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London, England, 1820-11-14 00:00:00

111011 COURT OF JUSTICIAKY.

totigiusan. momenta 10.
GREENOCK OUTRAGE AND MURDEAR
Ou Tuteday ihr trail of Rub's: Norrago, Join
Dempsey. John Beek. Joseph Elliot. Ikelitchi
Clinton, and Petrick Lynch, all 'invoice io the
13th regiment of foot. coustiros before thi. Court,
fur the murder of Robert y rlwwt, Henry Promos,
stud Archibald Marini/6 t (imirrepek •on tile $144
July lash,
Allier the indictment sass read, and the pooch had
pled Aor r;rtifry—
Mr. AIENZIES stated. that as the Primitives had
suffered considerably from the anionielvertuoiss of
the public print., and us they laboured under
other disadvantages as striogers, not knowing any
witimoes, norso situated us to expect any to eolith-
tees in their behalf, be yrs, anxious that Malachi
Clinton, against whom nothing could be puseed,
might be pot on his trial tir.t, in order that afier
his acquittal he might appear us a witness iii favour
of the others.

After the LORD ADVOCATE was heard in answer,
and LORDS JANTICE CLERK, GILLIES, sad PIT•
MILEY, delivered their upi n 101111, the Loco Atm-
CATE ilettrted the diet against Clinton. as his in-
formation did not justify him in detaining the
Court with his trial. The evidence fur the prose-
cution then pmcerited :

M. Nliichell remembers hearing, a noise in the
Highlaud-close, opposite Slsimotesscli.se, in the
summer, about midnight. When he went up lie
sew one rif several soldiers, a tall man, asking the
best of the blur lockets to turn out, and he would
fight them : there were five or six sol► iers. rod
about a dozen riders and tradesmen. Afterwards
one of the soldiers, a little man, came tip with a
bayonet under his jacket, and asked them to turn
out and fight ; he did not hear the sailors cry soy
thing—they wanted to make prace. A sailor came
up, and offered the soldiers half a pint not to
wrangle. One of the soldiers took hold of • stoup
the sailor had, and said, " Conte away, shipmate."
the soldier went alongside of 1 ' , sod all the rest
followed; witness remained at the head of the close,
and shortly sifter he heard • noise, and one of the
soldiers knocked down a sailor with • stoup. The
sailor rose op and followid the soldiers' into a IMO
house : the rime was irumedietely Ant. and people, '
as if from the inside, called out they were killing
the lad. Does not know the lad. 'I lie crowd then
began to break open the doors and window-shut-
ters; raw do soldiers at this time; witness ran up
the dos"; he stood a little, mod then beand one of
the soldiers cry " Fire !" The crowd ran up the
close, awl said that • lad fell, and afterwards he
was carried up the close. He heard the people call
the lad Morrison ; he was bleeding. Thinks it was
the soldier first mentioned who celled " tire!" Au
old woman then ran und called the guild ; hoard
several shots by th.s time ; thinks they were fired
over the window in the garret ahoy.
Cruss•ezoinined.—Does not think the soldiers
had their belts or bayonets on ; all the soldiers were
" agreeable like," or disposed to snake price when
they went down the close; did not hear the sailors
abuse the soldiers ; but they might have done it,
from the way the soldiers were sperktug when lie
came up.
Joins M'Knight, cloth-merchant, Shaw-street,
Greenock, remembers a riot on the 30th of July,
about twelve o'clock at night ; concurs with the
preceding, witness as to the scuffle, and heard shouts
of murder; pew the guard take away two Illell in
sailors' dress ; heard some person from a window
I say " Who are you ?" In a nisi, in the close, who
'answered be was placed there by authority ; Mime-
iliately after this r musket was discharged frmu the
witlelow, nod the two to the close fell.

Wm. Gowans, grocer, Leiglpstrert, saw • sailor
and a Oil with smile soldiers coming towards Shan-
non's-close. The sailor gave one of the wild/cis a
push, mud the soldier offered to tight. The soldiers
went to the foot of the flighlatabiclose, where there
were a number of sailors. Oats of the soldiers went
forward, and said, by thellirly Ghost, he would
fight any of them. The iritilori gave no abusive
language, and did not secret inclined to fight.
a short time he heard a noise, and upon going to
look, saw two or three soldiers lying at the door
where they lodged. At that time lie heard a man
in sailor's dress say, he could lick the whole of
them. One of the soldiers got Into the house, and
returned with a poker, or other weapon, and drove
back the sailor and crowd. A Sailor, who had a
pair of stoups, struck I on the back of the head,
sand oftrr a scuttle, the sailor was knocked down.
The sailor was carried into a house, and the soldiers
went into their lodgings, when • number of sailors
cattle up sod broke the stoups against the door.
During this time a guts was tired from the window,
and shortly after it sailor, mimed Morrison, was
carried up severely wounded. Saw a gun at the
window. but nut the person who tired it. Ikard
the watchman Simpson desire them tint to fire, and
saw lima immediately fall, in consequence of a shot
from the window.

Julio AleFarlaor, shipmaster, Greenock, swore to
the affray on the street. Saw the whims take their
lire-arose et the higher window. The cr„*.i wide
a rattling at the dour, and one man •ppeared first
at the window, and fired up the deer. A great
annoy shuts were flied, but he did not see any WI.
Saw wily two of them lire; out, he think., fired.
very often. %Vireo any person re hove in sight,"
they asked, 4, who goes there?" from the window,