The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-19 00:00:00

not appear to be sorry► for what he had done the_
Prisoner gave the Witness the key of the hanlcuffs
to take them off 'the deceased. The Prisoner said,
after Jamie was. dead, he surely knew where the
deserter was. They went to Ramsay's and knocked
at the door, hut could not get admittance; after
looking about some time for the deserter, they re.
turned to their quarters ; the Prisoner on the road
home said he had a good mind to go away, but the
Witness advised him to stay. The night was very
dark. On leaving Glasgow they got four cartridges
each.

Cross.eKamined.—The Prisoner had been very I
kind to. the deCeased on the road, who got his break.:
fast with them. On applying to the billet-master
for nets, one Waslot to the deceased likewise.
James Bird, Private in the Stirlingshire Militia,
said—ln Oftober last he came. to Bathgate guarbling
a deserter, along with the Prisoner-. and William
Brownlee ; they were accompanied by the deceased ;
Brownlee and Witness were billetted together ; in
the night-time the Corpotal awaked them, and said
the deserter had escaped. They all went into the
street, the deceased lacing hand,ctiffzti ; went first
up the town and returned down again.. Heard the
Prisoner-say, if the deceased would not tell where
the deserter was he would shoot him, but they did
not think he was serious, the Prisoner always saying
it was only to teas. him ; the Prisoner was walking
close by the-deceased, rather before him, when he
said this; Brownlee and Witness ,rather forward,
abouceight'yards. Saw the Prisoner_ load his piece
as they were going down the street, and then shoulder
his piece; they were going =slowly ilown street
when he heard the shot go off; he had not his eye on
the Prisoner at this time; 'he turned round and saw
the deceasediall ; andthe Prisoner was in the aft of
shOdldering .his musquet. Witness' said, " You
have 'done for him now !" he answered, " I have
done for him now ;" he appeared to be' a little
sorry. The Prisoner and Brownlee took the hand-
cuffs off the deceased. Tice Prisoner said nothing
of his piece having gone off by accident ; they went
down street together, leaving the .deceased lying ;
when the Prisoner said he had some thoughts of go.-
ing, but the Witness advised him against it. The
Prisoner was drunk, but he thinks he was sensible
what he was doing.) When they went home to
quarters, MuFray',s people asked where the deceased
was ? the Witness said,'" he was out by there growl-,
ing like a bear with a sore head," being unwilling
to say he was killed, fir fear of the consequences.
In the billet master's they had-two half-mutchkins
among five, and in Ramsay's they had three half-
mutchkins of whisky among six people.
Robert Smith and - Clark, Surgeons in
Bathgate, said they were sent by the Sheriff to in.
sped the tinily of the deceased, the situation of
which they described, his head being almost blown
to pieces.

Bailie Wardrope, and John Wardrope, Writer in
Bathgate, were present when the Panne' emitted
his declaration before the Sheriff, which they iden-
tified.

The reading of the Pannel's declaration, in which
he denied having seen the deceased from the time he
left Ramsay's house till he saw him lying dead,
finishedthe evidence for the Prosecution.

The Counsel for the Prisoner stated, that he was
in possession of letters from many respedable Officers
under whom the Pannel had served, giving him the
best of charaaers for honesty and, humanity, which
should be left for the insPeEtion of the Jury.
Andrew LaWrence, Innkeeper in 'Airdrie, a wit.
ness ness in exculpation, said, in last Odober a party
with a deserter stopt at his house ; the deceased,
who accompanied them, had struck hs wife, and on
Witness going into the room to resent it, he was
hindered by the corporal, who told him he had not
his senses.

The Jury were charged on the part of the Prose-
cution
_by
.the LORP ADVOCATE, and on that of
the Prisoner by WILLIAM ERsKINTS,, Esq. Advo,
cate ; and the -evidence was summed up in a very
• impartial manner by
,Lord CRAIG, the presiding
judge. 'The Jury were inclosed, and returned their
verdid, finding, by a plurality of voices, the .Pannel
guilty of Culpable Homicide.

At Hereford Quarter Sessions, an Appeal came on
to be tried, wherein Dr. Napleton, Master of St. ,
Catharine's Hospital, at Ledbury, in that .County,
was Appellarit,?and the Church-wardens and Over-
seers of the same place were 'Respondents, against
the payment of a poor's rate made upon him, as occu.
pier of certain premises belonging to such-Hospital,
which it was contended were formerly part of the
possession's Of the Bishop of Hereford, and„had never
been assessed, and besides were extra-parochial.—
After a hearing of eight hours, in which a great
deal of evidence, was produced on the part of the
Respondents, a number of cases cited,-and great abi..-
lities displayed by the COunsel on both sides, the
Court waa pleased to decide in favour of the Re-.
spondents, by confirming the rate.
At the Quarter Sessions for the County of Somer-
set, at Wells, on Thursday, :Hugh Martin, who
commanded .one of the barges belonging to Mr. H.
GuY; of Chippenham, was convicted of stealing a
,quantity of coals out of his master's barge, on the
Somerset Coal Canal, The Court taking into con-.
sideration the great mischief and frequency of this
offence, as well as the facility of, committing it,
Would hive sentenced the Prisoner to transportation,
and declared-their intention of infliding.that punish-
inent" on the next offender of this description ; but
on account of Martin's age, they sentenced him only
to three months imprisonment in the cells ofShepton-
Mallet Bridewell, and to be twice severely
.whipped.