12/21/2023 0 Comments Itoner left armas if for the purpose of assi'tiig a per- sun in making a descent. thit dogs on that night site had got up frontm ,her bIed, and had heardt footsteps about the yard, but saiu' no person, btut on lioi?kin?i?ablu tilie?t?tise ropes "ere found suspendetl in the chimtney of ili, Led room. pended in the chimney of herLadyship'" hedrto iI a fetw nights previously-on be:ng alirmed I. is it was sub sequenlly-asccrtained, and lie was disrlc ht gedl -in cpnaquence Lady Wylde sent for tlie fesma'e pit s-aner to renmain in the house dotling the n glh, as the as~signed-fimatleservent-wbhowas-also - il- bh,_ house had made a' discovery of some rples tas. It appeared that the female prisoner before her marriage had lived in tie service if Lady Wylde, and was frequently in the habit of attending on her Ladyship occasionally as required On the day o' the ntighi on which tlhe-robbery was committed, Ithe male servant of her Ladyrship becntir in'oxicated in the company of the male prisicu r. John Ridout stood indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Sir John Wylde at Plarramnata, on the 27th January, and taking therefrom sundry articles of plate, &c, and Rebecca Ridout, his wife with being an accessory before, and after the fact. Before His Honor Mr Justice Kinchela and a Civil Jury. The Jury, after a short consultation in the box, found a verdict of Not Guitly. Trhe prosecu:or was a suslicious character, aiind iid iio businaess eant his hut, peeping into 'it, although lie had not seen -him on that occasion, he had reason to keep a strict watch upon him. The prisoner said that lie freqlently had very valuable property in his but, belonging to his master and other gen tlemnen, to repair, being a watclhmaker and jeweller, and bad received Itle gun from his master, for theIt -purphaeoLprotectinghimself. The prosecu'or was spoken of by the these gentlemen as the worst and nost dishonest titan on the estate. At the mention of this qulhtfication the prisoner's vanity became highly excited.' and he vociferated that he was considered the best alsot in Ireland before he left it. McAlister and Mr Lithgow spoke in high terms as to the conduct of die prisoner-he was a -quiet harmless man, and one of the cleverest hIandi crafts in the colony in numerous met hanlic:d pro fessions, anti the bests shot Mr M'Allister had ever seen. Tihe prisoner denied any in'ention to shoot the prosecutor, as he did not know lie wasat the win dow. pri-oner subsequently concealed by I sailistg battens thereon Two witnesses were rall eld to prove the fact of the prisoner liaving firel the I piece, which was loaded, in the direction of thl, prosecutor. having heard a noise as of several per sons talking-in thie but of the prisoner, who is alio I an rvant to the same gentleman, and being curious as to the cause of it, he went to the I but, and looked through a crevice in the window I ashutter, when the prisoner who was in the inside with a gun in his hand, presented it at hIlit and fied, which broke the window shutter i. It appeared that the prose cutor, wh is an assigned servant to William Lith gow Esq. Miichael Owens stood indicted for shooting with in'ent to kilt William M'Kew, at Goulburn Plains, on the 20th March. The prisoner was spoken of as a quiet, ineffen sire nan, and shewed the Court that lie was a t cripple in one of his arms, and not a man likely to assault a man like the deceased. but wrent into his but deceased however laid in tambuslh for him, and ats lsion as hie made his appearance struck him and knocked him down, when prisoner eose he seize) a heavy bludgeon and struck deceased a blow w tih it which caused his death. It appeared tinh deceased was a powerful and very qu ,rrelsonte anln,antd had struck the ptisone.-in_ the first ins'ance, who was not disposed to contnue tliegi-srrael. James Pearson stood indicted for the wilful mur der of William Sneyd, by striking him on the head with a stick. Before the Chief Justice and a Military Jury. Jury retired for about half an houur and returned a verdict of G0 ily. It -'hej.o?st were satiaited that the deceased had died from the itnjuris in?ct"din-iii by the Tlri?nerrit - smnun ed to murder, of whit I they woald fit d him guilty" The. Sasvge fercity acraely slrpisrtd l rwat his - ra' motive was remained a mtysaery to the ('our.
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