THE SCOT ABROAD.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3148, 21 March 1879, Page 1

THE SCOT ABROAD.

! i The Ne* York) World pf the 2fcd>H November hat the fc»i>#iDf ttttibf f«H police cases:— ' ;_

" Mary and Katie? ;Blaokboi3>»EHi*o Scotch girls, were until 11th employed as cook.and cbambermaid-hy— Margretta Weatherhead, of No. 17 Weit Twenty-iixth street. /Mrs Weatherhead missed a pair of Iyslethread atoekingi and relret trimming, worth together four dollars. Detectire Price ~ found .the goods in the possession of the. girls. Yesterday they were put upon .their trial in General Sessions. The ~ evidence weak, and they denied the charge. Judge Sutherland directed the jury to acquit Katie. 4 During >i*f'«r. perience on this bench,' said he after the jury had retired, 'these are the first Scotch persons that hare been tried be* fore me.' Judge Sutherland is one of Scotch descent himself. He was reminded H that a Scotch sailor was one before him. ' Oh, yes,' said he, 1' I remember that ease. =" He was accused of some crime, but I was satisfied that he was innocent, and discharged him. I believe that these girls are innocent, too, but Xthink they are a little * bit cracked.' , The jury couldn'^^grefr andy: Judge Sutherland, charged^ .them over again. 'If one is guilty toe other is,' one of the jury remarked.-, '-Not necessarily,' said, the Judge.' 'If Mary stole the stockinga,' another of the jury put ii« ' Katie knew of it.' l ' That is not good law, nor i« it good sense/ r Judge Sutner* land replied sharply.—The jury again retired, -and) in a few minaWw retaried *, and reported that they had 'found Mary guilty. 'If you are guilty,' rsaid the Judge to the prisoner; *abd it^n jwttible the verdict may be right* I beg of you to stop at onoe and lead an honest life. ' 'ft 5 is *a; remarkable thing that so few of your jbouu^nrmen and countrywomen appeai'i^H,hiii^i^. ;Don't you disgrace ,ybur wtioyi^yr^,. - am going to give you" a light itntenoe, hoping that you willleada^hMesl^ffc when you are released. He then sen* : tenced.her to the City Prison for thirty days^. Judge autherlaaddarinß hi> TOrjTr-,^ long service on the Bench t has sentenced only one ScotchinttV and only three of them altogether have appeared before him charged with crimeacm/.*»;r^i