The Procurator-Fiscal (Mr J. D. Strathern) stated that the goods, which were valued at £18 10s, belonged to Dr Harkin, who on the night of the theft had reitred to bed about midnight. In the morning he noticed that a clock in the breakfast-room was missing, and other articles were also found to have disappeared. It was ascertained that entry to the house had obtained by the breakfast-room window, tho snib of which was defective. The Fiscal pointed out that Devlin had been convicted on eight previous occasions.