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 him battle; but the man only said, “Run, Haggart, run, I wont touch ye.” Haggart took hold of Forrest’s hand, and ran even on to Dalkeith, without stopping, stopped there all night, and stole 12 yards blue cloth, started at two o’clock next morning for Kelso, robbed a farmer of £4. and set off for Dumfries.—They were joined by 2 other pick-pockets, one of whom was hanged shortly after at Glasgow.

In Dumfries he picked several pockets, and entered different dwelling-houses, when he met in with his old friend, Barney McGuire, never having seen him since they parted at Kelso in 1818. They were intending to leave Dumfries that night, but Barney was taken up. Haggart started for Carlisle next morning, but was overtaken and carried back to Dumfries? [sic] Captain Ross arrived in a few days, and carried him back to Leith jail.

Barney was transported for fourteen years. Haggart was tried at Edinburgh on the 12th of July, but got off; he was then sent to Dumfries, to stand trial at the circuit there for house-breaking,