Q. Did you see the prisoner, M‘Dougal? A. Before this M‘Dougal came to me, and said the woman Gray had stolen some things out of her house, and asked mo to watch her door, as it did not lock. This was about six o’clock.
Q. What happened after? A. When I was making my husband’s supper, Hare came to my door. He was going to Burke’s, but I told him there was nobody there; and he came into my house, but soon went back into the passage. I afterwards went to Burke’s door, and found it fastened.
Q. After you went to Burke’s door, did you see any one? A. Yes, Hare came out of Burke’s after that.
Q. Did you see M‘Dougal? A. Yes, and Burke a good bit on in the night.
Q. Did any thing else happen? A. Yes, some one said to Burke and M‘Dougal, that they were very much disturbed the night they murdered the woman. M‘Dougal laughed, and Burke said, he would defy all Scotland, as he never did any wrong. The Police came just after that and apprehended Burke.
Cross-Examined by Sir J. W. Moncrieff, Dean of Faculty.
Q. Did Burke, before he was apprehended, say any thing of the person, who accused him of the murder?
A. Yes, he said he would go and seek the man, and he met him in the passage along with the policeman, and they took him into his own house.
By a Juryman.
Q. What was the cause of your fear, when you went into Burke’s house.