“Where did you get the coat?”
“I’m no obleeged to tell about my coat.”
“True, you are not obliged to tell where you got it, but it is for your own credit to tell.”
“I didna come here to tell about coats, but to tell about boats and pinnaces.”
“If you do not tell, I must throw aside your evidence altogether.”
“I’m no gaun to say onything about my coat; I’m no obleeged to say onything about it.”
Witness went away, and was called back by Lord Gillies.
“How long have you had that coat?”
“I dinna ken how lang I ha’e had my coat. I ha’e plenty o’ coats. I dinna mind about this coat or that coat.”