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BCOTCII cincuir.

VE'RVES§, SEPT. S.--4lobert Ferguson, accos..
ed of the murder. Of Captain Munro, was brought
to the bar, and the following witnesses were ad-
dueedln support ot the prosecution . •
• Mr. George susgeOn in Cromartv,
was called upon to see the deceased on the 2d of
.June
last.. The, doctor found him in bed, in the
house of George Thomson, a cartwriglit at Cha-
peltoWa. On approaching the deceased -the wit-
Tess was first Struckwith the paleness of his cotm-
tenauce, nail with a vio:elit"shivering which at—
tended him. On uncovering his body., the wit-
ness found a wound penetrating the left side of
the cavity of the belly, about three inches in
length, and a great quantity of the small intes-
tines protruded-the outer coat of part of the in-,
testines being-partially cut on examining the
wound, the' witness immediately considered it to
be mortal, not only from the quantity of intestines
which had been protruded, but frbm the dark and
inflaiued :colour of the whole. The witnesslc,st
no time in returning the intestines, but owing to,
the narrowness ot the incision in the muscular
subitancc, in proportion to the quantity. of bites-
lines protruded, he was under the necessity of en,
luting the wound before they could be returned.
The deceased gave the Witness no
..other account
of,his this(ortune than that the wound had heen
inflicted by knife; that all the provocation he
gave is takirig the man by the collar of the coat,
and attempting to turn him out of Thomson'S
shop, adding, that "he klied helm(' fallen in
the field Of battle.'!, Captain Munro (lied about
eight o'clock the .foll Owing evening, ,and witness
is of opinion that his death cats oecesionedby
rtlanitniirion and conseqiiinit • mortification, nor
sloes he believe that. although. surgical assistance;
lod been instantly atilirded to the deceased that
This life could have been saved, owing to the
t7nt of membrane which had been wounded and.
exposed.

itis but fair to report, that, on retiring frozn the
bar, the Lord Justice Clerk complimented Doctor
AF.Donald very highly on the, distinct manner in
which he had gi?..ni his evidehee. •

George Hon.ic, apprentice to George Thomson,
-blacksmith at (,‘Apeltown, was on the 2d of June
lae in his master's shop. The deceased came in-
to the smithy abimt live, in the evening. Pannel
etitered'soon after. The witness. heard Fergusqu
and the deceased swearing. at each other, ' Ueard
the pannel call Captain Munro a d-- b-,: on
which the Captain pushed him mit-of the smithy.
Pannel soon after rethrned,and came forward as
IT to .attack the Captain, who defended himself
with a switch be held in his hand. Pannel fol-
lowed him close, and struck him with a knife; on
which the deceased immediately called out, "i'm
gone, take hold of the man.", Pannel went and
stood without the don'', and Captain Munro "fol-
loeed, holding in his intestines with' bands,
and again cldied out, " Why do you not seize the
murderer?" • Pannel was thrown down, and fig.
'knife/taken from him,, and on being held fast, he
offered to go willingly with witness to a neigh-
bouring justice. The deceased was' in the mean-
time taken into Thomson's house by Mrs. Thom-
sop, and put to bed. On the 'way to the Justice of
Peace, in custody of this witness and his fellow
workman, he suddenly stopped, and refused to go
further without a warrant, threatening to use any
man who should offer to seize or detain him as he
had done the. deceased.

Alexander Munro, alluded to in the foregoing
deposition, corroborated the testimony of George
Home, with this,addition„ that Ferguson remained
out a minute or two after being pushed out by the
deceased before-he returned ; that on the pannel
approaching the deceased, as if to attack him, he
defended' himself with a switch, retiring until he
came)tii the wall; when the pannel got under his
. arm, and stabbed him twice.
Mrs. 'Thomson was called out of her house
when the' accident happened, and informed of
what had passed. Saw Captain Munro Standing
near the door of the smithy. holding his-hands to
the wound ; she helped him into the house and
put him to -bed.—Capt. Munro said Ometinie
after, " I did not think the man'would have done
this CO me—God knows I would 'not have done it
to him ; we had but a few words, and I only put
"iny hand to the back of his neck to throw bins out
for giving me insolent language."
Some other less -material witnesses were ad-
duced for the Crown, but the only witness offered
in exculpation was John Home, by whom it was
expected to prove a hot and, intemperate disposi-
tion in the deceased. He deponed that Captain
Mutat) " was a warm-hearted man, although ra-
ther-rash when any thing vexed him."
Mr. HoatiE now Summed -up the evidence for
the Crown in a clear and distinct manner, and Ur.
GRANT addressed the- Jury for the panne' in a
speech which we cannot readily forget. The ern,
vincing evidence Which had been led rendered it
extremely- difficult anti painful to plead in ekcid-
pltion ; but with n dignity and pathos ~‘: have
seldont seen equalled; Gant paced time iiar-
rim., ground which 'bad been left tohiin with a de-
gree of and .ehiyinenee which would. have
adorned a better c:use. .

After Lord had charged the Jury
(with tin-A pLrecision for which he' is so eminently
distinguished; they retired to prepare their verdict.
Jaines Grant, otherwise Bagg, feSidiug ia
ycy, in the parish of Cromdale, :accused of rape,
or cif, an assuudt with intent to cormoit a rape, ii.ra3
next brought to the bar, and pled not guiky.
• Jury having been impannelled, the , Court was
ve:.y properly cleared before proceeding to ex:t-
-11 in support of the indictment,' in
'order that their testimony might be given with-
out eulbarrassment and free. of all reStraint. The
-proofand pleadings in this .cause being completed,
the Jury retired to prepare their yerdict, when
Robert Ferguson was brought up for jutment.\
The verdict having been read, the Lord
Justice Clerk -addreSsed the Court in an able and
impressive manner, in which he was followed by
Lord Itermankr, who, after addresAng the paunel
on the awful nature of his situation, sentence
the said Robert Feroison to be executed at Inver-
ness on Vriday the 30th October next, end his
, • body given for dissection.

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