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13 then to Newcastle, where he stopped for some days and along with one Fleming, picked £22. in the market from a man; here he passed close to Richardson, who was in quest of him, but was not noticed. He left Newcastle for Scotland; got upon the Berwick coach; then took a ticket for Edinburgh; but went only to Dunbar. Next morning set off for Edinburgh, where he met with a gentleman, and took the same lodgings with him in the Lord Duncan Tavern, Cannongate. After separating from the gentleman, he stopt at Jock's Lodge with a friend; while here he visited his father and some acquaintances, disguised in woman's clothes. One night, dressed in his own clothes, taking a walk from Portobello to Leith, he met Capt. Ross of the Leith police: their eyes met and both stood motionless, till Haggart feigned to pull a pistol from his breast. Ross knowing him too well before, quickly took to his heels; and Haggart instantly turned through the fields, and made to Jock's Lodge. Then crossing the Forth, he went through Cupar to Dundee, disguised in sailor's clothes:- here he committed a number of depredations; then returned to Newhaven, and went to Edinburgh. Here the first thing he saw was a bill posted up, offering 70 guineas reward for his apprehension. This determined him to go north again. He arrived in