EX^R FRASER.

Compeared PETER M'NAB in Wester Micras, aged fifty-seven years,
solemnly sworn, purged of malice and partial council, examined and
interrogate: Depones, That it is now about four years ago, since he
heard it reported in the country, that the two men, Clerk and
Macdonald, the panels, were the people who murdered Serjeant Davies,
and a little time after Elizabeth Downie was married to Clerk the
panel: The deponent happened to be in Alexander Downie her father's
house, and then saw upon her finger a ring, pretty massy, having a lump
upon it pretty large; and the deponent got the ring into his hand, and
the lump appeared to the deponent to be something in the shape of a
heart: And the deponent asked Elizabeth Downie how she came by that
ring? to which she answered, that she had bought it from one James
Lauder, a merchant: The deponent replied, that he thought it was cheap
and worth more money, and that it was reported in the country, that the
said Elizabeth Downie was wearing rings of Serjeant Davies's, but he
never saw her have any but that one: And further adds, that he never
heard any other suspected of the murder of Serjeant Davies but the
panels, except once, that it was suspected to have been done by
caterers; and he also heard, for a twelvemonth after Serjeant Davies
was amissing, that he had deserted; nevertheless the general report or
belief of the country was, that the two panels had murdered him. _Causa
scientiae patet._ And this is the truth, as he shall answer to God.

(Signed) PETER MACNAB.
ALEX^R FRASER.

Compeared ISOBEL EGO, in Teantoul, aged eighteen years, or thereby,
solemnly sworn, purged of malice and partial council, examined and
interrogate by the sworn interpreter aforesaid, Depones, That about
four years ago she found upon the Hill of Christie a silver-laced hat,
with a silver-button on it; which hat she carried home to her master,
Alexander Macdonald in Inverey, and delivered it to him. _Causa
scientiae patet._ And this is the truth, as she shall answer to God; and
depones she cannot write. And this deposition is subscribed by the
foresaid sworn interpreter.

(Signed) DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
ALEX^R FRASER.

Compeared ALEXANDER MACDONALD, in Inverey, aged thirty years and
upwards, married; solemnly sworn, purged of malice and partial council,
examined and interrogate, Depones, That a