Note 2, [page 93.]
It is said that Mr. Learmonth very properly wrote immediately to the Sheriff-Clerk’s office, and the intelligence was from thence sent to the Procurator-Fiscal, who at the time was in the playhouse. He immediately went out and set off with Mr. Williamson, the messenger, to Geddes’s house in Mid-Calder, twelve miles from Edinburgh, and brought him in on Sunday morning with the letters.—Creech.
Note 3, [page 99.]
On taking the precognition at the Sheriff-Clerk’s chamber; a curious circumstance occurred respecting this black dog. Smith, the prisoner, was under examination, and the above witness, Kinnear, was also present. Kinnear had said to the Sheriff that he was at such a distance that he would not know the men, but he would know the dog, having been at one time near him. Soon after, a dog was making a noise and scraping at the door, which being opened, the above witness said, “There is the dog,” and it ran and fawned upon Smith.—Creech.
Note 4, [page 104.]
This witness was much affected on coming into Court. On passing her husband, the prisoner at the bar, she looked at him with much seeming agitation. He stretched out his hands, and, in a loud whisper, entreated her not to answer a word to any question that should be put to her.—Creech.