The Stirling Peerage, Trial of A.humphrys or Alexander, Styling Himself Earl of Stirling for Forgery, 29th April, 1839, Ed. by W.turnbull / Alexander Alexander

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. Tuesday, April 3, 1839. The Court Met At Ten O'clock. PRESENT. Lords Meadowbank, M'kenzie, Moncheiff, Medwyn. Counsel for the Crown, -- Andrew Rutherfurd, Esq. Solicitor General; Cosmo Innes, Robert Handyside, and Archibald Davidson, Esquires, Advocates Depute; David Cleghorn, Esq. W. S. Agent. Counsel for the PanneL -- Patrick Robertson, and Adam Anderson, Esqs. ; Agent absent. The pannel took his place at the bar, accompanied by Ephraim Lockhart, Esq. W. S. his agent in the civil actions. After the usual forms had been gone through, Lord Meadowbank thus addressed the pannel: -- Alexander Hum- phrys or Alexander, calling yourself the Earl of Stirling, you have been served with a copy of the libel, charging you with the crime of forgery, and of fabricating certain documents, knowing them to be forged. Are you guilty or not guilty of this offence ? PanneL -- Not guilty, my Lord. TKe defence of the prisoner was then read, which denied that he had the slightest ground to suspect that the documents were forged or fabricated, and set forth that he had produced them under legal advice. It stated that he was not in a condition to go to trial, as one of his counsel and his agent had gone to Paris to prepare evidence for his defence, -- that he was unable to furnish any list of witnesses, and moved the Court for delay, after determining upon the relevancy of the indictment, and that additional defences would be lodged in due time. Mr Patrick Robertson. -- My Lords, I have now to move the Court to delay the trial. There is no objection to the relevancy on the part of the pr...
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