The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-30 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
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Mr. Serjeant ARABIN understood there were other
heavy charges against the prisoner. He roust a°
his duty towards the public, and should therefore
sentence the prisoner to fourteen years' transportation.
William Wright was indicted for stealing 211)!*
of tobacco, value 7s. and a hag, value 6d., from h's
employers, Messrs. Fish and Collins, St. John-street,
Smithfield.
The prisoner was watched from the premise °I
the prosecutors on the morning of the 22d of
and taken with the tobacco in his breeches pocket.'
Verdict—" Guilty."
William Ryland was then indicted for receive
ll
351bs. of tobaccO stolen from the same firm. .td.-
man had been discovered by the officer, who watcu7
the last prisoner to have waited for him (Wright'
and was consequently taken at the same time.
Mr. Collins identified the tobacco, from its be'r'a
manufactured by a peculiar process.
Mr. PRENDERGAST submitted for the
that the indictment was informal, it having state'
that the prisoner had received the stolen tobacc°
" from a certain evil disposed person ;" whereas ",
should have been " from some evil disposed per
;" °,
unknown if his name were not known, or state

it if known.
The. RECORDER, however, overruled this 013:lee;
tion, and charged the Jury, who returned a verilic
of " Guilty."
The Learned JvDGE then ordered Wright to tie
again placed at the bar, in order to receive sentence'
with Ryland, of fourteen years' transportation.
Samuel Beard was indicted for killing John
Co"'PCrow, in a pugilistic contest, at Old Oak o,°/:
and Patrick (alias Paddy) Flinn, Michael ClOrla`l
and Alexander Reid, (all pugilists), were included
in the same indictment, for aiding and abetting in
the said fight.
Reid and Moyle (the wrestler) had acted 11,5
seconds to Crow, and Flinn and Curtain had second
ed Beard. The combatants, Beard and Crow, were
journeymen tailors, and after a quarrel at a house f
call, the deceased repeatedly challenged Beard, Wll°
finally agreed to fight for a purse of 201., which wa.
chiefly collected among the knights of the bodkl
The trial was fixed to come on this morning, it,
the prisoners were all brought into Court, 01'; ,
they remained during the disposal of several trifiTs'
cases. The case seemed to have excited great :°;
terest, the Court was crowded, and a great initeve
of respectably attired females present. The I°,,e:
were placed at the bar, and severally pleaded “I`°
Guilty."
Moyle, the other second of Crow, had not surely.
dered.
[The case had not advanced farther when °e
went to press.]

STATUTES OF THE BURGH OF ELGIN, 1

(From the Elgin Courier.)
The following paragraphs are extracted fo)111
the Burgh Records of Elgin, and are dated lit:
the year 1669. As they serve to throw muic,
light on the manners and customs of our worth
predecessors, and as we are convinced our readers,
will feel highly gratified on perusing them, 11:e
shall occasionally make further extracts from
same source.

the

[The Original is noted on the back " Statutes of :h
Burgh of Elgin, 29th Oct. 1669, read in presence of
Magistrats at the Croce with tucke of Drum. Nov'
1671, the Statuts read this day.]
all
Forasmeikle as the Prowest,
Counsell of this Burgh of Elgin, haveing (2°111:,
veined within the ordinar Counsell bolls of t—
satnyn, for establishing of good ordour and re'
veising of the Statuts and Ordinances that are t°
be observed within the samyn, this zeir follow'
ing, have ratified and approven, and be thir pre'
scuts ratifies and approves all the acts, lawes,
and Statuts mad be them and their predieesser
in tyme bygone. Speciallie that no Inhabit°to
within this burgh presume to misreguaird,
tense, or leightlie any Magistrat or Councellar
of the said burgh, either in word, deid, or beha-,
viour. But that they respect them with all re'
verance and kvndnes as appertins. And in oaice
any Indweller within this burgh presume to do
in the coutrair, the frieman shall lose leis free'
dome, and shall be unlawed and fyned 11 b'i
goods at the discretione of the Counsel' of this
Burgh. And the unfrieman shall be fyned I'l
manner forsd. and his person warded at the Al'
gistrates pleasur toties quoties.
Item. That no Inhabitant within this hogi;
deny their assistance to the Magistrats
Officers in executing of their office, and speeiall'et
in executing of Chairges of Captione. rh
they assist the Officers in poynding and COil'
prysing of such goods and gels as shall be Ili
lifted be them be vertew of decreets P ronounefeik'"
be the Prowest and Bailzies of this Burgh.
persone under the paine of Ten ponds too'
qitoties.
ci
Sicklyk the sds. Prowest, Bailzies, an
Counsell ratifies and approves the statuts
the
ordinances mad be them and registrate in third
borrow Court books upon the twentie
day of December the zeir of God theittv
and Twenty sex (1626) zeirs whairof t
tenor follows. It is statut and ordained ths
no tacks nor bargains made be any of the
Elty'n
proprietary of the borrow roods of ---01
conto.n tacks of
Crofts their of Griship and
the samyn, als welll holdP' 111 burgage
7l'
as in fewe of the Prowest. and nailzies of the s
burgh To and in fawors of qt. somever persoil
or persons either in wadset for mauling or other"
wayes shall
prejudge and binder the sds. provesdt
and hailzies, their thesaurers or officers to pop
and distrenzie the sds. lands, laborors, or pos.;
or toward their persons if need
net
sessers yrof,
for the Griship, mails, and few-duties, taxatioes'
contributiones, and tither public buildings (ill
somever, that shall hapin to be rest ani avvo
firth of the sds. lands or imposed yrupon or and
pairt of the saymn, alsweill for all zeirs and tern 3
bygone preceiding the said tacks and bar'
gams ; And in tyme coming als long as thel
shall bruik and possess the samyn and ordain:
the said act to have the full strength of any
statut and law of this burgh in all tyme conlilTa
Item. That the poynt of the best aill be 9°l
for twell pennies, and the best beir for the sa'!)
pryce be the browsters within the Burgh. rile
who lies aill and beir and will not sell the sal.le's
at the pryce forsd. shal pay five punds, Wtflor
quoties, and that the best aquae vitae be sold
sextein shillings the poynt, under the lyk PaYll,4l
Item. That the loaff of the best wheat bre-d
of full quantitie be sold for twell pennies, 3.ltlie
that the loaff of best oat bread of full quanti.il,
be sold for sex penneis ; •and this statut for :tli,
beir, and bread to indur ay and whyll the 1l he
trats of this burgh upon the alteration of A
pryces of victuell take occasion also to alter aye
chaing the sds. pryces under the payne of ia,i
punds, and that none tak more for the sd. bre
under the paine of confiscations toties quoties•for
Item. That the peck of the best oats el
horse be sold for sex shilling eight penneis, Tea
that non be sold but with ane sufficient Eel la
measure, and also that the pryce of strsW 3,1,10
• stable fie for twenty four hours ext,:id not t.,,5
• shillings, under the paine of five punds totic
quotics.

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