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the said ten days. Depones, That some time be-
tween the first and second declarations above re-
ferred to, the deponent having heard it reported
that the people who carried her off had given her
some drugs which had an extraordinary effect upon
her, asked her what truth was in it. She answer-
ed, after she was first taken away they had given
her something, and that the morning before she
appeared before the Judges on the 18th of March,
they had given her something that had confused
her. And farther said, that during the time she
was in their hands, they had taken an oath from
her that she should adhere to the said Robert Camp-
bell, at least that she should never consent to the
prosecution of them or either of them ; and there-
fore, though she should be very well pleased to see
them brought to justice, yet she would have no
hand in it herself. Depones, That she had related
several particulars of her ill usage, and after the
sequestration was loosed, when he, the deponent,
was going to Glasgow along with the said Jean
Key, after they had left Whitburn, the deponent,
looking towards the Shott Hills, when they were
near them, said it was a very wild place, and what
if the M'Gregors should come upon them there ;
her answer was, God forbid ! for she believed the
very sight of them would kill her dead. Depones,
That when she was ordered by the Judges to stay
in the deponent's house, instructions were given
him to give access to all her friends who should
call upon her, and to the agent and the lawyer, Mr
Graeme and Mr Stewart, who acted for the M'Gre-
gors, and to any other person whom she might
the said ten days. Depones, That some time be-
tween the first and second declarations above re-
ferred to, the deponent having heard it reported
that the people who carried her off had given her
some drugs which had an extraordinary effect upon
her, asked her what truth was in it. She answer-
ed, after she was first taken away they had given
her something, and that the morning before she
appeared before the Judges on the 18th of March,
they had given her something that had confused
her. And farther said, that during the time she
was in their hands, they had taken an oath from
her that she should adhere to the said Robert Camp-
bell, at least that she should never consent to the
prosecution of them or either of them ; and there-
fore, though she should be very well pleased to see
them brought to justice, yet she would have no
hand in it herself. Depones, That she had related
several particulars of her ill usage, and after the
sequestration was loosed, when he, the deponent,
was going to Glasgow along with the said Jean
Key, after they had left Whitburn, the deponent,
looking towards the Shott Hills, when they were
near them, said it was a very wild place, and what
if the M'Gregors should come upon them there ;
her answer was, God forbid ! for she believed the
very sight of them would kill her dead. Depones,
That when she was ordered by the Judges to stay
in the deponent's house, instructions were given
him to give access to all her friends who should
call upon her, and to the agent and the lawyer, Mr
Graeme and Mr Stewart, who acted for the M'Gre-
gors, and to any other person whom she might
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Histories of Scottish families > Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, three sons of the celebrated Rob Roy > (168) Page 30 |
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Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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