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Lord Justice-Clerk —You do not specify the particular purpose for which the goods were given.
Blackburn (A.-D.) said he did not think that it was necessary to do so. Receipt of goods on loan was not certainly receipt for the purpose of pawning them.
Solicitor-General (Millar) was also heard in support of the libel, and quoted cases to show that the libel was framed according to precedent.
Lord Jerviswoode thought the indictment was correctly framed, but he did not wish to press his opinion against the majority of the Court.
The panel pleaded not guilty. Evidence was led. The jury returned a verdict of guilty; and the panel was sentenced to penal servitude for eight years.
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