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riot with some of the inklien of the 130..fssi
me *Seer of that regiment surrousided ifa ctoerd.
he was equally afraid of the violence of the enraged
populace on the one bend. sad ,orthe cer. in
lr.s unavoidable stale of irritation from the abase
which he was encountering, should he get room to
act ; and accordingly lee called out to the crowd
not to hurt the officer. but to take his sword from
him.

William Shirley. ironmonger ; 'sir the Prisoner
lisring hold of an officer by the ones; knows
Hugh Love. and saw hint there. codling out, time
tim.., 6, take the sword from him."

Thomas Eaton. partner to business with the
Prisoner. has known him twenty years. and by is a
p ble smut; did out are bins take any part in
the mob.

The ADVOCATE-DEPUTC itildreeeed the Jury nn
the Part uf the Croswil, as did lir.Jurritor. for the
PI i.Ol,llEr.

Lord IlcomAND summed up ihr evMrtici..

The Jury tetired and retnrned info Court in the
course of an hew. tintlierg the Vriboner
guilty of !eying hold of E..eitti
unstrung, to wrest it from Imo, hot. no Necouot
of ht. km?, gnat character. tecolnmendrd him to
the elem.-nye nu the Court.
Lord 1116R11A a 0 sesitrocril him to he eottfitterl for
the space of three mouths in lirtilysrell, thereafter
to find caution to keep the peace, wider a penalty
of 60/.

OLAIOOW. OCTOIIIIII 10.

The Court met at nine „'cluck.

John Buchanan, accia.tel of attacking John
Lunn,slip-Owner at Grlliegernotvh, nu the lit of
June, 1819, in the Main-street, Calton. Glasgow,
nod rubbing him of his orotrii, chain, toil key, and
of a black loather pocket-book, coot...smug a pro-
missory tag,. l'u! Gnu/. owl several others of tumor
value. wag put to the bar.
James Campbell and Margaret Kelly were tried
fir ile a pobissry at the A•sizes held here, cre the
518th September, 1819.
The Jury 'chimed a verdict of Not Pruners for
Campbell ; Kelly was bau.,luol 1... r fourteen pars,
and Jahn Buchanan then outlawed for not appear-
ing. The l'ils.mer pleaded itot
Mr. Lora h.d catty op from Grangemouth to
Glasgow upon the day Ceuelled, to draw apoilie bill.
which were doe mast day. Ile drank souse eine in
the canal passac. host, mad after rearlaiog Glasgow,
he smoldered about from louver to buil-, drinking.
irritil about eleven o'rlock at night, when he was
decoyed into au infamous hour, kept by our
Pechter, who hr) sauce boreu traserpoited for seven
years fur res. tof theft. Ti.cre were severs! noto-
rious characters, both male and fernair, in the house
at the lime, aid 3largaret Nisbet, alias Kelly,
who was drinking with Lora at the time, came out
of the room where he wag sitting, anal in their own
slang odor.' eft thorn that " the G1.1,141114n had a
scout spa a reader ituerthilig a packet book 1111111 a
waaoli), suit she Was not fit to do him herself." Loin
wished to stay iii the I:01:Se ill night, but was not
allowed, and he went out aids Kelly and two yi ua.g.
men, who accompanied bun to the d:stance of 103
paces, scrurilicg to his trail account, and there
they knocked him down, turd rubbed him of his
wareli end porkrt-back. Such sire the facia of the
carte as taken fauns the evidence of Loran, supported
by the testimony of Ihr other witnesses.
Marche Crawford, oat twilit: loterrocted in the
usual farm, If any body hail instrucied her what to
ry, or how to give li.r rsoleticr, the said she had,
oat vrii•cli the (mint r•tile tit her to be iiiterroguted
int:Su/thus, awl she &polled, that the Prisoner's
agent called fa. he,, and wished that sloe should
leave the town tor as fortnight, till the trials would
be over, and that be would prutide a place Apr her
during that time, ha! -i.e reiusell. Ile then 'ensiled
her to say, that she tend apite di 11,e 11.1.uter, *Lich
would prevent her dieing taken as a wieuew., but she
Inert no spite at the Prilorier, anal would not perjure
her soul for him. Ile I kewi.e requerred her. wirer)
she would he examined, In look iu hit::, anal the
eprestion. ,it to her shush be clad ~'t w;sh her to
answer, he would put his hat d uu hos brow, anal
bring It over Iris face, but the said she penedel tell
the truth, &e. She was their meet-pied Ns a witness.
Kilows the Pr:tomer, and saw him 11 bleb house
1101 the ulght lutollid; saw all r. I.o,lllllarte, *limo site
ideotilird, with a young gill of the ilattie of N ohrt,
alias Kelly ; Jame.' Catopliell was with the Pri.
hotter ; the gill Kelly omir iu the Prisoner, rrul
told bum that the Geniletnarr she Ka• with had a
reader and a scout, mid that she could cot do him,
inennina; that site could ow roll him herself. Kelly
writ back to the Gentleman. havicag drank eei.ll
t:i Prranner anal Campbell ; but she had desired
rtireaa to g 0 10 11141, 111111 the Said,
" Yuu are not the gal that was aids Pie befere."—
A bed was asked for the Gellileintiat. but ti.e.e was
none. Three tle,licrs cause into ihe acd
wittursS shortly alter left It, Owl %rot liUllie tat her
father'.. nod ii gamed sit the stittehmAtt the how,
at the Corner Of Charlotte-Street, and he said it Was
hlif.pa•t eleerii, utt whiCil alie tilutlght It late. and)
ref urand to Peral...s' house to stay all iii hit, n it
hurt Buchanan ce,nung sinus ti, whets he told her
that there had beet' is slot, road the Gearliernan was
rubbed; that he haul the watrfr, which he *hewed
her. and that Campbell had the le ok. Wattle's
and Pileolltr knot:keel at tan doors for adaturtauce,
but did out get in, and went so
where they s•end all night, and he risked Mary nest
morning to hog the watch, had a large gold
seal appended to it, with the letter, J. L. cut on
the ramie. Prisoner told her Loris was knocked
down, and that he took the watch.

Alorpret Galbresih knew Peebles' house, tees in
it on the bight I. belled. aid rz:tv Mr. 1.,0rh there
With Marg4ret Kefl3, or Ntebct ; tltrre wef e some
young men in tl,r house, but cuuuut bay the Pei-
foner was one of thew.

Several witutoseh were exliniiiied in exculpation,
who glove the r n g,•o(i ther•trier.
The Jory wtre adille,.ed by the AtIYOCATE-
DI.PUTE for the Crown, end M MILLER, fur
the Pri•oner, who in fici address deprecated the di...
greveful iPtenipt of the Panliel's egeut to defeat
toe ends of justice.
Lord lILIMAND summed up the evidence with
great impartiality, and the Jolty retired.
The Jury found the libel Noe Proven, ai:d he
woe dimmed from the bar.

The agent. Robert Stirling. implicated in the
above transaction with the wane's. was committed
on a warrant to answer to the charge in a Court of
Justice.