REWARD OF FIVE GUINEAS.

WHEREAS upon the night betwixt the 18th and 19th days of July last, the Sloop ANN of this Port, while lying at or near the Lime Quay, was broken into, and a variety of articles stolen and feloniously carried off therefrom: - And Whereas there is reason to suspect that WILLIAM MILLER, Mariner in Aberdeen, was implicated in committing the said crime.

A REWARD OF FIVE GUINEAS

Is hereby offered to any person who shall give such information to Alexander Cadenhead, Advocate in Aberdeen, Procurator Fiscal of the City and Liberties thereof, as may lead to the apprehending of the said William Miller; the Reward to be payable on conviction.

The said William Miller is a man of very low stature, and either a native of or was some time ago residing in Glasgow; and Married, as is believed, to a woman of that place.  He worked for some time in Aberdeen as a labourer; and is of a dark complexion.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, ABERDEEN

26th August, 1816.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 4th September 1816.

TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD.

WHEREAS, upon the night between the 10th and 11th days of January last, some evil disposed person or persons did maliciously fire a Gun or Pistol, loaded with slugs, through one of the windows in the dwelling house of Alexander Innes, Constable in New Pitsligo; and did also on the same night, enter the said Alexander Innes's stack yard and throw down and scatter two stacks of Oats belonging to him; and it being desirable that the perpetrators of these outrages should be discovered, and brought to justice, a REWARD of TEN GUINEAS is hereby offered, by Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bartl; and a further REWARD of TEN GUINEAS by Hugh Fullerton, Procurator Fiscal of the County of Aberdeen, to any one who will give such information to the said Hugh Fullerton, as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the persons, or any of them, who were guilty of both or either of the felonious acts above mentioned.

Aberdeen, June 5th, 1816.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 5th June 1816.