The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-14 00:00:00

HIGH CO

EDINEURGII,_ JAN.

trial of John Hog, change-keeper, North Leith, a!I !
late carrier between. Edinburgh and Perth, accused
of breaking into the Packet of Abo, a prize vessel, Is.
ing in the wet (lock at Leith, and stealing therefrom
fourteen pieces of printed cotton, and three pieces t,f
plain cotton. The evidence was in substance as fob:
lows :—On the 9th of September last, Hog proposkd
to Lionel Pritty (one of the Custom-house Officers,
who had charge of the above-mentioned vessel) to
join with him in taking some of the goods with whiz!,
she was loaded, and in which, he said, they.' was :
harm, as she was a prize ship. Prittly at tars: .
pressed some hesitation, but afterwards coteette.l.
and on the evening of the 11th, they broke p!, a
hatch, which opened into the hold, that had pa,
ously been padlocked, and from a truss of 0,0(1,
found there took out several bundles of cloth. 'l'

they made up into three parcels • one was e to
a boy of the name of Simons (the ship-keeper) to
procure his connivance, while hog and Pritty kept
the other two. When they came ashore, Witty, in
consequence of a false step, stumbled and dropt one
of the pieces, as'they mimed some Custom-house Of-
ficers, walking on the north side of the wet dock,
and, being after office-hours, the officers seized it,
on suspicion of it. having been stolen or smuggled.
Pritty immediately threw down the other pieces
he was carrying. and ran away, but [tog was laid
hold of, and his bundle, containing sit pieces of cot-
ton cloth, as well as those dropt on the quay, were
taken on board a brig, and examined by the Officers
previous to their being lodged in the Custom-house,
Hog all the time remaining on the quay. Hog was
afterwards carried before the Magistrates of Leith,
where he emitted two declarations, in which he de-
nied all knowledge of the contents of the bundle, and
stated, that he was carrying it fur a sailor who had
left him, and of whom he had no acquaintance.—
Several witnesses were examined in exculpation,
but their oidence was not material. The Jury.were
afterwards addressed on the part of the Crown, by
the SoLicrroa-G EVERAT., and'by Mr. HAGOART,,for
the Prisoner, and the Loan Justice Ct.eak having
summed up the evidence in a very midi(' and impar.
tial manner, they were enclosed, and directed to re-
turn their vl..rdiet this day.—This morning the Court
met at ten o'clock, when the Jury returned their
verdict all in one voice, finding the Panne Gaily.--
The libel having been restricted to an arbitrary pu-
nishment, after a suitable exhortation from•the Loam
itSTiCE CLERK, he was sentenced to 11 years traai
portatiou beyond seas. •

Last night //art, the person in custody. underwent
a long private examination beforiMr. GanttAm, at
the 80%v-street Office, respecting the murder of Mr.
Man and his family. The proceedings have bcca
very properly prevented for the present from obtain-
ing publicity by that very active and intelligent Ma-
gistrate.
THE LATE MettnEns.—The general opinion, that
but one person was concerned in the late diabolical
murders at Retell ffe-Ilighway, ought not to be encou-
raged so mucfi as it is, as it, operates to chill in-
quiry and prevent suspicion. • Mr. 'Thwaites, the
grocer's apprentice, and the boy of the pawnbroker,
near Mr. Mares, saw three men loitering about the
premises the night of the murder. One of them was
a stout man, and wore a Flushing .great coat and a
white chip hat, the other was a middle-sized man, and
1 the third is supposed to have been Williams. It is
idle to suppose that one murderer committed all the
barlvarities, and we have no doubt but that others
were concerned. Those men who were heard con-
versing in the pa3sage of the house, late at night,
where Williams lodged, should undergo a strict iu-
vest igatiou.
The robbery of notes from Mr. Stephen Hobby,
of Folkestone, has been traced to a woman name(
Sarah Court, his maid-servant, and she has ben
committed to Folkestone gaol, with another WOMni4,
named l'it mho-, who rec. ived the property knowing
it to be stolen.
A I)lleurec.tt. CAst.—A young man, of decent
appearance, went to Mary-le-bone watch-house on
Sunday night, and delivered into the hands of the
Constable of the night a watch and appendages, to-
gether with a Bible, which he said had been given to
him by a fellow named Szzan, a servant out of place,
not to disclose that he (Swan) had criminally assault-
ed him. The Constable very properly kept the man
all night, and, on being taken before a Magistrate,
he stated that Swan had assaulted him six several tines
within the last few days, and he at letsgth,commuei•
cated the affair to a coachman.—Officers wore die
' patched in pursuit of the offender.
A cannon-ball took off a man's bead, not far free)
the spit where General the Marquis of Townsiteed
was stationed, and the brains of the deceased 14-0
profusely scattered in all directions. 44 Who coti!d
I have thought it," said Lord Townshend, coolly, " thrt
! a man with such a copious supply of brains, wawa
i ever have enlisted for a soldier it

SRO TCII
MILLER'S Wharf.
Prompt (Davison), Leith
Marquis of iluittley (Martin),
Dundee
Fife Packet (Sinuntirs), Dun-
dee and Perth
Cmainereial (Nishett), Leith
Albion (Jameson), Derrick
Dow%E'a Wharf.
Swift (Stuk). Montrose
Buccieugh (Tod), Leith
Br.dpart"(Wishart), Dundee
yang,WAT AT LOND
11 utiinttes after 2.

?JACKS.
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DGE TIIIS I)1Y.
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MARRIED. ,
On Thursday last, at St. 6.-orp•lL, Ilanover-square. Mr.;
•
C. Morrison, of o%fordlareet, to .Nliis Cox, of Aeon. Berk
On Thursday Ines at Astoa, Mr. Farmer. of Sc.l,lha str,.o.
to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. eh:Week, of Park-hill. Whrui'
shire.
On the 11th inst. at St. Georges, Ilanover.aqalre, Mr. ti. Ifni;
to Alia Mary Anne Lur______2:____,

D1E1). •
On the sth inst. at her house, John-street, Pentonoville, in IV
88th year of leer acer, Sarah Pint, relict of !oho .lo4onn
On the 10th inst. at Bath, Mary, the wife of Iti itliata
Watson, Eq. of Onlwich-bill.
On the 6th inst. Henry /tosser, Esq. Solicitor, of Ilartlen
Ballthogs, Ilolborn.
The same day, at his house, Penton-Arch, Walwortlt, Mr.
Dalka.la the 67111 year of lois age.

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