Andrew Sprule
HUGH ROSS. — The prisoner was a volunteer in Lord Pitsilgo’s horse in the rebel army, and I saw him with them at Manchester dressed in highland clothes, armed with a broadsword. He was drawn up with that regiment opposite the Pretender’s lodgings in that town. Saw him frequently with said regiment on the march in Scotland, particularly at Glasgow.
JAMES DONALDSON. — The prisoner was a volunteer in the same regiment, and marched with it into and out of England. I saw him almost every day upon the march or in quarters. He was armed with a broadsword, and a pair of pistols before him. He marched with said regiment out of Manchester towards Derby, and I saw him afterwards with it at Elgin, in the shire of Murray, when it was broke.
Capt. CAMPBELL. — I saw the prisoner at Edinburgh when that place was in the rebels’ possession. He wore a white cockade, and was armed with a broadsword, but I know nothing of his command or regiment.
ALLAN STEWART. — I saw prisoner in his boots, dressed in a highland coat, with a sword by his side, protecting Sir Michael Bruce’s house, about two miles from Falkirk, from the fury of the highlanders, who would have plundered the same in revenge for Sir Michael’s having raised a company of men for the Government. I dined with him there, and heard him declare he belonged to the horse in the rebel service, and that his errand to Sir Michael Bruce’s was to protect his house.
JOHN MASON. — I saw the prisoner in arms at Inverness with the rebels.
Capt. EYRE; Lieut. MOORE. — The prisoner told these gentlemen that he was a private man in Lord Pitsligo’s horse.
Mr. CHARLES LESLIE. — I saw prisoner with the rebels at Edinburgh in October, 1745. He was then armed with a broadsword, and wore a white cockade.
WILLIAM MacGHIE. — I saw him with the rebels at Edinburgh, and in Pitsligo’s horse at Moffat, march into Carlisle with them, and in the retreat saw him march out north with them, armed with broadsword and pistols.
[Acquitted by Mr. Attorney’s consent.]
JAMES DONALDSON. — The prisoner was a volunteer in the same regiment, and marched with it into and out of England. I saw him almost every day upon the march or in quarters. He was armed with a broadsword, and a pair of pistols before him. He marched with said regiment out of Manchester towards Derby, and I saw him afterwards with it at Elgin, in the shire of Murray, when it was broke.
Capt. CAMPBELL. — I saw the prisoner at Edinburgh when that place was in the rebels’ possession. He wore a white cockade, and was armed with a broadsword, but I know nothing of his command or regiment.
ALLAN STEWART. — I saw prisoner in his boots, dressed in a highland coat, with a sword by his side, protecting Sir Michael Bruce’s house, about two miles from Falkirk, from the fury of the highlanders, who would have plundered the same in revenge for Sir Michael’s having raised a company of men for the Government. I dined with him there, and heard him declare he belonged to the horse in the rebel service, and that his errand to Sir Michael Bruce’s was to protect his house.
JOHN MASON. — I saw the prisoner in arms at Inverness with the rebels.
Capt. EYRE; Lieut. MOORE. — The prisoner told these gentlemen that he was a private man in Lord Pitsligo’s horse.
Mr. CHARLES LESLIE. — I saw prisoner with the rebels at Edinburgh in October, 1745. He was then armed with a broadsword, and wore a white cockade.
WILLIAM MacGHIE. — I saw him with the rebels at Edinburgh, and in Pitsligo’s horse at Moffat, march into Carlisle with them, and in the retreat saw him march out north with them, armed with broadsword and pistols.
[Acquitted by Mr. Attorney’s consent.]
