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and other buildings, then lawfully occupied by William 

 Chisholm in Badinloskin, in the parish of Farr aforesaid, 

 although you knew that Margaret M'Kay, a very old woman 

 of the age of 90 years, less or more, and who had been bed- 

 ridden for years, was at that time within the said house ; and 

 this you did, notwithstanding you were told that the said old 

 woman could not be removed without imminent danger to 

 her life ; and the flames having approached the bed whereon 

 the said Margaret M'Kay lay, she shrieked aloud in Gaelic, 

 "O'n teine," that is to say, "O the fire," or words to that 

 effect; and was forthwith carried out by her daughter, 

 Janet M'Kay, and placed in a small bothy, and the blanket 

 in which she was wrapped was burnt in several places ; and 

 the said Margaret M'Kay never spoke a word thereafter, but 

 remained insensible from that hour, and died in about five 

 days thereafter, in consequence of the fright and alarm ; 

 and, in particular, in consequence of her removal, as afore- 

 said, from her bed into a cold and uncomfortable place, 

 unfit for the habitation of any human being ; and the said 

 Margaret M'Kay was thereby culpably killed by you, the 

 said Patrick Sellar ; or otherwise, you, the said Patrick 

 Sellar, did, time and place foresaid, cruelly turn, or cause 

 to be turned, out of her bed and dwelling-place, the said 

 Margaret M'Kay, by setting on fire, burning, and demolish- 

 ing, or causing and procuring to be set on fire, burnt, and 

 demolished, the said house and other buildings, in manner 

 above mentioned, to her great distress, and the imminent 

 danger of her life. AND FARTHER, all the persons 

 whose houses, barns, kilns, mills, and other buildings, were 

 burnt and destroyed, or caused and procured to be burnt 

 and destroyed, by you, the said Patrick Sellar, all as above 

 described, did sustain great loss in their moss wood, and 

 other timber, which was broken and demolished, and de- 



