Glasgow Courier. — 1853-05-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CHILD MURDER. Margaret M'Geichan was next placed at the bar, charged with the crime of child murder, in gofer as,on the 3d day of Feb. last, in a house in St. Andrew a Square, she having given birth to a female child, did, immediately after the birth of said child, attack and assault it, and compress its throat, and strike its head forcibly against some bard substaiict, by which the child was mortally injured, and soon thereafter died. The prisoner was also accused of the concealment of birth. When interrogated she pled guilty to the concealment of pregnancy, which plea was accepted by the public prosecutor, and she was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Mary Dunn and Elizabeth Taylor or Dunn or Mackay were charged with the crime of theft, in no far as, on the 14th of February last, they did steal from the house of Lett Metsenburgh, for merchant, Stock well Street, £lO5 In notes, two gold watches, 60 gold studs, soda considerable quantity of jewellery and other article.. Mary Dunn pled guilty, and wa• sentenced to seven years' transportation. The diet was deserted against Taylor. Laurence M'Geoch, John Bi ady, James Parker, and Sarah Bush or Brady, were accused of theft by housebreaking, in so far as, on the morning of the 27th of December last, they entered the premises of Messrs J. & D. Ritchie, provision merchants, King Street, and did steal 99th.. of butter, &c.; farther, on the 22d of January they did break into the premises of William Yuille, tobacco manufacturer, Dyer I.ane, and did steal 116 lba. of tobacco. Parker and the female prisoner were also charged with the reset of the nrticles. Parker was outlawed for non-appearance, AFGeoch pled guilty, and was sentenced to seven rears' transportation. The diet against the Brady. we. 'deserted, but they were committed on a new warrant. William Beattie, a young boy, was found guilty of the theft of n silver-plated candlestick from the shop of Peter M'Ci Bock, Bridgegate Street, aggravated by previous convictions, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Patrick Conlan, labourer, Idichael Meehan, boatman, Bartholomew Fairly, labourer, Edward Cochran, boatman, and Philip Brady, labourer, were accused of theft and reset, in so far as, on the 10th of March last, when in New Snedelsen Street, Paieley, they attacked and assaulted Alen. M'Donell, master of the smack Britannia of Portaferry. In the county of Down' Ireland, and threw him to the ground, and threatened to take his life if he resisted, and took from him, by violence, the mon of 1 £4 in silver money. Farther, on the night of the 10th, or morning of the 11th March, panel* were accused of stealing from the smack Britannia aforesaid, then lying at Sneddon Quay, in the Cart, a silver watch, three shirts, and a number of articles of wearing apparel, &e. The panels pled not guilty. After the hearing of evidence, tile jury returned a verdict of guilty of robbery against Conlan, and of theft against the other panels, with the exception of Meehan, the charge against whom was found not proven. Colder; Won sentenced to be transported for fourteen years, and Fairly, Cochran, and Brady to be transported for seven years. Meehan was dismissed. Thomas Ewing, William Connal, James Wyllie, and Samuel were charged with having, on the 22d January last, itt Wellmeadow Street, Paisley, attacked and asoaulted Joseph Campbell, quarrier, cut his left hand in attempting to force • knife from him, and by force or violence take from his pockets a watch and chain, a pair of spectacles, a snuff-box, and Berne copper money. This case oecupied from about half-past two o'clock in the afternoon till half-past eleven o'clock at night. The panels were defended by Mr. M'Neil and Mr. Brown, advocates, and a number of witnesses were examined in exculpation. The jury gave in a verdict by a majority of not guilty, and the panels were dismissed simpliciler from the ler.