Mr. Brodie further told Mr. Williamson that the guide who had accompanied him and Mr. Groves from Amsterdam to Helvoetsluys had a fine repeating gold watch, which he (Mr. Brodie) said he could easily have possessed himself of at the time the man was taking leave of him, as he was then in liquor, and said he had often since regretted that he had allowed the fellow to go back with it.—Creech.]
Note 8, [page 118.]
Grahame Campbell said they all came back to Smith’s.—Creech.]
Note 9, [page 119.]
This evening, Friday, Brown gave information, and Smith Ainslie, Mrs. Smith, and Grahame Campbell were taken into custody. The reason of Brown’s giving the information is said to have been that he had seen the advertisement from the Secretary of State’s Office that evening promising a reward and a pardon to the person who should discover the robbery of Inglis & Horner’s shop. Brown was under sentence of transportation in England, and in daily fear of apprehension. The reward and pardon were too powerful to be resisted, and he foresaw that it would be necessary for the prosecutor to obtain his pardon for his offence in England before he could be admitted as a witness. No wonder that the Lord Justice-Clerk said to him, after his examination, that he was a clever fellow.—Creech.]
Note 10, [page 133.]
The witness seemed to be well acquainted with Macheath, but not with the “Beggar’s Opera.” The song is by Mat o’ the Mint:—