Glasgow Courier. — 1848-01-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.  The Court met on Friday, at ten o'clock—the judges present being Lords Mackenzie, Medwyn, and Moncreiff. Lord Mackenzie, president.. •  • William Campbell, lately postmaster, or deputy-poetmaster, it Stranraer, in the county of Wigton, pleaded guilty to stealing a Bank of England note for ten pounds, and two for five pounds sterling each, from a post letter, addressed "Mr. John M'lurick, Low Clendrie, via Stranraer," on the Otis or 13th of August, 1847. Mr. Neaves, on the part of the prisoner, read various certificates of good character from ministers of all denominations in the parish, justices of the peace, and Sir Andrew Agnew. Sentence, two years' imprisonment. Ann Collier or Corbie was convicted of having stolen two sheets from a green behind a house in Lothian Street, on the 17th November, aggravated by previous conviction. Sentence, ten years' transportation. Joke Afidd?e4on was convicted of having stolen a pocket-book, containing a number of valuable papers, from the perso4pf James Cooper, residing in Tranent, within the shop of Maodonald Brothers, stationers, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh, on the 10th Nov., 1847, aggravated by being habit and repute a thief, and previously. convicted of theft. Sentence, eighteen months' imprisonment. William Beneridge' William Vickers, Alexander Victors, George Vickers, and RanuagViekers,all coal-miners, were charged with unlawfully entering Aikendean Wood, belonging to the Earl of Rosebery, on the night between the 18th and 19th Oct., in pursuit of game, armed witlaa gun organs and bludgeons. They were further charged with assaulting Arch. White, gamekeepaito-ROliertttiin:- des, Esq. of A.rniston; Robert Hume, gamekeeper to the Earl of Dalhousie; John Falconer, assistant-gamekeeper to R. B. Wardlaw Ramsay, Esq., of Whitehill; and William Liddell, gamekeeper to the Ear! of Rosebery. The prisoners were further charged with wounding White to the effusion of blood and danger of his life, and with tiring at Flume to the effusion of blood and serious Injury of his person. All the prisoners pleaded guilty to trespassing In pursuit of game; William Vickers pleaded guilty to assaulting White, whereby he was hurt, but not to the danger of his life; and Alexander Vickers to having discharged the gun at Hume, thereby wounding him, but not to the serious injury of his person. Mr. Crawford, advocate, had no hesitation in accepting these pleas. Lord Momesizry, addressing the prisoners, said—with respect to the three prisoners who had confessed themselves panty of trespassing in pursuit of game, he would propose that they be sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonmvut. As for the two others who had pleaded guilty to the assault of White and Hume, be proposed that each be sentenced to seven years' transportation. He hoped that the sentence whioh he proposed would have the effect of deterring others from such outrages. Lords MEDAYN and MACHENaIa ooncurred. At this juncture, an individual of respectable appearance rose In the body of the Court and begged to ask their Lordships why the Post-office authorities had .Was to give him back the money which was extracted from the letter referred to in the case of the Postmaster of Stranraer. It was his property, he had wrought hard for it, and it was a pity that he should lose it by no blame of his. Their Lordships then sent for Mr. Bowie, solicitor, to the Postoffice, who stated that the notes referred to had been changed in Glasgow, and luformation of the theft having been sent to the Bank of England, their circulation was stopped—they were cancelled and sent to the Public Prosecutor la Edinburgh, to make use of against the guilty party. On learning this, the gentleman asked their Lordships if he was entirely to lose his money? Lord Mackenzie replied that he thought it could not be recovered. They had no control in the matter. The gentleman withdrew, appareutly much disappointed at the opinion expressed by the bench. Isabella Barron was charged with concealment of pregnancy and child-murder. Evidence was led for the prosecution, but not having been sufficiently powerful to establish the charge of childmurder against the prisoner, it was subregmmtly departed from by the counsel for the Crown. The presiding judge then summed up, and tbejury having retired for a short time, returned with a verdict  finding the prisoner guilty of concealment of pregnancy, but not of child-murder. The prisoner was then sentenced to one year's imprison ment. James Myles, residing at A borne thy, Perthshire, pleaded guilty to forgery and perjury. The prisoner was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.—The Court then adjourned. - _  131.11711