Star.
London, England, 1827-06-12 00:00:00

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARt, ND ntsvaaa.

Wednesday last the Court heard an argument on the
relevant,' of the indictment raised against John Craw,
gamekeeper to the Earl of Home, who is accused of
murder, in so far as he loaded and set, in his Lordship's
plantations at Hirst', a spring gun, by the discharged
which a man lost his life. _ _ _

Mr. Jutaav, for the panel, maintained the innocency
of the practice, which, he contended, had been in use
beyond the memory of man, and this was the first at-
tempt to make it criminal. The.practice tras so ge-
neral, that if the panel was guilty, so must half the No.
bility and Gentry in Scotland: for notices of man traps
and spring guns had appeared, with the knowledge of
all Procurator Fiscal; of the Advocate Deputes travel-
ling the Circuit, and of their Lord:tips also, in thou-
sands of instances. Those who entered enclosures in
opposition to such warnings, had themselves only to
blame if accident occurred.
The Souctiroa-Ganzaer., in reply, argued that this
was a cue which could only be judged of by the broad
principles of right and wrong. In the loading of that
put, did pot the panel contemplate that it was to la.
ore the unfortunate person who should come in con-
tact with it? and, by his doing so, whether for the pro-
tection of property or not, he made himself answerable
for the consequences. Whether the protection of the
property legalised the act ? was another question. The
intention to injure was as much contemplated when the
gun was placed, as if be had deliberately shot a poacher
who had entered the grounds in broaddaplistt. There
might not be any intention, to injure a particular indi-
vidual, but that did not make the act the less illegal;
for it was quite enough that the purpose of death was
in view to infer malicious intent. Upon the whole, be
had no doubt but the act of setting a spring gun in-
ferred a charge of murder, or, at all events, culpable
homicide.

As it was a ease of so much importance, the Judges
delayed delivering their opinions till Monday week.

The late Dr. 13zonowes ascertained that butchers,
*ho live mitre on animal food than any other men, are
rarely, if ever, liable'to the disease of the lungs termed
pulinonary consumption.
Mr. FARQUHAR'S WILL.—•A considerable sensation
has been excited here for some dam by the prevalence
of a rumour that a will of the great Mr. FARQUHAR
(who was supposed to have died intestate) had just been
brought from India, by which he destined his property
to the support of the parochial schoolmasters of Scot-
land. We can no further satisfy the public curiosity,
than by stating what we have heard, namely, that
a will, of the tenour stated, has arrived from India,
where Mr. FARQUHAR left it; that he brought a dupli-
cate of the same to this country; which duplicate he
I cancelled and annulled in the presence of several of his
relatives ; and that the opinion of some of the most emi-
nent Counsel at the English bar has been had, that such
cancelling (as shelving the intent and meaning of else
testator) amounts to a revocation of the deed, snslltl*
copies thereof which may be in existence. Outhis
different opinions are entertained; and the question well
in all probability be determined in the Conn of Paw
cary.—Aborders Journal. • 1
Friday night three convicts, named Roam, Brown,
and Birch, made their escape from the ship Regalia,
while at anchor off Oldhaven. It appears that they
bad contrived to get away from New South Wales, by
concealing themselves in the hold of the ship on a
homeward-bound voyage; and, on the night mention.
ed, having managed to free themselves from the irons
in which they were confined, got overboard, and then
swam ashore.
Some fishermen at Tewkesbury having, a Sunday
evening or two since, caught a fine salmon in the Se-
vern, weighing above 'bibs. determined to detain their
prize in the water until they could find a liberal pur-
chaser : a man was accordion

ley dispatched to Chelien-