Glasgow Courier. — 1845-07-31 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LORD JUITICS-CLEHR, after consulting with the other Judges, addressed the prisoner. The Court considered his ease as one without the slightest shadow of palliation, and therefore they had resolved to pronounce a sentence of • kind to which the statute pointes via, transportation for seven years. The case of anny Sherri." from Glasgow, accused of theft from lookfast places, was postponed in consequence of the absence of a material witness on the part of the Crown. Robert Taylor, from Stirling, WAS found guilty of several acts of theft by housebreaking, aggravated by previous conviction of theft, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Joseph Mills and Charles Dougherty were next placed at the bar, charged with murder, culpable homicide, and assault, in so far as on the 234 Feb. last, the said Charles Dougherty attacked Thomas Scott, labourer, In a house In John Street, of Bridgeton, Glasgow, and struck him severe blows on the face, to the effusion of his blood, and for assaulting at the same time a woman, namo Jane Campbell. A third charge accused the prisoner Mills with attacking the said Thomas Scott, on the same occasion, while he was endeavouring to escape from the prisoners by a window, and with striking him OD the face and removing his hands from the sill of the window, so as to cause him to fall a height of twenty-two feet, by all of which the said Thomas Scott received a concussion of the spine and other severe injuries, which caused his death on the 224 April following. Both prisoners pleaded not guilty, and the case went to trial; but after the eiMmination of a few witnesses, it was given up by the Crown counsel, and a verdict of not guilty returned by the The Court then adjourned till to-morrow.  Famar, ruLy 26. Benjamin Sutherland pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a silver basin and a pair of silver sugar-tongs, on 10th June last, and a silver watch and appendages on the 13th of the same month, land previous conviction. Sentence—ten years' transportation. ' David Waft, Thomas Smith, and David Armstrong, were accused of assaulting Alexander Watt, Edinburgh, on the Gilmerton road, near Moredun, on 14th May last, and robbing him of £l3 7s. Panels pleaded not guilty, and evidence was led, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence—ten years' transportation.. John Forbes was then charged with two several acts of theft, by, breaking into the lockfast cabins of the sloop Elizabeth St lea. belle, of Largo, on 22d Feb., anti previous conviction. Panel pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation, Daniel M'Ou*al and Henry Haig were charged with the thel of a time-piece and two watch-keys, at Crosshill, Stirlingshire, on 14th April last, aggravated by habit and repute and previous con.; viction ; and Mary Haig was charged with receiving and resetti4 Abe same, and previous conviction. Panels having pleaded nof guilty, evidence was adduced, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty as libelled against IPC•unigal and Mary Haig' and guilty art and part against Henry Haig. 111`Gunigal and Henry:al were sentenced each to seven years' transportation, and Haig to twelve months' imprisonment. George Hazel, Alezander Hazel, and William Hunter, were lie: cused of stealing a number of articles of wearing apparel, by means of housebreaking, from Forkingford Cottage, parish of Libberton, on the 26th of June last, aggravated by previous conviction. George Hazel pleaded not guilty, Alexander Hazel guilty of reset, and William Hunter, guilty. Evidence having been led agains4 George Hazel, he was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years., transportation; Alexander Hazel to twelve months' imprisonment; and William Hunter eighteen months' imprisonment. Frederick Scott, Charged with breaking into the spinning-milla at Prestonhohn, parish of Cockpen, and with stealing various articles of machinery, aggravated by previous conviction, was sea. Canoed to ten years' transportation. The Court then adjourned.