Page:Life of David Haggart who was executed at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1821, for the murder of the Dumfries jailor.pdf/8

 was put 4 months in Bridewell.—After being released, he met with some of his companions, and took a trip through the North: he was in Aberdeen jail for some time, and after committing more depredations, returned to Edinburgh.

They broke into several houses in Edinburgh and Leith, and on New Year's morning 1820, Haggart had for his share, 5 silver Watches and a Gold one, taken on the South and North bridges.— He remained in Edinburgh till the 18th, when he was taken up and put into the Lock-up house to find bail; he got out, and one night paid a visit to the Lock-up house, and gave the keeper so much drink, that he got the key, and liberated six prisoners.

He went to Leith the night following, and took lodgings in Cupar Street, and lived with a woman of the town; while here, he committed various acts in Leith, Edinburgh, and neighbourhood, by tying some shop doors, thrusting his hand through the windows and grasping whatever goods lay in his road, breaking into numerous houses, picking pockets of watches, &c.—In the course