The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-31 00:00:00

tOMBAY SES3IO,ITS.

I Bombay, May re.,
On Saturday last, the Quarterly Sessions ofOyete
and Terntiuer, and Gaol delivery, cocemeoe.ed bee
fere Sir James • Mackintosh, .lint. and his Associ-.
ates, R. Steuart, Meyor, S. :Beaufort, and J. .Leckie,
Esqrs. -Aldermen. • • 2 •
The Hoeourable the Recorder shortly addressed
the Grand Jery, arrd stated, that cluiing the six
years he had been in India, it had been his singular
happiness never once to have had Occasion to per-
form the terrible duties of -his situation,' which re-
quire the sacrifice of human life ; but, he feared,
from the appearance of the present Calendar, con-
taining. four murders, that this privilege was on the.
eve of being': brought 4o a• conclusion ; ;rod thate it
would be necessary for him to whew his regard . for
human life in the exercise of other feelings than
those of lenity.
In the course of the SessionS,•which cominenced
on-the 12th, end terminated on the tech, the fol-
lowing arraignments and trials too place.
Vaclean, a• matre-ssof artillery, in the ser-
vice of the Hon.. Comp , any on this Establishment,
was iodtcled for the murder ef Patrick Cuteolly,
another mairose, on the Bth.July, near the fort of
. •
ft appeared in evidence, that on the evening.of
the day en which the tort of Media had been so gal-
lantly taken by
,stortn, the prisotier and -the deceas-
ed'ha.l quarrelied and fought thet' the deceased,
being the stroriger'neue'dte he two, had got the bet;
ter of the 1,6• .o• ; that the prisoner; after the schfille
was ever, led 'gage to tee guard-roeie, vilfich
the ant Apo., a hundred yards, had taken a blayonet
I tenice, which he concealed under snore gait of his
had returned to the piece. where Cottolly
.vvae, and engaging it) a second scuffle with Cunelly,,
gave ;him rite mortal wound with the bayonet, of
which he • died. He waifound but. being
recommended toemercy by the Jury, was sentenc-
ed to be trensporte.defor seven years to'New. South
. •
• , .
Janies ilkerne,- a matross of artillery. in the same
service, was indicted for the wilful murder of Dour,
ma..Gooned, te• Hindoo, and police sepoy, on the
f 7th March -last. •
The prisoner had been on. guard at the bazar
gate of Et-Autrey on that day ; on his 'return to his
quarters, he had unfortunately got .intoxicatecteetrie
on the .road he met With •the horse-keeper of ian
Officer, carrying liis
.master's• sword, which.- lie
wrested from him. He proceeded on his. way, till •
he came near the chokee where the deceased was
sitting, when, without any provocatiore having been
given he assautted thel sepoy,, and struck him se-
veral blows with elle sword, one of which inflicted
a wound of great length and depth on - the skull,
'which entered the-brain, and wasethe cause of his
death. •
The prisoner, who had been followed all along
by the horse-keeper, was atter this traced by -him •
into a Pelee liquor-shop, where, with the assist-
ance of two Hindoos, the sword was forcibly 'taken
from him. The prisoner escaped, but he .was the
- next morning recognized, on -.parade by. the horse-
- keeper and the Hindoos, and accordingly 'taken in
to custody. He attempted, to. prove an. alibi in;
defence; but he was found •Guiit:9, .and the Hon.
the Recorder passed sentence of death upon him in
nearly the following ternis,e— .
" fumes you have been•convicted of.ae
murder, in many of its circumstances, of a, highly
aggravated nature. The man, whom y Ole murder-
ed was unoffeeding, and incapable of resistance.'
As far as in you lay you dishonoured the names of,
a soldier and a Briton, both which honourable.
• names ought to have reminded you, that you were
sent into this country to protect, not to destroy
'the lives of its innocent inhabitanle. You niust
• not deceive yourself so far as to imagine that theses
names are trove any recommendation. to -the lenity
of this Court. There may be countries So unhappy,
as, in the.administration of justice, to prefer their
Countrymen to strangers. The Courts of your coun-
try have for ages been pure from the suspicion
• of such abomination's, and we dare- not wish the.
prevalence of them among our worst enemies• as
a punishmt nt of their . offer-K:64: That you are a
eßritish soldier—that the murdered man is a defence-
less native of India, unknown to us even by name—,
are the circumstances-which- call for all the severity
of justice. We can discover no circumstance of
Mitigation :in your case which can be mentioned
here, without appearing to sanction principles in
the utmost degree perilous .to society. The state
of •your mind when you committed this dreadful act
may be an available plea before the Tributial that
,will judge the heart, but it cannot be here recog-
nized by us, who judge outward affions with a view
only to the safely of men and the peace of the cum-
inanity, It remains therefore that I advise you to
employ the short remainder of your life in hutuble
efforts to purity your heart from those disorderly
and malignant passions which have brought you to
an untimely cod, and thuS qualifying youreelflor
that happiness which The benevolence of God will
assuredly bestow on all creatures who are capable
of enjoying it."e---Tlee Recorder then pronouiiced-
tlie 'usual sentence of death, to. be executed on Mon-
day, the est Ir of May.
Joseph' Badger, a matross of artillery, was in-
' dieted for burglary,' with intent. to steal,' in the
dwelling-house of Rustomjee Jamserjee, at-Broach,
on she Bth December e but as it appeared on the
evidence that the building in which ,the prisoner
was detected was distinCt_from the dwelling-house,
and was used for the purpose of distilling and illa-
nufaaturing toddy, the Court deemed it. not to be
part of the dwelling-house, and the prisoner was
accordingly acquitted.' •
Vannzatly IVlunscram, Cushall Jewan, and Vci-
kurrarn Dullah, Hindods, were niche-led for a burg-
lary in the house of one SewdasS Samdas's,‘ and steal-
ing therefrom joyes and other property.
They were found Guilty of the larceny only,
and severally sentenced to be imprisoned in the
common gaol of Bombay for the term of three ca-
lendar years.
Govind Mutlary, indicted for a burglary and- rob-
bery in the dwelling-house of Gonsalvez:de Men/.

ished by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South Molton.
.he Paper, Letters for the ticligar tic. (post-paia), mus

FO,.111(1 Guiity of 016 roh,btry tints,and s-etter'c"
to transportation to hinge of 'lVales's Islans t°`

Ilairpoo-Domother, and Pizelie, a Hindoo
were inditled for recewing.siolen.goorir, the to"'
eipal not being arnenable,Found.Guitty„on4l6lli
teneed to three years imprisonment in the, fir,o'
Bombay.
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