Examination of the claim of John Lindsay Crawfurd

JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURD. 25
garet, and observed, it would be a pity to bring her home from such
great friends ; and this deponent swears, she recollects the return
of the said Margaret Crawfurd from Scotland ; and remembers that
the said Margaret Crawfurd informed this deponent, that she was
greatly grieved at being obliged to leave the ladies at Kilbirnie, who
were exceedingly kind to her ; and this deponent swears, she believes
the ladies so described by the said Margaret Crawfurd, were the wife,
sisters, and daughters of Lord Garnock of Kilbirnie, or Lord Craw-
furd — this deponent not being able, at this distant period of time,
to remember which was the title then mentioned. And this deponent
swears, that she perfectly recollects the person of the said James
Crawfurd of Broagh, and that he had the appearance of a gentleman
of rank, and was quiet and reserved in his temper, and rather silent,
which the people of the neighbourhood attributed to his having kill-
ed a man, as was at that time reported. And this deponent swears
she remembers Hugh Crawfurd, the eldest son of the said James
Crawfurd, who attained the age of manhood, or arrived at man's
estate ; and this deponent recollects that the said Hugh Crawfurd
often went to Kilbirnie, in Scotland, to see his relations there ; and
this deponent swears she recollects that the said Hugh Crawfurd
informed this deponent's father, in her presence and hearing, on
one occasion after his return from Kilbirnie, in Scotland, that his,
the said Hugh Crawfurd's, relation, the gentleman of Kilbirnie Cas-
tle, said to him, the said Hugh Crawfurd, ' I do not wish your
pocket to want money, or be empty ; but I desire you will not spend
it drinking with my servants, or in keeping low or mean company,'
or words to this effect, as deponent best recollects ; and the said
Hugh Crawfurd lamented or deplored his folly for not remaining
at Kilbirnie, and taking the good advice he had received. And this
deponent further swears, that she, this deponent, perfectly recollects
said Hugh Crawfurd's wife, Margaret Peden, and their children ;
remembers the funeral of the said Hugh Crawfurd, who was found
dead at Castle Dawson Bridge, and who was supposed by many
people to have been murdered and laid there. And this deponent
swears, that she perfectly recollects James Crawfurd, the eldest son