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tween him and the preceding 

 witness. When he first went to 

 Mr. Robertson, he asked him if 

 he had a hne from his officer, and 

 he said, no, when lie desired him 

 to come back at 1 o'clock, when 

 he sent his servant maid along 

 with witness and Mooney to one 

 Paisley, the session-clerk, who 

 refused to give the lines, because 

 witness had no line from his com- 

 manding officer. Upon returning 

 to Mr. Robertson, he said he did 

 not know what to do with them, 

 as it was mostlj' beyond his power 

 to marry them. He then gave 

 the witness a line to Pearson, and 

 said he might be apt to get the 

 h'nes for them. Pearson said he 

 would do every thing in his power 

 to get Mr. Robertson to marry 

 them, and desired the whole four 

 to come down to his house at 

 four o'clock, and Mr. Robertson 

 would be there. After four 

 o'clock the whole went to Pear- 

 son's, and he and Mr. Robertson 

 went into a room, and had some 

 conversation. Pearson then came 

 and asked if they were ready ; 

 witness answered they were, and 

 then Mr. Robertson and Pearson 

 came into the room. Pearson 

 said to Mr. Robertson, " You 

 know the like thing happened 

 before, and the lines were got 

 afterwards." Mr. Robertson then 

 desired them to leave 7^. Gd. a 

 piece for the lines, and 2s. 6d. a 

 piece for the marriage. The two 

 women then went away for the mo- 

 ney, and the parties were married. 

 Margaret Macpherson corro- 

 borated the testimony of Sarah 

 Urquhart. Pearson told them 

 that he once before got Mr. Ro- 

 bertson to marry a couple, and 

 got the lines for them afterwards. 

 When witness and her companion 



got the lines, Pearson said, « Mr. 

 Robertson, what are these ladies 

 indebted to me for getting these 

 lines ?'' and Mr. Robertson an- 

 swered, " You have had a very 

 active day about them, but in 

 place of taking any thing from 

 them, you should rather give them 

 something." 



John Mooney, private in the 

 88th regiment, gave similar evi- 

 dence to that of Fitzgerald. 



Mr. Drummond charged the 

 Jury on the part of the Crown, 

 and Mr. Maitland on the part of 

 Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Pringle 

 for Pearson, and the evidence 

 having been summed by Lord 

 Gillies, the presiding Judge, the 

 Jury, after deliberating in the 

 box for about fifteen minutes, 

 returned a verdict, unanimously 

 finding Mr. Robertson guilty of 

 celebrating the clandestine mar- 

 riages as libelled, and both pa- 

 nels guilty of uttering the coun- 

 terfeit certificates of proclama- 

 tion of bans, knowing the same 

 to be counterfeited. 



On Thursday morning the 

 Court sentenced Mr. Robertson 

 to imprisonment in the gaol of 

 Cannongate for three months, 

 and thereafter to be banished 

 from Scotland for life, agree- 

 ably to the statute. Pearson 

 three months' imprisonment, and 

 fourteen years' banishment from 

 Scotland, with certification, that 

 if he returned within that period, 

 he is to be pubHcly whipped, &c. 



CIVIL SIDE. — Before Mr. Baron 

 Graham, March. 

 Noakes and others v. SandweU. 

 — This was a case which excited 

 considerable interest, and the 

 court was crowded to excess in 



consequence. 



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