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was carried out of the door : That they remained
there a considerable space before the horses were
brought ; and all that time she continued crying
in that manner ; and even after they went off, they
heard her cries at a distance. Depones, That some
of the people that were with her in the house, and
the deponent among them, intended to go their
ways ; but when they came to the door, found
there were two men with drawn swords, who or-
dered them to remain within the house, and no-
thing should harm them ; but if they did come
out, they should be dead men. And being inter-
rogate, Whether Jean Key's mother remained in
her own house from the Monday preceding to the
Saturday, when the said Jean Key was carried off?
depones, That he is a door neighbour ; and as far
as he knows, or was informed, she neither dined
nor lay abroad during all that space. And being
interrogate for the pannel, depones, That when he,
the deponent, went, as above related, to deliver the
message from M'Ewan, he saw the mother go into
a cellar, but was not present when Jean Key gave
the answer : That in the cellar she might have
heard what past ; but whether she did or not, he
cannot be positive. Depones, That he never heard
of any previous courtship betwixt the pannel and
Jean Key ; nor did he know upon what occasion
the friends were met upon the foresaid Saturday in
Jean Key's house. Depones, That as he has above
said, the pannel was in the house ; yet he never
heard him speak, nor saw him do any thing.
Thomas Nielson, son to Thomas Nielson, the