The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-12 00:00:00

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he *se turning nearly Wind, tie eyed becorfts
Mg red where the white is ; the horning feeling
colitintied with the witness for a whole week, and
men thew did not leave him ; daring that week
(third day) lest the faculty of his left OM ; felt
hi. fret powerless, hut not so ill either arm. Brother
William complained of Ins arms being powerless ;
hr could not mime them. His brother's arms were
*rite(' about the same e. Thought ill to spew!'
about it, because they were all so ill, sod kept the
swatter secret, because there was no persou had
been among them but the Prisouer ; wished to keep
their simians'', private; wished not to let his
neighbours know the anise of his illness, be-
cause they suspected the Prisoner to be the cause
of their illness; took a thought that it could be
no other way, that their illness came but from
the Prisoner. William, belisre his death, on the
first Friday, after the Sunday, rode to Dr. Murray,
who lives at Sasiddyhill, ins the parish of Alford ;
got a plaster from Dr. Murray ; put it 011 his
breast that night; Murray came neat day to visit
the whole of them ; next day prescribed medicine,
which they took Brother reinai oo ioo g much ghost
the same ; a change took place on Sunday morning.
The witness mid brother William slept together ;
William rose to seek for a drift% ; could not find one;
came back to the bed ; said Ise could ma find one;
witness told him he would End ass on the table ;
went to get one; retired to his bed spin, hot did not
speak to witness ; lay down at his bed,l stretched
himself, and gave a terrible gross. Which witness did
toot think touch of, as he had been so ill; after this
. lay quiet ; witness was content, us he then thought
hr was sleeping ; witness was not sleeping. and
after a little time jogged lino, but he would not
speak ; and again jogged Ititu, but received no an-
swer; pot his arm over him, found a cold deep
sweat over him ; rises and goes to his sisters, and
told them. " that he thought Willis,. was goon to
wear out amo' them.”—[Here the poor man was
much affected, and shed hears.]—All rattle to the
bed, and he would not speak; was not fully dead;
was moving ; and that was all ; be died immedi-
surly after.
The Prisoner and his wife came to Burnside, the
night berme the funeral, to the funeral. Witness
did not allow them rn stay ; told the Prisoner and
his wife that they Weft not to he there that night;
dues not recollect Whitt reason he gave fur their, pot
staying ; told them to go off, fur they had nothing
to do with them. They were very unwilling to go
off; asked no earplanation of his words. His bro-
ther William had a possession on Whitehouse ; was
tenant ; he hid stocking on it ; had spent a good
deal of money in getting his farms into heart ; flees
not know what became of the point that was
left. Brother William was a rambler man, end
taller than witness ; was younger than witness t
his brother was operate of 43. Prisoner is about
50. At the time the poems was moving in the
kitchen. did not teal. as he think% the smoke of
tobacco in the kitchen ; had no servant or any
body about the house at the time; there was no
poison in the house to kill rats; hail an incli-
nation and brother to purge. but could get 110-
thing effected, till he got medicine from Dr. More
ray ; his brother gut something from a visamsw to
snake him purge, which had wrought a little with
him ; this was on the day before he went to Dr.
Murray. Hurl no word about the marriage till be
came to seek his sister to wife ; hail no altercation
about the marriage between the witness and his
brother ; but when he saw that he could nut prevent
it. allowed it to go on ; had advised his sister against
the marriage, as soon as they heard of it ; had
no conversation wi'h the Prisoner shout the mars
riage with his sister. After the marriage, the wit-
tiers neither bade nor forbade the married peo.
ple to come back ; the marriage was at the wit-
ness's house ; the witness's house is about nine-
teen or twenty miles from the Primmer's. The
meal in the basin was taken down on Saturday,
for Saturday sod Sunday ; the supper un Saturday
night ass taker, out of it ; was quite well on the
Sunday morning ; there was no other meal to make
the Sunday breakfast ; is certain there were nobody
but themselves and the Prisoner io the house 11Q-
twist Saturday night and Sunday morning ; did
not beer his brother go out on the Sunday morn-
ing, but heard his brother and his horse fret ou
the causeway ; but heard somebody walking about
in the kitchen ; the uncu' men ruse sooner than his
brother ; was sure his brother was out. as he heard
the horse fret on the causeway. and there was
nobody to take him out but his brother ; did not
hear from his brother before his death that the
Prisoner rose before him ; heard the foot on the floor
before he heard the sound on the causeway ; he
heard the foot on the floor of the kitchen bel'ore he
heard his sisters come in ; his sisters did not lock the
door ; it was locked in the inside ; the door was open-
ed to let his sisters in in the morning by somebody
from within.—(By Jury) Did the voice answer-
ing his sister's appear to resemble the Prisoner's ?
lie thought it d.d. The press could have brew
opened without any. noise being made; did not
bear any person stirring the fire, when he heard the
'foot stirring about ; • large window its the kitchen,
no abutters. Ile lose before eight on Sunday
morning; cannot say how long he lay after hearing
the foot, but it was • while after. A brotherslied
shout two years ago, and left n good deal of money
which they divided an amongst themselves, end there
was good peace after it. The witness's share wits
intrusted to his brother William ; be kept it for
him. The brother who left the money was a ser-
van% Sister Jane got her share; other sisters left
it in their brother William's hands; does 1101 know
how much his married sister got, bat knows she
,got it, as there was no peace till she got it; she gut
her there long before the marriage.
Helen Mitchell—tler brother died about five
weeks ago ; had seen the Prisoner at her brother
IVilliain's house the Saturday before lie we. teltro
ill ; came to Burnside ins the eveuiug of the Sat ter-
day ; raw hint when he first came; said there were
some persons owing him soittetliiug, and be wished
to collect these drbts; slid' nut say that lie came
to see Mr. Farquharson, of Whitehouse. Says
he had come on a SA outlay. because he wetted
to meet in with all the family. Asked the Pri-
soner In stay all night. to which he agreed ; gave
tomehim slimmer. After hr got his r he, want
out; saw hint when he came back ; was walking in
the yard. Witness asked him to go in ; lee did
sot eu is, but went lo their deceased brother ; cause bark
se‘iss, whin she iwititesso was making the supper; Astibude
is the kilch.o at pits time, but wituess sod Prisourr ; sup.

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