LORD ESKGROVE, at the Glasgow
Circuit Court, had to condemn two prisoners to death for breaking into the
house of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, assaulting him, and robbing him of a
large sum of money. He first, as was his constant practice, explained the
nature of the various crimes— assault, robbery, and hamesucken, of which
last (Scottish law term) he gave the explanation—namely, the crime of
beating or assaulting a person within his own house. He next reminded them
that they had attacked the house and the persons within it, and robbed
them, and then came to this climax:
"All this you did; and, God preserve
us! just when they were sitten down to their denner !"
