The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-16 00:00:00

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Q. What is her chara,6ler ?-7A. (5! Sir; she
.has a most excellent .character ; she' had once a
child, but I never heard any thing against her cha.
ratter.
' Q. Do you knOW a Captain Dickie ?-7,A. Yes.
Q. Where is he now fleTives in Derry.
Q. In what-part of Derrydoes. he live in ?
A. 0! Sir, I'm sure I cannot well say, Sir—but
. I believe its in the gaol.
Q. So you believe he lives in the gaol of Derry.
'Did you ever tear that he kept Mary-Reid ?--
A. 01 me;' Sir ! No, Sir, I. never.-heard that he
kept 'Mary Reid:, lie's an honest mon, and deals
in Soft goods.
''cow.i.r.i—So it would appear that he deals in soft
Val, anti other goOds too.; and probably ,Mary
Reid also, deals in soft goo.ls.
Mary that- you're say Sir ?,
perhaps meet you, though it -should L.:, in seven
years hence. • '
Corms.---0 ! I'm. sorry 'that any thing I have
said should ruffle the temper of so accomplished a
lady. . •
The next Witnes was Mrs. Black,. who stated,
that Mn. Allen brought the Note to her, for, to,get'
change ; but having heard there was a forgery on.
theßenfrewshire Bank, she suspected it, and shewed
I it to Mr. Pinkerton, who knew it to be forged. He.
*kept the' Note, and went to Mr. Gillies. Mrs.
Allen was detained until she was examined.
Mr. Pinkerton said, that upon, rfeceivirjg -the
Note fr.,to Mrs. Black, he suspetted it to be a for.',
gety, ,ind immediately went to Mr. Gillies, who-
came Mrs. Brack's chop, and upon Mrs. Allen
who she grit'' it from, they went along
• with George Brktotai; who is a Magistrate,
and appreheded the.. Prisoner, upon whom they
'found two other Notes. ne said he got them Irons'
a hor,,e.j ckes:, on the road, and gave ,Irish. Notes.
fir rhn mu. tie gave various accounts how he came:
by them, atld of the road they hail travelled. The
Note now !thew' to him he knOwr to he the same
he got from Mrs. Black, for he had put his name
upon it. .
Mr, Gillies stated how Mr. Pinkerton called. on
hint with 'thr N ice, and that he went with him to
Mri. 811-12'5 shop, arid from thence along with Mr..
George Bristow to the house where M'K.eegan was.
They met him at the door, and.he hesitated before
he would 'acknowledge him3elf to be the man. 'A
woman in the house was pointed out to be his wife,
but it afterward, appeared it was another woman
who leally was his wife. -Mr. BrittOw asked if he
had any Scots' Notes Ile said he had one ; but
uporrsearching him two, were found. One of them,
he said, had lain in his pocket for two years, and
he h,,a not known of it till- the day before. tie
said he got the N,)tes from a ,man on the road, to
whorri he g4ve. Notes for them, and got dis.
count,'-
Mr; Napier, of the Renfrewshire Bank, proved
the signatures in the Notes to be forged.'
Here the examination of the Witneases closed.
The Judge tileri addressed the Jury. -I-Ic ob.
:served, that the Prisoner M'Keegan stood indieti
For uttering a forged: Note of -the RenfrewsAre
Bank. -In this case there were -two things tor the
Jury to attrod to, viz, first, that it -be proved the
Prisoner knew that the Note was a 1,)r;;( ry; and
secondly, that he uttered it with a frau,lulent in.
tention.
His Lordship, then went over the whole evidence
minutely, and strewed its different bearingc, both
for and'against thc
.Prisoner, in a very able and
candid manner. He concluded by ohierving, that
when, the life of a Prisoner is :it issue, if there k
any tinulits in the minds of the Puy, he' ought to
have the benefit of it ; and in the present ease,,there
certainly may be such a doubt. in the mind of, any
reasonaho,! in,o, at least it tpiet operate so as to
'10,10,.:!, A jury to acquit. bun of the capital charge. •
1,1,y were then enclosed, and soon returned
w; ,1 acquittit.ig the Prisoner Of the first
00,,iivghitn guilty upon the second.—
lis used to two years ikrisonment.