The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

SCOT L4ND.

• -HIGH COURTOF jUsTICIARYI
-tately:ocirne on• the trial o' (La/ter ftedputh, gra.
cer in Ford, Pithead, accused of the in'tirde, OF An«
drew Kekihnie, orz.M`Ketnie, sbnemaker, Ford, Pdt.
had, by sh6o.ing him with a tnusket, on the to•ii
day of August..

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The prisonerpleaded not guilty to the charge;
.ind his Counsel seated in jefence, that the gun went •
off. by aceideht, without any malice or pre%
tention to kill on tote. part of the pa':nel. No ''ob.
jeclion hinii,g been stated to. the rele‘ancy, the NA
lowing witnesses were •examihed on the part of the
Crown :
William, Tait, portioner, at Pinhead, deposed,
thartheprisonel' and re deceas,d had both occu-
pied property belonging to him, in Ford, for nearly
two years:and a Halt preceding the ch,alli of M‘Kech.
nie. A short time ago, by the consent of the de•
ceased, witness laid off a road through part of his
garden, by whiCh the pannel would have access to
a stable with a cat t and horse, an advantage which -
lirdid not formerly possess. At an angle of this;
road, there is n small piece of 'ground, upon which
the deceased had-etecied a sow-house, but without
asking .witness's consent to do so. On the Thursday
previous to the unfortunate accident, the deceased
came to witness's house, and complained that tt,e
pannel had thrown down the sow-house ; he was
at this ti Me much in liquor, and in a great passion,
in consequet•ce cf which, witness desired hint to go
home, observing at the same time, that be woTild
come down next morning and settle matters
tweenthem. This, however, he vt as prevented-ft-on)
doing, by necessary business; and, on. Fridq'
ing, when‘ he came I 4ime, he heard of what I,gd
happened. Ott being- examined by 'the planers
Counsel, this w itness stated, that he considered him
on all occasions to be
_a p,eaceable,'quiet,'sobes, and
industrious man ; while he knew the deceased to
be very apt to get intoiicated, and while so was
very quarrelsome. It was tie gene%l 'opinion also
amobg the inhabitants of the place, that he was a
very troublesome titan.

George StenhOuse, labourer at Ford, wag on the.
top of a bay-stack adjoining to the pannel and &-
ceased's garden's on the forenoon of the day on
Which the latter was shot, and could
.distinctly see
alt-that' passed. Saw r the deceased throw up a: trench
on the road by which the pannel had daily access
to
Inc stable,/wiiich completely shut it up. • In the
terniion the :patinel's boy, leading a horse, ',with a
cart toil of grass, came up to the sp,,t ; but as he
could not get through, he give notice to Ins fat her,
who came out, and, while attempting
.16 nude.
toad passable, the deceased made los,,ippfrarance,
and struck him either
,on the' arm or shoulders', v.'ett
a pretty large slick. On this The pannel lifted a
stone from the grOuhd, to throw at -him, which,
however, he did not do he then lifted an6tlmr, tint
tAis he also thew down, without aiming at the dg-
'ceased. He ttteu went down to his•own hose by
the trout door, and almost immediately af,er'cnie
out at the back one, with a musk,ft in his
which he held,presented, breast high, tow ,i-d 4 whek-e
the deceased stood. This i.vAs in his own yardoviiich
is separated, by a railing about three ;'e-t-lygh, from
a road at, the back of the houses, leading to tt-ltere
the trench was thrown up. On arriiiig opposi e to
where. the deceased stood, he sirtick at the mu•liet
in ihe panners hand, to beat it but whetter
his hand or with a suck, wiweSS was not cer-
tain, when it immediately went ort`, and ittP.K.echnie
fell down dead. Witness then observed the wife of
the deceased, who was crying out that her husband
was killed, on which he, came to the spot, N% ht.re
he saw the body lying, and observed the pannel de-
liberaCely throwing down' the obstruction which the
deceased had reared op.
Several other witnesses, were examined; afer
which the Jury returned a verdict, finding the pan-
nel ViltY of Culpable HornicAle, when sentence of
transportation for lite-was passed.

On Sattirday eienng, as Sir W. Drummond ant)
Lord Aberdeen were returning in a post-coach from
Brighton to Sir Willia,o's house in Harley-treet,
trunk, containing two gold stars, and some Orders
of Merit, from the two Sicilies and Malta, and other
articles of value, was cut from behind the carriage,
lutormation was given generally at Marlboroki.,h-
street Police Office, ankHamilton found the trunk,
unopened,- in a house in• Oxford-street. It tortied.
out_ that a thief had been seen to cut away the trunk,
in Oxford-street, and 'three persons who were pass-
ing him, noticed his condwt; be escaped, and the.
trunk NV:IS lodged in the house in question.
At Dover serious apprehension 4 arc entertained
that each more of the Cliff Will fall. About-nine
on Monday morning another fall took plzicr, cl“.e
to where the last fell, over Snargate-street ; but the
last tall has fortunately done but littl6 damage; .as tt
consisted principally of loose earth from the top.—
The Cliff has absorbed so much wet, - that scarcely it
day passes • without a .falL There have been seven
between Dover and Folkstone7—one coveni!d Seven-
acres of, 'ground. Parts of the Low Cliffs
given way, 'and fallen into the sea between Folk-
stone and Sandgate.

Such has been the great d mand for the 'prepare.l
Stramonium Herb, that Mr. FISHER'S Treatise oa
the Prevervion and Cure of Asthma, Wheezing, aio
Winter, and Consumptive Cough, and on the 1.),0
of the Strattioniuni, has gone through three editions
in the short period of one month. In the List edi-
tion the following respecfable teaimony apriars :
London, Dec. 22, iSio.
Sir WILLIAM ALTHAM is desirous to. intorm Mr.
FISHEE, that by the advice of his Physician, be !his
had recourse to the prepared Strainonium, tor a very
digressing Asthmatic Coug4r, which, during the
Winter,season, always pri)i,ed extrewely
He has the pleasure to say, that by the use of the I,re-
pared Stramonium, as directed by Mr: Fist( n, he has
been so entirely free froM anyaffecpon of the longs,
as to'experience no inconvenien,ce even from foggy
weather.. 1 •
The StratnoniUm Herb and Oxymel prepared
(both for smoaking or taking) by the directions of
Surgeon FISHER, may be obtaineo of Mt. Hair's,
corner of St. Paul's Church-yard; Messrs. Foster
Parliament-street; Butts, 14, B,:rners•
street, Oxford-road; and Shepperd, Bristol.