d the deponent has seen with him a good deal of
gold, which he commonly kept in a long purse, either blue or green, the
deponent does not remember which, and he had also another purse, in
which he kept his silver: That he had a silver watch, with a seal
hanging at it, and silver buckles in his shoes, and knees of his
breeches: That the deponent has seen two vests with him, one with a
white stripe, and the other of a roe's skin; and that he had a set of
silver buttons for a vest, which he used with the one or other as he
had occasion: That he had also two rings, which he told the deponent
were gold, the one of them a large coarse ring, with a knob on the one
side of it, either of the shape of a seal or a heart, the deponent does
not remember which: Depones, That when Serjeant Davies went a-shooting
or fishing, he was commonly dressed in one of the above vests, and a
blue meet upper coat, or surtout, with highland brogues, which he had
purchased for the purpose, and had caused to be made so as to be tied
with silver buckles: Depones, That on the above gold ring with the
knob, there was upon the upper side of the knob some scores that the
deponent did not understand the meaning of: Depones, That the Serjeant
was wont frequently to take out his purse, either in paying or
receiving money, or some time even in playing with children; and that
when he went a-hunting or shooting, he always wore a laced hat, with a
silver button: Depones, That the last time the deponent saw him was on
Wednesday the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand seven
hundred and forty-nine, the deponent having gone that day to the fair
at Kirkmichael, eighteen miles from his father's house, and did not
return till Saturday thereafter: Depones, That at his return, passing
by the house where the soldiers were quartered, one of them named
Patrick Ogilvie, asked the deponent whether he had seen Serjeant Davies
at the fair? and the deponent having answerd that he did not see him,
and that certainly he had not been there, or he would have seen him,
Ogilvie then said he was afraid of him, for that he had gone away upon
the Thursday to meet a patrol from Glenshee, and had not yet returned;
that they supposed he had gone with that patrol to the fair, but that
since he was not there, he suspected he had been murdered; and the
deponent never saw him alive since that time: Depones, That the captain
of that command to whom the Serjeant belonged, hearing that he