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the prosecution Spitat 1%1411110. !Yeti indepessil•
rest of Campbell's te v. This was corrob.s..
rated Iry the nature of the verdict'. which merely
declared that the Roth of the Peened was Not
rarer. ; while the trial proved that ao extrusive
ext•erd at Glasgow, bound t.•-
~elierr by secret and sill
The only object then, which could hr Ciillienl.
'dated lie the prodoctioss of the record, would be
tallier to.aseertinse wb..t deist Mends' be,ailOpleil to
lisstutitle n pr..seroliOil for issajury or eirevaricatiou
Gpsephelt, or Ise determine allot proceed-
i• gs 'night hr adopted ogalind 1111 Law Offietra
the Crowe', for haring prosecuted
Now tote evidence of Campbell was declared by
vie Court incredible asset stsadmi•Bible—(hessr, hear,
/runs the Opposition Benehes)—and could the
House ,hick proceeding ultimately upon such
sea • • or determine Beat became it is unwor-
thy of credit in a Court of LOOW, it sbnuld be
therefore entitled to 'Ater its the Cou t of Psalm.
nseist.—( Loud cries of hear, hour, from the Oppo-
sition.) —The evidence was vitiated, and could not
be made the ground of any inteesiry.—(hear, hear,
from the Opposition.) —Tne !loss. Gentlemen op.
postte weight cheer, but he really could perceive
flawnn in Ins argument.—(Load and repeated
o'irering from the (►ppagitton.) -Again there was
soothing nt the deposit 111i5 use which a prosecution
for peijmy could he foisoded—none capable of
Steppoiling the corpus (I,Acti, 0:1 winch a charge
could lee instituted. Torre was no point on aliich
two witnesses could lee produced, except on that
where no thifreoct 'existed. Lin toubtediy a pro.
mire of protection was given to Campbell, and so
far was the Lord Advocate fruits desiring to con-
cert this poled, that lie gave it every possible pub-
licity. He could nut imagine wily Sir William
Ray thought proper to destroy the paper—
(bear, hear, and a lough from the Opposition.)—
Uot his Learned Friend never attempted to con-
ceal its substasice. IVoolel the House, on the
vitiated testimony of this man, put such • man as
Alt. Rinse Urummund oii hear,
freak the Opposition)—this mass, who, from the
beginning, was foruntig a conspiracy against the
Lived Adsocate, and to invalidate his own testimony,
tor it could not be doubted that lie was in a con-
spiracy to that effect with the peraon who had sup-
plied hint with the tobacco ass the enemas of convey-
ing infoi one ion ? It was too couch the fashion of
41 iv toga rip cases of this nature, and if this 'notion
were oasis acceded to, it would not be she last occa-
sion when the House would he celled upon fur
snwlar voter.—( e hear, hear,from the Opposition.)—
Ur therefore trusted that the House would agree
aids bleu its thiisktng, that no grounds existed for
the mimeos, mid vote with him its rejt ctisig it.
"sr S. Rome ta.v--.• Some observations have
Likes from the Noble Lord of so strussge a &aurae-
is r, am induced, for Ilse purpose of waiting
shells, to intrude myself thus late upon the antis-
tom of the House. 'the Noble Lois] r. quires' the
concurrence of the !louse ill lute tristiments ; but
could the House decide thr question without bring
apprised of tier facts? There was only one copy of
she trial whirls was said to be correct, and that Was
in the leoss.u.stion of the Le:not-it Lord opposite.
•1 he 1.0-esrised Lord luisl argued, that sf die House
loath -red in this matter, it might operate as ass M-
ins:lce to iniliViatiala, by 'neves iiiii them fr
taleisig advantage of their cad acteoss. By she law
.of Scotlaiitl, however, sue civil action could be
loought in this Can-. the individual nut having Mi-
l:mica personal 16011; but ties' were three an
ass t iiiiii I affirm that it could not be token away by
the nsterfesetsce of the House. 'tae case of Muir,
Ott which so much *tress has been laid, was eSaell-
t;.iily ilttferein front the preterit; fur on that occu-
s'ocs the record of the trial was called for, that the
Hattie lesigl:t sit in judgment upon the Court or
tstaalry ; but to this iisstat.ce it is required
'fist the purpose of o winds
one of the J.ifili.;e4 declared ought to be iisves-
Nated. 0.1 the dial, Ms. Jeffery declared, that
1:e• should cs.II us. Sir Will. Bay to support the as-
st.tions of Campbell ; to which the Lord Advocate
its•entid, exestessing his desire that Sir %Van. Ray's
ts slim:my bison's; be 'nuanced ; but sit the smile time
he tool, sufficitirt care that Mr. Jeffery should not
put his threat in execution, by striking Camp-
hell's tonne the list of witnesses. My Lord
then declared, bleat the case ought to be
f.ssrther iisitstigaled, but remarked that it was
out the suhjs et of the irial. ‘l'liat means of maws-
tikition, then, could on) Lord Gillies have control-
pi ors; ? Wieb it a pnusrcutinu a Campbell fur
a
;Inv ) Note lots been instituted. IVlsset other
?
Ids: so-, then, can be employed but that we are now
issirsisiog, that the matter might be fairly brought
before the coositleiation of Parliament ? The ar-
gument of the Noble Lord ~arms to be founded on
a supposition of his owls creation. Ile concludes
that Campbell's evidence is not entitled to credit.
But the Noble Lord seems very unfit for a judo ial
inquiry, if he persists in holtiing this opinion. The
s etsleill e has beets uncotstratlicted, it is not iiicredi
Lle on the face of it. and it was declared ihailsosissi
Isle by the Cued' frost other circumstances—but
not isicreelsble. I trust, however, that, on inquiry,
the Leagued Lords opposite essay be enablrtl
OW prove it &motley of coedit, fur on a case
of so much ionpurtance as the present, emote-
nig the character of the criminal jurisdiction
of the couiilly, I Caltlini think that au English
Rouse of Commons could refuse ass dignity, our
dist throe olsees.e emotes are issvolvell Io it, should
fee vu mseostL•c to fame as out to protuote every
'mutts of tellissi-Ing liir cloud under which their
charm:ter* at latt.eot labour. The la, mord Lord
cuitteissl, that is the man had declared hr could not
WWI satrly rtsole in the country. lie these fore could
not have stitou'iatr,l for a gauger's place. But asses
the Learned Lard menu to say that such a thseig
was never heard of, as that a Scotelsition *tomtit
hold the place of u gauger w some remote
pad of Cornwall ?—(hour, hour, find a Inugh.)—
The Learned Lord says, that NI.KWILIy'f Mai
IW4.Vtll the ettholetiVe of the cousiniacy ; but he pre-
-1.11+11.11 too much Ois our ignoraisce of &•/Itch low
when lie contemls that the winds NOS prorea, use MI
that wart' thing has been proved.—(hear, Isrur.)
But doss he bring its Niemen t of thi• 'env room'
aolisussev ; does lie &Weimer that of Sir George
selsetizte —or of Mr. Eiskine—or of Mr. Route
The law of Scotland, tie using these worsts, does
not eini.ly the guilt, 110 f Set absolutely deviate the
I,.iilat:Cliec of the party. They do not sulistaistisite
t.e corpus dehttti, but steer a middle course ; mud