Cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty—How came you to say that they were found in a black stocking?
Witness—I saw a black stocking on the table, and that misled me.
The Dean of Faculty—You are to speak from what you know, sir, and not from what you see on the table.
Witness—I am certain that it was in a green cloth they were found.
James Murray
24. James Murray, sheriff-officer in Edinburgh, called in and sworn.
Witness—I was employed, along with Alexander Williamson and some others, to search the prisoner’s (William Brodie) house upon the 10th of March last. In the course of the search we found a pair of pistols in a green cloth covered with earth in the fireplace of a shed. I think that it was myself that dug them out of the earth. [Here the pistols libelled on were shown to the witness.] These are the pistols that were so found. I afterwards saw one part of the dark lanthorn found in a necessary house, and another part of a dark lanthorn found in a pen where game-cocks had been kept. I accompanied the other prisoner, George Smith, upon the 16th of March, to the bottom of Allan’s Close,[6] and he there pointed out a hole in a wall, where, he said, there were some articles hid. I put in my hand and brought out a false key, a pair of curling irons, and a small crow. [Here the articles formerly produced were shown to the witness.] These are the same that were so found.
Cross-examined by Mr. John Clerk—You say that you put in your hand and brought out these articles; are you sure it was not George Smith who did so?
Witness—I put in my hand; George Smith could not, being handcuffed.
George Williamson