That when it appeared it came in in a bowing posture, and that next morning she asked Macpherson what it was that had troubled them in the night before.

To which he answered that she might be easy, for it would not trouble them any more." All this was in 1750, but Clerk and Macdonald were not arrested till September, 1753.

They were then detained in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh on various charges, as of wearing the kilt, till June, 1754, when they were tried, Grant of Prestongrange prosecuting, aided by Haldane, Home and Dundas, while Lockhart and Mackintosh defended.

It was proved that Clerk's wife wore Davies's ring, that Clerk, after the murder, had suddenly become relatively rich and taken a farm, and that the two men, armed, were on the hill near the scene of the murder on 28th September, 1749.

Moreover, Angus Cameron swore that he saw the murder committed.