Page:Life of David Haggart, who was executed at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1821, for the murder of the Dumfries jailor (2).pdf/3



AVID HAGGART was born at a farm town, called the Golden Acre, near Cannon-Mills, Edinburgh, on the 24th of June, 1801; his father was a game-keeper, but afterwards a dog trainer. He was early put to school, when he acquired a good knowledge of English Grammar, Writing and Arithmetic. About the age of ten, a trifling accident occurred at home, which for fear of punishment from his father, determined him to leave home, and from that moment he dated the commencement of his sinful career. He had made no wicked acquaintance as yet, but com-