The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-17 00:00:00

The Proseeutoi stated that he was passing through
Parker's-lane, Drury-lane, between twelve and "e
n'eloelc, on the night of the 26:h of Sept. when he
wag met' by • the Prisoners, neither of who:n
to his. knowledge he had ever seen before ; they
had a little conversation about the night, the Ik'ea-
ther, &c. which was rainy. This confab took up
about two minutes, when the Prisoner Browt -pin
up a handkerehiefto his face, as it. would 'appear,
he said, with an intention of wiping it. At, this
tithe they had got very near the end of Parker's.
lane. While the friendly handkerchief was holding
Up- io his face, Brewster snatched his 'watch-from
his fob, and ran off with it. The Prisoners ran
different ways : the Prosecutor followed Brewster ;
,he cried, '' stop thief," and so alarmed the :Guar.,
dians of the Night, that one of them stopped him.
Brewster was conveyed to. the Watch-house, and
searched, but ineffeaualiy—=no watch was to be
found. While they .were conveying Brewster to.
the depot of noaurnal depredators, the Prisoner
Brown followed them, and aEtually went into•the
watch-house; • the Prosecutor immediately charged
him as an accomplice. The Prosecutor acknow.
'Aged he had been drinking that night, but averred
that he was by no means the worse for liquor. He
was pAtive of the persons of the two Prisoners.,
Cornelius Buckley, the, Watchman, who' stopped
Brewster as the Prosecutor was pursuing him, cor-,.
roborated the latter part of his account, and stated,
that the search for the watch was ineftllEtual. The
Prosecutor came forward again, and stated his con-
, vietion that Brewster had given Brown the watch,
who had secured it before he returned to join his
companion.
Brewster in his .defence protested his innocence
of the charge, and Brown put it to the Court if it
were likely that he should go to a watch-house if
he was conscious of having committed such an
,of.
fence.

White the Jury were deliberating upon the case,
the Watchman, Buckley, requested permission
mention a circumstance. Since the transaetion took
place,- he said, the Prosecutor, who certainly a
peated to be the worse for what he had drank that
night.,•came to him- and expressed his doubts as, to
the correctness of what he had laid to the charge of
the Prisoners, adding, that he.had been rather stupid
and flurried when the affdir'hatipened.
This seemed to determihe the Jury ; both the Pri-
soners were—Acp;tted.

EDINBURGH, JAW. 12.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.

TUESDAY Caine on before this Court, the trial of
Herdman, boatman, in the service of the
Customs, Leith, 'accused of murder, or culpable ho.
mic;de, by striking Peter Geyler, midshipman, on
the Impress ServiCe at Leith, on the head with a
bludgeon or stick, nn the evening of the t zth of
November last., .which occasioned his death in three
days thereafter.
1 he Pannel pled Not Guilty.
No objeetion was made to 'the relevancy of the.
libel by the Pannel's Counsel; and the LORD AD.
VOCATE restri&ed the charge to culpable homicide
only, as he did not think he could make out the
crime of Murder, against the Panne]. The usual
InterlOcUtor was' titen pronounced, restriding the
libel to an,arbitrary punishment, and remitting the
case to aJury, ivhich was' then.chosen.
The first Witness called was Mrs. Calderwood,
wife of John- Calderwood, meal-dealer in Leith,
who said, that she' remembers her husband being
pressed on Saturday the izth November, and was
taken to the rendezvous, where she went,,but at.
terwards returned to lock her shop door; and went
to Coming's, where her husband then was, who
had been liberated. Mr. Geyler came in, and. said
he would have"her husband yet, and used him very
badly. Or. the Witness remonstrating with Geyler
he struck her ; on which the Pannel, -who then came
in., said it was a shame to use a woman ill. Herd.'
man put out Geyler, and locked the door—The
Witness was also locked out, hut afterwards ad..:
mitted into Coming's, wheti'the Pannel went, away,
and she did not see him again that night—Herd-
man was sober, but Geyler was mortal drunk that
night.
John Calderwood said, he never was at sea, but.
was pressed from his own door on the 12:h No.
vember, and carried to the rendezvous, but was
relieved in a short time—He then went to Corn-
ing's, where Geyler came, and insisted on taking
the Witness again to the rendezvous-„His wife
interfered with Geyler rot using him badly, When
Geyler struck her. Herdman, who was present,
interfered, arid said it was shameful to strike a
woman, and at last put out Geyler, who continued
for some time . swearing at .the back of .the door.
About an hour after, the Witness left Cuming's by
a back door.—Herdman was sober, but does not
think Geyler was so.
John -Beatson, midshipman, on the Impress at
Leith, remembers Calderwood being itnpressed, but
was not present when, any .scufik happened. After:
Geyler was put out of ginning's, he said to the
Witnest,, "1/--n that wooden-legged b--r,
do for him,. for inteirupting me
.on my duty."
Herdinan almost immediately came out, when Gey.
ler repeated his words, and,struck Herdman on the.
head with a stick he had in his hand. The Pannel
took the Witness as evidence of his being struck,
nod said
,he would haVe satisfaaion. The quarrel
continued between Geyler and him along the shore,
when Mr. Waddell opened his window, and asked
" what was th.e matter ?" Herdman said he had
abused by Geyler, an would have satisfadion.
Waddell advised him to let the matter rest that
night, and have recourse to the Civil Law. Herd.
marl went back -to 'Calderwood's, and the Witness
saw Mrs. Calder wood home, and Herdman went
baCk to Coming's with a stick in his hand.
James Thomson, one of the press.gang; said he
saw Geyler strike the Pannel With a stick, and
Herdmars took him a witness.

George Alexander, another of the press-gang, said,
about ,eleven-.o'clock he saw Herdman, and spoke
to him. Shortly after Geyler came out of the house,
when kierdman struck,him on the head, and knocked