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A particular Account of the Trial and Sentences of all the prisoners who have stood their trials at the present Circuit Court, which commenced at Glasgow, on Wednesday 26th April, 1820. This day, the Circuit Court was opened here, by the it well down previous to going to church. The window Hon. Lords Gillies and Succoth. looked into the stables of James Hannah ; it bad not been Matthew Orr and David Jardine, accused of theft? lifted up, but forced in, and his chest which stood under Jardine was outlawed, and Orr plead not guilty, and was the window was broken open, and four pound notes and dismissed from the bar. one guinea note a silver watch, and several neckcloths Robert Wylie and Agnes Richardson or Findlater, the and handkerchiefs, carried away. There was about 100l. former of theft, and the latter for reset?Wylie sentenced below his clothes, which had not been noticed by the to be transported for seven years, and Richard- theives. The neighbours and witness suspected M'Guire. son re-committed en a new warraot. who lived opposite, and was often in his house, and John Sinclair, accused of theft and being habit and re- wrought in the stables fronting the back window in ques- pute a thief; plead not guilty ; he was dismissed from the tion. Witness went to Park's lodgings, as the neighbours bar. told him that he and M'Guire had been seen together some Francis Quin alias Queen, accused of housebreaking time before, but he was not within. He then went to the and theft; the diet was deserted. Police Office, and got two officers to go in search of the Daniel Craig, Thomas Brown, James Drans; and John suspected persons. Wilson, accused of housebreaking and theft; Craig plead guilty, and sentenced to 14 years' transportation ; Brown, Donald Cameron, criminal officer, recollects of Highet Deans, and Witsen was outlawed for not appearing. giving information on a Sunday that his house had been Thomas Hunter, accused of housebeaking and theft, broken into, and expressing his suspicion that two lads of pled not guilty; he was found guilty, and sentenced to 14 the names of M'Guire. and Park were. guilty, and wished years' transportation. a search.to be made for them ; after some time spent in John Halliday, accused of assaulting and slabbing Jas . looking for them, M'Guire was at length discovered walk- Fitzgerald, (one of the City O'fficers,) in the belly with a ing with a woman in Bridgegate ; he was searched on the large hnife, on the 8'h of Sept. last, .in the Saltmarlret- street, and sent to the Police Office; they then went along Street, was brought to the bar; he pleaded Not Guilty. with M'Guire's aunt to her house, where they saw Park After examining several witnesses, the Jury, without and Hanton, who confessed that they had broken into retling, found the prisoner Guilty, and was Sentenced Highet's house. to seven years transportation. John Boyle and James Daily, accused of breaking into Donald Frazer corroborated the evidence of Cameron, she house of Mr. John Black, merchant, in, Jamaica Street, Hanton called him aside in M'Guire's aunt's ; told him on the 7th Sept 1819, and stealing two dozen of cambric that the watch was in the house, and that Park was as neckcloths, and several other articles. Boyle pleaded guilty as himself; witness asked him where the pocket- Guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen years transporta. book was with the latae sum of money, but of this Hau- tion. " Daily was outlawed for not appearing. ton denied all,knoweldge. James Miller, Robert Aitken, Samuel M'Kny, and Ro- bert.Sinclair, accused of stealing 19 guineas, from the Janet M'Lachlan lives near Highet's, and her testimony Townhead Victualling Society, Paisley. Miller was out- went to prove that all the prisoners were seen about the lawed for not appearing, and the others dismissed from premises at the very time when the crime was committed the bar. Park and Hanton came out of the entry leading to Highet's John M'Kelvie, William M'Aulay, and Arthur Higgins, bach window ; M'Guire was sitting on a stone opposite accused of assaulting, beating and wounding James Mac- the entrance, apparently on the look out. They all went Adam, and Helen Baxter, his wife, on the 17th Novem. away about the same time, ber last. Higgins was outlawed for not appearing, and the others were found guilty. Sentence delayed. John Morrison, St. Enoch's Wynd, hnows highet, and John Armstrong or Robertson, acoused of breaking in- recollects of his house brine robbed He was standins at In the workshop of Wm. Chapman wright, High-street, his own close-mouth ahout 7 o'clock on that evening and was found Guilty, and was sentenced to transportation saw Parh parting with Mr. Hannah's son. Parh and a for life. man dressed in the garb of a sailor went into the yard John Earl, for assaulting Robert Tillery, with Intent to leading to Highet's back window, and in a short time he rob, was like wise sentenced to seven years transportation, heard some money falling, of which he told M'Guire, The prisoner on being tahen away, exclaimed in a loud while sitting on a stone, who called him a d?d liar, voice, that " he had not got justice at his trial." Witness immediately after went to the head of the Wynd, Joseph Park, John M'Guire, ostler, and George Hau- where he remained for some time, and saw M'Guire and ton, accused of breaking into the house of Robert Highet, the sailor coming forward, followed by Path. Fruzer the spirit-dealer, St. Enoch's Wynd, on the. 3J October last, officer, came the same night and raised him out of his bed. and stealing therefrom some bank-notes, a silver watch, He was present at the apprehension of the sailor and Parh and various other articles. Hanton was outlawed, and in a house in Saltmarket. After he heard of the house- Park and M'Guire pleaded Not Guilty. breaking he suspected Parh and the sailor had committed Robert Higher recollects of his shop being broken into the crime, and that M'Guire was stationed an a watch. on a Sunday evening in September last, bet ween 6 and The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri- 8 o'clock, while he was at church ; when he retuned the soners. They were sentenced to be executed at Glasgow landlord of his hose was knocking at the window, and on the 31st day of May next. told him he wanted some beer, and enquired how he came to leave the, window open, when he told him he had nailed Printed for John Muir.
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1820 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.73(007)
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