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stroyed by fire and otherwise, at the same time, and in the 

 same manner, with the buildings as aforesaid ; and also in 

 their furniture and other effects, all their lawful property, or 

 in their lawful possession at the time : And, in particular, 

 the said Barbara M'Kay in Ravigill, aforesaid, lost her door 

 and door-posts, and timber of her house and barn, her meal- 

 chest, and several articles of furniture, all her property, or 

 in her lawful possession, which were then and there des- 

 troyed, or caused to be destroyed, by you, the said Patrick 

 Sellar, as aforesaid ; and the greatest part of the furniture 

 and timber belonging to the said William Chisholm, together 

 with three pounds in bank notes, and a ridge of growing 

 corn, all the property, or in the lawful possession of the said 

 William Chisholm, in Badinloskin aforesaid, were then and 

 there destroyed by fire, and otherwise, by you, the said 

 Patrick Sellar. And you, the said Patrick Sellar, having 

 been apprehended and taken before Mr. Robert Mackid, 

 Sheriff-Substitute of Sutherland, did, in his presence, at 

 Dornoch, on the 3ist day of May, 1815, emit and subscribe 

 a declaration ; which declaration, together with a paper, 

 entitled " Notice given 'to the Strath naver tenants, 15 Dec., 

 1813," being to be used in evidence against you, at your 

 trial, will be lodged in due time in the hands of the Clerk of 

 the Circuit Court of Justiciary, before which you are to be 

 tried, that you may have an opportunity of seeing the same : 

 AT LEAST, time and places above-mentioned, the said 

 heath and pasure was wickedly and maliciously set on fire 

 and burnt, or caused and procured to be set on fire and 

 burnt, to the great injury and distress of the said tenants and 

 others; and the said persons were violently turned, or 

 caused and procured to be turned, out of their habitations, 

 and deprived of all cover and shelter, to their great distress, 

 and the imminent danger of their lives ; and the said 



