Apology and retraction by George Henderson

I, GEORGE HENDERSON, in Waulkmill of Arnage, on the 19th November last, called Mr WILLIAM MITCHELL, in Mill of Watertown, a Mis-sworn Fellow, in presence of sundry people, in the Village of Ellon.  I hereby declare that I had no reason for saying so, that I am sorry for having said any thing prejudicial to his character, that what I said on the above occasion was false, and that it consists with my knowledge, from having been a servant of his, that he is a man of strict veracity.  Witness my hand at Aberdeen, this twenty fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen.

GEORGE HENDERSON

John Rae, merchant

I, JOHN RAE, merchant in Aberdeen, having upon the 8th day of May current, in an improper manner, interfered with, and obstructed Mr FIDDES, Landsurveyor of H.M. Customs at this port, while in the execution of his duty; but having done so, under the influence of misapprehension, in in the heat of passion, I have seen my error; and the Honourable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, Edinburgh, having, at the request of Mr FIDDES, condescended to wave a prosecution, on my paying a fine, and entering into an engagement with security for my future good behaviour, and agreeing to apologize in the Aberdeen Newspaper; I accordintly, in this public manner, express my regret for my improper and unguarded conduct towards Mr FIDDES. 

JOHN RAE.

Aberdeen, 27th May, 1813.

Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 2nd June 1813.