EXECUTION AT ABERDEEN.-Ye...
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

EXECt'TION -Ar AsEnnEE: --Yesterday (Fri.av, the 27th insant), .41erardr Afrt-tin, alias ,llihwe, was executted here, pursuant to sentente pa5sed upOtU him bv tIlc fligh Court of Justiri, arvy at Eginburgh, on the 14:h of luly la9t. li,scrine wvas that of st6uthriefor masterly thett, as termed in lawv-i e. overpowering or deprlvin$t by force a man of his property. This act was committedl by him to the parish of Ketnray. in this county, upo11 an old man and his daughter, into whose house he had forcibly entered. imnmoe- diately aftcr his convtiott, the utilnappy tntn vas brought here, and has evinced, during his continetnent, the mo8t becoming scnse of his rituation. His penitence hlkA seemingly been very sinicere, while with hbtrriliation andl prayer he has receivedl the pioui admonitions, and listened with dlevout attention to the solemn exhortatiois, of the Rev. AMr. Thom, ardinar' af the prison, Dr. Kidd, anid nther wvorthy rlergrmen by s%-?oini he has been visited. Boro of respectable parents, while a hot at rchool he had suftered an irreparmble loss by the deathi of his father, and destvsing ihb eunsel of his mother, brokesoon from all the restrainst sfte iilposed non htm, in cndeavouring to curl) the vicious disotaition hc then discovered, and to guide him itl the paths of rectitude. His life and character. through a greut variet of incident mnd situation, which he nasdetailed at somne length lb e- e distineuithed by acts of atrocity and violence. And altl3, gh te had ia itierto escaped the venigeance of the Ilv, he was not unknown in thie cri- minsl recoryds of the con utry, having only a short time before been tried at Edinbiurgh on a capital chsrge-thbs nof a graoss assault oil a durnb girl in this neigltboutood, of zwhich he was only acquitted under rsuch peculiar ctrcumstar5es a drew froni one of the J!idges, in expressing his sentiments in the present case, soIIme strong oh- servatioas as to the lesson he eltould then have learned. lie, horw. ev,r, made no confession of this forinr cliarge, bitt readily, on the present occsien, adm)itted his guilt, which bad been fully establhsls. ed by the evidence atiduced Yesten(lar he manifested A great degree of firmnessand resignation to his fate. At 16 miniutes befbre three, the uinfortunate criminial entered the (iotirt.hot,ee, gentecllv dressed in msourning,and accompanied by the Rev. IT.Trhonm, Dr. Kidd,and the R1ev. .Mr.Penn A p 2art ofthe 12d paraphrase was stutig, vwl,e Dr. Kidd having deivered a suitable prayer, the tintbrtinate mail ad. dresaed the Lord Provost on the unthappy causiei wlicb had brought birn to such ignominy ; ainong whiull lie elotpluatically stated timo e :ils resulting tfom his confinemetit in Bridewell , wich he re. presented as productive of effects on the nuinds ot the mtiserablc culprits there confined, widcfp dtftbrent from those intended, and which haA4 in his case added to his guilt. About ten 4tntes past t).ree, he appeared oni the scaffold ; part of thc T:, Psalm was sung, when the Rev. Air. Thlom deliveredi a p" -iyer in his behalf, aftt. whichi the unhappy criminal, in a dis. tinct and audible voice, addressed the poprilate at great length, enlarging particularly on the topics which had greatly engagedi his attention during his confinement-nariely, the cevils attending Sabbath breaking and bad conpatny, and the rsiinous tendency of those (erelictionsof dutyto youth itt particular; above all evhlort. ing parents to enforce the sacred obligations of religion on theirchil- dren, so as especially to avoid those fatal errors front which he had to date all his misfortunes. Having ascended the drop, he, after a short time employed in earnest prayer, gave the fatal signal about 20 minutes before four o'clock, when hewas launched into eternity; he suffered to appearance very much for a short timc, hiH body be. ing greatly convulsed. After hanging the usual titne, the body teas cLt down and delivered to his friends, who had it soonl after convey- ed away in a temporary hearse for interment. He was an atliletic Young man, seemingly about 32 years of age. A large body of spa- cial constables attended to preserve order; but the crowd, which was not very numerous, puietly dispersed, deeply impressed with theaw. ful scene thei had witnessed..- IbikrAP Chronicle. (n Sunday last the house and shop of Mr. Aaams, a re- specblebroker, livingin the LIondon-road, St. George's-fields, as entered by some thieves, arid several bank-notes, about 23 sovereigns, and an old guinea, to the amount of near 401., together with a quan. tity of plate ant other portable articles of a considerable value, stelen thsreln. On r ,nday afternoon, Ir. and Airs. Adamns left their house safc-ly locked, at about three o'clock, having previously secured an iron chest, in wbich was the chief patrt of the above property, asd, contrary to previous customn, left the key in a box in the parlour. At tix they returned, and found sonte difficluty in opetting the street- door tegy, however, succeeded; and ot going in soon discovered that robbers had been there, and that the iron chest lad oeen opened by their own key, so unfortunately left as descc`bed, fit being most difficult to ekfect an opening bv means of any slceLcton key,) attd that the whole of thle contents had been taken, and the roomt completely ransacked of every thing valuable. On examining the street-.oor, It was discovered that false kevy must havc beett used, and there is no doubt but the parties concerned were experienced hands. A few days ago the gaoler of Cupar, File, found con- ceald -betwixt the soles of a pair of shoes, which had been brought for a man named Abrabam A] eharg or iUHa-rg two spring sates, swiLh whichi he might in a short time have eectcca his liberty by cut- ting the iron grating of hig celL