The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-30 00:00:00

HIGH COURT *0 F JUSTICIARY.

• ON Monday last, the Court proceeded in , the
trial of Gearge Walker, for horse-steaiing.
It appeared by the evidence led by the Prose-
cutor, that oat the night between the r 3 di and -14tli
of March last, .a gelding ar,ct mare were stolen out
of Henderson's stable at Longcrai7. They Were
missed: .early next morning; ~ii,d'c'Henders'on and.
his son-Went different, roads to 'the Northward 'in
pursuit of them, but without 'success. At the.
same time one Robert WilsOn was employed to go
to the Southward, and, when pilsinc, Si.' Nitliao's
toll—bar; he,heard that a man and a boy,a' with two
horses,. had passed: there "a"bout three o'clock in thi
morning of the. Li.th., Wilson also heard ofthem at
'f orwood and Lahriston tolI-barS, at whiCh last they
had turned. up the hills to the Southward.. ,He
condoned the puisuir, and at Loch-head, near"Carn-
warth, he saw a person who informed him the.man
.on one of the horses lifed at Newhouse. On corn,:
ing to Bridiehb,use, he' called the assistance of Mr.
Williamson, and along with him anethree other,
men, proceeded to 'Newhouse, where the Pannel
dwelt. , This was on the' Sunday morning, and.on
passing the Cariops toll-bar, they were. informed,
Walker' and his son 'had passed there with two
horses on the :preceding night. Oil *their arrival at
Newhouse, Wilson and one ofilie-irien, went to the
stable, where they found Hendersob's herses, and
-Walker, was apprehended,' 'after hewing, hid himself
in a ditch behind his house. He was first carried
to Mr. Williamson's, at Bridgehouse, then to Lin-
ton, where he was examined before a Justice of the
Peace. From Linton he was _sent to Peebles jail,
on the
,road to which he twice attempted to make
his: escape, but was re-taken each time. Wilson
returned to,Longcraig with the stolen horses on the'
Monday.
_ .•

In his defence, the Prisoner endeavoured to ac_
count for his having these horses, by alle(!zing they
were bought from one Thomas Miller, at a house a
little to the Eas.t of Falkirk ; but one of;the xVit-
nesses for the Crown swore, that ~n the, road from
the Pannel's house to Bridgehotise, the Pannel ad-
mitted he had trysted to Meet Miller at a house- be-
tween Falkirk. and Linlithgow, to receive the
horses, which he knew were not honestly come by.
He also endeavoUred to prove, by thr.ce witnesses,
,li.t. —.AS!, .oth r.c 1‘.4-01, Toir4'irben.:

but two of these witnesses did not know the Pan-nel,
and the third, when desired by the Court, pitched
first upon one of the audience, as' the person who
had slept in henhouse. Being desired again to ex_.
amine the Bar,' she at 'last found out the Patine],
who, she said, along with a young bby, lodged with
her-one night iq the beginning of March last.
After the evidence was finished, the Lord'Advo-
cate addressed the Jury for the,CrOwn with much.
ability, as did Mil. Aiou. BELL for the Prisoner.
The Lord Justice Clerk summed. up the evidence'
with hi 3 usual candour and impartiality.. The Jury-
returned' their verdict on Tuesday, unanimously
finding the Prisonet was sentenced to
be hanged at the co/ninon place of execution; on
Wednesday the i6th-of August next. •

EnwlN et). FRY--When this Cause was called
on to be tried 'on the' z9th of June last, the Conn-
sel fpr the Plaintiffs opened their case, most' pro-
bably according to the_ instructions in his'Brief ;
which opening was afterwards detailed in several
of the Newspapers, in a' manner 'that has excited'
a very considerable degree of public attention arid
prejudice ; and induced Several. of the same name as -
the Defendant, to advertise that they were 'rot' the'
persons alluded to in the said Cause. The Defend-
.
ant thinks it necessary thus to artest .the opinion
of the Public,
.by informing them, that a Proe-
cation is carrying on, upon the trial of which he
shall be able to prove, that whole of the
Counsel's statement is, not. only false, but a most
foul and violent attack upon his charader and fe-
putation ; and that. the Aaion was commenced for
the sole purpose of extorting money from him by
way of comproinise; The Public can :have but
-one sentiment on the manifest impropriety, and
injustice- to the Defendant, of so much' of the
Case having been detailed in Court, after Lord
KE-NYON had declared that the charge was of a
criminal .nature, and of course that the Plaintiffs
could not • seek satsfat-tion bylan,Adion at Law in
that Court ; but they cannot forget Mr. ERSKINE'3
most' impressive reply, in which' he assured the
Court that he was in possession of such proofs of.
this being a conspiracy for the destritaion of the
Defendanti as would make the "hairs of .those who
shotild
,hcar .thein stand an end. The' Defend-ant
having removed the Prosecution into 'the Court 'of
King's Bench, by, a Writ of certiorari, the trial
will of course be at Westminger-hall, before Lord.
KENYON and a Special Jury, when the-Case will
have*a fair and'fuil investigation ; until.which tine
the. Defendant has' no doubt'but his Friends and the
Public will suspend their opinion.

A young man of genteel
„appearance has lately
Cominitied a variety of depredations in the neigh-
bourhoods of Twickenham and Turnham preen, by
'going into houses Where the doors were ',eft open.
If any person happened to be in the parlour, he pre_