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to make the ring complete : That after they were
done he gave them to the same post from whom he
received them, in four days, to be delivered to the
said Robert Campbell, with an account of the ba-
lance due to him. Depones, That after Jean Key
came to Edinburgh, in the latter end of February
or beginning of March, he had occasion to see her
several times, both in Leith and in Edinburgh :
That when she was at Leith he did not mention
any thing concerning the rings to her ; but after
she came to Edinburgh he observed them upon her
fingers, and asked how they fitted her; and she
said they fitted her extremely well, and desired the
deponent to put a poesy upon the plain ring ; and
he having asked what poesy she would have put
on it ? She answered she had no particular fancy
to any poesy, but desired him to suggest o»e that
he thought proper. The deponent then told her
that he had several times put upon married women's
rings the first chapter of Ruth, the 16th and 17th
verses. And a bible being in the room, the depo-
nent shewed it to her ; and she being pleased with
it, he put it on the ring.
The procurators for the pannel renounced all
further probation.
The Lords Justice Clerk and Commissioners of
Justiciary ordain the assize instantly to inclose in
this place, and to return their verdict against this
night, being Wednesday the 5th day of August
instant, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in the other
Court House, and continue the cause till that time ;
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