This, however, has been somewhat modified by subsequent Acts.” APPENDIX II The Behaviour _and_ Character of _Samuel M‘Pherson_, } _Malcolm M‘Pherson_ } and { _Farquar Shaw_, the Three Highland Deserters; who were _Shot at the_ Tower, July _the 18th_, 1743. with Some Observations on the _Conduct_ of a certain _Stranger_, who advised the Prisoners to wave any Defence they had, and to plead guilty. Also _A plain_ Narrative _of the Original Institution of the Regiment, now commanded by my Lord S——. Containing an Impartial Account of the Rise and Progress of the late Mutiny in that Regiment_. To which is added, The two Petitions which they sent to the Lords of the _Regency_, and to the Dutchess of _Richmond_. By the Clergyman of the Church of _Scotland_, who conversed with them in their own Language from the Time of their Sentence till their Execution. _Nil turpe commitas neque coramalias neque tecum maxime omnium reverere teipsum._ London Printed for M. Cooper in _Pater-Noster-Row_, 1743 Price Six-pence. The Behaviour and Character of the Three Highlanders, Who were Shot, on July 18th, 1743. The many inconsistent and scandalous Reports that are spread about Town, both in Print and Conversation, concerning the Characters and Behaviour of the three unhappy young Men who suffer’d in the Tower of _London_ on _Monday_ the 18th of _July_, make it necessary as well for Information of the Public, as out of Charity to their Memories, to publish the following Sheets. The Author of this Tract thinks it necessary to premise, that he means not in the Relation he intends to make of this Affair, either to justify the Crime for which these Men suffer’d; or, in the least, to arraign the Justice of the Court-Martial in their Proceedings; or tax the Sentence with Severity; but, from a Motive of Christian Charity and Love for Truth, means to remove from the Character of the Deceased, such false Aspersions as are cast upon them, either by the Malice or Ignorance of some, who think it not only necessary for the Vindication of public Justice, to represent these unhappy Men as Mutineers and Deserters, but must paint them as Men void of every other Virtue, and addicted to the grossest Vices.