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London, England, 1817-09-12 00:00:00

him with the till ; he was Ten- ;cher pad regular.
—John Davidson. carpenter. Ked Lion-square, Lon-
don, knows dle prisoner, and Mel John Kerr, wright,
who wrought with the prisoner. That in April, 1813,
Kerr sailed kr 111:• East Indies I loinws Lis father,
who resides in Stenhouse. in the parish of Libbe:tons
knows th a thlr prisoner was in Newgate for tome
, time ; has wrought whit the prisor.er, ar.d thought
him an honest man.

John Kerr, wriAht in &en?). s 'id he had a son
who worked for a might in LoN.iln. and afterwards
went to India, (*ilr years psa,t in blarch j.sst ; that
he has heard that his s al is since dead.

William Sutton, shipwright, anther:tithe, said le
had a s m that went to India ir. 1813, in the 2)evo►;-
shire ; he received a letter from Lic son, saying 1* had
seen Kerr ia the island of Ceylon, in January, 1814,
an.! he has heard that both his son aad Kerr are since
dead, and were buried in one grave.
Charles ]Jess, lately a tide-waiter, Greenock, said,
he has a- tide waiter there in February, 1816, and
recollects the Custom-house being broke into in that
month; that he was on duty with Murray Stewart
in a brig in Greenock harbour, and left the ship about
ten o'clock at night, the same night the Custom-
house was broke; that be went to see William Milne,
who los!'ged it Henderson's, where he met with Alex-
ander M'Niver and Thomas 11..nderson, and Mar.
ray Stewart, also came there; that the prisoner, wit-
ness, :.nd Hendersuit, felt Milne's lodgings about mar
in the morning, and bearing music iii ►he M ison I hill
atterepted to get in there, but were refused, and he
then left Stewart, who he supoosed went hove; knew
Stewart since lie came to Greenock, who was re.
spected among his neighbours.
Thomas Henderson, late tide-waiter, Greenack,
corroborated the deposition of the preceding witness.
Knew MiNtver, who hers since left the comity y. Thai
the prisoner was strictly 11011nm...tile, :red he w,s
much esteemed by his companions ; seldom went to
the Customhouse but to receive his salary, and does
not k►►ow where the money is kept.
Margaret Musgrove was next called, but Mr. Jer•-
Fusv objected to 1-cr—first, on account of her bad
character, and secondly, that she bad been tampered
with by those concerned in this prosecution.
After bearing the Lord Anvocam in reply, the
witness was called into Court. Said she was in a nar-
row lane at the back of the Custom-house at half-
past twelve o'clock on the night it was broke; that
she met a man in the lane, whosaij he wondered she
was there, as it was a stolen), night, and she said it
was from necessity; that the man went away, and
came back again, saying, " are you there yet, Mar-
garet ;" gave her a shilling, and bade her go away,
in doing which she tell over a ladder that was lying
across the lane ; knows Murray Stewart, and
thought perhaps it was him who *pole to her, but
thinks it hard to say, after such a length of time;
never knew the Custom-Souse went so far bract- till
within these three months; the ladder war standing
against the wall of the Custom-house, and she went
straight through the lane between the Custom.
house and the Bank ; knew Murray Stewart by
sight, but never spoke to him ; that night it was very
dark, accompanied with a storm of sleet and SileW,
so that the could hardly notice any thing ; abut
three months ago she heard that several officers of
the Customs had been displaced ; she said she was
sorry for it, as she could have told about the ladder
and the man that gave her the shilling, and they
would not have lost their places ; Murray Stewart
was in prison when she told this ; had got a little
liquor that night ; the man when he came back the
second time arc you there yet, Margaret i"
it was then she thought it was Murray Stewart, when
she got the shilling, for which she thanked him.
Mrs. M'Kirdy said, she keeps a lodging-house in
Greenock, and knows the prisoner; who lodged there
on the night the Custom-house was broke into ; that
witness knew the prisoner was on duty that night, and
could not know when he came in, as he had a pass-
key. One White lived in the !muse at the time, but
he was now abroad, and Stewart slept along with
him; the prisoner was very regular and sober, and
paid witness once a month ; she trusted lint s.ith
the key of her house, and has offered hint money it
he 'tended it ; this was about twelve months before
the robbery.
The Loan ADVOCATE here closed his examination
for the prosecution, and Mr. JEFFREY debited calling
any evidence for the prisoner, although he had
rill in attendance.
The Jury were addressed by the Lotto Arno Tare
for the Crown, and by Mr. Jxi'FREY for the prisoner.
The LORD JUSTICE CLARK summed up tire whole
in a short speech, and the Jury, without leaving the
box, returned an unanimous verdict, finding the hbel
Net PrOtYlt. The prisoner was immediately diallibAd
from the Bar.

LIMERICK, SEPTEMBER s.—This snorning, ab,lta
two o'clock. a gang of fellows, seven in number,
broke into the hay yard of DENIS LYONS, EST 01
Courtbrack, in the South Liberties of this City, and
having discovered a ladder standing against a rich of
hay, they placed it under the window of Miss I.voNs's
bed-room, and four of them, by thi. means, suc-
ceeded in getting in—from thence they proceeded tG
the bed.roums of Mr. JAMES and Mr. DeNts I.voNs,
the latter of whom, on hearing a noist, immediately
jumped out of bed, and was instantly knocked down
by a blow on the head with along horse pistol—whcn
down, one of the fellows stood on his hands, whiie
the remainder proceeded to watch the room, alter.
nately breathing the most horrid threats and impre-
cations. Mr. LYONS, finding that resistance would
be vain, entreated of them to spare his life and the
lives of his' family, and he would give them w:
money was in the house, his pocket-book, his watch,
they keys of every part of the house, and two large
silver cups ; but they rejectvd this offer, and vehe-
mently swore, that " nowir.g wculd satisfy them but
blood or money." After an inffectual search, they
became much exasperated, and beat the uttli.ippy
Gentleman about the head in the most dreadful man-
ner, and then retired, leaving him weltering in blood,
which flowed profusely from the wounds. RttUrn-
ing to Miss LYONS'S room, they commeaced scarce
here also, and found a small basket. in which was
about res in silver, received a few dip before,
and descended from the window in the same nin-
ner. • They took nothing from the house but the
money. When they fellowsAvere gone, it wax it
necessary to send for a surgeon, who dressed the
wound, which are deep, though not daezeroL.s.