The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1847-12-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE GLASGOW XHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1847.  GLASGOW CIRCUIT COURT.  The winter Circuit of Justiciary was opened here on Monday forenoon in the Justiciary Hall with the usual formalities. At eleven o'clock the Judges, the Lord ;orrice-Clerk, and Lord Wood, left Carrick's Royal Hotel, George Square, and proceeded in their carriages, attended by the usual escort, consisting of detachments of the Sd Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and the 71st Highlanders, respectively, the procession being swelled by a number of carriages, in which were the Hon. the Lord Provost, Alex. Hastie, Esq. M.P. (Who we. until within the last day or two in attendance upon his duties in Parliament), Bailie David Smith, and others of the Magi Oates, members of Town Connell, ec. The splendid brass band of the 71st played several fine pieces of music on the way to Court, and the line of the procession was, as usual, densely crowded. The op Inlog of the Court we. attended by Sheriff Alison, She. riff Colcinhoun, Sheriff Robertson, and various other functionaries. John Monteomerie Bell, Esq., acted at, A d 'roosts- Depute, and Mr Wyllie as Clerk. The pro. ceedines were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr Jamieeon of St. Paul's. The number of cases for trial at the present circuit is compzratively limited, being I 66 in all, in which sire included 83 prisoners. The great nrijority of the offences are cases of simple theft, and theft by means of housebreaking, with a few assaults and robberies. In the more heinous class there are one case of child murder, one of bigamy, and the case of one George Fay, a shoemaker, charged with culpable and also with cruel and unnatural treat mept ,of bis wife, under.eircumetanoes which, on. their being!,  elated in the public prints at the time of their occur-1 rent)°, produced a strong impression upon thw public` mind. 14! 1.." icljall44 OW OS jury list ,being called, 14 was found -that nal ungestaiit „large .ifor. °Oben, pt , the parties summoner:la hat omit inexcallign., or nortntteefianna ea .the ground-, of indisposition. 71ve, viAnigiere, ahsentwitheat,any real or alleged exense, weitsk Anird; in the, &consumed amount for non-attendancig, li The first case called witildil of Helen Dollen, who pleadid ilty lea charge of theft, , with aggravations, and was iiteneed to seven years'. transport ition. John Clark was convicted of theft, with aggravations, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. . David Hamilton pleaded guilty to breaking into n workshop at Gartcherrie Irou-works„ acid stealing a variety of articles; sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. John Lindsay pleaded guilty to being one of a party who, on the litit August last, assaulted IA rohbed Alexander Fraser in Goosedubs Street, MasgOw. The prisoner's associates were tried for the offence at la-t Circuit, and sentenced to be transported for 10 years— Lindsay having fled from justice. He was now sentenced to 10 years' transportation. James Martin was convicted of theft, with aggravations. and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Helen Cairns, was- oonvicted of theft, with aggravations, and sentenced to seven years' transportati n. Aadrew Clark, convicted of theft, with aggravations, was sentenced to seven years' traneportation.  CHILD )11311DRII, lifjtiit Brown was charged with having, on Ith Septem r last, within or near a plantation on the titan of Chesterhall, in the parish of Wiston and Roberton, Lanarkshire, with a stone or some other instrument, fractured the skull of a female child of which she bad been shortly before delivered, and which died of the injuries thus luilicted. The prisoner pleaded guilty of culpable homicide, which plea was accepted by the Advocate-Depute. Lord Wood, after an impressive addrets, sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life.  Peter Drummond was convicted of theft with aggravations, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Montgomery was convicted of housebreaking and theft at Pat*ley, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Robert Brownfield was convicted of theft by means of houqeltreaking, and also of assault, on 14th September last, in a house in Duke Street, Glasgow, whence he stole a quantity of wearing apparel. acid at the same time assaulted the occupier, James Jamieson, with a knife, to the effusion of his blood. He was sentenced to transportation for 10 years.. . .  Wm. Haswell, aline Samuel Appleton, and Andrew Hannah, were convicted of theft by means of housebreaking, and sentenced to 7 years' transportation. John Crawford was convicted of the same offence, and sentenced to 7 years' transportation. PI,Fa. Reilly and Dugald M'Kellar were convicted of thsltaine offence, and sentenced to 7 years' transporta IA ~ AtiOtart adjourned at half-past 6 till next morning. AI WI .