Q. Did Burke and the woman seem acquainted? A. Don’t recollect Q. What happened after that? A. Burke took her away with him, and said, he would give her her breakfast. This was on the Friday morning. Q. When did you see Burke after? A. He came back on Saturday, and bought a box. Q. What sort of a box was it? A. A tea-box. He was shewn a tea-chest, and asked, if that was it? A. Could not say. It was like it. Q. Have your tea boxes any particular mark? A. No. Q. Did Burke pay for the box? A. No, it is not paid for yet. Q. Whom did he send for it? A. Mrs Hare came for it about half an hour after Burke left our shop, and got it away. ANNE BLACK or CONNAWAY _Examined_. Q. You live in Wester Portsburgh? A. Yes. Q. What does your house consist of? A. One room. Q. You go down a stair to it? A. Yes, Sir. Q. And going down the stair you come to a passage? A. Yes. Q. Is there another door in the same side of the passage, a little farther in? A. Yes. Q. Does that door lead into a room or a passage first? A. First into a passage. Q. And at the end of that passage there is a room? A. Yes, Sir. Q. Who lived in that room in October last? A. It was Burke; he occupied it in the last week of October. Q. Look at the female prisoner. Did she live with Burke in the last week of October? A. Yes, Sir. On the other side of the passage there is another house in which lived Mrs Law. Q. Did you ever see a person of the name of Hare coming to Burke? A. Yes, Sir. Q. Were there any lodgers lived with the Burkes in October? A. Yes, a man of the name of Gray. Q. Did you, on the 31st of October, see Burke? A. Yes. Q. What time of the day? A. I made no remarks. Q. Did you, see any one with him? A. About mid-day I saw him with a woman; I was sitting by the fire, and they both passed my door. Q. Was it the prisoner? A. No. Q. Were they going in? A. Yes. Q. Was she a stranger? A. Yes. Q. Was there any one in the house with you at the time? A. Yes, Mrs Law. Q. Did you in the course of the day go into Burke’s? A. Yes. Q. Did you go in alone? A. Yes. Q. Did you find any one there? A. Yes, the said woman was sitting by the fire. Q. Was she doing any thing? A. Supping porridge and milk. Q. How was she dressed? A. She had no gown on, she said her things were washing. I saw nothing but her shift, and something tied on her head. Q. Did you see any stranger there? A. No. Q. Was Burke’s wife there? A. Yes. Q. Was Burke? A. I dont know. You have got a stranger, I said. Yes, said M‘Dougal, we have got a friend of my husband’s here, a Highland woman. Q. Was the strange woman sober? A. I dont know. Q. Did you hear her speak at that time? A. No.--I then went back in the dark. Q. What happened after you went into your own house?