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TRIALS And Sentences. An account of the Trials and Sen- tences of 37 persons before the Circuit Court at Glasgow, five of whom, Edward M'Gaffer,Francis Cain. Geo. Laidlaw, D. Wylie, and Wm. Johnston, are to be Executed on the 29th October, and'12th November, 1823. Glasgow, September 22, 1823.?This day the Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened by the Lords Justice Clerk and Hermand, and after the usual ceremonies had been gone over, the following persons were put on trial: Edward M'Caffer, Peter M'Queen, & Francis Cain, accused of assaulting and robbing James Maxwell, coppersmith, of a gold watch with a gold chain and two gold seals, a purse con- taining eight pound notes, some silver, and his hat, on the 9th of July last, pleaded No Guilty. The prisoners were found Guilty, and M'Gaffer and Cain were sentenced to be Executed at Glasgow on the 29th of October next, but re- commended to mercy. The libel was restricsed as to M'Queen, and he was sentenced to be transported for life. George Laidlaw and George Spittal or Spittel, charged with breaking into the chop of Moss Solomon and Moss Hadkin, jewellers, Nelson Street, Glasgow, on the 30th of March last, by means of false keys, and carrying off' ten gold watches, about fifty silver watches, about two hundred gold seals, six dozen gold keys, about sixty gold rings, forty pairs of gold ear-rings, one gold neck-chain, ang a great variety of other jewellery articles, to the value of L.600 The prison- ers were found guilty, Laidlaw was sentenced to be Execut- ed at Glasgow, on the 29th of October next, and Spittal having pled Guilty, was sentenced to he transported for life. David Wylie and William Johnston, for breaking into the house of James Herbert Rodgers, Esq. Gordon-street, and stealing a great variety of wearing appnrel, and other articles to the value of about L.200 Sterling ; and D. Dunsmore, Ann Hunter or Dunsmore, John Toy, and James Ferguson, with resetting the articles stolen. Wylie and Johnston were found guilty of the robhery, and sentenced to be Hanged on the 12th of November next. Dunsmore and wife 14 years transportation. Toy 18 months hard labour in Bridewell, and Ferguson outlawed. W. White, .J. Paisley, Margaret Paisley, Letitia Philips, and Mara Sinclair, theft; Paisley and his wife, 14 years transportation;. and the rest 18 months in bridewell. W. Boyd, H. Wilson, and H. Marshall, theft, and J Buchanan, and Janet .Gardner, for reset; the !he two former 14, and the two latter 7 years transportation, Wilson dismised, P. Sinclair, A. Brown, and K. Young, robbery, Sinclair transportation for life, and the rest dismissed. To be Transported for 14 years.-J. Reilly, for housebreak- ing and theft in Lochwinnoch ; John Shaw, flesher, front Greenock, for violently abusing his wife; James Redpath plane-maker culpable homicide ; A. M'Kay. P. M'Conichie J. Robertson, Wm. Walker, and A. Nicholson, tenters, for pouring oil of vitriol on Wm.. Kyle ; J. Low, J. M'Dora .d, and J. M'Manus, theft; Wm. Montgomery, theft in Green- ock. Mary Horn, for the murder of Janet M'Laren a deaf and dumb woman, by striking her on the head with a large ham- mer, in a fit of jealousy, on the 2d of August last, was found guilty, but not with a malicious intent. To be sent to Edin- burgh to receive sentence. William M'Garvie, from Paisley, assault; sentenced,to be whipped through Paisley on the 9th of October next, and thereafter to be transported for fourteen years.
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1823 shelfmark: Ry.III.a.2(47)
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