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 when she came to Scotland in the year 1821, got acquainted through the medium of another female, and shortly af-terwards, with his mother. Previous to this period no crime was ever imputed to her, and she had been creditably and industriously employed at a Steam loom Factory. From the day her friendship with Connor and his mother began, this unfortunate female herself dated all her wickedness, and all her misfortunes; she was hurried on from one crime to another with a rapidity which gave her no time for reflection; and she frequently acknowledged after her condemnation, that she had been guilty of many actions which, in her own apprehension, were as criminal as that for which she was about to suffer. She had been once in bridewell for stealing a watch. She was a good looking woman, about 23 years of age, fair complexion, with red hair, and also came from the county of Tyrone.

Since the condemnation of the unhappy prisoners, who were both Catholics, they were frequently visited by Bishop Scott, Messrs. M'Grigor and M'Donald, and altogether they behaveded with much propriety, and listened to the religious advice of these gentlemen with seeming penitence, especially the female prisoner, who seemed to be, from the questions she asked, not only a sensible, but a shrewd young woman.

They were recommended to mercy by the Jury on account of their youth, and petitions were transmitted to the proper quarter for a