There  was  not  one  of  them  who  was  in
any  way  mixed  up  with  the  proceedings
on  the  inquest  of  Honey.  They  wer^
for  the  most  part  persons  who  had  been
present  in  the  discbarge  of  their  datyl
Among  these  was  Mr.  Mortimer,  whd
was  along  with  Mr.  Waithman  the  whole
day,  acting  as  his  under  sheriff.  His
statement  was  most  clear  in  favour  of  th0
sheriff,  whose  conduct  he  described  as
most  praiseworthy.  This  was  further
confirmed  by  the  sheriff's  officers  who
could  have  no  interest  in  saying  what  was
not  the  fact.  Then  the  gentlemen  who
attended  for  the  daily  press  could  not  be
said  to  have  any  interest  in  making  the
case  otherwise  than  it  really  appeared.
In  the  evidence  of  those  gentlemen,  par-
ticularly in  that  of  Mr.  Tyas  and  Mr.
