Glasgow Courier. — 1853-12-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

COURT—There is no access tolls. ober-bet by the front. There is a passage at the side which leads through to Queen Street. John Neilson is shopman to Messrs. Campbell & Co. The warehouse is on a second floor in Buchanan Street —one part lying over Mr. Roles shop. Campbell & Co. premises have their principal entrance from Buchanan Street. They have another entrance from behind the passage, which leads into Prince's Square. In that passage there is an iron gate at the foot of a stair which leads into Campbell & Co.'s counting-house. That gate is kept locked after nine o'clock at night. There is • porter for looking after it. There is a window in the staircase, nearly opposite the door of the countinghouse. It looks into Prince's Square, and is about 16 or 16 feet from the ground. I was in Campbell & Co.'s warehouse on Saturday, and shut the front door about a quarter-past seven o'clock. The doors were then all closed so far as I know, and the windows all safe. When I left the watchman was on duty at the front door. No one was left inside. The porter has a key for the gate at the foot of the stair. On Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, I was sent for by the police. I went to the premises, and found the iron gate and the door of the counting-house open. I saw no evidence of violence on the doors or windows. I saw two large holes in the floor, one of them going down to Mr. Rait's shop. That hole was in an apartment called 'the flower-room.' I saw a brace, severalbits, two saws, aliammer, a crow-bar, and a rope-ladder, close to the hole Also saw an umbrella. The hearthstone was removed, and also iron-sheeting in the floor. The hole was large enough to admit the prisoner. I have no doubt that the hole was made from Campbell & Co.'s premises, and not from below. (Witness identifies the saw and crow-bar, Ste.) I saw Capt. Mackay on Sunday morning. He came with some keys and applied them to the gate and the countinghouse door. They opened the doors. Hugh Carmichael, private watchman on the premises of Messrs. Campbell & Co., was on duty on Saturday evening, the Ist October last. I have no doubt that on Saturday night, at seven o'clock, I went up stairs and examined that the doors were locked. I keep the key of the iron gate, which I afterwards locked. I have other entries to attend to. About eight o'clock I was again at the iron gate. When I came to the gate at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, I heard the noise of feet on the stair. 1 opened the gate with the key, and went in, locking it behind me. I went up the stall.. I passed Campbell & Co.'s door. It appeared to be locked. I went up stairs near to the top, and found nothing to account for the noise. Before I turned back I heard the snib of Campbell & Co.'s door drawn off, and the door opened. I then came down stairs and saw that,the door was drawn too. I passe 1 it, when I heard afoot going down stairs. I followed down as far as the stair-case window, and saw one man, who came up and stood on the window-landing, and asked the keys to let them out, for they were in a hurry. I asked them what brought them in here?' when he said, 'they were doing no harm to me.' By that time the one that was below caste up, and got on the landing where I was standing, and got his hand about my neck. My pin leg went away, and I fell upon my side. I called out. They tried to keep me from calling out, but I managed to call out 'police,'' murder.' The one that was standing on the landing lifted the window, and jumped into Prince's Square; the other one followed in the same way. The height of the window will be 14 feet. I went to the window, and saw the two men running through Pr;nee'a Square in the direction of the National Bank Buildings. I saw a policeman of the name of Jack coaling into Prince's Court, and saw him run after the two men. I also saw another person running after then,; his name is Marshall. The prisoner is one of the two men I saw upon the stair. Cworrt_-,lft was the one that-apoke he me that on the stair. It was clear daylight. By the