on the
mercy of cosy earthly t►ibuaal. and that your only
reasonable hope tn,,•t depend ois p.ur 121 tkilig
your peace wish the divine Judge of all the *u.1.1,
to sebum. I livid. sincerely. you have already
directed your supplications. With the ....tweet be-
bel in the ►enportancr of the consideratiou to the
Prismiers at the bar, in reconciling tilt 111 in the
justice of the stumuce which Las bete alr; all} con•