Glasgow Courier. — 1853-07-23 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

HIGH COURV OF JUSTICIARY. THITHEDAT, JOLT 21. THE OLLINFOW NEW VENNEL 110$111111.  The Court met to-day in Edinburgh for the trial of this ease. Present—Thb Lord-Justice General, Lord Cockburn, and Lord Anderson. The Coart Room ivas very lunch crowded during the proceedings. The indictment, slightly abridged, is as follows : Hans Smith Macfarlane, Helen Blackwood, Mary Hamilton, and Ann Marshall or Young, now or lately prisoners in the prison of Glasgow, you are indicted and accused, at the instance of James Moncreiff, Esquire, her Majesty's Advocate for her Majesty's Intend: That albeit, by the laws of this and of every other well. governed realm, murder is a crime of an heinous nature, and severely punishable: Yet true it is and of verity, that you, the said Hans Smith'Macfarlane, Helen Blackwood, Mary Hamilton, and Ann Marshall or Young, are all and each, or one or more of you, guilty of the said Moe, actors or actor, or art and part; In so far as, one 11bk day of June, 18.53, within or near the house or &preen* in Croyley's land, in New Veinal, Glasgow, deo or in. cently before occupied by you the said Hans Sullialt farlane and you the said Helen Blackwood, orb, Fr other of you, you the said Hans Smith Blackwood, Mary Hamilton, and Ann 15tr:tilitIr did all end each, or one or more of you, wielkadity"l feloniously administer to, or cause to be takei now deceased Alexander Boyd, ship-carpentatrthast or lately before residing with David Curl, ehip.esspeeter, then and now or lately residing in Finalists* Lane, Glasgow a quantity of whisky or other lotottleating liquor, mixed with snuff or other_ deleterious ' to the prosecutor unknown, ar or more of you, then and there attack and assault the said with a chamber-pot or some I tor unknown, strike him one about ate head or other part was knocked down, and his person' came in violent .  sabilisoee  wickedly  head  window and opened it. After the window wan opened, Blackwood took one of the legs of the man, Macfarlane the other, and Marshall the head, and they threrw him over. The woman Hamilton looked on. Blackwood then tethered up the pieces of the pot, and threw them over the window. Macfarlane then went out, followed by Hamilton. (Witneaa then gave the same esidenee as his brother as to the conduct of Marshall when in the house.) The man was stripped of everything but his drawers and his stockings when he was thnimin over. I did not see him stripped Marshall then ran at, and Blackwood went after her, but before she did no, she went to the clothes and 'riped' them of the money that was in them. Did not hear anything about stripping him off his clothes. Hamilton had her back to me and her face to the man. I did not hear the man fail. The police came to the door and burst it open. The other man was sleeping while all this took place. I saw no blood in the house.  By the CoraT—The man lay on the stone two or three minutes before he was thrown out of the window. _ .  Jane Leitch was the next witness--I know the prisoners at the bar by sight. Macfarlane, Blackwood, and Hamilton lived in the same house, but I cannot say about Marshall. I was in company with Mary finnan in the New Veunel between Saturday and Sunday, the 11th and 12th of June. I saw a man, that was afterwards killed, In company with Hamilton, Blackwood, and Macfarlane. Blackwood and Hamilton were along with him. Hamilton had bold of him by the arm, and Macfarlane was following them. The nian was a little drunk. He had on moleskin trousers, dark jacket, and black cap. They west up stairs to Macfarlane's house. I heard Blackwood say to Hamilton and HamilMary follOw  Hamilton, Kellart  good  ' it is a  ehaneei ' we